Borgata Fall Poker Open 2018 Blog
After taking some time off, she cashed in 11 Borgata tournaments in 2017 including two titles; the Borgata Summer Poker Open Ladies Event and the Borgata Fall Poker Open $260+$40 Deepstack event. She also had five other final table appearances with big scores in October’s $100,000 Saturday Series event and the June Deep Stacks Challenge $350. 2018 WPT Borgata Poker Open Main Event: Final 24 Determined, Liam He in the Lead. By Earl Burton - Sep 20th, 2018. The World Poker Tour has packed up the trucks to close out the summer. My WordPress Blog. Brock Parker has won the Borgata Fall Poker Open, after defeating a field of 644 entrants over four days to lift the title, and collect the $372,568 first place prize. Thursday, November 17, 2011.
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$200+$30 Deepest Stack NLH
$35,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
Level 21: 8,000/15,000/BB Ante 15,000
Total Entries: 274
Players Remaining: 29
The Event 20 players are now on a 15 minute color up break and we are just two eliminations away from the money. Just 29 remain and the final 27 will all be guaranteed at least $478 for their efforts.
We will pick right back up on all of the action when play resumes.
$200+$30 Deepest Stack NLH
$35,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
Level 21: 8,000/15,000/BB Ante 15,000
Total Entries: 274
Players Remaining: 36
The pace of play has slowed as we move closer to the money and Andrew Zhu is starting to pull away. Zhu is the first player to cross the million chip.
He has been getting involved in plenty of pots and is pacing the field with 1,050,000.
$200+$30 Deepest Stack NLH
$35,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
Level 18: 4,000/8,000/BB Ante 8,000
Total Entries: 274
Players Remaining: 42
The cards are back in the air following the dinner break and Howard Wolper is still in the hunt. Wolper is sitting behind one of the biggest stacks in the field with 400,000.
We are now just 15 eliminations away from the money and Wolper will look to extend his record for most Borgata tournament cashes here in the final event of the series.
$200+$30 Deepest Stack NLH
$35,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
End of Level 17: 3,000/6,000/BB Ante 6,000
Total Entries: 274
Players Remaining: 45
The Event 20 players are now on a one hour dinner break. We are getting closer to the money with 45 remaining and the final 27 will all be guaranteed at least $478.
We will pick right back up on all of the live Event 20 tournament action when play resumes.
$200+$30 Deepest Stack NLH
$35,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
Level 17: 3,000/6,000/BB Ante 6,000
Total Entries: 274
Players Remaining: 50
Jay Rosenberg and Joey Cappuccio were heads-up on the board. Cappuccio checked to Rosenberg who bet 55,000 into a main pot of over 100,000.
Cappuccio quickly released his hand and Rosenberg added to his stack.
Jay Rosenberg- 310,000
Joey Cappuccip- 300,000
$200+$30 Deepest Stack NLH
$35,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
Level 16: 2,500/5,000/BB Ante 5,000
Total Entries: 274
Players Remaining: 70
The Event 20 field is thinning down in our final event of the series and a familiar face is climbing the chip counts.
Joey Cappuccio got his series off to a great start as he was part of an adjusted payout deal in Event 1 the $600 $500,000 GTD NLH event.
Cappuccio to0k home his largest career tournament score earning $128,358. He is poised to make another deep run and is one of the biggest stacks in the room with about 425,000 as we inch closer to the money.
Event 20 of the Borgata Fall Poker Open is the $200+$30 Deepest Stack NLH. There were a total of 274 entries creating a prize pool of $53,156.
The final 27 players will all make the money and be guaranteed a minimum of $478. One lucky winner will take home $14,885 along with the final BFPO trophy of the series.
Below is a full look at the final Event 20 tournament payouts.
1. $14,885
2. $8,771
3. $5,050
4. $4,093
5. $3,189
6. $2,658
7. $2,126
8. $1,595
9. $1,063
10-12. $691
13-15. $585
16-18. $532
19-27. $478
$2,500+$200 Championship NLH
$1,000,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet Payouts
Level 28: Blinds 40,000/80,000/80,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 437
Wenhao Ying is a 24-year-old grad student who recorded his first tournament cash just over 2 years ago. He’s mostly self-taught, learning the game by watching training videos online. Those videos must be very good because he held the chip lead most of Day 3 and went wire-to-wire here on Day 4.
He warmed up in the SixMax first, finishing 5th for $8,420, against some of the best players in the game. He did the same at this final table, up against some of the best and he held his own.
For his efforts in this event, he will collect $200,000* and take home his first Borgata Open trophy. This is his first reported tournament win, but certainly won’t be his last!
Championship Final Results
| Place | Player | Payout |
| 1 | Wenhao Ying | $200,000* |
| 2 | Matt Wantman | $172,449* |
| 3 | Paul Volpe | $150,000* |
| 4 | Dat Vu | $76,830 |
| 5 | Mike Glick | $60,404 |
| 6 | Brian Altman | $50,337 |
| 7 | Dan DiZenzo | $40,270 |
| 8 | Andrew Ostapchenko | $30,732 |
| 9 | Chris Kennedy | $21,195 |
| 10 | Michael Haberman | $13,776 |
| 11 | Rudy DiRubbo | $13,776 |
| 12 | Michael Rossitto | $13,776 |
| 13 | Nobuo Tarui | $10,597 |
| 14 | Lexy Gavin | $10,597 |
| 15 | Zach Donovan | $10,597 |
| 16 | Bruce Yamron | $8,372 |
| 17 | Andrey Malinin | $8,372 |
| 18 | Dan Buzgon | $8,372 |
| 19 | Greg Aster | $6,570 |
| 20 | Mark Alvin Bayag | $6,570 |
| 21 | Asher Conniff | $6,570 |
| 22 | Eric Panayiotou | $6,570 |
| 23 | Daniel Retallick | $6,570 |
| 24 | Terrence Heinz | $6,570 |
| 25 | Ross Gottlieb | $6,570 |
| 26 | Boris Kravets | $6,570 |
| 27 | Adam Hendrix | $6,570 |
| 28 | Anna Antimony | $5,828 |
| 29 | A. Nonymous | $5,828 |
| 30 | Jesse Mercado | $5,828 |
| 31 | Dan Howe | $5,828 |
| 32 | Michael Marder | $5,828 |
| 33 | Menachem Landwirt | $5,828 |
| 34 | Namo Al-Jaf | $5,828 |
| 35 | Sumeet Wayachal | $5,828 |
| 36 | Ryan Hagerty | $5,828 |
| 37 | Peter Vitantonio | $5,299 |
| 38 | Zhan Ma | $5,299 |
| 39 | George Rakitzis | $5,299 |
| 40 | Ari Engel | $5,299 |
| 41 | Michael Lydon | $5,299 |
| 42 | Charles Furey | $5,299 |
| 43 | Ricky Guan | $5,299 |
| 44 | Alex Jim | $5,299 |
| 45 | Andrew Fegan | $5,299 |
*Indicates Adjusted Payout
$2,500+$200 Championship NLH
$1,000,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet Payouts
Level 28: Blinds 40,000/80,000/80,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 437
Matt Wantman entered the day 2nd in chips and that’s where he finished. For 2nd place he’ll collect $172,449, making this his new best live cash, pushing his career earnings over $1.33 million.
Hopefully this will help erase the memory of his early exit from the 2016 WPT BWPO Championship final table.
$200+$30 Deepest Stack NLH
$35,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
Level 12: Blinds 1000/2000/2000
Entrants: 274
Remaining: 120
Average Chips: 80,000
While Dzurenda was issuing felt on 10, Brad Russo has not been idle, either.
Russo cracks 600,000, now well ahead of Trevor.One of the largest poker rooms in the United States is set to reopen this Wednesday after being closed since mid-March due to the pandemic. Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City, New Jersey will open its doors at 10 a.m. local time, albeit with some changes.
The room, which previously housed 77 tables, will open with just 30 spaced-out tables, each with polycarbonate divides between each seat. Only seven-handed cash games will be offered as there are no plans for tournaments right now. However, players can expect some lucrative promotions including a Bad Beat Jackpot starting at $100,000.
Here are some other changes and procedures:
- Masks are required in the poker room (and other public areas in the casino)
- Beverage service is available
- Food will not be permitted in the poker room
- Hand sanitizing stations will be available throughout the room
- Spectators will not be allowed in the poker room
“We are happy to welcome back our loyal players as we reopen Atlantic City’s market-leading East Coast poker destination,” said Melonie Johnson, president and chief operating officer of Borgata.
She continued: “We have made some changes to enhance our guests’ experience and are excited to reintroduce live poker and the Borgata Poker brand more safely.”
While Borgata was the last casino to reopen in Atlantic City, it will be the first of the city’s poker rooms to welcome back players. It’s by far the busiest against the competition, which includes Harrah’s Atlantic City, Bally’s, Golden Nugget, and Tropicana. Over the past two years, the combined revenue from all five rooms has totaled approximately $28.5 million each year. In 2019, just shy of $18 million of that came from Borgata.
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Looking to Continue Strong Legacy
Borgata has a long history in the poker world. Not only do they host popular in-house tournament series like the Borgata Spring/Summer/Fall Poker Open (all of which were canceled this year), but they also enjoy a longstanding relationship with the World Poker Tour.
In fact, prior to the pandemic, the 2020 World Poker Tour Borgata Winter Poker Open $3,500 Main Event took place, which saw a 1,290-entry field whittled down to the final six players. The final table was slated to play out at the HyperX Esports Arena at the Luxor Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas on April 1, but the pandemic interrupted those plans.
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Even now, that final table – as well as those for the 2020 WPT Gardens Poker Championship and WPT L.A. Poker Classic – are still on hiatus with an unknown return date. As such, players like Veerab Zakarian, James Anderson, Brian Altman, Bin Weng, Andrew Hanna, and Nathan Russler will need to wait to see who walks away with the title and $674,840 first-place prize.
Despite the pandemic, the WPT and Borgata continued their relationship last month by hosting the WPT Online Borgata Series powered by partypoker US Network. The 10-event series saw Tony “ToNiSiNzz” Sinishtaj top a 440-entry field to win the $1,060 Main Event for $77,349.
Sinishtaj, who was recently a guest on the PokerNews Podcast, previously won the WPT Seminole Rock Poker Showdown in Season XVI for $661,283.
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