2019 Borgata Poker Open

WPT Borgata Poker Open $3,500 Championship
Day: 2
Event Info
2019 Borgata Poker Open
Final Results
Winner
Donald Maloney
Winning Hand
104
Prize
$487,874
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,500
Total Entries
1,156
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
1,156
Players Left
145
Players Left 1 / 1,156
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Cai Gets a Call From Blumstein

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Zhen Cai
Zhen Cai

Zhen Cai opened early, Scott Blumstein made it 12,000 from the middle, Cai kicked it on up to 28,000, and Blumstein called.

On the flop of {a-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{5-Spades}, Cai led for 13,500 and Blumstein flatted. On the {5-Hearts} turn, Cai fired 20,500 and again Blumstein called.

The {q-Hearts} finished the board and Cai bet 83,000, leaving himself only about 40,000 behind. Blumstein tanked for a few minutes before deciding to call.

Cai tabled {a-Spades}{a-Clubs} for Aces-full and Blumstein mucked his hand. After paying off that bet, he was down to only ~35,000 while Cai chipped up to 334,000, close to the chip lead.

Tags: Scott BlumsteinZhen Cai

New Chip Leader

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Asher Conniff
Asher Conniff

It appears that Asher Conniff is the chip leader, playing about 335,000 and leading the quickly shrinking field.

All of his World Poker Tour success has been right here at Borgata when he won the 2015 WPT World Championship and $973,683, so he's got his eyes set on the ultimate prize — another WPT title!

Tags: Asher Conniff

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

WPT Champions Abound

Level 11 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Darren Elias
Darren Elias

WPT Season XIII Player of the Year runner-up Darren Elias just missed out on the honor, running hot in the same season as Anthony Zinno. He's still got four World Poker Tour titles to his credit and more than $7.2 million in tournament earnings on his record.

He seems to be struggling a bit today, down to 75,000 from the 115,000 with which he started the day. Until his table is broken, which should be soon, he's got to deal with Jonas Wexler, who won more than $300,000 back in April when he claimed the WSOP Circuit Championship at Harrah's Cherokee.

Also on Table 49 are Stanley Lee, and James Gilbert.

Tags: Darren EliasJames GilbertJonas WexlerStanley Lee

WPT Season XIII POY Anthony Zinno

Level 11 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Anthony Zinno
Anthony Zinno

Anthony Zinno's stack is moving in the right direction. He's up to ~80,000 from his start of Day 2 count of 32,400. He's proven he's got staying power since winning his first World Poker Tour event, which was this WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship, back in 2013. Since then, he's won two more WPT titles and claimed the Season XIII Player of the Year honor.

As for the rest of the players on Table 49, he's got some tough customers including Kevin Calenzo, Sang Kim, Anthony Garofalo, Orson Young, and Mukul Pahuja to deal with.

Tags: Anthony GarofaloAnthony ZinnoMukul PahujaOrson YoungSang Kim

Kramer Climbing

Level 11 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Bruce Kramer
Bruce Kramer

Bruce Kramer was in the top 10 at the start of the day and he continues to climb, already up to 305,000, and still among the leaders.

He was sharing the felt on Table 45 with Mike Meskin, Michael Stashin, Friman Villalona, and Nick Pupillo, then Sam Taylor arrived from his recently broken table, bringing his short stack into the mix.

Tags: Bruce KramerMichael StashinMike MeskinNick PupilloSam Taylor

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

Lentini Gets Some from Eskandar

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Giuliano Lentini
Giuliano Lentini

On the river with the board reading {k-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}, Giuliano Lentini (cutoff) net 27,000 after Patrick Eskandar (bb) checked. Eskandar called, only to see the bad news. Lentini tabled {9-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} for the rivered flush and Eskandar mucked.

Sharing the felt on Table 51 with these two are Ryan D'Angelo, who is chipping up nicely today, Paul Snead, who's stack has slipped a bit since the start of play, and Aaron Overton, who's holding steady.

Tags: Aaron OvertonGiuliano LentiniPatrick EskandarPaul SneadRyan D'Angelo