2020 Borgata Winter Poker Open

$3,500 WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship
Day: 1b
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Event Info
2020 Borgata Winter Poker Open
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,500
Prize Pool
$4,129,290
Total Entries
1,290
Players Left
6
Average Chip Stack
8,600,000
Total Chips
51,600,000
Next Payout
Place 6
$143,264
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
120,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
683
Players Left
396
Players Left 6 / 1,290
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Moscati Bounces Back Through Weng

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

Bin Weng opened and Vincent Moscati moved his 16,300 into the middle, Weng called.

Vincent Moscati: {k-Clubs}{4-Clubs}
Bin Weng: {q-Hearts}{10-Spades}

The board came down {6-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{2-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{a-Diamonds} and Moscati's king-high pulled in the pot, doubling through Weng.

Tags: Bin WengVincent Moscati

Varnell Sends One Packing

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante
Craig Varnell
Craig Varnell

A player in late position raised to 1,600 and Ryan Van Sanford called from the hijack. Craig Varnell re-raised to 6,500 from the button and it folded back to the late position player who moved all in for 20,000. Van Sanford quickly folded and Varnell snap called.

Craig Varnell: {q-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}
Opponnet: {a-Clubs}{k-Spades}

The board ran out {j-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{7-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} and Varnell's pocket queens held up to earn him the knockout.

Varnell is now one of the biggest stacks in the room with less than two levels of play left in the night.

Tags: Craig VarnellRyan Van Sanford

Amadian Extracts with Dimes vs. McGuinness

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

Elia Ahmadian opened to 2,000 from the hijack, a player in the cutoff called and John McGuinness three-bet to 6,000 on the button. Only Ahmadian stuck around to see the {7-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{2-Spades} flop and both players then checked to the {q-Spades} river.

Ahmadian bet 5,000 and McGuinness called. A {6-Clubs} completed the board and both players tapped the table. Ahmadian tabled {10-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} for dimes over sevens and McGuinness mucked his hand, sending the pot to Ahmadian.

Tags: Elia AhmadianJohn Mcguinness

Assorted Chip Counts

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

Porbandarwala Leaves Palma Short

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante
Soheb Porbandarwala
Soheb Porbandarwala

Nick Palma raised to 1,500 from the cutoff and Soheb Porbandarwala re-raised to 5,000 from the big blind. With the action back on Palma he made it 15,000 and Porbandarwala moved all in for 37,400.

Palma quickly called turning over {j-Clubs}{j-Hearts} and Porbandarwala showed {k-Diamonds}{k-Spades}. The board ran out {10-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{a-Diamonds}{7-Hearts} and Porbandarwala improved to the nut flush to double up.

"That wasn't the start I was hoping for" Palma said as Porbandarwala stacked his chips.

Tags: Soheb PorbandarwalaNick Palma

Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

Break Time

Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante

The tournament will now be a taking a 15-minute break and will return to play two more levels before bagging up for the night.

Datashvili Flips for His Tournament Life

Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante
Jackob Datashvili
Jackob Datashvili

A player opened and Jackob Datashvili shoved his 15,800 stack into the middle. His opponent called and the cards it the board.

Jackob Datashvili: {a-Hearts}{j-Hearts}
Opponent: {10-Spades}{10-Diamonds}

The board rolled out {7-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{j-Spades}{5-Clubs} and Datashvili's turned jack pulled in the pot for a double through his opponent.

Tags: Jackob Datashvili

$3,000,000 Guarantee Hit

Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante

The Day 1b WPT BWPO Championship field has climbed over 600 entries and the players continue to take their seats.

There are now close to 1,000 total entries and counting and we have already cruised past the $3,000,000 guarantee.

Tournament registration and re-entry will remain open through the first two levels on day two so there's still plenty of time to get in on the action.

Song Six-Bets All of the Money

Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante
Stephen Song
Stephen Song

Stephen Song saw action fall on him, facing a 3,500 three-bet and elected to four-bet to 9,000. His opponent five-bet to 24,000 and Song quickly six-bet his 62,100 stack all-in. His opponent called and the two tabled their cards with Song at risk.

Stephen Song: {a-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}
Opponent: {a-Spades}{k-Clubs}

The dealer spread out {k-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{6-Spades}{3-Spades}{a-Clubs} on the board and Song's set of bullets took down the pot for a complete double.

Tags: Stephen Song