2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open

$3 Million Guaranteed WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship
Day: 4
Event Info

2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q3
Prize
$842,379
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,300
Entries
1,229
Level Info
Level
39
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
75,000

Kalyan Gullapalli Eliminated in 16th Place ($20,961)

Level 27 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Kalyan Gullapalli - 16th Place
Kalyan Gullapalli - 16th Place

Kalyan Gullapalli shoved over a raise from David Paredes, and Paredes made the call with {9-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}. He was against {a-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}, and all looked well for Gullapalli to double up when he flopped an ace. A {9-Spades} arrived on the river, however, improving Paredes to a set and busting his opponent.

Player Chips Progress
David Paredes us
David Paredes
2,900,000
1,300,000
1,300,000
WPT 1X Winner
Kalyan Gullapalli
Kalyan Gullapalli
Busted

Tags: Kalyan GullapalliDavid Paredes

Farid Forces Two to Fold

Level 27 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Farid Jattin Has Dominated Day 4
Farid Jattin Has Dominated Day 4

Kalyan Gullapalli opened from under the gun, making it 90,000 to play, and chip leader Farid Jattin came along with a call from middle position. David Paredes decided to apply some pressure with a three-bet from the hijack, and he reraised to 305,000.

After Gullapalli smooth called the sizable bet, Jattin used his big stack to be the bully and he moved all in to force both opponent's to a test for their tournament lives.

The power play worked to perfection and Jattin extended his chip lead with raw aggression.

Player Chips Progress
Farid Jattin co
Farid Jattin
6,180,000
280,000
280,000
Kalyan Gullapalli
Kalyan Gullapalli
1,960,000
-820,000
-820,000
David Paredes us
David Paredes
1,600,000
-600,000
-600,000
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: David ParedesFarid JattinKalyan Gullapalli

Eric Wasserson Eliminated in 17th Place ($20,961)

Level 27 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Eric Wasserson - 17th Place ($20,961)
Eric Wasserson - 17th Place ($20,961)

Eric Wasserson shoved from under the gun for 465,000, and David Paredes called from the button. Everyone else folded.

Paredes: {q-Diamonds}{q-Spades}
Wasserson: {a-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}

No improvement came for Wasserson on the {6-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{6-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds} board, and Paredes busted him in 17th.

Player Chips Progress
David Paredes us
David Paredes
2,200,000
-100,000
-100,000
WPT 1X Winner
Eric Wasserson us
Eric Wasserson
Busted

Tags: David ParedesEric Wasserson

Aristedes Santana Eliminated in 18th Place ($20,961)

Level 27 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Aristedes Santana - 18th Place ($20,961)
Aristedes Santana - 18th Place ($20,961)

After an opening raise to 90,000, Bryan Choi decided to three-bet to 210,000, and with the action now on him Aristedes Santana moved all in for 430,000 total.

The original raiser got out of the way, and Choi asked for a count before making a relatively quick call. Choi tabled {5-Hearts}{5-Diamonds} and the race was on against Santana's {a-Hearts}{k-Hearts}.

The final board rolled out {j-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{9-Clubs}{5-Clubs} to leave Santana with no pair - and no chips - while Choi clapped his hands in celebration after surviving five board cards.

Player Chips Progress
Bryan Choi
Bryan Choi
1,750,000
290,000
290,000
Aristedes Santana
Aristedes Santana
Busted

Tags: Bryan ChoiAristedes Santana

A Diamond in the Rough

Level 27 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Tyler Patterson Just Runner-Runner Flushed Jared Jaffee's Big Slick to Double Through
Tyler Patterson Just Runner-Runner Flushed Jared Jaffee's Big Slick to Double Through

Tyler Patterson open-shoved from under the gun, moving his last 565,000 into the middle holding {j-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}.

Jared Jaffee was next to act and he looked down to find {a-Clubs}{k-Spades}, and he made the call to put his new neighbor at risk. The table folded around dutifully, and the two players showed down to find themselves in the classic coin flip situation.

The flop came {q-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}{a-Diamonds} to hit Jaffee's big slick with top pair, and the turn came {6-Diamonds} to keep him in the lead. When the river fell {4-Diamonds} Patterson took a second look back at his hand and said "diamonds!" before heading to his rail for a minor celebration. Jaffee had to take a second look at well, and he admitted that he never saw the diamond draw materialize, only realizing he was beat when Patterson became excited rather than dejected when the river card came down.

Player Chips Progress
Jared Jaffee us
Jared Jaffee
4,520,000
320,000
320,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
Tyler Patterson us
Tyler Patterson
1,230,000
730,000
730,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Jared JaffeeTyler Patterson

Table Draw and Chip Counts for Final Two Tables

Level 27 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Farid Jattin Has Not Relented After Entering Day 4 With the Chip Lead
Farid Jattin Has Not Relented After Entering Day 4 With the Chip Lead

The final 18 players just redrew for seats, so take a look at where they ended up, as well as where they stand in the chip counts.

Table 1

SeatPlayerChip Count
1Keith Crowder2,350,000
2David Paredes2,300,000
3Tyler Patterson500,000
4Jared Jaffee4,200,000
5Eric Wasserson600,000
6Kunal Patel3,000,000
7Kalyan Gullapalli2,780,000
8Chris Reslock615,000
9Farid Jatten5,900,000

Table 2

SeatPlayerChip Count
1Aristedes Santanta600,000
2Robert Merulla2,600,000
3Frank Tosacano1,650,000
4Vladislav Mezheritsky1,200,000
5Michael Arrington760,000
6Justin Lunin-Pack2,430,000
7Ronit Chamani460,000
8Bryan Choi1,460,000
9Anthony Maio2,810,000

Scott Anderson Eliminated in 19th Place ($17,357)

Level 27 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Day 4 of the 2014 WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship
Day 4 of the 2014 WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship

Justin Lunin-Pack opened from early position, making it 90,000 to play, and Scott Anderson three-bet jammed holding {9-Hearts}{9-Clubs}.

With the action back on him, Lunin-Pack made the call with his {A-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}, and the race was on.

Flop: {j-Spades}{10-Hearts}{3-Spades}
Turn: {8-Spades}
River: {a-Clubs}

Anderson survived the flop and turn, but his hopes for a WPT title floated down the river when the dreaded ace fell. He exited in 19th place and took home $17,357 for bubbling the final two tables.

Player Chips Progress
Scott Anderson us
Scott Anderson
Busted

Tags: Scott AndersonJustin Lunin-Pack

Level: 27

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 5,000

Back in the Air

Level 26 : 15,000/30,000, 4,000 ante

The chips are riffling once again flops are falling once again, as just 19 players remain in contention for this Borgata Winter Poker Open WPT Main Event Championship.