WPT Borgata Poker Open $3,500 Championship Day 3 | 2019 Borgata Poker Open

09-18-2019 17:27 UTC-4

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike McGuinness	1,580,000 180,000	180,000
Michael Stashin	1,550,000 807,000	807,000
Femi Fashakin	1,500,000 480,000	480,000

Victor Ramdin	1,450,000 -250,000	-250,000
Justin Liberto	1,290,000 -110,000	-110,000

Vanessa Selbst	900,000 -200,000	-200,000

Scott Baumstein	740,000 173,000	173,000
Jerry Maher	650,000 -158,000	-158,000
Aaron Massey	430,000 262,000	262,000
Tony Dunst	260,000 -370,000	-370,000

Blewitt Doubles Through Stefanski with Ladies

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Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Kevin Blewitt opened from the button and David Stefanski three-bet from the big blind. Blewitt moved all in for 438,000 and Stefanski called, putting Blewitt at risk.

Kevin Blewitt:
David Stefanksi:

The board ran out and Stefanski's jacks failed to catch up, sending a complete double to Blewitt.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Blewitt	910,000 546,000	546,000
David Stefanski	185,000 -290,000	-290,000

Tags: David Stefanski Kevin Blewitt

09-18-2019 16:54 UTC-4

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Rocha	Busted
Alfred Gillette	Busted
Mike Meskin	Busted
Robert Mclaughlin	Busted
Haim Toorgeman	Busted
Nikolaos Platis	Busted
Joey Couden	Busted

Jonathan Jaffe	Busted

Tyng Low	Busted

Little Doubles Thru Stefanski

Kaelaine Minton

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Jonathan Little got all-in for 392,000 holding against the pocket nines of David Stefanski, who had him covered.

Little caught a pair on the board and doubled up to ~800,000. Stefanski's stack was cut nearly in half.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Little	800,000 355,000	355,000

David Stefanski	475,000 389,000	389,000

Tags: David Stefanski Jonathan Little

09-18-2019 16:50 UTC-4

Kashishian Continues Day 3 Heater, Sends Hohner Out

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Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

The flop showed and there was around 110,000 in the pot when Ryan Hohner moved all in for under 300,000. Jack Kashishian was the only person to call and the two tabled their cards.

Ryan Hohner:
Jack Kashishian:

Kashishian was ahead with his overpair of aces and needed to dodge some outs to take down the pot. The landed on the turn and Kashishian's aces still held the lead. A landed on the river and changed nothing as Kashishian pulled in the pot with his two pair, sending his opponent to the payour desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jack Kashishian	1,165,000 941,000	941,000
Ryan Hohner	Busted

Tags: Jack Kashishian Ryan Hohner

Level: 20

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

09-18-2019 16:29 UTC-4

Break Time Big Stacks

Kaelaine Minton

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Dave Farah	2,400,000 700,000	700,000
Uke Dauti	2,240,000 870,000	870,000
Victor Ramdin	1,700,000 300,000	300,000
Mike McGuinness	1,400,000 1,125,000	1,125,000
Justin Liberto	1,400,000 -100,000	-100,000

David Prociak	1,200,000 300,000	300,000

Dong Ji	1,115,000 -255,000	-255,000
Zhen Cai	1,100,000 803,000	803,000
Derek Bowers	1,100,000 395,000	395,000
Vanessa Selbst	1,100,000 782,000	782,000

Mike Linster	1,100,000 100,000	100,000

Aaron Mermelstein	1,075,000 -55,000	-55,000

Femi Fashakin	1,020,000 429,000	429,000

Jerry Maher	1,000,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Peter Vitantonio	920,000 186,000	186,000
Tony Dunst	630,000 -20,000	-20,000

09-18-2019 16:23 UTC-4

Sibling Rivalry

Kaelaine Minton

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Mike McGuinness has an incredible eight tournament wins here at Borgata, but all came in non-Open series one-day events.

His brother John McGuinness has only four wins at Borgata, two of which came during Open series events.

Their tournament earnings were comparable, until earlier this series when John took second place in a heads-up deal that ended the $1 Million GTD Deep Stack Kick Off event, garnering him $176,080 and pushing his lifetime earnings past the $500,000 mark.

"There's just no living with him now," said Mike.

Both brothers are still alive in this event with more than just bragging rights on the line. As it stands now, John is short-stacked with about 30 big blinds and Mike is sitting on about 1.4 million and among the chip leaders.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Mcguinness	1,400,000 850,000	850,000
John McGuinness	320,000 -79,000	-79,000

Tags: John Mcguinness Michael Mcguinness

09-18-2019 16:22 UTC-4

Break Time

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Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

The remaining 72 players will now be taking a 15-minute break.

09-18-2019 16:06 UTC-4

Battle of the WPT Champions Club Members

Kaelaine Minton

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

WPT Champ Victor Ramdin felted WPT Champ Andy Frankenberger and became the first player to crest the 2 million chip mark.

Then Ramdin tangled with WPT Champ Mike Linster, and watched as his chips went the other way. Linster doubled up to roughly 1 million, leaving Ramdin with about 1.4 million.