WPT Online Borgata Series Main Event
Day 1 Completed
WPT Online Borgata Series Main Event
Day 1 Completed
It took a little over nine hours of poker to reach the Final Table of eight in the WPT Online Borgata Series powered by partypoker US Network $1,060 Main Event, marking the end of Day 1 of the tournament. In total, 440 entries were recorded to generate a total prize pool of $432,700, and the eight who remain will have their eyes atop the first-place prize of $77,349.
When the dust settled, Kenny "chaposticks" Huynh, who this summer won a WSOP.com online bracelet, wound up leading the field with a stack of 34,047,746. Following in the counts is Tony "ToNiSiNzz" Sinishtaj" who finished the day with 25,618,391. Chris “rumpthumper” White rounds out the top three, well behind the first two with a stack of 11,738,135.
Start-of-day chip leader supremetny also made the final table with a stack of 10,054,770, and with blinds returning to 120,000/240,000 and 20-minute levels for the remainder of the tournament, there is still plenty of room for anybody left in the tournament to make a run.
Final Table Chip Counts
Rank | Player | Chips | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Kenny "chaposticks" Huynh | 34,047,746 | 142 |
2 | Tony "ToNiSiNzz" Sinishtaj | 25,618,391 | 107 |
3 | Chris “rumpthumper” White | 11,738,135 | 49 |
4 | supremetny | 10,054,770 | 42 |
5 | KnowClue1 | 9,702,570 | 40 |
6 | nevermuk | 8,145,691 | 34 |
7 | sandman9876 | 4,517,586 | 19 |
8 | a_stormy_knight | 4,173,722 | 17 |
Play began at 5 p.m. ET with 282 registered players, a number that grew consistently through the three-hour late registration period. Starting stacks of 250,000 and 12-minute levels throughout that period provided plenty of room for play, and a bump up to 15 minute-levels thereafter allowed for even more opportunities for action and big pots, and just under half the field remained when the prize pool became official.
Borgata Ambassador Katie Stone became one of the first eliminations once the registration period closed, hitting a string of bad luck that saw two consecutive two outers hit on the turn to send her to the rail. WPT Host Tony "Bond18" Dunst and Borgata Ambassador Michael "gags30" Gagliano were also eliminated in the coming levels.
The top 72 made it into the money, a feat that was accomplished two-plus hours after the registration period closed. Sinishtaj was atop the counts at that time. Frank "FrankyFunk" Funaro (51st place), Stanton "Stonniepokes" Tentnowski (46th place), Borgata Ambassador Daniel "leinad" Buzgon (30th place), and Ryan "Whosyourdoddy" Dodd (17th place) were among those to make it into the money and not advance.
Upon Dodd's elimination, the final two tables were reached with the top four stacks being in the same order they would finish the day. Over the next hour, players such as Brian "pure_reason" Wood (16th place) and Jon "jetsfan411" Borenstein (14th place) also fell short of the final table, and eventually nine remained: Yong "IReadYrSoul" Kwon found himself as the shortest stack in the tournament and shoved with ace-nine. He received action from Sinishtaj, who held king-jack suited, but a king-king-nine flop proved too much to overcome as he took ninth place to burst the final table bubble and end play for the night.
PokerNews coverage will resume for Day 2 of the Main Event at 7 p.m.ET on Monday evening, where one of the eight remaining players will earn $77,349. Be sure to come back and follow to the finish.
Yong ‘IReadYrSoul’ Kwon jammed for 2.9 million on the button and Tony "ToNiSiNzz" Sinishtaj re-jammed for 8.35 million effective in the small blind. "nevermuk" folded their big blind and hands were tabled.
Yong ‘IReadYrSoul’ Kwon:
Tony "ToNiSiNzz" Sinishtaj:
Kwon hit a nine on the flop but saw Sinishtaj flop trips, leaving him needing to hit running aces for a better full house or running nines for quads to stay alive. The turn dashed any of those hopes and the river completed the runout, resulting in Kwon's elimination from the tournament in ninth place for $7,572.
With Kwon's elimination, Day 1 has officially come to an end as the tournament has reached the final table eight players remaining. Play will resume at 7 p.m. ET Monday evening. A recap of the day's action will be posted shortly.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kenny "chaposticks" Huynh
|
34,047,746
4,220,000
|
4,220,000 |
Tony "ToNiSiNzz" Sinishtaj |
25,618,391
4,434,638
|
4,434,638 |
|
||
Chris “rumpthumper” White |
11,738,135
1,090,000
|
1,090,000 |
Anthony "supremetny" Chin
|
10,054,770
-1,975,000
|
-1,975,000 |
Mark "KnowClue1" Tobino
|
9,702,570
-910,000
|
-910,000 |
Mukul "nevermuk" Pahuja
|
8,145,691
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
Sanjeev "sandman9876" Datta
|
4,517,586
-2,835,000
|
-2,835,000 |
a_stormy_knight |
4,173,722
-500,000
|
-500,000 |
Yong ‘IReadYrSoul’ Kwon
|
Busted |
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"chaposticks" is still on top of the leader board with nine players remaining. Their stack of 29.8 million is directly trailed by Tony "ToNiSiNzz" Sinishtaj, whose stack of 21.1 million is the only other stack above 20 million, and the two players combined hold nearly half the chips in play. Here's a look at current stacks across the board.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kenny "chaposticks" Huynh
|
29,827,746
2,641,202
|
2,641,202 |
Tony "ToNiSiNzz" Sinishtaj |
21,183,753
3,989,500
|
3,989,500 |
|
||
Anthony "supremetny" Chin
|
12,029,770
-2,587,500
|
-2,587,500 |
Chris “rumpthumper” White |
10,648,135
3,037,500
|
3,037,500 |
Mark "KnowClue1" Tobino
|
10,612,570
917,500
|
917,500 |
Mukul "nevermuk" Pahuja
|
8,175,691
-1,540,000
|
-1,540,000 |
Sanjeev "sandman9876" Datta
|
7,352,586
-286,625
|
-286,625 |
a_stormy_knight |
4,673,722
-575,000
|
-575,000 |
Yong ‘IReadYrSoul’ Kwon
|
3,494,638
-2,820,000
|
-2,820,000 |
"nevermuk" opened to 440,000 in the ;hj and "xeerock" three-bet jammed for 2.5 million in the cutoff. Action folded back to "nevermuk" and they made the call.
"xeerock":
"nevermuk":
"xeerock" needed to hit an ace or a queen to stay alive and couldn't do so as the board ran out . They were eliminated from the tournament in 10th place, leaving just one more elimination needed for the final table to be reached and play to finish for the night.
Hand-for-hand play is in effect across the two remaining tables for the remainder of the night.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mukul "nevermuk" Pahuja
|
9,715,691
5,273,313
|
5,273,313 |
xeerock | Busted |
"TheReader23" jammed for their last 2.17 million in the cutoff and Yong ‘IReadYrSoul’ Kwon re-jammed for 3.69 million ;on the button to force the players in the blinds out of the hand.
"TheReader23":
Yong ‘IReadYrSoul’ Kwon:
"TheReader23" picked up a couple of backdoor draws on the flop . The turn gave them nine more possible outs to stay alive, but the river left their pair of nines no good to result in their 11th-place finish in the tournament, earning a payday of $5,949.
Two more eliminations are needed for play to conclude for the day, and those two finishers will earn $7,572.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Yong ‘IReadYrSoul’ Kwon
|
6,314,638
504,566
|
504,566 |
TheReader23 | Busted |
Action folded around to the small blind, where Chris “rumpthumper” White jammed to put "a_stormy_knight" all in for their last 2.6 million and a call was made.
"a_stormy_knight":
Chris “rumpthumper” White:
No four came as the board ran out for "a_stormy_knight" to fade chop outs and secure the double.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Chris “rumpthumper” White |
7,610,635
-2,713,806
|
-2,713,806 |
a_stormy_knight |
5,248,722
2,348,636
|
2,348,636 |
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