WPT Borgata Poker Open $3,500 Championship
Day 1b Completed
WPT Borgata Poker Open $3,500 Championship
Day 1b Completed
The second WPT BPO Championship flight is in the books and it was Shiraz Hasan bagging the big stack of 227,500. That is a little behind Mukharji Uppalapati, who finished as the Day 1a chip leader Sunday night with 252,400.
Day 1b attracted 707 runners which along with 1a's 271 brings the current field up to 978 with registration and re-entry will remain open until the start of Level 11 or approximately 2:15 p.m.
Others to make it through Flight B were Henry Tran (213,500), Brian Altman (187,500), Daniel Weinman (186,700), Nick Pupillo (144,600), Luke Vrabel (95,000), and Aaron Massey (93,000).
Approximately 500 survivors from the two starting will return to the Event Center on Tuesday, September 17 at 12 p.m. for Day 2 action.
A full list of day two chip counts and seating assignments will be posted before the start of play.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Shiraz Hasan | 227,500 | 227,500 |
Marcos Exterkotter | 222,200 | 222,200 |
Henry Tran | 213,500 | 213,500 |
Brian Altman
|
187,500 | 52,500 |
Daniel Weinman
|
186,700 | 186,700 |
Peter Campo | 184,700 | 184,700 |
Nick Pupillo
|
144,600 | 144,600 |
Greg Weber
|
130,000 | 90,000 |
Timothy Miles | 119,700 | 119,700 |
Mike Nye
|
115,000 | 115,000 |
Dave Stefanski | 110,100 | 110,100 |
Luke Vrabel | 95,000 | 95,000 |
Aaron Massey | 93,000 | 16,000 |
Vanessa Selbst
|
Busted | |
Maurice Hawkins | Busted | |
Mike Dentale | Busted | |
Katie Stone | Busted | |
Scott Baumstein | Busted | |
Erkut Yilmaz
|
Busted | |
James Calderaro
|
Busted | |
Lily Kiletto | Busted |
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Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Darren Elias | 130,500 | 10,500 |
Dylan Wilkerson
|
120,000 | 65,000 |
Joseph Liberta | 118,000 | |
Curt Kohlberg | 117,300 | |
Cliff Josephy
|
110,000 | |
Michael Wang
|
108,000 | 67,000 |
Derek Sudell | 106,000 | |
James Calderaro
|
105,000 |
We have just entered level eight and this is the last level of play left in the night.
The bagging process will begin at the conclusion of the level and the combined day 1a-b survivors will return tomorrow at 12 PM to resume play.
Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Jonas Wexler got off to a fast start in the early levels and he picked up right where he left off following the break.
Wexler just picked up a sizeable pot without showdown and he has already more than doubled his 40,000 chip starting stack.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jonas Wexler
|
85,000 |
We caught up to the heads up action on the flop. The player first to act bet 2,800 into the main pot of about 5,000 and Justin Zaki raised to 7,900.
His opponent called and the dealer burned and turned the . The player checked and Zaki tossed out a bet of 12,000.
His opponent check-raised all in and Zaki snap-called for his last 25,700.
Justin Zaki:
Opponent:
Zaki showed two pair and a flush draw and he was in great shape to double up against his opponent's big slick. The completed the board and Zaki improved to a flush to earn the pot and the double up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Justin Zaki | 72,500 | 72,500 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
The WPT BPO Championship NLH players are now on a 15-minute break and this is the last break of the night.
When play resumes there will be just two levels remaining before the bagging process begins.