2020 Borgata Winter Poker Open

$3,500 WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship
Day: 1b
Event Info

2020 Borgata Winter Poker Open

Event Info
Buy-in
$3,500
Prize Pool
$4,129,290
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

$3,500 WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship

Day 1b Completed

Francis Anderson Takes Overall Lead in Day 1b of WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante
Francis Anderson
Francis Anderson

The second flight of the $3,500 WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship saw a total of 683 registration slips sold and when the dust had settled only 396 found a bag. Sitting atop the counts after eight levels of play is Francis Anderson with a stack of 300,100 which is good for the overall lead headed into Day 2.

Anderson flew under the radar for the better part of the day but found a heater during the last level of the night where he rocketed to the top of the chip counts. The Wappingers Falls, NY, native has over $600,000 in live career earnings with his second-best cash coming at the $ 3,500 WPT Seminole Rock & Roll Poker Open Championship in Hollywood this past November when he placed sixth for $111,895. Anderson had two six-figure scores in 2019 and is in a great spot to find his first of this year.

Fan-favorite Craig Varnell found the second largest stack of the flight after bagging 240,600, putting him third on the overall counts headed into Day 2. Three players that round out the top five stacks from this event are Kenneth O'Donnell (224,400), [Removed:150] (223,100), and Taylor von Kriegenbergh (219,400).

Craig Varnell
Craig Varnell

A star-studded field showed up for the last flight of the event including the likes of Joey Couden (197,700), Ian O'Hara (193,700), Amnon Filippi (185,500), Jonas Wexler (184,500), Michael Haberman (119,500), Sam Taylor (107,100), Ari Engel (90,800), Soheb Porbandarwala (82,800), Cliff Josephy (81,100), Vanessa Selbst (75,900), and Peter Walsworth (71,000).

Day 2 will begin at noon when players return to level nine and the late registration period will remain open until the start of level 11. The blinds will remain 60-minutes until the late registration period ends in which they will bump up to 75-minutes in length. The second day of this event will play until the end of level 16 and all players will then bag up and move onto Day 2 where the blinds will again increase, this time to 90-minutes.

The PokerNews live reporting team will be here to provide you with all of the updates, so stay tuned as all of the action unfolds.

Tags: Amnon FilippiAri EngelCliff JosephyCraig VarnellFrancis AndersonHollywoodIan O'HaraJoey CoudenJonas WexlerPeter WalsworthSam TaylorSoheb PorbandarwalaTaylor von KriegenberghVanessa Selbst

Assorted End of Day Chip Counts

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante
Player Chips Progress
Francis Anderson us
Francis Anderson
300,100 -9,900
Day 1B Chip Leader
Craig Varnell us
Craig Varnell
240,600 -19,400
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Kenneth O'Donnell us
Kenneth O'Donnell
224,400 224,400
[Removed:150] us
[Removed:150]
223,100 8,100
Taylor von Kriegenbergh us
Taylor von Kriegenbergh
219,400 219,400
WPT 1X Winner
Michael Cannon us
Michael Cannon
210,300 210,300
Joseph Couden us
Joseph Couden
197,900 22,900
Ian O'Hara us
Ian O'Hara
193,700 -1,300
Andrew Hanna us
Andrew Hanna
192,600 192,600
Amnon Filippi us
Amnon Filippi
185,500 185,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Jonas Wexler us
Jonas Wexler
184,500 -10,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Jewook Oh us
Jewook Oh
158,700 158,700
Mitchell Mantin us
Mitchell Mantin
153,600 93,600
Kou Vang us
Kou Vang
137,500 137,500
Jimmy Dang us
Jimmy Dang
131,300 131,300
Michael Haberman us
Michael Haberman
119,500 69,500
William Zgorski us
William Zgorski
112,300 112,300
Jesus Martinez us
Jesus Martinez
109,500 109,500
Sam Taylor us
Sam Taylor
107,100 -42,900
Jerry Robinson us
Jerry Robinson
101,200 -53,800
Patrick Serda ca
Patrick Serda
95,500 -4,500
Day 3 Chip Leader
WPT 1X Winner
Ari Engel ca
Ari Engel
90,800 800
WSOP 2X Winner
Alex Visbisky us
Alex Visbisky
89,200 49,200
Ryan Tamanini us
Ryan Tamanini
84,700 24,700
Soheb Porbandarwala us
Soheb Porbandarwala
82,800 7,100

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Play Has Halted

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante
Francis Anderson
Francis Anderson

The Day 1b flight of the tournament has now come to an end after eight levels of play and it looks like Francis Anderson has bagged the biggest stack of the night.

A recap of the day will be posted shortly, along with the end of day counts.

Tags: Francis Anderson

Assorted Chip Counts

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante
Player Chips Progress
Francis Anderson us
Francis Anderson
310,000 257,000
Day 1B Chip Leader
Ian O'Hara us
Ian O'Hara
195,000 140,000
Joseph Couden us
Joseph Couden
175,000 -15,000
Omer Rotman il
Omer Rotman
140,000 60,000
Mark Wahba us
Mark Wahba
115,000 5,000
Rob Calabrese us
Rob Calabrese
110,000 20,000
Fikret Kovac ba
Fikret Kovac
95,000
Ari Engel ca
Ari Engel
90,000 25,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Eric Salazar us
Eric Salazar
75,000 75,000
Erik Cajelais ca
Erik Cajelais
70,000 30,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Jaspal Brar ca
Jaspal Brar
70,000 30,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Michael Rossito us
Michael Rossito
55,000 15,000
Brock Wilson us
Brock Wilson
45,000 31,000
Paul Volpe us
Paul Volpe
25,000 25,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Andrew Ostapchenko us
Andrew Ostapchenko
11,000 -49,000

Serda Sends One Out the Door

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

Patrick Serda called the all-in of an opponent late in the last level of the day and the two turned over their cards with Serda's opponent at risk.

Opponent: {k-Clubs}{j-Clubs}
Patrick Serda: {4-Spades}{4-Diamonds}

The board came down {a-Clubs}{7-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{7-Hearts} and Serda's sailboats took down the pot, sending hit opponent out of the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Patrick Serda ca
Patrick Serda
100,000 26,000
Day 3 Chip Leader
WPT 1X Winner

Iadisernia Climbs Near the Top

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

The flop read {k-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{8-Hearts} and two players found all of their chips go into the middle. [Removed:150] had the higher of the two stacks as the players turned over their cards.

Opponent: {k-Clubs}{10-Clubs}
[Removed:150]: {10-Hearts}{9-Hearts}

The {4-Hearts} peeled off as a turn card, giving Iadisernia a flush and now he needed to dodge for the pot. A {2-Clubs} landed on the river, shipping the entire pot to Iadisernia who now has over 200,000.

Player Chips Progress
[Removed:150] us
[Removed:150]
215,000 100,800

Level: 8

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800