Event 14: $15,400 $5 Million Guaranteed WPT World Championship
Day 1a Started
2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open
Event 14: $15,400 $5 Million Guaranteed WPT World Championship
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open
Buy-in
$15,000
Prize Pool
$4,852,400
Entries
328
Level
31
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
25
The WPT World Championship is Jersey Fresh
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For the first time ever, the World Poker Tour is set to kick off its season-concluding, World Championship event right here at Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa. Over the past 11 seasons this illustrious event has been held at Bellagio in Las Vegas, Nevada, but with the return of partypoker in the Garden State of New Jersey, the WPT team opted to move the event across the country to Atlantic City.
Also, for the first time ever, this event features a $15,000 buy-in rather than a $25,000 buy-in.
This event always attracts the biggest and brightest stars in the game of poker, and we've already spotted Phil Hellmuth, Scotty Nguyen, Will Failla, Noah Schwartz, Ravi Raghavan, Keven Stammen, and Matt Giannetti floating around the property. We also expect to see 2013 WSOP Main Event champion Ryan Riess, 2012 champ Greg Merson, Season XI WPT Player of the Year leader Mukul Pahuja, and several if not all of the Season XII Champions Club members.
Since Season IV, this event has always been won by a professional player, and the final table has always been stacked. In Season XI, Chino Rheem defeated Erick Lindgren heads-up to earn $1,150,279 and the title. Here's a look at all of the players who have ever won this event:
WPT World Champions
| Season | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| I | Alan Goehring | $1,011,866 |
| II | Martin De Knijff | $2,728,356 |
| III | Tuan Le | $2,856,150 |
| IV | Joe Bartholdi | $3,760,165 |
| V | Carlos Mortensen | $3,970,415 |
| VI | David Chiu | $3,389,140 |
| VII | Yevgeniy Timoshenko | $2,149,960 |
| VIII | David Williams | $1,530,537 |
| IX | Scott Seiver | $1,618,344 |
| X | Marvin Rettenmaier | $1,196,858 |
| XI | Chino Rheem | $1,150,279 |
The cards will be in the air at 11 a.m. EST, and PokerNews will be bringing you live updates straight from the tournament floor. See you then as we kick off the flagship event of the WPT!
Pre-Tournament Twitters
There's a slight delay getting the cards in the air. In the meantime, here are some Tweets:
Playing the @WPT Championship event today: $15k buy in with a $5 million guaranteed prize pool. Live stream for final table on Saturday.Follow @Bond_18
The $15,400 @wpt main event at @borgatapoker is today. This would be an ideal time to run hot.Follow @JonathanLittle
Bout to start up day1a of the $15400 WPT championship here at Borgata good luck me and anyone who bought action let's goooFollow @JeffMadsenobv
Level: 1
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 25
On-Time Arrivals
Level 1
: 75/150, 25 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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50,000 | 50,000 |
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More Friendly Faces
Level 1
: 75/150, 25 ante
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Purple Reign
Level 1
: 75/150, 25 ante
Jean "Prince" Gaspard opened the action to 400 and was called by Greg Merson. Cliff Josephy decided to raise it up, making it 1,400 to go.
Gaspard declined to fold or call, instead putting in another raise, this time to 3,900. Merson quickly got out of the way and Josephy wasn't too far behind in tossing his cards into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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52,500 | 2,500 |
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49,500 | -500 |
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48,500 | -1,500 |
New Millionaire Myroslaw Woroch in the House
Level 1
: 75/150, 25 ante
At the end of the 2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open, Myroslaw Woroch took down the BorgataPoker.com New Jersey's Next Poker Millionaire sit-n-go, earning a cool $1 million.
Woroch was among eight players who navigated through a sea of online qualifiers to reach the final table, and in the end he was the last player standing. His $1 million check included:
- A seat in a $100,000 buy-in WPT Alpha8 Event
- A seat in the WPT World Championship
- Two entries to $3,500 WPT events held at Borgata
- 52 entries into the Sunday $50K
- $8,000 in love tournament entries at Borgata
- A balnce of $859,600
We will certainly follow Woroch's progress today, as he tries to parlay his victory in February into a seat in the WPT Champions Club.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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50,000 |
Too Mukul
Level 1
: 75/150, 25 ante
Mukul Pahuja is running away with the World Poker Tour Player of the Year and is merely here to prove his dominance as he has the award fairly locked up. Him and a few more notables have taken their seats.
Only two players can actually catch Pahuja - Shaun Suller and Dylan Wilkerson - and only if they win this tournament.
| Player | Points |
|---|---|
| Mukul Pahuja | 3,450 |
| Shaun Suller | 2,150 |
| Dylan Wilkerson | 2,100 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Still Filing In
Level 1
: 75/150, 25 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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