$3 Million Guaranteed WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship
Day 2 Started
2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open
$3 Million Guaranteed WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open
Buy-in
$3,300
Entries
1,229
Level
39
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
75,000
Day 2 Chip Counts (full)
Level 9
: 300/600, 75 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
258,175 | 138,175 |
|
229,825 | |
|
209,500 | |
|
186,250 | |
|
|
171,325 | |
|
169,400 | |
|
|
169,050 | |
|
168,250 | |
|
160,225 | |
|
|
151,450 | |
|
150,100 | |
|
146,000 | |
|
145,200 | |
|
144,250 | |
|
|
142,000 | |
|
141,850 | |
|
140,200 | 200 |
|
139,325 | |
|
|
136,750 | |
|
135,975 | |
|
|
135,550 | |
|
|
135,400 | |
|
134,925 | |
|
134,750 | 49,750 |
|
|
133,200 |
Day 2 of the Borgata Winter Poker Open WPT Main Event Championship Starts Now
After nearly two weeks of relatively anonymous fields dotted by the occasional well-known pro, a slew of notable names and faces descended on the Borgata for the $3 Million Guaranteed WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship. Ironically, at the end of Day 1a, it's one of the anonymous faces who bagged up a massive chip lead.
A total of 422 entrants paid up the $3,500 to register the main event yesterday here at the Borgata Winter Poker Open, and nearly double that amount ponied up the cash today. That brought the total entries to 1,229, creating a first-place prize of $842,379, more than $100,000 better than last year's $730,053 pocketed by Andy Hwang.
A total of 807 runners packed the house yesterday for Day 1b, and Todd Rebello bagged up the top stack with 229,825. Closely trailing him was Rob Boyko with 209,500. Rebello will come back to Day 2 trailing only Laz Hernandez, who bagged more than 258,000 on Day 1a. As a reward for their chip accumulation, Rebello and Boyko pocketed $5,000 and $3,000, respectively.
Other notable stacks heading into Day 2 include John Racener (186,250), Calvin Lee (169,050), Mike Linster (160,225), Randy Pfeifer (150,100), George Lampert (146,000), Matt Brady (145,200), Steve Levy (144,250), Bob "Uncle Krunk" Panitch (140,000), Jordan Cristos (125,000), Noah Schwartz (124,325), Todd Terry (98,550), Isaac baron (95,975), Eric Baldwin (93,850), Blake Bohn (86,825), Faraz Jaka (82,200) and Jeff Madsen (79,650).
Players swinging and missing on Day 1b included Vanessa Selbst, Chino Rheem, Ryan Eriquezzo, Jonathan Tamayo, Jonathan Little, Phil Collins, and Bryn Kenney.
The field is stacked from the start here on Day 2, so keep it here with PokerNews throughout the day for continuous coverage live from the floor.
Let's Play Some Cards
The cards are in the air and play is underway on Day 2 of the Borgata Winter Poker Open WPT Main Event Championship.
Level: 9
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
Stammen Loses Early Flip
Level 9
: 300/600, 75 ante
We didn't see the action, but Keven Stammen just lost a chunk of chips when his 
lost to an opponent's 
on a board of 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
42,000 | 600 |
Waxman Calls Off Most of Stack
Level 9
: 300/600, 75 ante
We found Matt Waxman facing an all-in wager from an opponent on the button with the board reading 
. His opponent had shipped it for 22,625, and Waxman only had about 10,000 more than that. He tanked for a couple of minutes before making the call.
Waxman: 
Opponent: 
Waxman was behind, but had a flush draw and an open ender to go with his sixes. The river was a 
though, no help to Waxman, and he's dangerously low on chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
10,000 | -3,900 |
The Riskiest Play in All of Poker
Level 9
: 300/600, 75 ante
After arriving midway through Level 9, Danny Warchol immediately tried to run the most unconventional, risky play in all of poker: betting with no hand.
We don't mean Warchol missed his draw and fired out, or floated with air to make a move... he literally played a pot to the river without a hand to play.
We caught the tail end of a heated discussion between Warchol and the floor staff, and after the commotion died down one of Warchol's tablemates filled us in on the drama. Apparently Warchol was dealt 
and he opened for a raise from early position, with two players flatting to see a flop which was checked down. A heart hit the board on the turn - giving Warchol a four-flush - and he led out for a bet of 2,200. His two opponent's called and the river card was produced (no fifth heart was found) with a round of checks following fifth street.
When the showdown occurred, Warchol went to table his hand (which would not have been the winner anyway), only to discover that his cards were already in the muck. Arriving late meant Warchol was unbagging his chips to start the hand, and the dealer collected his cards while dragging the rest of the folds into the muck. There was nothing to be done at that point, and the chips Warchol bet remained in the pot, leaving him exasperated with the decision.
Compounding Warchol's misery, on the very next deal he picked up 
, only to hear the dreaded words "misdeal" ring out as the button had never moved during the previous hand's delay. Warchol's queens went sailing toward the muck when he heard a misdeal had occurred, but a tournament official countermanded the dealer's decision while ruling that significant action had already occurred.
The pot was played out to completion, and for the second time in two deals, Warchol was left empty handed.
Major Payne
Level 9
: 300/600, 75 ante
We saw two players with all-in buttons in front of them, as both David Fox and Jerry Payne had put the last of their chips into the middle.
When Payne's all-in move was announced, Andre Kelsall snap-called and tabled 
to find himself in a fortuitous position against Payne's 
and the 
held by Fox.
The final board ran out 
to keep Kelsall out in front, and with the double-knockout he climbed to more than 120,000 to start Day 2 off in style. After heading into Day 2 of the Six-Max event earlier this week as the overall chip leader, Kelsall knows how to use chips when he gets them, and he just took the rest from two players to make himself a force going forward.
Kelsall also let us know that he made another score before the encounter with aces, hitting the 
board perfectly with his to felt a player who held a futile full house with . Anytime a skilled player starts running the way Kelsall is today, we pay attention, knowing that a huge chip lead could be built and lengthened in just a level or two of play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
249,000 | 166,625 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Level: 10
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100