2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open

$3 Million Guaranteed WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship
Day: 5
Event Info

2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q3
Prize
$842,379
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,300
Entries
1,229
Level Info
Level
39
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
75,000

Seat 5: David Paredes

David Paredes is the Chip Leader Entering the Final Table, and the Dangerous Pro Definitely Knows How to Put Those Chips to Use
David Paredes is the Chip Leader Entering the Final Table, and the Dangerous Pro Definitely Knows How to Put Those Chips to Use

David Paredes currently sits as the 10th highest earner in terms of live tournament winnings from his native Massachusetts, with $864,661 in winnings over his seven-year career.

He can essentially double that total with a win here today, and if he does take the whole thing down, he'll climb to 4th on that list to put himself high on the list of top-notch players to emerge from the East Coast.

Paredes enters the final table as the slight chip leader over Anthony Maio, but both men are about 3 million clear of their next competitor, so we expect Paredes to ramp his usual aggressive style up a notch. Although he knows how to wield a big stack well, yesterday Paredes proved himself to be a tricky player capable of changing gears when the need arises, as he felted Bryan Choi by expertly slow-playing pocket queens and trapping the amateur for his entire stack.

Using the momentum from that massive win, Paredes cruised to the televised final table, as he looks to continue a terrific run in WPT events. Paredes finished in 12th place for $38,135 at WPT Montreal's Main Event in November of last year, and he followed that up with a 28th place run for $26,039 at the WPT Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic in December.

Today, Paredes is already guaranteed to exceed those scores by a mile, and if he can translate his chip lead into a dominant final table performance, the first major win of his long poker career is well within his grasp. He will need to tread lightly though, with the hyper-aggressive Farid Jattin seated to his left, but a 3 million chip advantage over Jattin should allow Paredes to mitigate his foe's propensity for entering the pot light and playing post-flop poker.

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