WPT Borgata Poker Open $3,500 Championship
Day 1a Completed
WPT Borgata Poker Open $3,500 Championship
Day 1a Completed
The first flight of the WPT Borgata Poker Open $3,500 Championship saw a total of 271 entry slips sold and when the last chance saloon had closed for business only 128 remained. The biggest stack to emerge from Day 1a was owned by Mukharji Uppalapati, who will be entering Day 2 with 252,400.
Uppalapati caught fire early in the day and never really looked back as he sits on top of the star-studded field. The Gaithersburg, Maryland native has over $100,000 in tournament cashes with his biggest cash coming at Borgata. Uppalapati is yet to register a cash in the WPT but is off to a promising start in the $3,500 Championship.
Nipping at the heels of Uppalapati is a WPT champion in Asher Conniff, who bagged in impressive 247,800 in the first flight. Two other players finding a stack on the larger side of things are Ryan Olisar (229,700) and Bruce Kramer (211,600), having the only other stacks above the 200,000 mark aside from the leaders.
Many familiar faces bagged and tagged, including Andrew Ostapchenko (165,800), Frank Stepuchin (147,200), Joe McKeehen (143,500), Victor Ramdin (140,200), Patrick Eskandar (108,000), Stephen Song (95,800), and WPT's Tony Dunst (75,500). Two Borgata Pros also found a Day 2 birth in Vlad Alexandrov (135,400) and Michael Gagliano (105,000).
The Day 1b flight will begin tomorrow at 11 a.m. local time on Monday, September 16. A total of eight 60-minute levels will be played before players bag up for the night. Players may register or re-enter until the beginning of level 11 on Day 2 and there is no limit to the number of times one player enters. Players may bag more than one stack but the smaller stack will be forfeited at the beginning of the second day.
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.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
[Removed:104]
|
252,400 | -42,600 |
Asher Conniff
|
247,800 | 52,800 |
Ryan Olisar | 229,700 | 35,700 |
Bruce Kramer | 211,600 | -13,400 |
Larry Ormson | 204,600 | -5,400 |
Lucas Drolet | 199,100 | 199,100 |
Jordan Fisch | 180,200 | 180,200 |
Connor Daum | 177,200 | 177,200 |
Andrew Ostapchenko | 165,800 | 5,800 |
Spencer Champlin | 163,000 | 88,000 |
Ren Lin | 161,400 | 161,400 |
Jonathan Aguiar
|
161,200 | 161,200 |
Jackob Datashvili | 160,400 | 160,400 |
Ryan D'Angelo
|
152,400 | 111,400 |
Frank Stepuchin
|
147,200 | 27,200 |
Joseph Mckeehen
|
143,500 | 143,500 |
Ofer Peleg | 142,600 | 142,600 |
Noah Novick | 142,200 | 142,200 |
Annand Ramdin | 140,200 | 140,200 |
Qi Hu | 138,700 | 138,700 |
Scott Efron | 138,000 | 98,000 |
Vladimir Alexandrov | 135,400 | 135,400 |
Todd Ivens | 132,100 | 132,100 |
John Pannucci | 132,000 | 132,000 |
Jason Sagle | 128,600 | 128,600 |
The flop read and there was about 6,000 in the bot when a player moved their remaining 26,000 all-in. Jeremy Joseph called and the two tabled their hands.
Opponent:
Jeremy Joseph:
Joseph was in a commanding lead with his flopped flush and his opponent needed runner-runner to take down the pot. A peeled off on the turn and Joseph now had his opponent drawing dead to the river, shipping the pot to Joseph.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jeremy Joseph | 81,000 |
The flop read and there was 7,000 in the pot. Larry Ormson led out for 3,000 and Patrick Eskander raised to 7,200.
Ormson called and the landed on the turn. Both played checked to the river where Ormson bet 5,000. Eskandar called and Ormson tabled for top pair, but it was not good as Eskandar showed for the same pair with a better kicker.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Larry Ormson | 210,000 | 114,000 |
Patrick Eskandar | 110,000 | 14,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
[Removed:104]
|
295,000 | 110,000 |
Bruce Kramer | 225,000 | |
Asher Conniff
|
195,000 | 101,000 |
Ryan Olisar | 194,000 | 120,000 |
Andrew Ostapchenko | 160,000 | -7,000 |
Frank Stepuchin
|
120,000 | 77,000 |
Michael Gagliano
|
119,000 | 64,000 |
Victor Ramdin | 115,000 | 24,000 |
Stephen Song
|
90,000 | 50,000 |
Tony Dunst
|
90,000 | 18,000 |
Peter Zarriello | 79,000 | |
Adam Hendrix | 57,500 | 6,500 |
The turned board read and there was about 8,000 in the pot. A player let out for 2,000 and Viet Vo raised to 5,600.
His opponent called to see the river and then action checked to Vo who bet 10,500. His opponent quickly released and Vo picked up a much needed pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Viet Vo | 48,500 | 10,500 |
We have just entered level eight here in the BPO Championship. This is the last level of play left in the night before the bagging process begins.
There's still plenty of time to get in on the action as tournament registration and re-entry will remain open through the first break on day two.
Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Anthony Zinno moved all in for his remaining stack of around 4,500 and found one caller. The two tabled their hands and Zinno was at risk.
Anthony Zinno:
Opponent:
The board ran out and Zinno's full house took down the pot, doubling through his opponent.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Anthony Zinno
|
10,400 | -8,800 |