WPT Borgata Poker Open $3,500 Championship Day 1a | 2019 Borgata Poker Open

09-15-2019 12:29 UTC-4

Play Borgata's "Pro Football Triple Pick" and You Could Win $1,000,000!

Chad Holloway

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa is offering all M life Rewards members the chance to run the table and become a millionaire this football season with its Pro Football Triple Pick Perfect Season Challenge. Fans will have the ability to choose three games per week over the 17-week regular season with cash and Bonus SLOT DOLLARS® up for grabs. Should one or more participants go a perfect 51-for-51 they will walk away with their share of $1 million.

“We see Borgata’s $1 Million Pro Football Triple Pick promotion as the perfect complement to our gaming and sports wagering program,” said Mike Woodside, Vice President of Marketing for Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa. “This free entry sweepstakes offers fans a fun and approachable way to pick football games and win cash and Bonus SLOT DOLLARS® simply by swiping their M life Rewards card.”

Beginning Thursday, August 29, 2019, and running through Monday, December 30, 2019, Borgata will give away weekly prizes of $20 Bonus SLOT DOLLARS® to all winners with three correct picks. To be considered a winner, a selected team must cover the +/- 7 point spread denoted on the entry screen. Winners of the weekly prize will be posted on theborgata.com on Wednesday of the following week. Participants will have the opportunity to enter their picks via a touchscreen selection at any of the sports wagering kiosks located in Moneyline Bar and Book and near Gypsy Bar. All M life cardholders will have the ability to make one entry per week.

At the conclusion of the 17-week pro football season, each participant with a total of 45-50 winning selections will receive $500 Bonus SLOT DOLLARS®; 40-44 winning selections will receive $100 Bonus SLOT DOLLARS®; and 35-39 winning selections will receive $50 Bonus SLOT DOLLARS®. If any participant(s) goes a perfect 51-for-51, the grand prize winner(s) will be awarded their share of $1 million.

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Level: 2

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

09-15-2019 12:06 UTC-4

Faces of Flight A

Kaelaine Minton

09-15-2019 11:48 UTC-4

A Familiar Face We See Very Little

Kaelaine Minton

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante

Jonathan Little has more than $7 million in reported tournament earnings over his poker career, which only dates back to 2006.

The Floridian who now lives in New York has titles from far and wide, from Florida to Las Vegas, and internationally including Prague, France, and Turks and Caicos.

His largest single score remains the $1.12 million he earned in the WPT World Poker Finals Championship at Foxwoods back in 2008, but just last month he took home more than $97,000 for a win in the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open $2,200 8-Handed NLH event.

He still needs one thing to complete his trophy collection, however - a Borgata Open win. We only see Little for the big events, like this World Poker Tour BPO Championship, so he has very few opportunities to add a Borgata title to his resume.

Tags: Jonathan Little

09-15-2019 11:35 UTC-4

Some Familiar Faces in Early Action

Kaelaine Minton

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Dentale	40,000	40,000
Vladimir Peck	40,000	40,000
Arthur Peters	40,000	40,000
Ory Hen	40,000	40,000
Olivier Busquet	40,000	40,000
Jonathan Little	40,000	40,000
Scott Efron	40,000	40,000
Lloyd Breuer	40,000	40,000
Darren Elias	40,000	40,000
Trung Pham	40,000	40,000
Jerry Maher	40,000	40,000
Michael Wang	40,000	40,000
Kurt Lichtman	40,000	40,000
Bruce Yamron	40,000	40,000
Rick Lee	40,000	40,000
Bart Dowling	40,000	40,000
Sirous Jamshidi	40,000	40,000
Ryan D'Angelo	40,000	40,000
Brian Altman	40,000	40,000

09-15-2019 11:12 UTC-4

Update Your Own Chip Count Using the PokerNews MyStack App!

Chad Holloway

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante

PokerNews has activated the MyStack App for this event, allowing you to directly adjust your chip counts in our live reporting blog using your iPhone or Android phone.

You can download the app for iPhone or Android now to get started. Then, create a new PokerNews account or update your current one to start updating your status immediately. Your followers can see all the live action that you're involved in.

Click here to download the My Stack app for iPhone, or click here to download the My Stack app for Android.

09-15-2019 11:10 UTC-4

Shuffle Up and Deal!

Kaelaine Minton

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante

The order was given by tournament director Tab Duchateau and they got cards in the air shortly after 11am.

There's a buzz in the air because the World Poker Tour has come to town and players are already feeling the excitement. In just a few days, a new WPT Champion will be anointed right here at Borgata!

Level: 1

Blinds: 100/100

Ante: 0

09-15-2019 09:42 UTC-4

Welcome to Day 1a of the WPT Borgata Poker Open $3,500 Championship

Chad Holloway

The flagship tournament of the 2019 Borgata Poker Open is set to kick off today at 11 a.m. with the first of two starting flights in the World Poker Tour Borgata Poker Open $3,500 Championship, which boasts a $3,000,000 guarantee!

The tournament starts players with 40,000 in tournament chips and late registration and re-entries will remain open through the break at the end of Level 10. Levels 1-10 are 60 minutes each, while Levels 11-16 will last 75 minutes. Days 3 and 4 will see the levels go up to 90 minutes. Both the Day 1a and 1b flights will play a total of eight levels.

Here's a look at the structure for today:

Level	Small Blind	Big Blind	Big Blind Ante
1	100	100	-
2	100	200	-
3	100	200	200
4	200	300	300
5	200	400	400
6	300	500	500
7	300	600	600
8	400	800	800

The Borgata Poker Open has been a staple on the WPT schedule dating all the way back to 2003. During that time, some of poker's biggest names have captured the prestigious BPO title including Daniel Negreanu, Olivier Busquet, and Anthony Zinno.

Here's a look at the past BPO champions:

Season	Winner	Prize
II	Noli Francisco	$470,000
III	Daniel Negreanu	$1,117,400
IV	Al Ardebili	$1,498,650
V	Mark Newhouse	$1,519,020
VI	Roy Winston	$1,575,280
VII	Vivek Rajkumar	$1,424,500
VIII	Olivier Busquet	$925,514
IX	Dwyte Pilgrim	$733,802
X	Bobby Oboodi	$922,441
XI	Ben Hamnett	$818,847
XII	Anthony Zinno	$825,099
XIII	Darren Elias	$843,744
XIV	David Paredes	$723,227
XV	Jesse Sylvia	$821,811
XVI	Guo Liang Chen	$789,058
XVII	Erkut Yilmaz	$575,112

The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be on hand to capture all the action from the WPT Borgata Poker Open $3,500 Championship, so be sure to check back at 11 a.m. local time when cards are in the air.

WPT Borgata Poker Open $3,500 Championship

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