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

09-16-2019 15:12 UTC-4

Massey Fails to Get One Past Ba

MartianNews

Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante

The board read and there was around 10,000 in the pot. Ralph Massey pushed in a pot-sized bet of 10,000 and Dinh Ba started to think.

After about a minute of thinking, Ba called and Massey turned over for a missed straight draw. Ba tabled for two pair and more than enough to take down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dinh Ba	88,000	88,000
Ralph Massey	12,000	12,000

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09-16-2019 14:54 UTC-4

Assorted Chip Counts

MartianNews

Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Altman	135,000	95,000
Yoon Choi	75,000	35,000
Yingxin Chen	70,000	70,000
Peter Walsworth	70,000	20,000
Charles Kassin	58,000	58,000
Dylan Wilkerson	55,000	55,000
Peter Ippolito	50,000	50,000
Ronit Chamani	50,000	12,000
Mike Haberman	48,000	48,000
Anthony Zinno	40,000	7,600
Arnaldo Gordon	28,000	28,000

Level: 4

Blinds: 200/300

Ante: 300

09-16-2019 14:34 UTC-4

Hawkins Holds on with Kings vs. Dimes

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Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

A player under the gun had a bet of 7,600 in front of them and Maurice MauriHawkins pushed in 18,000. The initial raiser moved all in and Hawkins snap-called for his remaining 30,400.

Maurice Hawkins:
Opponent:

The flop came down and Hawkins was still in the lead with his pair of kings. A turn and river changed nothing as Hawkins took down the pot for a complete double up through his opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maurice Hawkins	69,300	69,300

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09-16-2019 14:18 UTC-4

Player	Chips	Progress
Darren Elias	100,000	60,000
Gary Gelman	82,000	59,500
Leonard Sande	70,000	70,000
Peter Walsworth	50,000	50,000
Arthur Nelson	50,000	50,000
Aaron Massey	49,500	49,500
Melisa Singh	45,000	-4,900
Will Failla	40,000	12,000
Corbin Avery	39,000	-5,100
Ory Hen	36,500	-3,500
Kenny Nguyen	35,000	35,000
Stanley Lee	33,000	33,000
Erik Cajelais	27,500	-12,500
Rick Bordian	17,500	17,500
Kitty Kuo	15,000	-14,500

More Faces in Flight B

Kaelaine Minton

Flight B continues to grow, pushing it's way toward the back of the Event Center as more tables start up. Of the 72 available tables, 49 of them are already in use.

A combined total of 746 entrants (both flights A & B) have already plunked down their buy-ins. With registration open all day today and two levels into Day 2, this field will continue to grow and could surpass last year's 1,075 entries.

09-16-2019 13:54 UTC-4

Ho Returns to Borgata After Eight Year Absence

Kaelaine Minton

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

Maria Ho has long been staying busy as a poker player, but in recent years has added poker broadcaster to her busy schedule. Earlier
this year, she was named Broadcaster of the year at the Global Poker Awards.

Aside from the fact that she has more than $3.9 million in reported tournament earnings and more than once has been the last woman remaining in the WSOP Main Event, Ho has appeared on ESPN, PokerGO, and other poker channels.

She studied communications at the University of California-San Diego, and is now making good use of her education and poker skills, combining both her passion for poker, competition, and commentary.

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