WPT Borgata Poker Open $3,500 Championship Day 2 | 2019 Borgata Poker Open

09-17-2019 15:57 UTC-4

New Chip Leader

Kaelaine Minton

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

It appears that Asher Conniff is the chip leader, playing about 335,000 and leading the quickly shrinking field.

All of his World Poker Tour success has been right here at Borgata when he won the 2015 WPT World Championship and $973,683, so he's got his eyes set on the ultimate prize — another WPT title!

Player	Chips	Progress
Asher Conniff	335,000

Joel Gola	125,000
Stephen Song	30,000

Tags: Asher Conniff

09-17-2019 16:14 UTC-4

Cai Gets a Call From Blumstein

Kaelaine Minton

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Zhen Cai opened early, Scott Blumstein made it 12,000 from the middle, Cai kicked it on up to 28,000, and Blumstein called.

On the flop of , Cai led for 13,500 and Blumstein flatted. On the turn, Cai fired 20,500 and again Blumstein called.

The finished the board and Cai bet 83,000, leaving himself only about 40,000 behind. Blumstein tanked for a few minutes before deciding to call.

Cai tabled for Aces-full and Blumstein mucked his hand. After paying off that bet, he was down to only ~35,000 while Cai chipped up to 334,000, close to the chip lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zhen Cai	334,000
Anthony Zinno	75,000

Matthew Iles	70,000
Orson Young	70,000
Scott Blumstein	35,000

Tags: Scott Blumstein Zhen Cai

09-17-2019 16:30 UTC-4

Ladies Good for Gambino

Kaelaine Minton

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

On the river with a board of Matt Gambino (cutoff) bet and after a few seconds, got a call from Seat 5.

When he tabled his for top set, Seat 5 sent his cards face-down to the muck. Gambino took the pot, chipping up to about 135,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Sagle	178,000 49,400	49,400
Matthew Gambino	135,000 110,800	110,800
David Prociak	126,000 -99,000	-99,000

Ronit Chamani	85,000 -4,400	-4,400

Tags: Matt Gambinio

09-17-2019 16:50 UTC-4

Yeung Doubles Thru Korotki

Kaelaine Minton

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Shuntak Yeung (cutoff) moved in for 18,500 total and got a call from Abraham Korotki (bb).

Yeung's was racing against Korotki's and the board of missed Korotki completely.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shuntak Yeung	45,000
Abraham Korotki	43,000

Tags: Shuntak Yeung

09-17-2019 16:55 UTC-4

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Chad Holloway

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

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09-17-2019 16:58 UTC-4

A Round of Chip Counts

Kaelaine Minton

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan D’Angelo	408,000 408,000	408,000
Lucas Braga	335,000 190,100	190,100
Shiraz Hasan	308,000 80,500	80,500
Maurice Hawkins	240,000 200,000	200,000
Anthony Zinno	140,000 65,000	65,000

Filipp Khavin	90,000 43,800	43,800
Zachary Gruneberg	90,000 53,600	53,600
Joey Couden	70,000 70,000	70,000

Mike Linster	67,000 67,000	67,000

Paul Volpe	35,000 -5,000	-5,000

Christopher Kusha	34,000 9,600	9,600
Peter Campo	30,000 -154,700	-154,700
Amarender Puri	25,500 -98,700	-98,700
Adnan Mohammad	Busted
Jessica Dawley	Busted

Mukul Pahuja	Busted
Jake Schwartz	Busted

09-17-2019 17:01 UTC-4

Break Time

Kaelaine Minton

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Another level is done and time for a break. Players have 15 minutes to stretch their legs and get a bite.

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,500/2,500

Ante: 2,500

09-17-2019 17:34 UTC-4

Assorted Chip Counts

MartianNews

Level 13 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Victor Ramdin	350,000 350,000	350,000
Ravi Raghavan	320,000 218,600	218,600

Ryan Olisar	305,000 60,000	60,000
Dinh Ba	270,000 121,400	121,400
Vanessa Selbst	255,000 215,000	215,000

Andrew Ostapchenko	215,000 49,200	49,200
Eric Siegel	205,000 90,900	90,900
Aaron Massey	122,000 29,000	29,000
Alex Jim	110,000 34,100	34,100
Ryan Jones	105,000 83,800	83,800
Michael Del Vecchio	80,000

Jaspal Brar	48,000 13,300	13,300

09-17-2019 17:41 UTC-4

Zhang and Weissman Flip for Stacks

MartianNews

Level 13 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Min Zhang opened to 5,500 from the hijack and Joey Weissman moved all in from the small blind. Zhang called for her 34,000 stack and was the player at risk as they flipped over their hands.

Min Zhang:
Joey Weissman: