2019 Borgata Poker Open

WPT Borgata Poker Open $3,500 Championship
Day: 3
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Event Info

2019 Borgata Poker Open

Final Results
Winner
Donald Maloney
Winning Hand
10♣4♥
Prize
$487,874
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,500
Entries
1,156
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000
Players Info - Day 3
Players Left
24
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More Players Out the Door

Kaelaine Minton
Kaelaine Minton
Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Players continue to depart at a rapid pace, bringing the count down to 80 players.

From here on, tables will go to eight-handed play until the final table, which will redraw with nine players remaining.

Interim redraws will take place at 24 players and 16 players.

Here are the latest departures:

Player Chips Progress
Shuntak Yeung us
Shuntak Yeung 		Busted
Guo Liang Chen cn
Guo Liang Chen 		Busted
Omar Saeed us
Omar Saeed 		Busted
Anthony Ibrahim us
Anthony Ibrahim 		Busted
Lucas Drolet ca
Lucas Drolet 		Busted
David Coleman us
David Coleman 		Busted
Natalie Bereznyak us
Natalie Bereznyak 		Busted
Joseph Liberta us
Joseph Liberta 		Busted
Jonas Wexler us
Jonas Wexler 		Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
Bin Weng us
Bin Weng 		Busted
WPT 2X Winner
Tuan Pham us
Tuan Pham 		Busted
Brandon Caputo us
Brandon Caputo 		Busted
Matthew Iles us
Matthew Iles 		Busted

Pair over Pair Confrontations

Kaelaine Minton
Kaelaine Minton
Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Jerry Payne's pocket sevens were good for a double-up through Jonathan Little, who had pocket sixes.

Dong Ji's pocket queens held against Ryan Hughes' pocket jacks and Ji chipped up to more than 1.3 million. Hughes was eliminated on the hand.

Player Chips Progress
Dong Ji us
Dong Ji 		1,370,000
890,000
 890,000
Jonathan Little us
Jonathan Little 		445,000
165,000
 165,000
WPT 2X Winner
Jerry Payne us
Jerry Payne 		200,000
130,000
 130,000
Ryan Hughes us
Ryan Hughes 		Busted
WSOP 3X Winner

Liang Doubles Thru Ramdin

Kaelaine Minton
Kaelaine Minton
Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Michael Liang
Michael Liang

Victor Ramdin opened from the cutoff, then Michael Liang jammed for 105,000 from the button. Ramdin made a "what the hell" call, tabling {q-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}. Liang's {k-Diamonds}{j-Clubs} was ahead and the board of {a-Clubs}{9-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{k-Spades} sealed his double-up with a King on the river.

Liang doubled to about 235,000 and no noticeable dent was put in Ramdin's big stack.

Player Chips Progress
Victor Ramdin us
Victor Ramdin 		1,500,000
185,000
 185,000
Michael Liang us
Michael Liang 		235,000
28,000
 28,000

Tags: Michael LiangVictor Ramdin

Break Time Big Stacks

Kaelaine Minton
Kaelaine Minton
Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
David Farah
David Farah

As of the break, David Farah had pulled into the chip lead with more than 1.7 million, edging out Justin Liberto, who's playing about 1.5 million.

Farah made the final table of the 2019 WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open back in January, a final table that played out in April under the lights and cameras at the Luxor Esports Arena Las Vegas. He ended up with a second-place finish ($485,611) in that event and would love some redemption here in this Championship.

Player Chips Progress
Dave Farah
Dave Farah
1,700,000
1,700,000
 1,700,000
Justin Liberto us
Justin Liberto 		1,500,000
200,000
 200,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Uke Dauti us
Uke Dauti 		1,370,000
564,000
 564,000
Victor Ramdin us
Victor Ramdin 		1,315,000
35,000
 35,000
Aaron Mermelstein us
Aaron Mermelstein 		1,130,000
719,000
 719,000
WPT 2X Winner

Tags: David FarahJustin Liberto

Level: 19

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

Datashvili Departed Before Break

Kaelaine Minton
Kaelaine Minton
Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Jackob Datashvili
Jackob Datashvili

Jackob Datashvili, who won the 2019 Borgata Summer Poker Open Championship in July, was eliminated before the break, so there will be no back-to-back champion in this event.

Also gone before break:

Player Chips Progress
Jackob Datashvili us
Jackob Datashvili 		Busted
Jason Min us
Jason Min 		Busted
David Santucci us
David Santucci 		Busted
Samuel Ganzfried us
Samuel Ganzfried 		Busted
Dejuante Alexander us
Dejuante Alexander 		Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
Bryan Piccioli us
Bryan Piccioli 		Busted
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Jackob Datashvili

Queens Good for McGuinness

Kaelaine Minton
Kaelaine Minton
Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Mike McGuinness
Mike McGuinness

Patrick Eskandar got his last ~200,000 chips in holding pocket sevens, but ran into the pocket Queens held by Mike McGuinness.

The board brought nothing but bricks and McGuinness took the pot, chipping up to about 550,000.

Eskandar hit the rail in 106th place ($6,399).

Other recent departures below.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Mcguinness us
Michael Mcguinness 		550,000
550,000
 550,000
Patrick Eskandar us
Patrick Eskandar 		Busted
Ryan Van Sanford us
Ryan Van Sanford 		Busted
WPT 1X Winner
An Huang us
An Huang 		Busted
Mitchell Mantin us
Mitchell Mantin 		Busted
Joseph Gossweiller us
Joseph Gossweiller
Busted
Michael Azzaro us
Michael Azzaro 		Busted
Stephen Press us
Stephen Press 		Busted
Ranjeet Pawar us
Ranjeet Pawar 		Busted
Stephen Stokes
Stephen Stokes 		Busted

Tags: Michael McguinnessPatrick Eskandar

Prociak Felts Mendez

Kaelaine Minton
Kaelaine Minton
Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Matt Mendez
Matt Mendez

In a battle between WSOP bracelet holders, Matt Mendez got his last ~285,000 chips in holding {8-Spades}{8-Diamonds} against the {a-Clubs}{k-Clubs} of David Prociak.

At the river, the final board read {q-Spades}{10-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}{9-Hearts} giving both players straights, but Prociak had Broadway for the nut straight. He chipped up to about 730,000, while Mendez reported to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
David Prociak us
David Prociak 		730,000
243,000
 243,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Matthew Mendez us
Matthew Mendez 		Busted

Tags: David ProciakMatthew Mendez

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