2020 Borgata Winter Poker Open

Event #22: $5,100 High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2020 Borgata Winter Poker Open

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
$100,829
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,100
Prize Pool
$373,450
Entries
77
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
120,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
77
Players Left
14

Event #22: $5,100 High Roller

Day 1 Completed

Anton Wigg Leads Final 14 of BWPO $5,100 High Roller with $100,829 Up Top

Level 14 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Anton Wigg
Anton Wigg

The first day of Event #22: $5,100 High Roller has come to a close after 14 action-packed levels of play here at the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa and a total of 77 slips were sold with just 14 remaining at the end of the night. Sweden's Anton Wigg is sitting atop the leaderboard with a 1,200,000 stack.

A rocky start is the best way to describe Wigg's beginning on Day 1, losing most of his stack just before the first break of the day when Raul Martinez spiked an ace to beat the pocket kings of Wigg, leaving him with just a third os the starting stack.

The Stockholm, Sweden native fought back and by the time the next break came around he was sitting in the top three with five times his starting stack. Wigg found his biggest pot of the night during the last level when he nailed a flush against Mike Meskin to take the lead in this event, a lead that he held onto by night's end.

Rounding out the top five stacks are Jonathan Dokler (918,000), Robert Brobyn (784,000), Chris Sparks (760,000), and Canada's Qi Hu (717,000). Hu is hot off a victory just two days ago when he took down Event #17: $3,125 Heads-Up for his second-best career cash of $67,512 along with his first Borgata trophy.

The bigger buy-in brought a star-studded field to life, with a total of 77 entries accumulated over the span of a 10-level late registration period. That number turned into a $373,450 prize pool for the players to battle for with the top 11 finding at least a min-cash of $9,336 and the eventual winner pulling in a cool $100,829 to go along with their new Brogata Trophy. The remaining 14 players will be returning at noon tomorrow to play it out until a champion is crowned.

Notable names that will be gunning for that six-figure cash on Day 2 include Justin Liberto (697,000), Nitis Udornpim (661,000), Ian O'Hara (481,000), and the well-known Jerry Wong (303,000).

That wraps it up for the PokerNews Day 1 coverage of this event but tune in tomorrow for all of the updates on Day 2.

Tags: Ian O'HaraJerry WongJonathan DoklerJustin LibertoNitis UdornpimQi HuRaul MartinezRobert Brobyn

End of Day Chip Counts (full)

Level 14 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Anton Wigg se
Anton Wigg
Day 1 Chip Leader
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
1,200,000 230,000
Jonathan Dokler us
Jonathan Dokler
918,000 148,000
Robert Brobyn us
Robert Brobyn
784,000 -86,000
Christopher Sparks us
Christopher Sparks
760,000 275,000
Qi Hu ca
Qi Hu
717,000 207,000
Justin Liberto us
Justin Liberto
WSOP 1X Winner
697,000 -288,000
Nitis Udornpim us
Nitis Udornpim
WPT 1X Winner
661,000 231,000
Ian O'Hara us
Ian O'Hara
481,000 -24,000
Omar Saeed us
Omar Saeed
322,000 32,000
Anthony Hartmann us
Anthony Hartmann
308,000 -162,000
Jerry Wong us
Jerry Wong
WSOP 1X Winner
303,000 98,000
Brent Roberts us
Brent Roberts
200,000 80,000
Elia Ahmadian us
Elia Ahmadian
188,000 93,000
Jonathan Gilliam us
Jonathan Gilliam
150,000 -220,000

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Play Has Now Halted

Level 14 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

The first day of this tournament has now come to an end after 14 levels of play and it is Anton Wigg leading into Day 2.

A recap of the day will be posted shortly, along with full chip counts.

Tags: Anton Wigg

Wigg Sends Meskin to the Cleaners

Level 14 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

The flop read {q-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{4-Spades}, Mike Meskin and Anton Wigg moved all of their chips into the middle with Wigg having more, putting Meskin at risk.

Mike Meskin: {q-Spades}{j-Diamonds}
Anton Wigg: {a-Spades}{j-Spades}

A {2-Diamonds} landed on the turn and Wigg had one last chance for romance. The {8-Spades} smashed Wigg with the deck, giving him his flush and Meskin was sent to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Anton Wigg se
Anton Wigg
Day 1 Chip Leader
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
970,000 400,000
Mike Meskin us
Mike Meskin
Busted

Tags: Anton WiggMike Meskin

Liberto Flips Pupillo Out During Last Level

Level 14 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Nick Pupillo found his 225,000 stack go into the middle before the flop and Justin Liberto called, putting Pupillo at risk as the two turned over a classic race.

Nick Pupillo: {a-Spades}{k-Spades}
Justin Liberto: {q-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}

The board ran out {9-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{7-Clubs} and Liberto's queens held on to take the pot, sending Pupillo out late in the day.

Player Chips Progress
Justin Liberto us
Justin Liberto
WSOP 1X Winner
985,000 225,000
Nick Pupillo us
Nick Pupillo
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Justin LibertoNick Pupillo

Level: 14

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

Updated Counts

Level 13 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Robert Brobyn us
Robert Brobyn
870,000 185,000
Justin Liberto us
Justin Liberto
WSOP 1X Winner
815,000 310,000
Jonathan Dokler us
Jonathan Dokler
770,000 -40,000
Anton Wigg se
Anton Wigg
Day 1 Chip Leader
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
570,000 5,000
Qi Hu ca
Qi Hu
510,000 50,000
Ian O'Hara us
Ian O'Hara
505,000 185,000
Christopher Sparks us
Christopher Sparks
485,000 55,000
Anthony Hartmann us
Anthony Hartmann
470,000 370,000
Nitis Udornpim us
Nitis Udornpim
WPT 1X Winner
430,000 -105,000
Jonathan Gilliam us
Jonathan Gilliam
370,000 60,000
Taylor Black us
Taylor Black
WPT 1X Winner
215,000 -80,000
Jerry Wong us
Jerry Wong
WSOP 1X Winner
205,000 5,000
Brent Roberts us
Brent Roberts
120,000 -145,000
Elia Ahmadian us
Elia Ahmadian
95,000 -65,000

Dokler Check-Calls His Way to a Monster

Level 13 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

The flop showed {a-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{7-Hearts} and there was around 55,000 in the pot when action checked to Qi Hu, he bet 25,000 and Jonathan Dokler check-called.

A {6-Diamonds} landed on the turn, Dokler tapped to Hu and he bet 80,000. Dokler called, a {3-Diamonds} completed the board and again action checked to Hu.

Hu bet 225,000 and Dokler snap-called. Hu tabled {a-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} for top two and Dokler then showed his {9-Hearts}{6-Hearts}, giving him a flush and the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Jonathan Dokler us
Jonathan Dokler
810,000 505,000
Qi Hu ca
Qi Hu
460,000 -380,000

Tags: Jonathan DoklerQi Hu