Event #22: $5,100 High Roller Day 1 | 2020 Borgata Winter Poker Open

01-29-2020 01:43 UTC-4

Updated Counts

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Brobyn	870,000 185,000	185,000
Justin Liberto	815,000 310,000	310,000

Jonathan Dokler	770,000 -40,000	-40,000
Anton Wigg	570,000 5,000	5,000

Qi Hu	510,000 50,000	50,000
Ian O'Hara	505,000 185,000	185,000
Christopher Sparks	485,000 55,000	55,000
Anthony Hartmann	470,000 370,000	370,000
Nitis Udornpim	430,000 -105,000	-105,000

Jonathan Gilliam	370,000 60,000	60,000
Taylor Black	215,000 -80,000	-80,000

Jerry Wong	205,000 5,000	5,000

Brent Roberts	120,000 -145,000	-145,000
Elia Ahmadian	95,000 -65,000	-65,000

Level: 14

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

01-29-2020 01:54 UTC-4

Pupillo Shoves on Liberto

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

Nick Pupillo opened to 22,000 and Justin Liberto three-bet to 53,000. Pupillo moved his 167,000 stack into the middle and Liberto quickly mucked, sending the pot to Pupillo.

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Liberto	760,000 -55,000	-55,000

Nick Pupillo	230,000 -47,000	-47,000

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01-29-2020 01:58 UTC-4

Liberto Flips Pupillo Out During Last Level

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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:
Justin Liberto:

The board ran out and Liberto's queens held on to take the pot, sending Pupillo out late in the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Liberto	985,000 225,000	225,000

Nick Pupillo	Busted

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01-29-2020 02:16 UTC-4

Wigg Sends Meskin to the Cleaners

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

The flop read , Mike Meskin and Anton Wigg moved all of their chips into the middle with Wigg having more, putting Meskin at risk.

Mike Meskin:
Anton Wigg:

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Anton Wigg	970,000 400,000	400,000

Mike Meskin	Busted

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01-29-2020 02:23 UTC-4

Play Has Now Halted

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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.

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01-29-2020 02:25 UTC-4

Player	Chips	Progress
Anton Wigg	1,200,000 230,000	230,000

Jonathan Dokler	918,000 148,000	148,000
Robert Brobyn	784,000 -86,000	-86,000
Christopher Sparks	760,000 275,000	275,000
Qi Hu	717,000 207,000	207,000
Justin Liberto	697,000 -288,000	-288,000

Nitis Udornpim	661,000 231,000	231,000

Ian O'Hara	481,000 -24,000	-24,000
Omar Saeed	322,000 32,000	32,000
Anthony Hartmann	308,000 -162,000	-162,000
Jerry Wong	303,000 98,000	98,000

Brent Roberts	200,000 80,000	80,000
Elia Ahmadian	188,000 93,000	93,000
Jonathan Gilliam	150,000 -220,000	-220,000

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

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

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.

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