2020 Borgata Winter Poker Open

Event #14: $1,090 Six Max NLH
Day: 1
Event Info

2020 Borgata Winter Poker Open

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a2
Prize
$91,017
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,090
Entries
383
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
60,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
383
Players Left
22

Tomas Soderstrom Leads the 22 Day 1 Survivors in Event #14 $1,090 Six Max NLH

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Tomas Soderstrom
Tomas Soderstrom

Event #14 $1,090 Six-Max NLH drew a total of 383 entries and after 17 levels of play it's Tomas Soderstrom at the top of the chip counts with 1,011,000.

Soderstrom is the only player over a million and he vaulted to the top of the counts in one of the last hands of the night scooping a monster pot with no showdown against Raul Martinez.

David Lopez sits in second with 654,000 and Michael Rossitto rounds out the top three chip stacks with 568,000.

There are 22 players returning to the Event Center on Saturday January 25 at 12 PM to battle it out for $91,017 and the BWPO trophy. A full list of day two chip counts and seating assignments will be posted before the restart.

Tags: David LopezMichael RossittoRaul MartinezTomas Soderstrom

Huynh Bursts the Bubble

Level 16 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Kenny Huynh
Kenny Huynh

The player in the cutoff moved all in for 93,500 and Kenny Huynh called from the button. The blinds quickly folded and the hands were shown.

Kenny Huynh: {8-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}
Opponent: {a-Clubs}{q-Clubs}

The board ran out {9-Hearts}{6-Spades}{4-Spades}{k-Spades}{8-Spades} and Huynh improved to a set of eights to score the knockout.

The remaining 36 Six-Max players are now all in the money and guaranteed a minimum of $1,858 for their efforts.

Player Chips Progress
Kenny Huynh us
Kenny Huynh
380,000
175,000
175,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Kenny Huynh

Top Pair is Good for Eriquezzo

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

Ryan Eriquezzo raised to 6,500 from the cutoff and the small blind called. They went heads up to the {k-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{2-Clubs} flop and both players checked.

The turn was the {6-Diamonds} and the player check-called a bet of 8,500 from Eriquezzo. The river was the {5-Spades} and the player fired out a bet of 22,000.

Eriquezzo instantly called turning over his {k-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds} for top pair and the player showed {a-Hearts}{j-Clubs} for just ace high.

Player Chips Progress
Ryan Eriquezzo us
Ryan Eriquezzo
165,000
-10,000
-10,000
WSOP 3X Winner

Tags: Ryan Eriquezzo

WSOP Main Event Champ in the SixMax

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante
Joe McKeehen
Joe McKeehen

The 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event winner Joe McKeehen arrived at Borgata yesterday in time for some Ultimate Werewolf, but not for the Almighty Stack. The SixMax is his first event of the 2020 Borgata Winter Poker Open.

After winning the 2015 WSOP Main and more than $7.6 million, McKeehen went on to prove that he wasn't a one-hit-wonder, winning the $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship and another bracelet in 2017. He has run up more than $16 million in live tournament earnings, putting him 38th in the world in total earnings.

Player Chips Progress
Joe McKeehen us
Joe McKeehen
20,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 3X Winner

Tags: Joe McKeehen

Zinno Grinding in the SixMax

Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante
Anthony Zinno
Anthony Zinno

Anthony Zinno arrived at Borgata in time to get chips in a bag for Day 2 of the Almighty Stack, but he busted out short of the money. Now he's settled into Day 1 of this two-day SixMax event for a long grind until the bag & tag at about 2am.

He's been cashing in tournaments since 2007, but his big breakthrough came right here at Borgata when he beat Vanessa Selbst heads-up at the end of the 2013 World Poker Tour Borgata Poker Open Championship event, earning more than $825,000. He's gone on to travel the world playing poker and amassed more than $10 million in earnings, with three WPT titles and two World Series of Poker bracelets to his credit.

Player Chips Progress
Anthony Zinno us
Anthony Zinno
25,000
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 3X Winner

Tags: Anthony ZinnoVanessa Selbst

Engel Makes BWPO Debut in SixMax

Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante
Ari Engel
Ari Engel

Ari Engel has arrived at Borgata and joined the SixMax as his first BWPO event. He just returned from Australia where he won the Aussie Millions A$ 2,250 + 250 No Limit Hold'em event, earning US $97,473, just a few days ago.

His lifetime earnings now exceed $6.9 million and he's won tournaments on at least four of the seven continents!

Player Chips Progress
Ari Engel ca
Ari Engel
45,000
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Ari Engel