The player in Seat 8 (big blind) got his last chips in the middle holding 
against Clemenceau Calixto, (button) who had him dominated with 
.
The runout of 
gave Seat 8 lots of outs, all of which were missed and Calixto's kicker played. Seat 8 was felted.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
69,000 | 69,000 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
Lara Eisenberg got her last 4,300 in from the small blind after Seat 2 (cutoff) opened and got called by Seat 3 (button). All she could do was stand and watch as the other two players looked at the flop of 
. The button bet and the cutoff folded, so the hands were tabled:
Eisenberg: 
Button: 
Eisenberg's pocket aces had survived the flop, but her opponent had a pair of sixes and back-door draws. The 
paired the board on the turn and the 
river was safe as well.
Eisenberg resumed her seat, collected her pot, and tripled up to ~15,000 (75 big blinds).
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
15,000 |
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Alongside the WPT BWPO Championship, two satellites will be running today for players to try to earn their seats into the big one.
Starting at 2 p.m. local time, Event #35: $350+$50 NLH Championship Qualifier kicks off. Players get 20,000 chips and levels are 25 minutes in duration. Approximately one out of every ten players will win a $3,500 entry to play in the WPT BWPO Championship.
Later today at 5 p.m., Event #36: $700+$50 NLH Championship Qualifier takes to the felt. Players get 20,000 chips and levels are 30 minutes long. Approximately one out of every five players will win a $3,500 entry to play in the WPT BWPO Championship.
There are also a couple of "Last Chance" Satellites on Monday, running alongside starting Flight B of the Championship. Event #37: $350+$50 NLH Turbo Survivor begins Monday morning at 10 a.m. Starting stacks are 20,000 and levels are 15 minutes long. Approximately one in every ten players will earn $3,500 in cash, precisely the amount needed to buy in to the Championship, but they can also chose to take the money and run!
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Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
End of Level 1 and Championship players are taking their first 15-minute break of the day.
Chinese New Year was Saturday and the Borgata was packed with players celebrating the New Year — the Year of the Rat.
Brian Altman is fresh off a win in the $3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship where he beat a field of 843 entries to take first place and $482,636. He made history as the first WPT Champion to win the same event twice — he won the same event back in 2015.
Despite being from Massachusetts, Altman has yet to take home a Borgata title. His highest finish here was last November in the 2019 Fall Poker Open Purple Chip Bounty. He finished runner-up in that event for just under $11,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000 | 40,000 |
BorgataPoker.com sponsored pro Michael Gagliano is on the felt early today. He's played a few events this series, but so far has been shutout.
He has a strong summer at the World Series of Poker with four cashes and a runner-up finish in the "Bracelet Winners Only" event, which was a killer field of 185 players who already had at least one WSOP bracelet. He earned $44,232 for second place in that event, jut missing out on his second bracelet. That score boosted his total live reported tournament past the $2 million mark.
At Borgata, his only win came during the 2017 Fall Poker Open in the $1,090 Six Max NLH event, good for $36,084.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000 |
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