2020 Borgata Winter Poker Open

$3,500 WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship
Day: 1a
Event Info

2020 Borgata Winter Poker Open

Event Info
Buy-in
$3,500
Prize Pool
$4,129,290
Entries
1,290
Players Left
6
Average Chip Stack
8,600,000
Total Chips
51,600,000
Next Payout
Place 6
$143,264
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
120,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
382
Players Left
199

Elias Returns to Where it Began

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante
Darren Elias
Darren Elias

Darren Elias launched his World Poker Tour success with his first win here at Borgata during the 2014 Borgata Poker Open. He bested a field of 1,226 entries to take the top prize of $843,744 and his first WPT title. He went on to another that season and has added two more WPT titles in recent years, giving him a total of four and sole possession of the top spot on the WPT leaderboard as the only player with four titles.

Now he travels the world and has run up more than $7.5 million in tournament earnings, but always returns here to Borgata where it all started.

Player Chips Progress
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Darren Elias
40,000

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Level: 2

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

2013 WPT BPO Runner Up

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante
Vanessa Selbst
Vanessa Selbst

Vanessa Selbst may have chosen the law over the life of a travelling professional poker player, but she still turns up at Borgata for the big ones. She's on the felt early here today and looking ready to play some serious poker.

It was here in this room back in 2013 when she got heads up with Anthony Zinno in the WPT BPO Championship. They battled under the lights and cameras of the World Poker Tour and she came very close, but failed to overcome Zinno. Second place was good for more than $492,000, so it can hardly be called "settling".

Player Chips Progress
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Vanessa Selbst
WSOP 3X Winner
40,000 40,000

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Update Your Own Chip Count Using the PokerNews MyStack App!

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante
MyStack
MyStack

PokerNews has activated the MyStack App for this event, allowing you to directly adjust your chip counts in our live reporting blog using your iPhone or Android phone. But it's more than just chip counts! You can includes notes about big hands, your photo, and even your Table and Seat assignments so your friends can find you.

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Shuffle Up and Deal!

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante
Championship Chips
Championship Chips

Following a review of the basic rules, Tournament Director Tab Duchateau gave the order to "Shuffle Up and Deal!"

Cards are in the air and chips are on the move. Speaking of chips, the special "Championship Chips" are in play. They only come out for the Open Series Championship and are touted and some of the prettiest chips in poker.

Level: 1

Blinds: 100/100

Ante: 0

Welcome to Day 1a of the World Poker Tour Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship!

Vinicius Lima - 1st Place - 2019 WPT BWPO Championship
Vinicius Lima - 1st Place - 2019 WPT BWPO Championship

The flagship tournament of the 2020 Borgata Winter Poker Open is set to kick off today at 11 a.m. with the first of two starting flights of the WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open $3,500 No Limit Hold'em Championship, which boasts a $3,000,000 guarantee!

Players start with 40,000 in chips and late registration and re-entries will remain open through the break at the end of Level 10 (on Day 2). Levels 1-10 are 60 minutes each, while Levels 11-16 will last 75 minutes. Days 3 and 4 will see the levels go up to 90 minutes. Both of the Day 1a and 1b flights will play a total of eight levels before the remaining players bag up their chips for the night. Day 2 begins Tuesday, January 28 at 12 noon local time.

Click here for the complete structure.

When play reaches one table away from the money, they will implement Protection Poker's Action Clock system, which gives players 30 seconds to act on their hand, with a set number of Time Extension chips for use when needed.

Play will continue on Day 3 (Wednesday) and Day 4, (Thursday) halting when they reach the final six players. The WPT televised final table will be held April 1, 2020, in the HyperX Esports Arena at the Luxor in Las Vegas.

Last year followed the same structure, bringing out 1,415 entrants, and it was Vinicius "Viny" Lima who emerged victorious, winning $728,430. Included in that amount was a $15,000 seat in the Baccarat Crystal Tournament of Champions. In addition, he took home a Hublot Big Bang Steel Watch and the WPT Champions Cup trophy.

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$3,500 WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship

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