$3,500 WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship
Day 1b Completed
2020 Borgata Winter Poker Open
$3,500 WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship
Days: 1b
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Chip Counts
Chip Counts
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224,400
Francis Anderson Takes Overall Lead in Day 1b of WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship
Level 8
: 400-800, 800 ante
The second flight of the $3,500 WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship saw a total of 683 registration slips sold and when the dust had settled only 396 found a bag. Sitting atop the counts after eight levels of play is Francis Anderson with a stack of 300,100 which is good for the overall lead headed into Day 2.
Anderson flew under the radar for the better part of the day but found a heater during the last level of the night where he rocketed to the top of the chip counts. The Wappingers Falls, NY, native has over $600,000 in live career earnings with his second-best cash coming at the $ 3,500 WPT Seminole Rock & Roll Poker Open Championship in Hollywood this past November when he placed sixth for $111,895. Anderson had two six-figure scores in 2019 and is in a great spot to find his first of this year.
Fan-favorite Craig Varnell found the second largest stack of the flight after bagging 240,600, putting him third on the overall counts headed into Day 2. Three players that round out the top five stacks from this event are Kenneth O'Donnell (224,400), [Removed:150] (223,100), and Taylor von Kriegenbergh (219,400).
A star-studded field showed up for the last flight of the event including the likes of Joey Couden (197,700), Ian O'Hara (193,700), Amnon Filippi (185,500), Jonas Wexler (184,500), Michael Haberman (119,500), Sam Taylor (107,100), Ari Engel (90,800), Soheb Porbandarwala (82,800), Cliff Josephy (81,100), Vanessa Selbst (75,900), and Peter Walsworth (71,000).
Day 2 will begin at noon when players return to level nine and the late registration period will remain open until the start of level 11. The blinds will remain 60-minutes until the late registration period ends in which they will bump up to 75-minutes in length. The second day of this event will play until the end of level 16 and all players will then bag up and move onto Day 2 where the blinds will again increase, this time to 90-minutes.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be here to provide you with all of the updates, so stay tuned as all of the action unfolds.
Assorted End of Day Chip Counts
Level 8
: 400-800, 800 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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300,100 | -9,900 |
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240,600 | -19,400 |
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224,400 | 224,400 |
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223,100 | 8,100 |
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219,400 | 219,400 |
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210,300 | 210,300 |
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197,900 | 22,900 |
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193,700 | -1,300 |
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192,600 | 192,600 |
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185,500 | 185,500 |
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184,500 | -10,500 |
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158,700 | 158,700 |
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153,600 | 93,600 |
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137,500 | 137,500 |
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131,300 | 131,300 |
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119,500 | 69,500 |
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112,300 | 112,300 |
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109,500 | 109,500 |
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107,100 | -42,900 |
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101,200 | -53,800 |
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95,500 | -4,500 |
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90,800 | 800 |
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89,200 | 49,200 |
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84,700 | 24,700 |
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82,800 | 7,100 |
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Qualifier
Play Has Halted
Level 8
: 400-800, 800 ante
The Day 1b flight of the tournament has now come to an end after eight levels of play and it looks like Francis Anderson has bagged the biggest stack of the night.
A recap of the day will be posted shortly, along with the end of day counts.
Assorted Chip Counts
Level 8
: 400-800, 800 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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310,000 | 257,000 |
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195,000 | 140,000 |
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175,000 | -15,000 |
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140,000 | 60,000 |
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115,000 | 5,000 |
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110,000 | 20,000 |
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95,000 | |
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90,000 | 25,000 |
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75,000 | 75,000 |
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70,000 | 30,000 |
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70,000 | 30,000 |
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55,000 | 15,000 |
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45,000 | 31,000 |
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25,000 | 25,000 |
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11,000 | -49,000 |
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Serda Sends One Out the Door
Level 8
: 400-800, 800 ante
Patrick Serda called the all-in of an opponent late in the last level of the day and the two turned over their cards with Serda's opponent at risk.
Opponent: 
Patrick Serda: 
The board came down 
and Serda's sailboats took down the pot, sending hit opponent out of the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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100,000 | 26,000 |
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Big Stacks
Level 8
: 400-800, 800 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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260,000 | 10,000 |
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215,000 | |
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195,000 | 105,000 |
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190,000 | 55,000 |
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150,000 | |
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140,000 | |
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135,000 | |
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Iadisernia Climbs Near the Top
Level 8
: 400-800, 800 ante
The flop read 
and two players found all of their chips go into the middle. [Removed:150] had the higher of the two stacks as the players turned over their cards.
Opponent: 
[Removed:150]: 
The 
peeled off as a turn card, giving Iadisernia a flush and now he needed to dodge for the pot. A 
landed on the river, shipping the entire pot to Iadisernia who now has over 200,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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215,000 | 100,800 |
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Jackson Continues to Climb
Level 8
: 400-800, 800 ante
We caught up to the heads up action on the 
board. The player first to act checked and David Jackson bet 4,900 into a main pot of over 13,000.
The player folded and Jackson added another pot to his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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140,000 | 40,000 |
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Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800