$3,500 WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship Day 1b | 2020 Borgata Winter Poker Open

01-27-2020 15:37 UTC-4

Enter Email for Chance to Win FREE Borgata Spring Poker Open $2,700 Championship Event Seat

Kaelaine Minton

Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante

The Borgata Spring Poker Open is slated to run April 7-24, 2020 and will culminate with a $2,700 buy-in Championship Event.

One lucky winner will get in for FREE courtesy of Oddschecker US!

All you need to do is enter your email for a chance to win. One lucky winner will be randomly selected and notified via email on Friday, January 31!

Click here for more details and to enter the Borgata Spring Poker Open Championship giveaway.

01-27-2020 15:05 UTC-4

Serda's Second Bullet Going Better

Shirley Ang

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

The player in the middle position raised to 500 and Patrick Serda three-bet to 1,500 from the hijack. Action folded back to the initial raiser who made the call.

The flop came , Serda's continuation-bet of 1,500 was check-called.

The turn was the , Serda fired another bet of over the line, this time for 3,000 and was check-called again.

The river completed the board with the and Serda's opponent checked for the last time. Serda barreled another bet into the pot, 4,000 was the way to go and he got called again. Serda tabled for two pair to scoop the pot as his opponent mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Patrick Serda	74,000

Tags: Patrick Serda

01-27-2020 14:33 UTC-4

Reis Returns to the Felt After Another Borgata Score

Kaelaine Minton

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

Rafael Reis has been on fire since he entered the US poker scene back in 2013 and has run up more than $967,000 in earnings during that short time. His big win at Borgata came in the 2018 Spring Poker Open Kick-Off Event, which he won for $216,010.

He came close to another Borgata title just a couple of days ago in Event #16: $400 Saturday Series NLH. He was second in chips among the final four when they opted to call it a night with an adjusted payout agreement, which garnered Reis second place and $31,971.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rafael Reis	38,000

Tags: Rafael Reis

01-27-2020 13:50 UTC-4

Dever Takes Pot Without Showdown

Kaelaine Minton

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

Cathy Dever had the button and got to the river with a desert-dry board reading . Her opponent in middle position checked it and Dever fired 10,000 into the pot.

He tanked for a minute, then released his hand, surrendering the pot to Dever.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cathy Dever	47,000	7,000
Matt Iles	40,000	40,000

Tags: Cathy Dever

01-27-2020 13:27 UTC-4

WPT Seminole Rock & Roll Poker Open Main Event Champion Stefanov in the Field

Shirley Ang

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

Milen Stefanov won the $3,500 WPT Seminole Rock & Roll Poker Open Main Event two months ago for $545,070 after defeating Fabian Gumz heads-up and is looking for another WPT title here in Atlantic City but just lost a little pot.

Ronald Citrenbaum raised to 500 from the cutoff and Stefanov defended his big blind.

The flop came , Stefanov check-called the 600 continuation-bet of Citrenbaum.

The turn brought them the , Stefanov checked again and now Citrenbaum bet 1,000 which was called.

The river completed the board with the for both players to check. Stefanov revealed the for two pair but Citrenbaum held for the higher two pair and the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ronald Citrenbaum	44,000
Milen Stefanov	40,500

Tags: Milen Stefanov Fabian Gumz Ronald Citrenbaum

01-27-2020 13:15 UTC-4

Kachittavong Freerolling the Championship Courtesy of Borgata

Kaelaine Minton

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

For every Open Series (five times a year) Borgata has a drawing for players who enter their information on theBorgata.com tournament web site. One player is randomly selected and awarded a free seat in the Championship event.

This time it was a well-known player: Soukha Kachittavong. He's got more than $1.5 million in tournament earnings and most recently won the 2019 Fall Poker Open Kick-Off DeepStack event for $87,443. That was the second time he won a major series kick-off event and his fourth Borgata title overall.

Player	Chips	Progress
Soukha Kachittavong	42,000	42,000

Tags: Soukha Kachittavong

01-27-2020 12:55 UTC-4

Yoo Takes First Player Out

Shirley Ang

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante

The board read when all the chips went in for Paul Yoo and his opponent.

Opponent:
Paul Yoo:

Both players had turned the Broadway but Yoo also held a flush draw.

The river completed the board with the to give Yoo the flush indeed. Yoo's stack was counted first and determined to hold 41,500 in chips. His opponent had 39,800 so was eliminated as his whole stack was awarded to Yoo to take him into the chip lead for now.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Yoo	84,900

Tags: Paul Yoo

01-27-2020 11:05 UTC-4

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

Kaelaine Minton

The flagship tournament of the 2020 Borgata Winter Poker Open began yesterday with the first of two starting flights of the WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open $3,500 No Limit Hold'em Championship with $3,000,000 guarantee. Flight A drew 382 entries and of those, about 200 managed to get chips in a bag at the end of eight 60-minute levels.

Today at 11 a.m., the second starting flight begins and follows the same structure:

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. 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.