2020 Borgata Winter Poker Open

$3,500 WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship
Day: 1b
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 1b
Entries
683
Players Left
396

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

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante
Milen Stefanov
Milen Stefanov

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 {k-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}, Stefanov check-called the 600 continuation-bet of Citrenbaum.

The turn brought them the {3-Spades}, Stefanov checked again and now Citrenbaum bet 1,000 which was called.

The river completed the board with the {3-Diamonds} for both players to check. Stefanov revealed the {10-Diamonds} for two pair but Citrenbaum held {j-Hearts}{j-Clubs} for the higher two pair and the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Ronald Citrenbaum us
Ronald Citrenbaum
44,000
Milen Stefanov bg
Milen Stefanov
WPT 1X Winner
40,500

Tags: Milen StefanovFabian GumzRonald Citrenbaum

Kachittavong Freerolling the Championship Courtesy of Borgata

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante
Soukha Kachittavong
Soukha Kachittavong

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 us
Soukha Kachittavong
42,000 42,000

Tags: Soukha Kachittavong

Level: 2

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

Yoo Takes First Player Out

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante
Paul Yoo
Paul Yoo

The board read {k-Hearts}{j-Spades}{a-Spades}{10-Clubs} when all the chips went in for Paul Yoo and his opponent.

Opponent: {q-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}
Paul Yoo: {k-Spades}{q-Spades}

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

The river completed the board with the {8-Spades} 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 us
Paul Yoo
84,900

Tags: Paul Yoo

More Familiar Faces in Early Action

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante
Player Chips Progress
Rickey Lee us
Rickey Lee
40,000 40,000
Lawrence Abrams us
Lawrence Abrams
40,000 40,000
Gordon Eng us
Gordon Eng
40,000 40,000
Michael Forca us
Michael Forca
40,000 40,000
Jared Jaffee us
Jared Jaffee
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
40,000 40,000
Clemenceau Calixto br
Clemenceau Calixto
40,000 -14,600
Daniel Buzgon us
Daniel Buzgon
40,000 40,000
Brock Parker us
Brock Parker
40,000 40,000
Lloyd Breuer us
Lloyd Breuer
40,000 40,000
Charles Furey us
Charles Furey
40,000 40,000
Carlos Matos us
Carlos Matos
40,000 40,000
John Ciofalo us
John Ciofalo
40,000 40,000
Ray Shackelford us
Ray Shackelford
40,000 40,000
David Coleman us
David Coleman
40,000 40,000
Ryan D'Angelo us
Ryan D'Angelo
WSOP 1X Winner
40,000 40,000

Update Your Own Chip Count Using the PokerNews MyStack App!

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante
MyStack T-shirt
MyStack T-shirt

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Early Players in Search of Chips

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante
Player Chips Progress
Erik Cajelais ca
Erik Cajelais
WSOP 1X Winner
40,000
Tony Campagna us
Tony Campagna
40,000
Tony Sinishtaj us
Tony Sinishtaj
WPT 1X Winner
40,000
Gary Gelman us
Gary Gelman
40,000
Nikolay Volper us
Nikolay Volper
40,000
Vivian Leslie cr
Vivian Leslie
40,000
Frank Passantino us
Frank Passantino
40,000
Ruslan Dykshteyn us
Ruslan Dykshteyn
40,000
Nikolaos Platis us
Nikolaos Platis
40,000
Jane Hitchcock us
Jane Hitchcock
40,000
Torpekay Habashzada us
Torpekay Habashzada
40,000
Brian Altman us
Brian Altman
WPT 3X Winner
40,000 40,000
Cliff Josephy us
Cliff Josephy
WSOP 2X Winner
40,000
Rob Calabrese us
Rob Calabrese
40,000
Ralph Massey us
Ralph Massey
40,000
Aaron Massey us
Aaron Massey
40,000
Jerry Payne us
Jerry Payne
40,000

Shuffle Up and Deal!

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

Flight B of the Championship is underway here in the Event Center!

This is the second and final starting flight, but registration will remain open all day today (and two levels into Day 2 Tuesday).