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

Serda's Second Bullet Going Better

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante
Patrick Serda
Patrick Serda

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 {9-Spades}{j-Hearts}{8-Clubs}, Serda's continuation-bet of 1,500 was check-called.

The turn was the {6-Diamonds}, 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 {8-Hearts} 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 {a-Hearts}{j-Clubs} for two pair to scoop the pot as his opponent mucked his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Patrick Serda ca
Patrick Serda
Day 3 Chip Leader
WPT 1X Winner
74,000

Tags: Patrick Serda

Park Rivers Two Pair

Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante

Daniel Park limped in from the hijack and James Pupillo raised to 800 from the cutoff. Action folded back to Park who made the call.

The flop came {2-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{q-Spades}, Park check-called the 1,000 continuation-bet of Pupillo.

The turn brought them the {7-Clubs}, Park checked again and Pupillo bet 1,700 this time which was called.

The river completed the board with the {6-Diamonds}, Park checked for the last time. Pupillo bet 6,000 this time. Park quickly called and tabled {6-Hearts}{2-Hearts} for the rivered two pair to claim the pot.

Player Chips Progress
James Pupillo us
James Pupillo
100,000 60,000
Daniel Park us
Daniel Park
38,000

Tags: Daniel ParkJames Pupillo

Level: 4

Blinds: 200/300

Ante: 300

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Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante

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McKeehen Eliminated by Hemingway

Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante
Joe McKeehen
Joe McKeehen

The player in the middle position raised to 1,200 and Jared Hemingway three-bet to 4,000. Action folded to Joe McKeehen in the big blind who shoved. The initial raiser folded but Hemingway made the call with the bigger stack.

Joe McKeehen: {7-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}
Jared Hemingway: {a-Clubs}{k-Spades}

The board ran out {k-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{j-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{4-Diamonds} for Hemingway to hit the flop for the higher pair and improve to two pair to send McKeehen to the cashier to reenter.

Player Chips Progress
Jared Hemingway us
Jared Hemingway
54,000
Joe McKeehen us
Joe McKeehen
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 3X Winner
Busted

Tags: Jared HemingwayJoe McKeehen

Best Smiles in Poker

Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante
David Jackson & Shawn Cunix
David Jackson & Shawn Cunix

David Jackson and Shawn Cunix are seated next to each other and have a couple of the best smiles in poker. Jackson won two Borgata Open Championship titles last year (Spring and Fall) and also won two events during the Fall Poker Open (Saturday Series and Championship). He's the only player in Borgata history to accomplish both of those things!

Shawn Cunix is a rare sight at Borgata, only flying in for the big events, but no matter where he is or what he's doing, he's always got a smile on his face, win or lose, but more than $2.2 million in tournament earnings helps. His goal is to Inspire Happiness (www.inspirehappiness.com) wherever he goes.

Player Chips Progress
David Jackson us
David Jackson
WSOP 1X Winner
64,000 6,300
Shawn Cunix us
Shawn Cunix
WPT 1X Winner
61,000 61,000

Tags: David JacksonShawn Cunix

Recent Chip Counts

Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante
Player Chips Progress
James Pupillo us
James Pupillo
121,000 21,000
Omer Rotman il
Omer Rotman
90,000 40,000
Vinny Pahuja us
Vinny Pahuja
75,000
Craig Varnell us
Craig Varnell
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
68,000
Ari Engel ca
Ari Engel
WSOP 2X Winner
65,000 25,000
Viktor Kovachev bg
Viktor Kovachev
63,000 23,000
Duff Charette ca
Duff Charette
55,000 15,000
Francis Anderson us
Francis Anderson
Day 1B Chip Leader
53,000 -14,000
Gaurav Raina us
Gaurav Raina
WSOP 1X Winner
45,000
Daniel Park us
Daniel Park
43,000 5,000
Milen Stefanov bg
Milen Stefanov
WPT 1X Winner
42,000 1,500
David Mock us
David Mock
42,000 42,000
Arian Stolt us
Arian Stolt
40,000
Joe McKeehen us
Joe McKeehen
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 3X Winner
40,000 40,000
Ian O'Hara us
Ian O'Hara
40,000
Alex Rocha us
Alex Rocha
40,000
Brock Wilson us
Brock Wilson
39,000
Stephen Song us
Stephen Song
WSOP 1X Winner
38,200
DJ MacKinnon us
DJ MacKinnon
37,000 -5,000
Dejuante Alexander us
Dejuante Alexander
WSOP 1X Winner
35,000
Shuntak Yeung us
Shuntak Yeung
33,000 -7,000
Matt Glantz us
Matt Glantz
33,000
Byron Kaverman us
Byron Kaverman
WSOP 1X Winner
31,000 -9,000
Joseph Garguilo us
Joseph Garguilo
29,000
Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler
28,700 -11,300

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Mock and Salimbene Back at Borgata

Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante
David Mock & Nick Salimbene
David Mock & Nick Salimbene

David Mock and Nick Salimbene shared the felt on the final table of the 2018 Spring Poker Open Championship final table, which was live streamed online for the world to watch.

Mock was eliminated fifth ($70,480) and Salimbene made it to third place ($113,272). Almedin Imsirovic was the eventual winner ($246,066) that year.

With them both in the field, they could find their way back to another final table!

Player Chips Progress
David Mock us
David Mock
42,000 42,000
Nicholas Salimbene us
Nicholas Salimbene
37,000

Tags: Almedin ImsirovicDavid Mock