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

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 500

Massey Adds to His Stack

Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante
Aaron Massey
Aaron Massey

A player limped in from early position and Aaron Massey raised to 1,300 from the cutoff. It folded back to the limper who called and they went heads up to the {k-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{5-Hearts} flop.

The player check-called a bet of 1,500 from Massey and the turn was the {3-Hearts}. The player checked and Massey tossed out a bet of 3,400. His opponent folded and Massey dragged in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Aaron Massey us
Aaron Massey
69,000 37,000

Tags: Aaron Massey

Assorted Chip Counts

Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante
Player Chips Progress
Sam Taylor us
Sam Taylor
150,000 150,000
Joseph Couden us
Joseph Couden
135,000
David Jackson us
David Jackson
WSOP 1X Winner
100,000 35,000
Zarko Mandic us
Zarko Mandic
100,000 -15,000
Rick Lee us
Rick Lee
90,000 90,000
Omer Rotman il
Omer Rotman
80,000 -10,000
Michael Wang us
Michael Wang
WSOP 2X Winner
75,000 35,000
Gal Yifrach us
Gal Yifrach
WSOP 1X Winner
75,000 35,000
Soukha Kachittavong us
Soukha Kachittavong
60,000 18,000
Justin Liberto us
Justin Liberto
WSOP 1X Winner
60,000 60,000
Charles Johnson us
Charles Johnson
55,000 55,000
Michael Rossito us
Michael Rossito
40,000 40,000
DJ MacKinnon us
DJ MacKinnon
40,000 3,000
Alex Visbisky us
Alex Visbisky
40,000 40,000
Patrick Ibrahim us
Patrick Ibrahim
40,000 40,000
Vincent Moscati us
Vincent Moscati
35,000 35,000

Song Six-Bets All of the Money

Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante
Stephen Song
Stephen Song

Stephen Song saw action fall on him, facing a 3,500 three-bet and elected to four-bet to 9,000. His opponent five-bet to 24,000 and Song quickly six-bet his 62,100 stack all-in. His opponent called and the two tabled their cards with Song at risk.

Stephen Song: {a-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}
Opponent: {a-Spades}{k-Clubs}

The dealer spread out {k-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{6-Spades}{3-Spades}{a-Clubs} on the board and Song's set of bullets took down the pot for a complete double.

Player Chips Progress
Stephen Song us
Stephen Song
WSOP 1X Winner
125,500 65,500

Tags: Stephen Song

$3,000,000 Guarantee Hit

Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante

The Day 1b WPT BWPO Championship field has climbed over 600 entries and the players continue to take their seats.

There are now close to 1,000 total entries and counting and we have already cruised past the $3,000,000 guarantee.

Tournament registration and re-entry will remain open through the first two levels on day two so there's still plenty of time to get in on the action.

Datashvili Flips for His Tournament Life

Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante
Jackob Datashvili
Jackob Datashvili

A player opened and Jackob Datashvili shoved his 15,800 stack into the middle. His opponent called and the cards it the board.

Jackob Datashvili: {a-Hearts}{j-Hearts}
Opponent: {10-Spades}{10-Diamonds}

The board rolled out {7-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{j-Spades}{5-Clubs} and Datashvili's turned jack pulled in the pot for a double through his opponent.

Player Chips Progress
Jackob Datashvili us
Jackob Datashvili
33,000 33,000

Tags: Jackob Datashvili

Break Time

Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante

The tournament will now be a taking a 15-minute break and will return to play two more levels before bagging up for the night.

Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

Porbandarwala Leaves Palma Short

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante
Soheb Porbandarwala
Soheb Porbandarwala

Nick Palma raised to 1,500 from the cutoff and Soheb Porbandarwala re-raised to 5,000 from the big blind. With the action back on Palma he made it 15,000 and Porbandarwala moved all in for 37,400.

Palma quickly called turning over {j-Clubs}{j-Hearts} and Porbandarwala showed {k-Diamonds}{k-Spades}. The board ran out {10-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{a-Diamonds}{7-Hearts} and Porbandarwala improved to the nut flush to double up.

"That wasn't the start I was hoping for" Palma said as Porbandarwala stacked his chips.

Player Chips Progress
Soheb Porbandarwala us
Soheb Porbandarwala
75,700
Nick Palma us
Nick Palma
2,600

Tags: Soheb PorbandarwalaNick Palma

Assorted Chip Counts

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante
Player Chips Progress
Dave Alfa us
Dave Alfa
155,000 85,000
Jerry Robinson us
Jerry Robinson
155,000 155,000
Qi Hu ca
Qi Hu
130,000 130,000
Fikret Kovac ba
Fikret Kovac
95,000 95,000
Gregory Nerenberg us
Gregory Nerenberg
85,000 30,000
Julius Heftler us
Julius Heftler
80,000 80,000
Brian Altman us
Brian Altman
WPT 3X Winner
70,000 -5,000
Rob Calabrese us
Rob Calabrese
70,000
Ari Engel ca
Ari Engel
WSOP 2X Winner
65,000
Joe McKeehen us
Joe McKeehen
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 3X Winner
65,000 25,000
Ryan Tamanini us
Ryan Tamanini
60,000 60,000
Veerab Zakarian ca
Veerab Zakarian
WPT 1X Winner
60,000 60,000
Peter Walsworth us
Peter Walsworth
55,000 55,000
Patrick Eskandar us
Patrick Eskandar
50,000 50,000
Michael Haberman us
Michael Haberman
50,000 3,000
Vincent Moscati us
Vincent Moscati
50,000 15,000
Tony Gregg us
Tony Gregg
50,000 50,000
Ryan Olisar us
Ryan Olisar
46,000 46,000
Matt Brady us
Matt Brady
35,000 35,000
Brock Wilson us
Brock Wilson
14,000 -25,000