2020 Borgata Winter Poker Open

$3,500 WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship
Day: 3
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 3
Entries
174
Players Left
24

Kings Good for Both Players

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Patrick Kelly
Patrick Kelly

On the fourth hand of hand-for-hand play, two of the shorter stacks on Table 13 got all their chips in the middle. When action was complete everywhere else, they tabled their hands and both had pocket kings!

The runout of {a-Spades}{10-Hearts}{7-Spades}{q-Hearts}{10-Clubs} meant that it was a chopped pot, so James Anderson (small blind) and Patrick Kelly split the big blind and ante, each picking up 6,000.

Hand-for-hand play continues....

Player Chips Progress
Patrick Kelly us
Patrick Kelly
231,000
James Anderson us
James Anderson
158,000
-28,000
-28,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: James AndersonPatrick Kelly

Morton Isn't Afraid on the Bubble

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Michael Morton
Michael Morton

In the third round of hand-for-hand, the board read {k-Hearts}{7-Spades}{10-Clubs}{8-Diamonds} with 176,000 in the middle already.

Fikret Kovac bet 125,000 from under the gun and Michael Morton flicked in two time extensions before announcing he was all-in for 486,000. Kovac took some time too and used one time extension before opting to fold.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Morton us
Michael Morton
787,000
169,000
169,000
Fikret Kovac ba
Fikret Kovac
371,000
-246,000
-246,000

Tags: Fikret KovacMichael Morton

Eisenberg Trips Up Sewnig

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Lara Eisenberg
Lara Eisenberg

Three players got to the river with a board reading {10-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{a-Spades}{a-Clubs} and Lara Eisenberg (big blind) checked, Ari Engel checked, and Dan Sewnig (button) bet 60,000. Eisenberg flatted and Engel folded.

Sewnig tabled {k-Spades}{q-Spades} for just king-high. Eisenberg showed {a-Diamonds}{q-Hearts} for trip aces to take the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Lara Eisenberg us
Lara Eisenberg
510,000
85,000
85,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Daniel Sewnig us
Daniel Sewnig
290,000
-18,000
-18,000

Tags: Ari EngelDan SewnigLara Eisenberg

Early Eliminations Out of the Money

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Erkut Yilmaz
Erkut Yilmaz

The Protection Poker Action Clock is in play as we approach the money bubble. Remaining players get 10 Time Extension chips for use when they need more than the allotted 30 seconds to act.

Among the players eliminated out of the money today was Erkut Yilmaz, who won the 2018 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship for $575,112. There will be no repeat for him here today.

Player Chips Progress
Erkut Yilmaz us
Erkut Yilmaz
Busted
WPT 2X Winner
John Aglialoro us
John Aglialoro
Busted
Michael Marder us
Michael Marder
Busted

174 Return to Try and Make the Money in the $3,500 WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship

Brian Altman
Brian Altman

A mere 174 players out of 1,290 entries will return to the poker tables for Day 3 of the $3,500 WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship in the Event Center of the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa. The tournament featured a $3,000,000 guarantee and that was easily surpassed as a total prize pool of a whopping $4,129,290 was created with the winner walking away with an amazing first-place prize of $674,840.

Canada’s Patrick Serda is coming into Day 3 with the overall chip lead of 994,000 in chips which is worth 166 big blinds. He is on the same table as fellow Canadian Veerab Zakarian, Day 2 entry Ioannis Patsoukaris, and Olivier Busquet as the shortest stack at the table. Serda is trailed in in the chip counts is Brian Altman (923,000), Nathan Russler (914,000), Abraham Korotki (788,000), and Peter Vitantonio with 782,000 in chips.

With only 162 players getting paid, the bubble is expected to burst quite soon after the tournament has restarted. A min-cash is worth $5,886 and the Action Clock by Protection Poker will be used once the field is down to one table out of the money. Players will have 30 seconds to act on their hand. Players have been handed ten time-extension chips.

When the players return to the felt, they will continue with Level 17 which features a small blind of 3,000, big blind of 6,000, and a big blind ante of 6,000. Level duration will increase to 90 minutes per level and play will continue until there are 24 players left.

PokerNews will be there from the raise until the final hand has been dealt so follow along with the updates of the live reporting team.

Tags: Abraham KorotkiBrian AltmanNathan RusslerOlivier BusquetPatrick SerdaPeter VitantonioVeerab Zakarian