First Break of the Day
Level 17
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
With 143 players left in the tournament, the players have all been sent for their first 15-minute break of the day.
2020 Borgata Winter Poker Open
$3,500 WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship
Day: 3
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Chip Counts
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Latest Eliminations
Level 17
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
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Bertuzzi Busted by Zakarian
Level 17
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Anthony Bertuzzi shoved from the button for 80,000 and was called by Veerab Zakarian in the big blind.
Anthony Bertuzzi: 
Veerab Zakarian: 
The board ran out 
for Zakarian to hold and eliminate Bertuzzi.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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467,000
13,000
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13,000 |
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Quinn Busts Santoro
Level 17
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Daniel Santoro shoved from the button for his last 80,000 and was called by Patrick Quinn in the small blind with the bigger stack.
Daniel Santoro: 
Patrick Quinn: 
The board ran out 
for Quinn to make two pair to send Santoro out in 158th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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634,000
85,000
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85,000 |
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Busted |
Hen Doubles Through Tran
Level 17
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Ory Hen got all-in holding against the 
of Nghi Tran. The board ran out bricks and Hen doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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202,000
67,000
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67,000 |
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102,000
13,000
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13,000 |
First Three Players To Cash
Level 17
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
The following players all cashed for $5,886:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Pinson Bubbles the $3,500 WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship
Level 17
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
In the eighth round of hand-for-hand play, Aaron Pinson shoved from the cutoff for 111,000 and was called by Derek Marmen from the small blind while Timothy Rutherford folded his big blind.
Aaron Pinson: 
Derek Marmen: 
The board ran out 
for Marmen to hit top two pair on the flop immediately. No nine on the turn nor river as Pinson was sent to the rail as the bubble boy.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,130,000
404,000
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404,000 |
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Busted |
Vitantonio Puts McKnight All-In
Level 17
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
The board read 
with around 160,000 in the middle.
Peter Vitantonio bet 90,000 from the small blind and Ryan McKnight called from the cutoff.
The river completed the board with the 
, Vitantonio barreled a bet of 350,000 over the line and McKnight contemplated for a bit, counted the remainder of his stack, used two time extensions, and then folded.
"Show the ace-six!" someone asked. Vitantonio just smiled and raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,190,000
408,000
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408,000 |
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228,000
-117,000
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-117,000 |
Kings Good for Both Players
Level 17
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
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 
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 |
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231,000 | |
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158,000
-28,000
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-28,000 |
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Morton Isn't Afraid on the Bubble
Level 17
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
In the third round of hand-for-hand, the board read 
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 |
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787,000
169,000
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169,000 |
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371,000
-246,000
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-246,000 |