$3 Million Guaranteed WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship
Day 1b Completed
2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open
$3 Million Guaranteed WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open
Buy-in
$3,300
Entries
1,229
Level
39
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
75,000
Todd Rebello Leads Day 1b of $3 Million Guaranteed WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship
Level 8
: 250/500, 50 ante
A total of 807 runners packed the house tonight, and Todd Rebello bagged up the top stack with 229,825. Closely trailing him was Rob Boyko with 209,500. Rebello will come back to Day 2 trailing only Laz Hernandez, who bagged more than 258,000 on Day 1a. As a reward for their chip accumulation, Rebello and Boyko pocketed $5,000 and $3,000, respectively.
Other notable stacks: Mike Linster (160,225), Todd Terry (98,550), Isaac baron (95,975), Eric Baldwin (93,850), Blake Bohn (86,825), Faraz Jaka (82,200), and Jeff Madsen (79,650).
Players swinging and missing today included Vanessa Selbst, Chino Rheem, Ryan Eriquezzo, Jonathan Tamayo, Jon Little, Phil Collins, and Bryn Kenney.
After 422 entrants paid up the $3,500 to register the main event yesterday here at the Borgata Winter Poker Open, and nearly double that amount ponied up the cash today. That brought the total entries to 1,229, creating a first-place prize of $842,379, more than $100,000 better than last year's $730,053 pocketed by Andy Hwang.
Players will return at noon tomorrow to fight for their share of the prize pool, and PokerNews will be on the scene.
End of Night Counts, Part Two
Level 8
: 250/500, 50 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
229,825 | -175 |
|
|
209,500 | |
|
160,225 | -4,775 |
|
98,550 | 68,550 |
|
95,975 | -2,025 |
|
86,825 | |
|
85,775 | 55,775 |
|
82,200 | 200 |
|
78,250 | 12,250 |
|
74,700 | 6,700 |
|
71,875 | 42,475 |
|
|
66,025 | -9,975 |
|
62,825 | 2,825 |
|
57,500 | 25,500 |
|
51,975 | -34,025 |
|
51,825 | 51,825 |
|
39,500 | 25,500 |
|
32,350 | 2,350 |
|
28,775 | 3,775 |
|
19,150 | -10,850 |
|
12,725 | -24,275 |
End of Night Chip Counts, Part One
Level 8
: 250/500, 50 ante
Here are the chip counts fresh from the bags after eight levels of play on Day 1b.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
132,000 | |
|
99,100 | |
|
|
96,125 | |
|
93,850 | |
|
93,275 | 63,275 |
|
91,000 | |
|
88,500 | 57,500 |
|
|
86,500 | |
|
|
80,000 | -65,000 |
|
79,650 | 47,650 |
|
|
79,500 | |
|
64,000 | |
|
|
62,050 | |
|
56,450 | 26,450 |
|
37,500 | 7,500 |
|
32,600 | -12,400 |
|
31,825 | |
|
29,100 | 16,100 |
|
25,500 | |
|
16,200 | -45,850 |
|
13,350 | -13,150 |
Altomonte Forces a Baron Fold
Level 8
: 250/500, 50 ante
Isaac Baron checked to Joe Altomonte on the end with the board reading 
. Altomonte fired 14,300, and Baron tanked for a couple of minutes before folding. The online legend once known as "westmenloAA" still looks likely to bag an excellent count for the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
98,000 | 56,000 |
|
|
76,000 | 26,000 |
Rebello Poised to Pocket $5,000
Level 8
: 250/500, 50 ante
Todd Rebello appears to be the chip leader as we wind down Day 1b. He's got about 230,000, and the tournament director just announced three more hands will be played.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
230,000 |
Big Stacks Emerging
Level 8
: 250/500, 50 ante
Here are a few of the tallest towers we've seen around the room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
165,000 | 135,000 |
|
130,000 | |
|
125,000 | 5,000 |
|
115,000 | 85,000 |
|
|
86,000 | 39,500 |
|
85,000 | |
|
84,000 | 1,000 |
|
|
82,000 | -14,000 |
|
70,000 | -68,000 |
D'Agostino Among Top Stacks
Level 8
: 250/500, 50 ante
John D'Agostino, in the hijack, bet 6,000 into an opponent in the cutoff on a flop of 
. His opponent raised to 16,200. D'Agostino thought for a few moments before sliding out his whole stack of T5000 chips. His opponent folded instantly, and D'Agostino looks to be on track to bag one of the top stacks.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
138,000 | 68,000 |
Wish Upon These Falling Stars
Level 8
: 250/500, 50 ante
Twitter is abuzz with the news of a few familiar faces falling short here on Day 1b of the Borgata Winter Poker Open WPT Championship. Here are the postmortems from the players themselves:
Aaaand lost a flip. Out in under an hour. At least I'm making sure my hourly at Borgata stays high.Follow @VanessaSelbst
Out of @WPT Borgata main event officially lol. Wasn't meant to be, gl to the homies still in. #yupFollow @ChinoRheem
Just busted out of the @WPT at Borgata, no luck this trip but had fun as usual #ontothenextoneFollow @USCphildo
I found myself in a big flip vs a maniac with JJ vs AQ. Luckily I would have lost even with AA. Out.Follow @JonathanLittle
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Brikis Doubles, Still "Short"
Level 8
: 250/500, 50 ante
Josh Brikis' 
just outran the 
of Carless Boatright in a preflop all in. Both players were short, and Brikis is still under the starting stack, though he has more than 60 big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
26,000 | 4,000 |
|
|
Busted |