Borgata Updates, WSOPC Main Event Field Set

Saul, O’Donoghue Win Early Borgata Events

The Borgata Poker Open series of tournaments in Atlantic City, New Jersey, started on September 3 and continued through the weekend of the Main Event, with side events still producing big winners.

Event 16 was a $1,500 + $150 + $500 NLHE Heads-Up Bounty tournament that attracted 64 players to create a $96K prize pool. Kevin Saul ended up defeating David Paredes in the final match to take home $37,248.

Event 17 was a $1,090 buy-in Six-Max NLHE with a $200K guarantee. The field of 236 players exceeded that amount and put the prize pool at $236K. Ronnie Bardah finished third, and Brian O’Donoghue beat out Alexander Rocha to capture the $60,663 first place prize.

WPT Borgata Poker Open Main Event Underway

The culmination of all of the efforts at the Borgata Poker Open is the Main Event, and the World Poker Tour joined in for the fun. The Championship Deep Stack Double Play tournament required a $3,500 buy-in but reentries for players who so chose over the course of two starting days. There was also a $3 million guarantee set for the prize pool.

Action got underway on September 15 with the first flight, and there were 377 entries for Day 1A. Registration closed midway through the day, and the numbers at the dinner break showed Cong Pham as the early chip leader.

WSOPC Biloxi Heads for Final Table

The star of the World Series of Poker Circuit stop at the IP Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi, was the $1,675 buy-in NLHE Main Event. Action started on Friday, September 13.

Day 1A brought in 139 players, though only 30 of them made it through the day. Nolan Burton was the chip leader for that day with 298,500 chips, with Daniel Lowery in second place on the leaderboard with 246K.

Day 1B added 163 entries to the board, making for an entire field of 302 players and prize pool of $453K. There were 37 players still standing at the end of the night, and Habib Jahangard led the pack with 236,500 chips, and Jonathan Thomas was nearby with 211K.

Day 2 saw the bursting of the money bubble, which allowed the final 33 players to be paid for their efforts. Raymond Weaver did the deed when his pocket kings beat the A-T of Nic Gellepis, sending the latter out in 34^th place.

Ting Ho was the first player to take home the $2,704 min-cash, and others who followed included Josh Palmer in 28^th place, Matt Oswalt in 19^th, and William Enis in 13^th.

Only 12 players remained at the dinner break on Day 2, and Raymond Weaver had the lead with 904K chips.