WPT Borgata Sets Field, Zentner Wins, WPT Changes Championship

WPT Borgata Poker Open Sets $3.8M Prize Pool

When the WPT Borgata Poker Open Main Event started on September 15, players had a reentry option for the $3,500 NLHE tournament and the promise of a $3 million prize pool.

Day 1A brought in 376 entries, but Day 1B added another 813 for a grand total of 1,189 entries. That took the prize pool far above the guarantee to where it landed at $3,805,989. That was enough to pay out the top 110 players and give the winner more than $825K.

Day 1A ended with Cong Pham as the chip leader with 191,025 in his stack, and Paul Volpe took the overall lead on Day 1B with a final stack of 231,850 chips. Each of them took home $5K for leading their respective starting days.

Day 2 brought back 591 players to push toward the money.

Zentner Wins WSOPC Biloxi

The World Series of Poker Circuit at the IP Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi came to a close on September 16 when the $1,675 Main Event ended. It started with 302 players and a $453K prize pool, but only one player could win the top prize.

While Raymond Weaver was the original chip leader and Martin Zentner in third place when the final table began, it was Zentner who persevered and won the title.

The results were as follows:

1st place: Martin Zentner – $106,455
2nd place: Hank Sitton – $65,821
3rd place: Rob Mariano – $47,805
4th place: Raymond Weaver – $35,311
5th place: Daniel Lowery – $26,510
6th place: Gil George – $26,510
7th place: Nolan Burton – $15,660
8th place: Michael Putaansuu – $12,313
9th place: Jonathan Thomas – $9,826

WPT Championship Moving to Borgata

As the World Poker Tour moved along with its Borgata Poker Open Main Event, a major announcement took over social media. The WPT will be moving its season-ending WPT World Championship from the Bellagio in Las Vegas to the Borgata in Atlantic City.

This change will begin with the currently-running Season XII, which will wrap in April or May with a date to be announced. It will be the first time the Championship will be held outside of Las Vegas. In addition, the event will be sponsored by PartyPoker.

The Borgata will be home to three televised WPT events this season, with the current Borgata Poker Open, January’s Borgata Winter Poker Open, and the Championship.