$3300 + $200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
Day 1B played ended with Brian Lemke's 272,575 (455 BB) leading the ~445 players who bagged and tagged. They will join Day 1A finishers for a combined total of 625 players for Day 2.
Play resumes at noon Tuesday with the average stack at 57k (95 BB) as blinds are 300/600/75 ante.
Here's a look at some recognizable names who bagged and tagged on Day 1B:
Name - Chip Count
Brian Lemke 272,575
David Pham 130,225
Jonathan Little 117,775
Ofir Mor 90,425
Allyn Shulman 98,000
Matt Brady 81,875
Oliver Busquet 76,025
Matt Glantz 71,000
Dave Inselberg 64,175
Andy Frankenberger 55,000
Joe Cada 39,925
Jeff Madsen 31,450
Mike Sexton 29,400
Bobby Oboodi 25,6275
Gavin Smith 16,725
Will Failla 14,500
Monday, September 17, 2012
WPT BPO: Brian Bags Chip Lead & $10k Bonus
3300 + $200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
Brian Lemke (Norristown, PA) bags 272,575 to easily win the Day 1B $10,000 bonus and take the overall chip lead.
Lemke says he ran well in in the last hour of the night when he made a gutsy call with queen high on an AAKKx board to win a 50k pot. That was followed by another big hand when he turned a straight against his opponents flopped set of 9s.
Only one other player cracked the 200k chip mark as Kyle Bunker finished at 201,000 in a distant second place. This a much different result than Day 1A when chip leader Robert Boyko (Yonkers, NY) only bagged 173k and earned the bonus by just 5k.
Lemke, who lives in suburban Philadelphia, can be found at Borgata for the big events and added to his resume when he won a $560 event in April's Borgata Spring Poker Open for $111,000. He has $1.1 million in career tournament earnings, including a 2009 WSOP bracelet.
Lemke is on top of the 625 remaining players as play resumes with Day 2, Tuesday at 12 pm.
Lemke Doing Post Play Interviews
Brian Lemke (Norristown, PA) bags 272,575 to easily win the Day 1B $10,000 bonus and take the overall chip lead.
Lemke says he ran well in in the last hour of the night when he made a gutsy call with queen high on an AAKKx board to win a 50k pot. That was followed by another big hand when he turned a straight against his opponents flopped set of 9s.
Only one other player cracked the 200k chip mark as Kyle Bunker finished at 201,000 in a distant second place. This a much different result than Day 1A when chip leader Robert Boyko (Yonkers, NY) only bagged 173k and earned the bonus by just 5k.
Lemke, who lives in suburban Philadelphia, can be found at Borgata for the big events and added to his resume when he won a $560 event in April's Borgata Spring Poker Open for $111,000. He has $1.1 million in career tournament earnings, including a 2009 WSOP bracelet.
Lemke is on top of the 625 remaining players as play resumes with Day 2, Tuesday at 12 pm.
WPT BPO: Last Five Hands
$3300 + $200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
The clock has been stopped with 10 minutes to go and dealers have been instructed to deal five more hands. When the hands are completed players will bag and tag for the night.
Matt Glantz Stops to Chat with Gavin Smith with Five to Go
The clock has been stopped with 10 minutes to go and dealers have been instructed to deal five more hands. When the hands are completed players will bag and tag for the night.
WPT BPO: Lemke Leading
$3300 + $200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
With less than 30 minutes of play for the night Brian Lemke (Norristown, PA) is now the clear chip leader. The WSOP bracelet holder and 2012 Borgata Spring Poker Open event winner ($111,000) is up to 250k.
Lemke is in great shape to take down the $10,000 bonus as the Day 1B chip leader.
Brian Lemke
With less than 30 minutes of play for the night Brian Lemke (Norristown, PA) is now the clear chip leader. The WSOP bracelet holder and 2012 Borgata Spring Poker Open event winner ($111,000) is up to 250k.
Lemke is in great shape to take down the $10,000 bonus as the Day 1B chip leader.
WPT BPO: Busto
$3300 + $200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
Ivan Mamuzic, the third place finisher for $252,000 at the 2009 orgata Poker Open, sends a player to the rail after flopping a pair of aces and fading a flush draw.
Recognizable players recently hitting the rail include:
Chalie Hook
John Lakatosh
Matt Isles
One player who avoids busting is Alex Phahaurt who is fortunate enough to flop quad 5s to more than double his last 7k.
Ivan Mamuzic, the third place finisher for $252,000 at the 2009 orgata Poker Open, sends a player to the rail after flopping a pair of aces and fading a flush draw.
Recognizable players recently hitting the rail include:
Chalie Hook
John Lakatosh
Matt Isles
One player who avoids busting is Alex Phahaurt who is fortunate enough to flop quad 5s to more than double his last 7k.
WPT BPO: Last Level Of Night Tweets
$3,300 + 200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship
Players just started their last level of the night, with blinds going up to 250/500/50. Here are a small handful of field tweets:
Players just started their last level of the night, with blinds going up to 250/500/50. Here are a small handful of field tweets:
WPT BPO: "Gotti" Try And Make Day 2
$3,300 + 200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship
Irv Gotti (New York, NY)
The WPT title at Borgata is prestigious not just in the poker community, but to athletes and celebrities alike. In today's field we found Irv Gotti, famous Hip Hop and R&B and founder of The Inc. record label. Gotti has about 50,000 and it looking to finish the day strong and put himself in good position coming back tomorrow.
WPT BPO: Featured Table
$3300 + $200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
We just profiled the Jonathan Little/Jeff Madsen table which is getting attention from the WPT cameras. Heading into the last level of the night 61 tables remain meaning their are approximately 550 players left.
Level 7 (200/400/25 ante) continues.
Little, Madsen and Company
We just profiled the Jonathan Little/Jeff Madsen table which is getting attention from the WPT cameras. Heading into the last level of the night 61 tables remain meaning their are approximately 550 players left.
Level 7 (200/400/25 ante) continues.
WPT BPO: Little Joins Friends
$3,300 + 200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
Jonathan Little (Pensacola, FL)
Jonathan Little has two WPT titles to his name, as well as a WPT Player of the Year moniker. He's starting to chip up, and currently has a stack of 115,000. Muruti Yarlapati, who was one of our early chip leaders was just moved to his table, and still sits as one of the top stacks in the room. Also at the table is Jeff Madsen, who tweeted that he had 30,000 at dinner break (@JeffMadsenobv).
WPT BPO: Big Stack Shrinks
$3300 + $200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
We pick up the action with Albert Smith (Ithaca, NY) all in on a board of 2 10 J 4 and Thinley Kalsang (New York, NY) is in he tank.
Thinley, facing a 21k bet, may have had the $10,000 bonus on his mind when he calls from his 180k stack, but unfortunately is drawing dead.
Smith's set of jacks is best against Kalsang's A 10, which hits two pairs on the river. Smith doubles on the hand and is at 60k, while Kalsang is still one of the bigger stacks at 160k.
Smith (right) Waits for Kalsang's Call (center)
We pick up the action with Albert Smith (Ithaca, NY) all in on a board of 2 10 J 4 and Thinley Kalsang (New York, NY) is in he tank.
Thinley, facing a 21k bet, may have had the $10,000 bonus on his mind when he calls from his 180k stack, but unfortunately is drawing dead.
Smith's set of jacks is best against Kalsang's A 10, which hits two pairs on the river. Smith doubles on the hand and is at 60k, while Kalsang is still one of the bigger stacks at 160k.
WPT BPO: Back in Action
$3300 + $200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
Players are back from dinner break and buckling down for the last two levels of the night. The field is chasing the $10,000 prize that goes to the end of night of chip leader.
Players are back from dinner break and buckling down for the last two levels of the night. The field is chasing the $10,000 prize that goes to the end of night of chip leader.
WPT BPO: Tweet Counts
$3300 + $200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
Dinner Break Chip Counts:
Jonathan Little 107k
Jake Toole 100k
Adam Cook 88k
John Allan Hinds 82k
Jacob Bazeley 75k
Lee Childs 68k
Chris Bourassa 68k
DJ MacKinnon 63k
Michael McNeil 60k
Allison Schultz 58k
Jamie Kerstetter 47k
Pierre Deissler 45k
Edward Pham 42k
Kyle Loman 41k
Dave Zeitlin 41k
Cliff Josephy 40k
Matt Isherwood 40k
Jennifer Shahade 39k
Tony Nikaj 39k
Alex Rocha 38k
Marguerite Spagnuolo 35k
Bob Hwang 34k
Sean Rice 33k
Trevor Savage 34k
Jeff Madsen 30k
Ron Pease 25k
Gordon Eng 25k
Nelson Robinson 25k
Kevin McColgan 23k
Eugene Fouksman 26k
Arthur Lim 18k
Adam Hui 15k
Harrison Gimbel 15k
Maurice Hawkins 8k
Busted:
Allen Bari
Roman Valerstein
Christian Harder
Kazu Oshima
Adam Kornuth
Play resumes at 8:25 pm.
Catching Up on the Blog
Dinner Break Chip Counts:
Jonathan Little 107k
Jake Toole 100k
Adam Cook 88k
John Allan Hinds 82k
Jacob Bazeley 75k
Lee Childs 68k
Chris Bourassa 68k
DJ MacKinnon 63k
Michael McNeil 60k
Allison Schultz 58k
Jamie Kerstetter 47k
Pierre Deissler 45k
Edward Pham 42k
Kyle Loman 41k
Dave Zeitlin 41k
Cliff Josephy 40k
Matt Isherwood 40k
Jennifer Shahade 39k
Tony Nikaj 39k
Alex Rocha 38k
Marguerite Spagnuolo 35k
Bob Hwang 34k
Sean Rice 33k
Trevor Savage 34k
Jeff Madsen 30k
Ron Pease 25k
Gordon Eng 25k
Nelson Robinson 25k
Kevin McColgan 23k
Eugene Fouksman 26k
Arthur Lim 18k
Adam Hui 15k
Harrison Gimbel 15k
Maurice Hawkins 8k
Busted:
Allen Bari
Roman Valerstein
Christian Harder
Kazu Oshima
Adam Kornuth
Play resumes at 8:25 pm.
WPT BPO: Goodbye Tweets
$3300 + $200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
Roman Valerstein @GrimeRat420
Out :( utg limp, i go 1050 w/ qq aggro 3bettor who doubled me with aq 3b to 2600, limper jams 15k w/ ako i rejam into aces #justbadluck
Allen Bari @allenbari
Weird, was up to 56k in level 2 and now I'm out.. #goodbyetournaments
Roman Valerstein @GrimeRat420
Out :( utg limp, i go 1050 w/ qq aggro 3bettor who doubled me with aq 3b to 2600, limper jams 15k w/ ako i rejam into aces #justbadluck
Allen Bari @allenbari
Weird, was up to 56k in level 2 and now I'm out.. #goodbyetournaments
WPT BPO:
$3300 + $200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
Lewis Lookin' Tired
One player enjoying dinner break is Borgata regular Wayne Lewis (Galloway, NJ) who didn't get much sleep after playing in Sunday's 7 pm qualifier. The $550 Satellite wrapped at 4:30 this morning when he and 22 other players won their seats.
Understandably, Lewis was a late arrival and jumped into the Championship at the end of Level 1 around 12:30 pm.
Lewis is getting an 86% discount off the $3,500 entry fee and one of the hopefuls gunning for the $818,847 first place prize.
WPT BPO: Bon Appétit
$3300 + $200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
There's a mass exodus of the Event Center as the players are on a 75 minute dinner break.
Play resumes at 8:25 pm with blinds at 200/400/50 ante.
There's a mass exodus of the Event Center as the players are on a 75 minute dinner break.
Play resumes at 8:25 pm with blinds at 200/400/50 ante.
WPT BPO: Pre-Dinner Chip Leaders
$3,300 + 200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
Players will be going on an hour dinner break at the end of this level (10 minutes), and will return to Level 7. Blinds when the players return will be 200/400/50. The three biggest stacks in room belong to:
Kyle Bowker - 175,000
Muruti Yarlapati - 150,000
Dan Currie - 130,000
Players will be going on an hour dinner break at the end of this level (10 minutes), and will return to Level 7. Blinds when the players return will be 200/400/50. The three biggest stacks in room belong to:
Kyle Bowker - 175,000
Muruti Yarlapati - 150,000
Dan Currie - 130,000
WPT BPO: Tweet-Outs
$3,300 + 200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
Now that the re-entry period is over, players are departing and tables are starting to break.
Departing players like to let their followers know via Twitter and some are more verbose than others:
Adam Kornuth @IRunThatGood
Busto. Couldn't be happier w how I played. #backtovt
Christian Harder @realcharder30
Out
Kazu Oshima @imashokU
Out on probably a bad play. Still was a flip for 50k. Sighhhttt
Daniel Chan @DanielChanPoker
I'm out and #tiltedasfuck
Roman Valerstein @GrimeRat420
Out :( utg limp, i go 1050 w/ qq aggro 3bettor who doubled me with aq 3b to 2600, limper jams 15k w/ ako i rejam into aces #justbadluck
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John Hinds was kind enough to Tweet that Kyle Bowker busted Chris Klodnicki.
Now that the re-entry period is over, players are departing and tables are starting to break.
Departing players like to let their followers know via Twitter and some are more verbose than others:
Adam Kornuth @IRunThatGood
Busto. Couldn't be happier w how I played. #backtovt
Christian Harder @realcharder30
Out
Kazu Oshima @imashokU
Out on probably a bad play. Still was a flip for 50k. Sighhhttt
Daniel Chan @DanielChanPoker
I'm out and #tiltedasfuck
Roman Valerstein @GrimeRat420
Out :( utg limp, i go 1050 w/ qq aggro 3bettor who doubled me with aq 3b to 2600, limper jams 15k w/ ako i rejam into aces #justbadluck
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John Hinds was kind enough to Tweet that Kyle Bowker busted Chris Klodnicki.
WPT BPO: A Little Jetlag?
$3,300 + 200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
Matthew Salsberg (Beverly Hills, CA)
Also arriving to the event center today is Matthew Salsberg (Beverly Hills, CA), who just one week ago won the WPT Paris event. Matthew took home just under $420,000 for his win, and is trying to become only the second player to win back-to-back WPT events.
WPT BPO: Late Registration Tables
$3,300 + 200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
The tables in the far back of the event center were filled with the late registrants and table 71 got hit pretty hard.
Seated there are:
Jeff Papola
Miguel Borrero
Matt 'Muffins' Mazzeo
Amnon Filippi
One table over at table 70 are:
Nick Salimbene
Theo Tran - winner of $1k Six Max two days ago
Manh Nguyen
These will be among the tables to break first as seats open up in the rest of the room.
The tables in the far back of the event center were filled with the late registrants and table 71 got hit pretty hard.
Jeff Papola (far left) & Miguel Borrero (far right)
Seated there are:
Jeff Papola
Miguel Borrero
Matt 'Muffins' Mazzeo
Amnon Filippi
Matt 'Muffins' Mazzeo & Amnon Filippi
One table over at table 70 are:
Nick Salimbene
Theo Tran - winner of $1k Six Max two days ago
Manh Nguyen
These will be among the tables to break first as seats open up in the rest of the room.
WPT BPO: Clock, Shove, Bust
$3300 + $200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
Floor Supervisor Andrew is called to the table after Ari Albilia (Syosset, NY) bets 6k on a board of J 4 3 6 and his opponent is in the tank.
Andrew puts the unknown player on the clock and as he counts down the final seconds, the player moves all in and Albilia snap calls.
Albilia: 7 5 (turned straight)
Opponent: (pocket kings)
Albilia has the nuts and his opponent drawing dead as he scoops the pot and gets the knockout.
(left) Lyle Diamond (Brick, NJ) and Albilia Watch Opponent Move All In
Floor Supervisor Andrew is called to the table after Ari Albilia (Syosset, NY) bets 6k on a board of J 4 3 6 and his opponent is in the tank.
Andrew puts the unknown player on the clock and as he counts down the final seconds, the player moves all in and Albilia snap calls.
Albilia: 7 5 (turned straight)
Opponent: (pocket kings)
Albilia has the nuts and his opponent drawing dead as he scoops the pot and gets the knockout.
WPT BPO: Payouts
$3,300 + 200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
Entries: 1,181
Total Buy-In: $3,897,300
Payouts:
Entries: 1,181
Total Buy-In: $3,897,300
Payouts:
- $818,847
- $488,850
- $298,950
- $250,065
- $206,821
- $167,337
- $131,613
- $97,770
- $69,003
10-12. $44,937
13-15. $30,083
16-18. $20,118
19-27. $16,922
28-36. $14,665
37-45. $12,785
46-54. $10,905
55-63. $9,589
64-72. $8,762
73-81. $8,085
82-90. $7,446
91-100. $7,258
101-110. $7,070
WPT BPO: Toft Times Two
$3,300 + 200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
Bo Toft registered for the main event day 1B yesterday, so he already had his seat assignment for today.
Then he decided to play event 50, the 11am $350 + $ 50 Super Turbo Survivor event, where ~1 in 10 players win $3,500 -- just enough to buy into the Championship.
So while he was being blinded off in the main event, Bo was making a run for the cash. Unfortunately he didn't Survive 'til the cash. He's now taken his seat in this event at table 50 with Matt Brady, Kia Mohajeri, and Connie Rinaldi.
Bo Toft registered for the main event day 1B yesterday, so he already had his seat assignment for today.
Bo Toft & Matt Brady
Then he decided to play event 50, the 11am $350 + $ 50 Super Turbo Survivor event, where ~1 in 10 players win $3,500 -- just enough to buy into the Championship.
So while he was being blinded off in the main event, Bo was making a run for the cash. Unfortunately he didn't Survive 'til the cash. He's now taken his seat in this event at table 50 with Matt Brady, Kia Mohajeri, and Connie Rinaldi.
WPT BPO: Unofficial Numbers
$3,300 + 200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
Day 1B In Action
Day 1A drew 374 entrants, and history has shown us that Day 1B will always bring a stronger field. It was announced earlier that Day 1B had approximately 806 entrants, which would bring the unofficial total to 1,180. When the numbers are tallied we will bring you the payouts.
WPT BPO: Running on Red Bull
$3300 + $200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
True to his word, Michael Brown (Corbyville, Canada) is at Borgata to play in Day 1B after making making the 16 hour round trip to Ontario and back. After winning Event 20 for $67,358, Brown went home to play more poker before returning to Borgata this morning.
"I'm taking Red bull intravenously," the bleary eyed Brown said in between hands.
Brown's Timeline:
Sunday 2:30 am: Wins Event 20 at Borgata in Atlantic City, NJ
Sunday 12:30 pm: Returns to Ontario, Canada to play more poker
Monday 12:00 am: Departs Ontario
Monday 9:30 am: Arrives at Borgata for Day 1B
Brown says he's gotten about two ours of sleep over the last two days.
Brown Downs Red Bull
True to his word, Michael Brown (Corbyville, Canada) is at Borgata to play in Day 1B after making making the 16 hour round trip to Ontario and back. After winning Event 20 for $67,358, Brown went home to play more poker before returning to Borgata this morning.
"I'm taking Red bull intravenously," the bleary eyed Brown said in between hands.
Brown's Timeline:
Sunday 2:30 am: Wins Event 20 at Borgata in Atlantic City, NJ
Sunday 12:30 pm: Returns to Ontario, Canada to play more poker
Monday 12:00 am: Departs Ontario
Monday 9:30 am: Arrives at Borgata for Day 1B
Brown says he's gotten about two ours of sleep over the last two days.
WPT BPO: Early Chip Leader
$3,300 + 200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
We have found our early chip leader of the tournament, and it is Maruti Yarlapati (Parsippany, NJ) with just under 150,000. Remember that both Day 1A and Day 1B chip leaders receive $10,000 cash for holding that title. Last night's chip leader Robert Boyko (Yonkers, NY) bagged approximately 171,000, so it looks like Maruti sits in very good shape at the moment if he continues his upward trend.
Maruti Yarlapati (Parsipanny, NJ)
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