Borgata Winter Poker Open 2020 Results
Live and Upcoming Events. Dec 15 2020: WPTDeepStacks Taiwan: Dec 27 2020: WPT Online Poker Open powered by partypoker US Network. WPT BWPO Final Table Chipleader Veerab Zakarian The 2020 Borgata Winter Poker Open $3,500 World Poker Tour BWPO Championship established its official final table of six after four long days of.
The final table is set for the World PokerTour’s stop at the WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open. There’s a chance at somehistory as Brian Altman looks for his third ever WPT title, but he’ll have twoobstacles to that achievement. One is the chip leader, Veerab Zakarian, and theother four men at the final table; the second would be the delayed final tableuntil April 1.
28 Men and a Dream
The final 28 players in the WPT Borgata WinterPoker Open settled into their chairs on Friday, all with the dream of a WPTchampionship dancing in their heads. Leading the way, as he had been for thepast two days, was Patrick Serda, who sat on a healthy chip lead with his 6.26million chips. Zakarian was in second at the start of the action, holding 4.075million in chips, while Altman held the third place slot on the leaderboard.
The trio was the focus of the railbirds,primarily because they weren’t sitting back and playing passively. Serda andAltman were on the same table to start the day and they weren’t afraid ofmixing it up with each other. They would clash in the early going, with each takinga hand, but the end results were they basically treaded water with their chips.Serda would find some chips in knocking out Joey Galazzo in 25thplace, however, and his stack expanded over the eight million mark.
Zakarian, meanwhile, was having some troublesgetting the engines started. He would drop down to around two million in chipsbefore eliminating Sam Taylor in 19th place. In the hand, Zakariandangerously played a pocket pair of sevens with a draw at a flush againstTaylor’s two over cards (A-10), straight draw and bigger flush draw on a 9-4-3-5flop and turn. Needing an Ace, ten, deuce or any club to take the hand, Taylorinstead saw an eight hit the river and end his tournament, with Zakarianrocketing up to 4.465 million in chips.
Zakarian Goes on the Attack
With three six-handed tables, the actionwas frenetic. Zakarian, after fading the world against Taylor, went on theattack and found Serda as his next victim. On a 9-7-2-7-J board, Zakarian wasable to get a two million chip call from Serda and turned up a pocket pair ofJacks for the rivered full house. Serda didn’t even bother to show his cards,instead shipping a massive pot and the chip lead over to Zakarian.
Zakarian continued to abuse Serda, pickingup a nut flush against Serda’s King high flush to chop some more chips fromSerda’s stack. Serda was probably quite happy when, after the elimination ofJesus Martinez in 17th place, the redraw separated him fromZakarian. The problem was that the table redraw was massively slanted.
On one table, Serda only had Brandon Hall(3.7 million) to look up at on his patch of felt. On the other, however, Zakarian(with 10 million plus in chips), Bin Weng (six million) and James Anderson (5.7million) all had more chips than Serda’s table combined. This imbalance in theredraw would have an effect on the runup to the final table.
Of the seven eliminations to get to theunofficial nine-handed final table, six of them came from the Serda table, includingthe elimination of Serda himself. After doubling up Altman (whose pocket Jackscaught a set on the river against Serda’s flopped pair of eights), Serda woulddepart after clashing again against Altman. On a 9-4-3-9-Q board, Serda check-calledall in a bet from Altman and saw Altman turn up A-9 for trips; Serda could onlymuster a K-Q for the lesser rivered pair of Queens and left in 10thplace.
After a quick redraw with nine remaining,Altman held a slight lead over Zakarian, but that would change rather quickly.Zakarian would eliminate Alex Queen in ninth place in a cooler of a hand,Zakarian’s pocket Kings against Queen’s…well, pocket Queens…on a ten-highboard. Altman would waver at the unofficial final table, dropping as low as fourmillion chips before knocking out Peter Vitantonio in seventh to get somehealth back and end the tournament until April.
1. Veerab Zakarian, 11.99 million
2. James Anderson, 10.04 million
3. Brian Altman, 9.865 million
4. Bin Weng, 8.89 million
5. Andrew Hanna, 6.73 million
6. Nathan Russler, 3.99 million
The players will have some time to reflect on their play and perhaps plot some strategies for the future. The WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open is one of a triumvirate of tournaments that will be delayed until the end of March and played at the HyperX eSports Arena at the Luxor in Las Vegas. This shows the problem with these “delayed” events in that there’s some great drama here in Altman going for his third championship (and technically a back-to-back win, as he won the WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open prior to the Borgata stop) and Zakarian’s run to his first major title. Alas, we’re going to have to wait until April 1 to see how it all plays out.
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New Jersey is where it’s at right now as the Borgata Winter Poker Open is in full swing. Seven players now have the title of champion, including Zarko Mandic who is the festival’s biggest winner so far. Mandic secured a massive $342,967 by triumphing in the $600 Deepstack Kick-Off event of the festival.
Borgata Winter Poker Open $600 Deepstack Kick-Off Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zarko Mandic | Manhattan, New York | $342,967* |
| 2 | Ricardo Eyzaguirre | Orlando, Florida | $290,000* |
| 3 | Constantinos Psallidas | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | $164,539 |
| 4 | Brian Morgan | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | $135,206 |
| 5 | Kirkwood Saccardo | Rockport, Connecticut | $108,852 |
| 6 | Leonard Sande | West Haven, Connecticut | $83,644 |
| 7 | Jerry Maher | Warren, New Jersey | $59,582 |
| 8 | Ryan Teixeira | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | $42,945 |
| 9 | Patrick Luu | Camden, Delaware | $27,500 |
*reflects a heads-up deal
The opening event of the Borgata Winter Poker Open saw a mammoth-sized field of 4,375 entries compete. This huge field ensured the $2 million guarantee was hit then beaten by $291,625.
Only 31 players made it through to the final day’s action and they were cut down quickly. Manny Gugliuzza was the 10th place finisher and the man who burst the final table bubble. Gugliuzza’s king-ten lost to Kirkwood Saccardo’s ace-seven and he had to make do with a $17,760 score.
Those chips propelled Saccardo to the top of the chip counts. Mandic found himself eighth in chips from the final nine because of his rather shallow stack of 7,150,000 chips.
Mandic managed to add to his stack then gave it a big boost when he eliminated Patrick Luu. Luu jammed from under the gun with nines and Mandic called in the big blind with pocket queens. The board ran safely for Mandic and Luu crashed out in ninth-place for $27,500.
Ryan Teixeira busted almost immediately after Luu. He was all-in from the small blind with pocket sixes against the king-queen of Ricardo Eyzaguirre. The sixes remained true right up to the king of hearts landing on the river. Game over for the Canadian.
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Mandic Continues to Build a Big Stack
Chips kept migrating to Mandic’s stack and it looked to be a formality that he would become the first champion of the 2020 Borgata Winter Poker Open. It looked even more likely when he sent Jerry Maher to the rail in seventh place, a finish worth $59,582. Maher committed his stack on the turn of a queen-high board with top pair. Sadly for him, Mandic held a flush and Maher was drawing dead.
The final six became five moments later when Mandic claimed another tournament life. It was a coinflip that took care of Leonard Sande. Mandic opened five-times the big blind to 2,500,000 from under the gun then called when Sande three-bet all-in for 8,000,000. Mandic showed a pair of sixes and Sande ace-jack. An ace on the flop catapulted Sande into the lead, but a six on the turn gifted Mandic a set and the pot.
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A double-elimination all but confirmed Mandic as the Borgata Winter Poker Open Deepstack Kick-Off champion. Saccardo, Brian Morgan and Mandic were all-in in a monster-sized pot. Saccardo had the worst of it with pocket tens. Morgan’s dreams were pinned on the jacks in the hole, while Mandic found queens. Again, Mandic improved to a set on the turn to bust both Saccardo and Morgan.
The tournament progressed to heads-up when Constantinos Psallidas crashed out in third-place for $164,539. Guess who busted him. Mandic, of course. The turn came to Mandic’s rescue as it paired the ten of his king-ten to beat Psallidas’ ace-seven.
First Borgata Winter Poker Open Event Ends in a Chop
Eyzaguirre and Mandic were miles apart in terms of chips, but still discussed a deal for the remaining prize pool. Perhaps tiredness played a role in the decision making, or Mandic was worried of Eyzaguirre’s superior results. Whatever the reason, the pair agreed a deal that saw Eyzaguirre bank $290,000 and Mandic take home $342,967.
2020 Borgata Winter Poker Open Results So Far
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Some huge events are in the pipeline, including a $5,100 High Roller and the $3,500 MWPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship.
Borgata Winter Poker Open 2020 Results
| Event | Champion | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| $600 Deepstack Kick-Off | Zarko Mandic | $342.967 |
| $450 Survivor | Still in-play | $ |
| $500 Deepstack Black Chip Bounty | Timothy Rutherford | $86,118 |
| $400 Saturday Series Deepstacl | Men Nguyen | $50,000 |
| $340 H.O.S.E | Roland Israelashvilli | $5,392 |
| $560 Super Survivor | Still in-play | $ |
| $340 Seniors | Faisal Siddiqui | $10,500 |
| $230 Deeper Stack | Frank Simone | $18,121 |
| $230 Pot-Limit Omaha | Todd Rodenborn | $6,927 |