Borgata Winter Poker Open 2019 Results

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Vinicius Lima took down the WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Main Event on Wednesday for a $728,430 first place prize and a $15,000 seat the WPT Tournament of Champions. Lima outlasted a field of 1,415 entries and a final table that included David Farah, Joseph Rojas, Brandon Hall, Daniel Buzgon and Ian O’Hara. Below are the results for season 17 (XVII) of the World Poker Tour (2018-19). Beginning this season, all televised final tables will be delayed and played at the Esports Arena at the Luxor in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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The 2019 Borgata Fall Poker Open came to a close on Friday as the last tournament on the 23-event schedule wrapped up. While David Jackson's victory in the $2,700 Championship captured headlines headed into the weekend, there were actually two other side event winners who closed things out.

Bryan Neira Wins Black Chip Bounty NLH

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Event #22 $440 Black Chip Bounty NLH drew a total of 126 entries creating a prize pool of over $36,000. When the dust settled it was Bryan Neira finishing as the last man standing.

Neira built a big stack early and stayed near the top of the chip counts for much of the night. He caught fire at the final table sending player after player to the rail.

Neira took home $10,816 for his victory and his first Borgata Poker Open trophy and he has now earned over $300,000 throughout his career.

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Jeremiah Budin Wins the Last BFPO Trophy

Event #23 $230 Deepest Stack NLH was the last event of the 2019 Borgata Fall Poker Open. It was a long day of tournament poker that came to an end in the early morning hours when a winner emerged from the 325-entry field.

Jeremiah Budin was the last man standing taking home $17,023 and his first BFPO trophy. Budin earned the nickname 'The Terminator' from his tablemate Carlos Matos after catching fire in the late stages of the tournament.

Budin entered the final table with the chip lead and held strong near the top of the chip counts for much of the night. He entered heads-up play with nearly a 2:1 chip deficit but scooped the first few pots and he was off and running.

In the last hand of play, Walter Sarmiento moved all in holding and was snapped off by the of Budin. The two players shook hands and Budin posed for the last winner's photo of the series.

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The 2019 Borgata Winter Poker Open is currently taking place out in New Jersey. While the annual festival will culminate with the $3,500 World Poker Tour Borgata Winter Poker Open Main Event, it kicked off this past weekend with Event #1: $600 DeepStack NLH, a tournament that featured a $2 million guarantee.

With a monster 5,130 entrants, a $2.7 million prize pool was created. After numerous starting flights and three official days of play, Pascal Zaklama came out on top after a three-way deal, taking the official win despite splitting prize money evenly with another (anonymous) player, along with Vladimir Alexandrov ($216,000).

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According to updates from the event, Zaklama got lucky to stay alive with eight players left. That is when he shoved all in holding ace-jack only to run it into the ace-queen of Daniel Cai. Fortunately for Zaklama, the flop contained both an ace and jack, and another jack on the turn secured him the double with a full house.

With four players remaining, Zalkama would finish off Cai. It happened in Level 40 (500K/1M/1M) when Zaklama limped the small blind holding the and Cai checked his option with the . Zaklama checked the flop and called when Cai moved all in for around 11 million. Neither the turn nor river helped Cai and he was sent to the rail in fourth place for $153,164.

With three players remaining, the triumvirate opted to strike a deal. Having a slight lead at the time, Zaklama was crowned champ and received $328,695 in prize money. The runner-up, who wished to remain anonymous, got the same amount, while Alexandrov finished in third place.

Prior to the win, Zaklama had just $7,881 in lifetime earnings with a prior career-best of just $2,810 for finishing ninth in a $1,000 no-limit hold’em tournament at the 2007 Mandalay Bay Poker Championships.

Coincidentally, Zaklama hinted at his success back on Day 1 when he bagged a short stack.

“I may not be smiling now but I will be tomorrow,” he said at the time.

Barry Leventhal Goes Back-to-Back in Seniors

In other 2019 Borgata Winter Poker Open news, Barry Leventhal topped a 145-entry field to win Event #6: $340 Seniors Deepstack NLH for $12,447.

The win came six months after Leventhal bested a 166-entry field to win the Borgata Summer Poker Open $340 Seniors for $7,352, meaning he won back-to-back in Borgata Senior events.

It also brought Leventhal’s lifetime tournament earnings up to $553,111, most of which have come in Atlantic City. His career-best of $69,000 came when he finished seventh in the 2008 Borgata Summer Poker Open Championship, and in 2006 he won a $550 NLH event at the Trump Classic to win $59,337.

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