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Tim Kelliher

Nov2010:02 pm

Championship: Updated Chip Counts Wantman Leads

POSTED BY: Tim Kelliher

|CATEGORY: 2018, Event 16 - Championship, Event 16 - Championship (Day 3)

$2,500+$200 Championship NLH
$1,000,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 24: 15,000/30,000/30,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 437
Players Remaining: 10

Seat 1. Michael Haberman- 195,000
Seat 2. Paul Volpe- 825,000
Seat 3. Michael Glick- 1,125,000
Seat 4. Matt Wantman- 3,070,000
Seat 5. Chris Kennedy- 850,000
Seat 6. Brian Altman- 1,130,000
Seat 7. Dat Vu- 1,840,000
Seat 8. Andrew Ostapchenko- 160,000
Seat 9. Dan Dizenzo- 695,000
Seat 10. Wenhao Ying- 2,400,000

Place Payout
1 $270,765
2 $156,309
3 $95,375
4 $76,830
5 $60,404
6 $50,337
7 $40,270
8 $30,732
9 $21,195
10 $13,776

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Nov209:50 pm

Championship: Wantman Continues to Climb

POSTED BY: Tim Kelliher

|CATEGORY: 2018, Event 16, Event 16 - Championship, Event 16 - Championship (Day 3)

$2,500+$200 Championship NLH
$1,000,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 23: 15,000/25,000/25,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 437
Players Remaining: 9

Matt Wantman

Brian Altman raised to 50,000 from early position and Matt Wantman defended his big blind. They went heads-up to the flop and Wantman check-called a bet of 45,000 from Altman.

The turn was the and Wantman led out with a bet of 120,000. Altman called and both players checked the river card.

Wantman turned over for eights and threes and Altman fired his hand into the muck.

Wantman has caught fire here at the unofficial final table and he’s starting to pull away with over 3,000,000 and just 10 players remaining.

Matt Wantman- 3,100,000
Brian Altman- 1,300,000

Brian Altman

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Nov209:35 pm

Championship: Wantman Doubles Through Altman

POSTED BY: Tim Kelliher

|CATEGORY: 2018, Event 16 - Championship, Event 16 - Championship (Day 3)

$2,500+$200 Championship NLH
$1,000,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 23: 15,000/25,000/25,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 437
Players Remaining:
10

Matt Wantman

The action folded to Matt Wantman on the button and he raised to 60,000. Brian Altman re-raised to 165,000 from the big blind and Wantman called.

They went heads-up to the and Altman fired out a bet of 125,000. Wantman called and the dealer burned and turned the .

Altman moved all-in covering Wantman who snap called for his last 820,000. Altman turned over for an open ended straight draw and would need to improve against the of Wantman.

The river card was no help to Altman and Wantman scored the massive double up. He is now neck and neck with Wenhao Ying for the chip lead with just over 2,200,000.

Matt Wantman- 2,245,000
Brian Altman- 1,575,000

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Nov209:18 pm

Championship: Wantman Shoves On Altman

POSTED BY: Tim Kelliher

|CATEGORY: 2018, Event 16 - Championship, Event 16 - Championship (Day 3)

$2,500+$200 Championship NLH
$1,000,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 23: 15,000/25,000/25,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 437
Players Remaining:
10

Matt Wantman

Matt Wantman raised to 55,000 from early position and Brian Altman re-raised to 170,000 from middle position. It folded back to Wantman who moved all in for about 850,000 after giving it some thought.

Altman quickly folded and Wantman dragged in the pot.

Matt Wantman- 1,100,000
Brain Altman- 2,700,000

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Nov208:47 pm

Championship: 11th Place- Rudy DiRubbo ($13,776)

POSTED BY: Tim Kelliher

|CATEGORY: 2018, Event 16 - Championship, Event 16 - Championship (Day 3)

$2,500+$200 Championship NLH
$1,000,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 23: 15,000/25,000/25,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 437
Players Remaining:
10

Rudy DiRubbo

Rudy DiRubbo got his stack of 710,000 all in pre-flop holding and it was a classic coin flip as Chris Kennedy tabled .

The dealer spread the flop and DiRubbo’s pocket queens maintained the lead.

The hit the turn and Kennedy spiked his king to take control of the hand. The river was no help to DiRubbo and he was eliminated in 11th place earning $13,776.

Chris Kennedy- 1,600,000

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Nov208:43 pm

Championship: 12th Place- Michael Rossitto ($13,776)

POSTED BY: Tim Kelliher

|CATEGORY: 2018, Event 16 - Championship, Event 16 - Championship (Day 3)

$2,500+$200 Championship NLH
$1,000,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 23: 15,000/25,000/25,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 437
Players Remaining: 11

Michael Rossitto

The action folded to Michael Rossitto in the small blind and he moved all in for 415,000 Dat Vu called from the big blind putting Rossitto at risk and the hands were shown.

Dat Vu:
Michael Rossitto:

The board ran out and Vu paired his queen on the flop to score the knockout.

Rossitto is our 12th place Championship finisher and will take home $13,776 for his efforts.

Dat Vu- 1,400,000

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Nov204:37 am

Event 17: Heads-Up Deal Made, John Kuzmech Takes the Trophy ($8,121)

POSTED BY: Tim Kelliher

|CATEGORY: 2018, Event 17

$200+$30 Deep Stack NLH
$25,000 Guaranteed
Level 28:  Blinds 40,000/80,000/80,000 bb ante
Total Entrants: 182
Players Remaining:
2

Everton Taylor (left) and John Kuzmech (right)

With the elimination of Mike Dalessandro in third place the final two players immediately began to discuss and adjusted payout deal.

The stacks were nearly identical with just 100,000 separating John Kuzmech and Everton Taylor.

They agreed to split the prize pool evenly each earning $8,121 and run one hand out for the trophy and Kuzmech came out on top to take home his first Borgata Poker Open trophy.

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Nov204:20 am

Event 17: 3rd Place- Mike Dalessandro- ($3,531)

POSTED BY: Tim Kelliher

|CATEGORY: 2018, Event 17

$200+$30 Deep Stack NLH
$25,000 Guaranteed
Level 28:  Blinds 40,000/80,000/80,000 bb ante
Total Entrants: 182
Players Remaining: 2

Mike Dalessandro

Mike Dalessandro got his last 225,000 all in pre-flop holding and failed to improve against the of Everton Taylor. Dalessandro is our 3rd place Event 17 finisher taking home $3,531 for his efforts.

 

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Nov204:06 am

Event 17: 4th Place- Aleksey Shestyan ($2,825)

POSTED BY: Tim Kelliher

|CATEGORY: 2018, Event 17

$200+$30 Deep Stack NLH
$25,000 Guaranteed
Level 27: 30,000/60,000/60,000
Total Entrants: 182
Players Remaining: 3

Aleksey Shestyan

Aleksey Shestyan got his last 700,000 all in from the small blind holding but was dominated by John Kuzmech’s . The board ran out and Shestyan was eliminated in 4th place earning $2,825 for his efforts.

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Nov203:33 am

Event 17: 5th Place- Brian Frawley ($2,118)

POSTED BY: Tim Kelliher

|CATEGORY: 2018, Event 17

$200+$30 Deep Stack NLH
$25,000 Guaranteed
Level 26:  Blinds 25,000/50,000/50,000 bb ante
Total Entrants: 182
Players Remaining:
4

Brian Frawley

Brian Frawley got his stack of 775,000 all in pre-flop holding and was in great to double up against the of Mike Dalessandro.

The dealer fanned the flop and Dalessandro paired his five to take the lead. The turn and river were no help to Frawley and he was eliminated in 5th place earning $2,118 for his efforts.

Mike Dalessandro- 1,800,000

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