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Event 16 - Championship (Day 4)

Nov215:00 pm

Championship: 1st Place – Wenhao Ying ($200,000*)

POSTED BY: kaelaine

|CATEGORY: 2018, Event 16 - Championship, Event 16 - Championship (Day 4)

$2,500+$200 Championship NLH
$1,000,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet | Payouts

Level 28:  Blinds 40,000/80,000/80,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 437

Link to Live Stream

Wenhao Ying – 1st Place – 2018 Borgata Fall Poker Open Championship

 

Wenhao Ying is a 24-year-old grad student who recorded his first tournament cash just over 2 years ago.  He’s mostly self-taught, learning the game by watching training videos online.  Those videos must be very good because he held the chip lead most of Day 3 and went wire-to-wire here on Day 4.

He warmed up in the SixMax first, finishing 5th for $8,420, against some of the best players in the game.  He did the same at this final table, up against some of the best and he held his own.

For his efforts in this event, he will collect $200,000* and take home his first Borgata Open trophy.  This is his first reported tournament win, but certainly won’t be his last!

Championship Final Results

Place Player Payout
1 Wenhao Ying $200,000*
2 Matt Wantman $172,449*
3 Paul Volpe $150,000*
4 Dat Vu $76,830
5 Mike Glick $60,404
6 Brian Altman $50,337
7 Dan DiZenzo $40,270
8 Andrew Ostapchenko $30,732
9 Chris Kennedy $21,195
10 Michael Haberman $13,776
11 Rudy DiRubbo $13,776
12 Michael Rossitto $13,776
13 Nobuo Tarui $10,597
14 Lexy Gavin $10,597
15 Zach Donovan $10,597
16 Bruce Yamron $8,372
17 Andrey Malinin $8,372
18 Dan Buzgon $8,372
19 Greg Aster $6,570
20 Mark Alvin Bayag $6,570
21 Asher Conniff $6,570
22 Eric Panayiotou $6,570
23 Daniel Retallick $6,570
24 Terrence Heinz $6,570
25 Ross Gottlieb $6,570
26 Boris Kravets $6,570
27 Adam Hendrix $6,570
28 Anna Antimony $5,828
29 A. Nonymous $5,828
30 Jesse Mercado $5,828
31 Dan Howe $5,828
32 Michael Marder $5,828
33 Menachem Landwirt $5,828
34 Namo Al-Jaf $5,828
35 Sumeet Wayachal $5,828
36 Ryan Hagerty $5,828
37 Peter Vitantonio $5,299
38 Zhan Ma $5,299
39 George Rakitzis $5,299
40 Ari Engel $5,299
41 Michael Lydon $5,299
42 Charles Furey $5,299
43 Ricky Guan $5,299
44 Alex Jim $5,299
45 Andrew Fegan $5,299

 

*Indicates Adjusted Payout

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Nov214:53 pm

Championship: 2nd Place – Matt Wantman ($172,449)

POSTED BY: kaelaine

|CATEGORY: 2018, Event 16 - Championship, Event 16 - Championship (Day 4)

$2,500+$200 Championship NLH
$1,000,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet | Payouts

Level 28:  Blinds 40,000/80,000/80,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 437

Link to Live Stream

Matt Wantman

 

Matt Wantman entered the day 2nd in chips and that’s where he finished.  For 2nd place he’ll collect $172,449, making this his new best live cash, pushing his career earnings over $1.33 million.

Hopefully this will help erase the memory of his early exit from the 2016 WPT BWPO Championship final table.

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Nov214:39 pm

Championship: 3rd Place – Paul Volpe ($150,000)

POSTED BY: kaelaine

|CATEGORY: 2018, Event 16 - Championship, Event 16 - Championship (Day 4)

$2,500+$200 Championship NLH
$1,000,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet | Payouts

Level 28:  Blinds 40,000/80,000/80,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 437

Link to Live Stream

Paul Volpe

 

Paul Volpe put up a valiant fight, moving up from 5th in chips where he started the day, for a 3rd place finish.  He’ll collect $150,000 for his work over these four days.

This score will take his career earnings over the $8 million mark.

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Nov214:23 pm

Championship: Break Time Chip Counts

POSTED BY: kaelaine

|CATEGORY: 2018, Event 16 - Championship, Event 16 - Championship (Day 4)

$2,500+$200 Championship NLH
$1,000,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet | Payouts

Level 28:  Blinds 40,000/80,000/80,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 437
Players Remaining: 3
Average Stack:  4.37 million

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Players are back from a break and blinds are up.  The final three players have agreed to go to 30-minute levels.

Here are the chip counts:

Seat Player Chips Bbs
1 Paul Volpe 2,255,000 28
2
3 Matt Wantman 3,940,000 49
4
5
6 Wenhao Ying 6,885,000 86

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Nov213:57 pm

Championship: Volpe Doubles Thru Wantman, Then Picks Up More

POSTED BY: kaelaine

|CATEGORY: 2018, Event 16 - Championship, Event 16 - Championship (Day 4)

$2,500+$200 Championship NLH
$1,000,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet | Payouts

Level 27:  Blinds 30,000/60,000/60,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 437
Players Remaining: 3
Average Stack:  4.37 million

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Paul Volpe

 

Paul Volpe got all-in pre-flop with 66 against the A8 of Matt Wantman.  The board fell K T 7 4 6 and Paul doubled up to ~1.5 million.

A few hands later, all three players were looking at a disjointed flop of .  Matt (sb) and Wenhao Ying (bb) checked to Paul, who bet 210,000.  Both called.

On the turn, they again checked to Paul who took his time, then moved in for 1.16 million.  Both surrendered and Paul is up to ~2.4 million.

Matt – 3.6 million
Ying – 7.1 million

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Nov213:43 pm

Championship: 4th Place – Dat Vu ($76,830)

POSTED BY: kaelaine

|CATEGORY: 2018, Event 16 - Championship, Event 16 - Championship (Day 4)

$2,500+$200 Championship NLH
$1,000,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet | Payouts

Level 27:  Blinds 30,000/60,000/60,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 437
Players Remaining: 3
Average Stack:  4.37 million

Link to Live Stream

Dat Vu

 

Matt Wantman (button) opened for 125,000 and both blinds called.  On the flop of , they checked to Matt, who bet 150,000.  Vu raised to 425,000 (about half his remaining chips) and Wenhao Ying (bb) folded.  Matt called.

On the turn, Vu moved all-in and Matt called.  Vu was ahead with for a pair of Jacks.  Matt had for a flush draw with gutshot straight-flush draw.

The completed the board and the flush for Matt.  He took the pot, chipping up to ~ 5 million.

Dat Vu was felted in 4th place, earning $76,830.  Not bad for the 35-year-old’s first reported tournament cash!

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Nov213:30 pm

Championship: Vu Makes The Move…Twice

POSTED BY: kaelaine

|CATEGORY: 2018, Event 16 - Championship, Event 16 - Championship (Day 4)

$2,500+$200 Championship NLH
$1,000,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet | Payouts

Level 27:  Blinds 30,000/60,000/60,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 437
Players Remaining: 4
Average Stack:  3.2 million

Link to Live Stream

Dat Vu

 

Dat Vu was down to his last 530,000, which was all-in from the small blind.  Wenhao Ying released his big blind and just like that, Vu chipped up to 650,000.

He moved in again from the button and got no takers, so he’s back up to 800,000.

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Nov213:21 pm

Championship: Wantman Takes From Volpe

POSTED BY: kaelaine

|CATEGORY: 2018, Event 16 - Championship, Event 16 - Championship (Day 4)

$2,500+$200 Championship NLH
$1,000,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet | Payouts

Level 27:  Blinds 30,000/60,000/60,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 437
Players Remaining: 4
Average Stack:  3.2 million

Link to Live Stream

Paul Volpe

 

In a battle of the blinds, Paul Volpe (sb) and Matt Wantman (bb) got to the river with a board of and Paul checked.  Matt fired 360,000 and after giving it some thought, Paul let it go.  He was down to ~1 million.

Paul moved in on a later hand, but got no takers.  Picking up the blinds and antes at this level adds 150,000 to a stack, so it’s got to be done!

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Nov213:15 pm

Championship: Chip Counts

POSTED BY: kaelaine

|CATEGORY: 2018, Event 16 - Championship, Event 16 - Championship (Day 4)

$2,500+$200 Championship NLH
$1,000,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet | Payouts

Level 27:  Blinds 30,000/60,000/60,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 437
Players Remaining: 4
Average Stack:  3.2 million

Link to Live Stream

At the end of the level, players took a very short break and we took the opportunity to count the chips.   They’re back in action now and here’s how they stack up.

Seat Player Chips Bbs
1 Paul Volpe 1,430,000 24
2
3 Matt Wantman 3,250,000 54
4
5 Dat Vu 800,000 13
6 Wenhao Ying 7,600,000 127

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Nov213:00 pm

Championship: Vu Doubles Thru Volpe

POSTED BY: kaelaine

|CATEGORY: 2018, Event 16 - Championship, Event 16 - Championship (Day 4)

$2,500+$200 Championship NLH
$1,000,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet | Payouts

Level 26:  Blinds 25,000/50,000/50,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 437
Players Remaining: 4
Average Stack:  3.2 million

Link to Live Stream

Dat Vu

 

Paul Volpe opened from the button and Dat Vu moved in from the big blind for 375,000 total.  Paul called, showing .  Vu was ahead with .

Then Vu crushed the board of , making Aces-full.  He doubled up to ~800,000.  Paul was left with ~1.3 million.

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