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The 2016 Fall Poker Open wrapped up in the early hours of Thanksgiving Day when the final trophy was awarded. Over 16 days of play, sixteen Borgata trophies were won. Eighteen main events and more than $2.2 million in guarantees brought out the crowds and all guarantees were covered easily. More than $3.6 million in prize money was paid out as well.
Travis Hartshorn2016 Fall Poker Open Champion
This series was noteworthy for several reasons. The $1,000,000 Guaranteed Championship event was won by Travis Hartshorn, a 29-year-old from Pennsylvania. His heads-up battle with Borgata regular David Johnston was record-setting, taking six hours to determine a winner. Third-place finisher Gloria Jackson also carved her name in the Borgata history books just by making it to the final table. Her 3rd place finish ties Kathy Liebert’s finish in the 2005 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship. (Vanessa Selbst is the only woman to finish higher — she finished 2nd in the 2013 WPT BPO Championship and still holds the record as the highest finishing female in Borgata Open Championship history.)
It’s unusual to see any women at the big event final tables and this one had two. Valerie Novak lost a flip to finish 9th in the Championship, making her the 5th-highest finishing female in a Borgata Open Championship. The only other woman to make a Championship final table was Esther Taylor, who finished 5th in the 2015 WPT BPO Championship.
Other history-making events during this series:
- Two trophy events during the series had three women make it to the final table!
- Zhaoxing Wang added his name to the very short list of players who have won two trophy events during a single series.
- Howard Wolper added another notch to his record number of cashes at a single venue.
A complete list of Main Event winners is below. On behalf of Borgata, we would like to thank all the participants for making the 2016 Fall Poker Open a historic series and congratulate all the winners. From the Fall Poker Open bloggers, @TKbluffs, @Kaelaine, @out_of_position and players, thanks to Borgata tournament staff for another excellent tournament series!
$200+$30 Deepest Stack NLH
Level 8: Blinds 400/800/75 ante
Entries: 145
Players who have played in any event during the Fall Poker Open have qualified to play in the December ‘Bricks to Bits’ online freeroll tournament. All they have to do is register on BorgataPoker.com and they will receive an invitation to play in the tournament at 5pm on December 4th. The top 50 finishers will get paid and the winner will receive a $3,500 entry in the WPT Winter Poker Open Championship, in January 2017.
Joy Gemal (Long Branch, NJ) won a $2,700 seat in the Fall Poker Open Championship by playing in the last Bricks to Bits freeroll on October 9th — it could happen to you!
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Level 10: Blinds 500/1,000/100 ante
Mike ‘Gags’ Gagliano (Glen Garden, NJ) & Matt Stout (Las Vegas, NV)
Both Michael ‘Gags’ Gagliano and Matt Stout earned their seats in this event via online satellites at BorgataPoker.com. Thanks to the random nature of seat draws, they happen to be sitting next to each other on table 9.
Gags won his first WSOP bracelet this past summer, adding more than $448,000 to his bankroll. Matt has more than $3.5 million in live tournament earnings and is a prime example that you don’t have to reside in New Jersey to play online at BorgataPoker.com, you just have to be in the state while playing. Matt regularly travels to Borgata for live tournaments and takes advantage of the online action while he’s here as well.
Twenty players earned their seats in the $500,000 GTD Fall Poker Open Kickoff event ($500+$60) playing online at BorgataPoker.com. You can win your way into future FPO events at a deep discount the same way. They will be running online satellites through November 18th for both Event 11, the $400+$50 Almighty Stack NLH event ($300,000 GTD) and Event 14, the $2,500+$200 FPO Championship ($1 Million GTD).
For as little as $5, you can parlay your way into either of these events playing online at BorgataPoker.com. You don’t have to reside in the state of New Jersey to play, you just have to be in the state while playing and you can play on any device (laptop, tablet, or smartphone).
For details, check out the Fall Poker Open Qualifiers here.
New accounts created before November 20th using promo code WELCOMEBPO qualify for the Last Longer promotion. If they cash in the Championship event, they can earn they buy-in back. The longer they last, the more they get back! Go to BorgataPoker.com for more details and to sign up.
Just seven days remain until the start of the 2016 Fall Poker Open! Borgata’s Poker Room will play host to a 16-day series of tournaments leading up to Thanksgiving. You can access links to the Main Event schedule, the schedule of secondary events and satellites, and everything you need to know about the upcoming series at fallpokeropen.theborgata.com.
The series begins with a $500,000 Guaranteed Deep Stack NLH Kickoff event, sure to bring out players in droves. Event 1 is a three day event with four starting flights, two each on Tuesday and Wednesday. The ever-popular Almighty Stack is back during the second week of the series with a $300,000 guarantee and we’ll see the return of other player favorites including the Super Stack Elevator, $1K Six Max, and the Seniors event.
The $1 Million Guaranteed Championship event has been pushed back to a Friday/Saturday start to accommodate the Thanksgiving Holiday on the 24th. Last year, Borgata regular Mike Dentale claimed his third Borgata title and first-ever Championship win in the early morning hours of Thanksgiving Day. His $336,331 score was and still is his largest career cash. It also pushed his lifetime earnings beyond the $1 million mark.
Mike Dentale (Brooklyn, NY)2015 Fall Poker Open Championship winner
Join us at Borgata next week for the kickoff of the Fall Poker Open! If you can’t make it in person, you can follow the action right here in the Fall Poker Open blog.
After a grueling 3 days of play there was one player left standing when the smoke cleared. That player was none other than the Mike Dentale the Brooklyn,NY pro. Dentale made the trip to Borgata from Montreal, Canada where he just missed the WPT Main Event TV final table finishing in 8th place for over $43,000.This win will mark two milestones for Dentale. It will be his largest career cash and will also push Dentale over the $1,000,000 career earnings mark. Mike will be bringing home $336,331 and the FPO Championship trophy. This will wrap up our coverage from the Fall Poker Open and another great series here at the Borgata.
Level 6: Blinds (500/1,000/100)
Total Entries: 1,752
Total Day 1D Entries: 629
1D Players Remaining: 320
Lloyd Breuer sends one to the rail and is one the of largest stacks in the room.
Lloyd Breuer raises to 3,000 from early position. A player in middle position calls and the small blind calls. The dealer spreads a flop of {jd}{3c}{5c} and the small blind checks. Breuer slides out a bet of 10,000 and the player in middle position folds. The small blind check raises all-in for 20,000, Breuer calls and the hands are shown.
Breuer: {Ad}{jc}
Opponent: {kh}{3h}
Breuer is ahead with his pair of jacks and the turn {6s} and river {4s} earn Breuer the pot and the elimination. Breuer is now one of the biggest stacks in the room with 215,000 chips.
Lloyd Breuer: 215,000
Opponent: Eliminated
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Level 27 (Blinds 30,000/60,000/5,000) Total Entries: 690 Players Remaining: 8 Chip Average: 1,725,000
Antonio Amato (Langhorne PA)
Long stretch with no action.
Grace Sun goes all-in pre-flop with pocket aces, but no takers.
Antonio Amato and Christopher Horton (twice) also go all-in pre-flop, but no one bites.
After a few hands that don’t even get to a flop, Joe Carreira goes heads-up with Amato, who shows {Qd} and {xx} for two pair on a board of {Kd}, {Qc}, {Kh}, {Ah} and {As}.
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