Borgata Winter Poker Open 2017

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Total Entries: 58
Players Remaining: 8

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Jesse Sylvia (Right) defeats Zhaoxing Wang (Left).

Weinman, a poker pro from Alpharetta, Georgia, defeated a field of 1,312 entries to take down the 2017 WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open $3,500 no-limit hold’em main event. In addition to the title.

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The last two heads up matches just wrapped up in the Event Center and we are down to the final 8. James Caldero defeated Ryan Olisar to advance and Jesse Sylvia got the best of Ranson Nelson.

Jason Rivkin (Right) gets the better of Matt Stout (Left) in round 2.

The players are now all in the money and guaranteed a minimum of $4,220 with the winner taking home $33,754 and the BPO trophy. Day 2 play will resume Sunday September 17 at 12 P.M. noon and play down to a winner.

Below is a look at tomorrows final four heads up matches.

Jacob Daniels Vs. Jesse Sylvia

Kyle Bowker Vs. James Calderaro

Esther Taylor Vs. Yiyang Feng

Jason Rivkin Vs. Travis Greenawalt

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Third Round

All second round matches are now complete and we have two players already in the money and advancing to Day 2. Esther Taylor took her spot in the last eight when she defeated former WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open champ Aaron Mermelstein. Jason Rivkin already cashed big in this series, a runner-up finish in the Black Chip Bounty event, and now he’s onto the fourth round after defeating Ian Davis.

Second round, left side:

Yiyang Feng defeated Jose Noboa
Jeffrey Coon defeated Alex Rocha
Esther Taylor defeated Massimo Maffei
Aaron Mermelstein defeated Steven Sarmiento
Ian Davis defeated George Cicak
Jason Rivkin defeated Matt Stout
Travis Greenwalt defeated David Paredes
Joseph DiPascale defeated Jake Toole

Second round, right side:

Jack Duong defeated Matthew Forrest
Jacob Daniels defeated Zach Donovan
Ranson Nelson defeated Jen Shahade
Jesse Sylvia defeated Zhaoxing Wang
Kyle Bowker defeated Jerry Robinson
Joe Couden defeated James Geraghty
Ryan Olisar defeated Phong Nguyen
James Calderaro defeated Larry King

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Third round, left side:

Yiyang Feng versus Jeffrey Coon – Underway
Esther Taylor defeated Aaron Mermelstein
Jason Rivkin defeated Ian Davis
Travis Greenwalt versus Joseph DiPascale – Underway

Third round, right side:

Jack Duong versus Jacob Daniels – Underway
Ranson Nelson versus Jesse Sylvia – Underway
Kyle Bowker versus Joe Couden – Underway
Ryan Olisar versus James Calderaro – Underway

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Things are heating up in the Heads Up tournament with all first-round matches complete and two second-round matches still in action. Below you’ll find a list of results so far with everyone aiming to make the final eight for the money and on to Day 2 tomorrow.

Most third-round matches are underway, including two-time WPT Champ Aaron Mermelstein against Borgata favorite Esther Taylor.

First round, left side:

Jose Noboa defeated Joe McKeehen
Yiyang Feng moved on with a bye
Alex Rocha defeated Matthew Paoletti
Jeffrey Coon defeated Christopher Ackerman
Esther Taylor defeated Jeremy Vidrine
Massimo Maffei moved on with a bye
Aaron Mermelstein defeated Patrick Serda
Steven Sarmiento defeated Mike Linster
George Cicak defeated Ben Maya
Ian Davis moved on with a bye
Matt Stout defeated Eric Schwartz
Jason Rivkin defeated John Gordon
David Parades defeated Daniel Podheiser
Travis Greenwalt defeated David Zemel
Joseph DiPascale defeated Koji Umemura
Jake Toole defeated Kerrigan Muench

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First round, right side:

Jack Duong defeated Theodore Burt
Matthew Forrest moved on with a bye
Zach Donovan defeated Ryan Belz
Jacob Daniels defeated Edward Blount
Jen Shahade defeated Thai Ha
Ranson Nelson defeated Darren Elias
Jesse Sylvia defeated Amir Moshiri-Azad
Zhaoxing Wang defeated Charles Gomez
Jerry Robinson defeated Will Failla
Kyle Bowker defeated Jake Schwartz
Joe Couden defeated Mike Dentale
James Geraghty moved on with a bye
Phong Nguyen defeated Ronit Chamani
Ryan Olisar moved on with a bye
Larry King defeated Giuseppe Pizzolato
James Calderaro defeated Michale Delvecchio

Second round, left side:

Yiyang Feng defeated Jose Noboa
Jeffrey Coon defeated Alex Rocha
Esther Taylor defeated Massimo Maffei
Aaron Mermelstein defeated Steven Sarmiento
Ian Davis defeated George Cicak
Jason Rivkin defeated Matt Stout
Travis Greenwalt defeated David Paredes
Joseph DiPascale defeated Jake Toole

Second round, right side:

Jack Duong defeated Matthew Forrest
Jacob Daniels defeated Zach Donovoan
Jen Shahade versus Ranson Nelson – Underway
Jesse Sylvia versus Zhaoxing Wang – Underway
Kyle Bowker defeated Jerry Robinson
Joe Couden defeated James Geraghty
Ryan Olisar defeated Phong Nguyen
James Calderaro defeated Larry King

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There were a total of 58 entrants in the Heads-Up bracket, for total buy-ins of $87,000. Total prize money of $84,390 will be paid to the final 8 players:

PlacePayout
1$33,754
2$16,878
3$8,439
4$8,439
5$4,220
6$4,220
7$4,220
8$4,220

As the brackets start to fill in, we’ll post an updates here in the blog.

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After a slight delay to the bracket draw, the Heads Up tournament is underway with 58 players and six of them getting byes in the first round. You can click the picture above for the entire draw or those below for each side.

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They will sit down to 15,000 stacks and play 15-minute levels per match. They will play best out of three matches, the first one to two wins will move on to the next round.

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Registration for the Heads-Up bracket tournament is limited to 64 players and closes at 2pm. Registration will close earlier if all seats are sold, so don’t wait! If you want to play, head to registration now and lock up your slot.

Once registration closes at 2pm (or earlier if sold out), they will prepare for the bracket draw, which will take place at about 2:30pm in the Event Center. The draw will determine the first round of Best 2 of 3 Heads-Up Matches, which will begin at 3pm just inside the Event Center entrance.