Event 17
The 2016 Borgata Poker Open is a wrap and after 18 days of play, 19 trophies were awarded and more than $8 million in prize money paid to the participants, not including the secondary events and satellites!
![Jesse Sylvia - WPT Borgata Poker Open Main Event Champion [Photo courtesy of Joe Giron and the WPT]](http://borgatapokeropen.blogtheborgata.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2016/09/29886815375_4414efe8cd_z.jpg)
Jesse Sylvia – WPT Borgata Poker Open Main Event Champion
Photo courtesy of Joe Giron and the WPT
This year’s Open series also saw some other firsts. The Inaugural BPO PokerNews Cup $2,000 NLH event was the first post-championship event and Ryan van Sanford claimed the first PokerNews Cup title awarded on American soil. The first-ever hybrid Live/Online Heads Up tournament was held in the Event Center and online at BorgataPoker.com, “Battleship-style”. Matt Emmel came up just short of repeating at Heads Up Champion, finishing second to New Jersey online player Eric Schwartz.
Another first was the live-streaming of the $1,000 Six Max NLH final table, which ended in a heads-up battle between well-known pro and BorgataPoker.com Ambassador Vinny Pahuja and relatively unknown amateur player George Alberto. Alberto prevailed, claiming his first BPO title and $53,366.
A complete list of Main Events and trophy winners is below. On behalf of Borgata, we would like to thank all the participants for making the 2016 Borgata Poker Open a great success and congratulate all the winners. From the BPO bloggers, @mattclark345, @TKbluffs, @Kaelaine, and @WOCPoker and players, thanks to Borgata tournament staff and the World Poker Tour for another excellent tournament series!
Event 17 drew 615 entries creating a prize pool of over $155,000 and when the dust settled it was Connecticut pro Nick Gerrity holding the trophy. The final nine players continued to move chips around and after a lengthy negotiation between them an adjusted payout agreement was made.
Nick Gerrity held a big chip lead after winning a two key hands where he held a full house in both. Gerrity takes home $21,700 and the BPO trophy bringing his career tournament earnings over the $350,000 mark. Although he holds other titles this is his first major win here at The Borgata and he tells us he’s still has a few more events to play this series.
$260+$40 Deep Stack NLH
$100,000 Guaranteed
End Of Level 28: (40,000/80,000/10,000)
Total Entries: 615
Players Remaining: 9
As the players head on break Vincent Ciarrocchi wants to give a special shout out to his home state of North Carolina. He tells us his friedns in Denton, Elfand, Clemmens, Burlington, Thomasville and Stoney Creek are all cheering him on from home. He is still in the hunt with a very healthy stack of 1,700,000 and just 9 players left here in Event 17 as he looks to take home the $37,240 first prize and the BPO trophy.
$260+$40 Deep Stack NLH
$100,000 Guaranteed
Level 28: (40,000/80,000/10,000)
Total Entries: 615
Players Remaining: 9
A short stacked Kevin Choe moved all in holding queen jack. He was outdrawn by Anthony Pagan in the big blind and was our first elimination of the final table. Choe will be our 10th place finisher collecting $2,016 for his efforts.
$260+$40 Deep Stack NLH
$100,000 Guaranteed
Level 28: (40,000/80,000/10,000)
Total Entries: 615
Players Remaining: 10
Nick Gerrity
The action folds to Tyreem Williams in the cutoff and he raises to 160,000. Nick Gerrity moves all in from the small blind for his last 1,039,000. Williams makes the call and they turn over their cards.
Gerrity: {kd}{kc}
Williams: {ac}{jh}
The {ks}{10s}{10h} flop all but seals the deal for Gerrity as he flops a full house. The turn {3s} and river {8s} earn Gerrity the pot and the double up here on our final table.
Nick Gerrity- 2,200,000
Tyreem Williams- 2,300,000
$260+$40 Deep Stack NLH
$100,000 Guaranteed
Level 28: (40,000/80,000/10,000)
Total Entries: 615
Players Remaining: 10
The final table is now set here in Event 17 and Tyreem Williams is leading the way. The players will battle it out here in the early morning hours for the $37,240 first prize and the BPO trophy. Below is a list of the final table chip counts and seating assignments.
Seat 1. Anthony Pagan- 1,600,000
Seat 2. Kevin Choe- 540,000
Seat 3. Jeff Leone- 1,650,000
Seat 4. Dhaval Joshi- 2,300,000
Seat 5. Tyreem Williams- 3,400,000
Seat 6. Vincent Ciarrocchi- 1,800,000
Seat 7. Nick Gerrity- 705,000
Seat 8. Dillon Baptiste- 436,000
Seat 9. Chinmay Patel- 1,650,000
Seat 10. Mike Dunn- 790,000
$260+$40 Deep Stack NLH
$100,000 Guaranteed
Level 26: (25,000/50,000/5,000)
Total Entries: 615
Players Remaining: 12
The players are taking a 15 minute and relocating to the poker room. We will pick back up on the action when play resumes.
$260+$40 Deep Stack NLH
$100,000 Guaranteed
Level 27: (30,000/60,000/5,000)
Total Entries: 615
Players Remaining: 13
Tyreem Williams (left) Nick Gerrity (right)
Nick Gerrity raises to 125,000 from under the gun and it folds to Tyreem Williams in the big blind who calls. They go heads up to the {2c}{10s}{4h} flop and Williams checks. Gerrity tosses out a bet of 160,000 and Williams makes the call.
The turn brings the {7s} and Williams again checks to Gerrity who bets 290,000. Williams calls and the {10h} completes the board. Williams leads out with a bet of 500,000 and Gerrity releases his hand. Williams rakes in the pot and now leads the final 13 players with 3,000,000.
$260+$40 Deep Stack NLH
$100,000 Guaranteed
Level 26: (25,000/50,000/5,000)
Total Entries: 615
Players Remaining: 15
Vincent Ciariocchi
Daval Joshi
With Day 3 of the WPT BPO Championship coming to and end we will now pick up the action here in Event 17. Dhaval Joshi and Vincent Ciariocchi are neck and neck for the chip lead.
Both players are playing about 2,100,000 with just 15 players remaining. They will play down to a winner tonight who will be taking home $37,240 and the BPO trophy.
$260+$40 Deep Stack NLH
$100,000 Guaranteed
End of Level 15: (4,000/8,000/400)
Total Entries: 615
Players Remaining: 139
Event 17 The $260+$40 NLH drew a total of 615 entries creating a prize pool of over $155,000. Below is a list of the final payouts with the winner taking home $37,240 and the BPO trophy.
1. $37,240
2. $20,939
3. $13,184
4. $10,702
5. $8,531
6. $7,057
7. $5,661
8. $4,265
9. $2,947
10-12. $2,016
13-15. $1,473
16-18. $1,086
19-27. $853
28-36. $760
37-45. $682
46-54 $605
55-63 $528