Event 16
The 2018 Borgata Poker Open came to a close in the early morning hours of Saturday morning when the 21st BPO trophy found a new home.
Erkut ‘Eric’ Yilmaz
About eight hours earlier, Erkut Yilmaz took 1st place in the Championship event, along with $575,112 and both BPO and WPT Champions Cup trophies. Yilmaz took a huge lead into the final day of the Championship and held that lead until heads-up with poker pro Timothy ‘TK’ Miles. They proceeded to battle for more than two hours, with the lead changing several times, before Yilmaz finally collected all the chips and the title. Miles added another $383,399 to his career earnings, pushing the total past $3.2 million.
This series saw a lot of firsts. For the first time, the BPO was not held in the Event Center, but in a temporary Tournament Area between the Poker Room and Signature Room. This was a one-time occurence and this area will now he turned into the new Borgata Sports Book. The Winter Poker Open in January will be back in the Event Center as usual.
Another first was buy-in guarantees on the non-No Limit Hold’em events. The Omaha/Stud High/Low, HORSE, and PLO tournaments all had guarantees for the first time ever. There was also an “Old School” Freeze-out NLH tournament with no re-entries, and a Double Black Chip Bounty tournament added to this year’s schedule.
Justin Leeds (seated) took 1st in Event 1 in a 4-way adjusted payout.
Justin Leeds claimed the top spot in the $1 Million GTD Kick-Off event, which saw 3,106 entrants. The final four players all took home more than $170,000 for their efforts in the three-day event.
Altogether, the series had $7.6 million in guarantees and paid out more than $8.3 million in prize money in Main Events alone, not including secondary and satellite events. A complete list of Main Event winners and their winnings is below.
*Indicates Adjusted Payout
The next major tournament series is the Fall Poker Open, which runs November 6th through the 21st, so start making plans now. The tournament schedule has not yet been released. Follow @BorgataPoker on Twitter to catch the announcement when it is. Until then, Borgata’s regular schedule of Daily Tournaments will resume. For those of you in New Jersey, there’s alway another tournament coming up on BorgataPoker.com. October 14th – 21st, the Garden State Super Series (GSSS) will be running with more than $450,000 in guarantees.
For now, it’s farewell from the Borgata Blogging team of Tim Kelliher, Chris Murray, Al Rash, Brittany Paige, and myself. Hope to see you in November during the Fall Poker Open!
@Kaelaine
Adam Pepper
Event 16 of the Borgata Poker Open was the $400 Deep Stack Saturday Series NLH. There were 511 entries creating a prize pool of over $173,000.
When the dust settled Adam Pepper was the last man standing. Pepper started the final table in third chip position but it didn’t take long for him move into the chip lead.
Once out in front Pepper never looked back and cruised all the way to victory. This is Pepper’s first major tournament win and he takes home $43,201 along with the Borgata Poker Open trophy.
Pepper also reaches another poker milestone with his win here tonight as he has now earned more than $100,000 in live tournament earnings throughout his career.
Below is a full look at the Event 16 final table results.
- Adam Pepper- $43,201+BPO Trophy
- Keiko Lim- $24,288
- David Mock- $15,614
- Jose Barajas- $12,404
- Dusti Smith- $9,715
- Mike Menzer- $7,980
- Gordon Eng- $6,332
- Hunter Marchlewski- $4,944
- Edwin Lau- $3,470
- Ken Munroe- $2,255
$350+$50 Saturday Series NLH
$100,000 Guaranteed
Level 32: 100,000/200,000/200,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 511
Players Remaining: 1
Keiko Lim
Keiko Lim moved all in for her last 3,800,000 and Adam Pepper called. Lim turned over 
but she was dominated by Pepper’s 
.
The board ran out 
and Pepper’s pocket eights held up. The two players shook hands and Lim is our Event 16 runner up earning her largest career tournament cash of $24,288.
$350+$50 Saturday Series NLH
$100,000 Guaranteed
Level 32: 100,000/200,000/200,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 511
Players Remaining: 2
Keiko Lim
Keiko Lim started the heads up battle with just over 1,000,000 and had to overcome more than an 10-1 chip deficit. She is battling back as heads up play continues and has now chipped up to over 3,000,000.
Lim still has her work cut out for her as Adam Pepper is still playing nearly 10,000,000.
$350+$50 Saturday Series NLH
$100,000 Guaranteed
Level 30: 60,000/120,000/120,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 511
Players Remaining: 2
David Mock
Adam Pepper moved all in and David mock called for his last 1,700,000 from the big blind. Mock turned over but would need to improve against the 
of Pepper.
The dealer fanned the 
flop and Mock picked up an open ended straight draw to go along with his two over cards.
The turn 
and river 
were no help to Mock and he was eliminated in 3rd place taking home $15,614 for his efforts.
Adam Pepper- 11,500,000
$350+$50 Saturday Series NLH
$100,000 Guaranteed
Level 30: 60,000/120,000/120,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 511
Players Remaining: 3
Jose Barajas
Jose Barajas got his last 860,000 all in pre-flop holding 
against the 
of Adam Pepper.
Barajas failed to improve on the 
runout and is our 4th Place Event 16 finisher earning $12,404 for his efforts.
Adam Pepper- 6,000,000
$350+$50 Saturday Series NLH
$100,000 Guaranteed
Level 29: 50,000/100,000/100,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 511
Players Remaining: 4
Dusti Smith
The action folded around to Dusti Smith on the button and she moved all in for her last 900,000. David Mock called from the big blind turning over 
and was dominating the 
of Smith.
The 
runout sealed the deal for Mock and Smith was eliminated in 5th place earning $9,715 for her efforts.
David Mock- 3,500,000
$350+$50 Saturday Series NLH
$100,000 Guaranteed
Level 27: 30,000/60,000/60,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 511
Players Remaining: 5
Mike Menzer
Mike Menzer and Adam Pepper were heads up on the turn on the 
board. There was already over a million in the main pot and Menzer check raised all in for just over 1,000,000.
Pepper quickly called turning over 
and Menzer showed 
. The river card was no help to Menzer and he is our 6th place Event 16 finisher earning $7,980.
Adam Pepper- 4,200,000
$350+$50 Saturday Series NLH
$100,000 Guaranteed
Level 27: 30,000/60,000/60,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 511
Players Remaining: 6
Gordon Eng
Gordon Eng moved all in for 340,000 and Keiko Lim called. The rest of the table folded and Eng tabled his 
. Lim turned over 
and was in great shape to score the knockout.
She did just that when the board ran out 
and Eng was eliminated in 7th place earning $6,332 for his efforts.
Keiko Lim- 1,700,000
$350+$50 Saturday Series NLH
$100,000 Guaranteed
Level 27: 30,000/60,000/60,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 511
Players Remaining: 7
Hunter Marchlewski
Adam Pepper raised from the cutoff and Hunter Marchlewski moved all in for about 500,000 from the small blind. The big blind folded and Pepper called.
Adam Pepper: 
Hunter Marchlewski: 
The dealer fanned the 
flop and Pepper improved to trip aces to put a hammerlock on the hand.
The turn and river 
improved Pepper to a full house and Marchlweski was eliminated in 8th place taking home $4,944 for his efforts.
Adam Pepper- 3,000,000