Event 9
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
Event 9 0f the Borgata Poker Open was the $230 Deeper Stack NLH with a $50,000 guarantee. There were 333 creating a prize pool of $64,602.
When the dust settled Tyler Giles was the last man standing. It was a marathon of a final table that wrapped up just shy of 6 A.M. Giles started the final table in the middle of the pack but picked his spots and was never in danger.
He then scored back to back knockouts eliminating Kharlin Sued in 6th and Patricia Godwin in 5th to take the lead. Once Giles was in control he kept his foot on the gas and never let up.
“I usually play cash and I’ve never played a tournament this big with this many players” Giles said after the victory. This is his first recorded tournament cash and it was a big one as Giles earns $17,443 and his first Borgata Poker Open trophy.
Below is a full look at the Event 10 final table results.
- Tyler Giles- ($17,443+BPO Trophy)
- Robson Barbosa- ($9,690)
- Tim Burden- ($6,027)
- Tayang Wey- ($4,845)
- Patricia Godwin- ($3,812)
- Kharlin Sued- ($3,133)
- Regs Villaluna- ($2,519)
- Mike Fabijanic- ($1,906)
- Chungchin Chen- ($1,292)
- Nick Ahmadi- ($840)
$200+$30 Deeper Stack NLH Re-Entry
$50,000 Guaranteed
Structure
Level 29: 80,000/150,000/150,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 333
Players Remaining: 2
Robson Barbosa
A short stacked Robson Barbosa moved all in for just over 1,000,000 and Tyler Giles called. Barbosa showed 
but was dominated by the 
of Giles.
The board ran out 
and Giles’ king high was enough to eliminate Barbosa.
Barbosa is our Event 9 runner up and the Borgata tournament specialist takes home $9,690 for his runner up finish.
$200+$30 Deeper Stack NLH Re-Entry
$50,000 Guaranteed
Structure
Level 29: 80,000/150,000/150,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 333
Players Remaining: 2
Tim Burden
Tim Burden moved all in for 1,400,000 and Tyler Giles called from the small blind. Burden turned over 
but was dominated by the 
of Giles.
“Come on dealer do the right thing” said Giles just as the dealer spread the 
flop. Giles paired his jack and Burden picked up a gutshot straight draw.
The turn 
and river 
sealed the deal for Giles and Burden was eliminated in 3rd place earning $6,027 for his efforts.
Heads up play is now underway and it’s Giles holding nearly a 2-1 chip lead with 8,500,000 to the 4,800,000 of Robson Barbosa.
$200+$30 Deeper Stack NLH Re-Entry
$50,000 Guaranteed
Structure
Level 29: 80,000/150,000/150,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 333
Players Remaining: 3
Tayang Wey
Tim Burden raised to 500,000 and Tayang Wey moved all in for just under 2,000,000. Burden snap called turning over 
and Wey showed 
.
The board ran out 
and Wey was eliminated in 4th place taking home $4,845.
Tim Burden- 4,800,000
$200+$30 Deeper Stack NLH Re-Entry
$50,000 Guaranteed
Structure
Level 28: 60,000/120,000/120,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 333
Players Remaining: 4
Patricia Godwin
Patricia Godwin got her last 995,000 all in pre-flop holding 
against the 
of Tyler Giles. The dealer spread the 
flop and it was no help to Giles.
The 
hit the turn and Giles paired his king to take control of the hand. The river improved Giles to two pair and Godwin was eliminated in 5th place earning $3,812.
Tyler Giles- 5,700,000
$200+$30 Deeper Stack NLH Re-Entry
$50,000 Guaranteed
Structure
Level 28: 60,000/120,000/120,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 333
Players Remaining: 5
Kharlin Sued
A short stacked Kharlin Sued got his last 380,000 chips all in pre-flop holding 
. Unfortunately for Sued he ran right into the of Tyler Giles.
The board ran out 
and Sued was eliminated in 6th place taking home $3,133 for his efforts.
Tyler Giles- 3,500,000
$200+$30 Deeper Stack NLH Re-Entry
$50,000 Guaranteed
Structure
Level 28: 60,000/120,000/120,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 333
Players Remaining: 6
Regs Villaluna
Regs Villaluna moved all in for his last 730,000 from early position. It folded to Robson Barbosa on the button and he re-shoved all in for just over 1,000,000. The blinds quickly folded and the hands were shown.
Robson Barbosa:
Regs Villaluna:
The board ran out 
and Barbosa paired his ace in the window to send Villaluna to the rail. Villaluna is our 7th place Event 9 finisher and will take home $2,519 for his efforts.
Robson Barbosa- 2,000,000
$200+$30 Deeper Stack NLH Re-Entry
$50,000 Guaranteed
Structure
Level 28: 50,000/100,000/100,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 333
Players Remaining: 7
The final table pace has come to a crawl as 7 handed play continues. The players are now on a 15-minute color up break and we will pick back up on the action when play resumes.
$200+$30 Deeper Stack NLH Re-Entry
$50,000 Guaranteed
Structure
Level 27: 40,000/80,000/80,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 333
Players Remaining: 7
Mike Fabijanic
Mike Fabijanic moved all in from the small blind for his last 840,000. Tim Burden called from the big blind for 805,000. Fabijanic showed 
and was flipping with the of Burden.
The board ran out 
and Burden paired his ace on the flop to leave Fabijanic severely short. He was eliminated just a few hands later and will take home $1,906 for his 8th place finish.
Tim Burden- 1,690,000