Day 2 of the Borgata Winter Poker Open WPT Main Event Championship Starts Now
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After nearly two weeks of relatively anonymous fields dotted by the occasional well-known pro, a slew of notable names and faces descended on the Borgata for the $3 Million Guaranteed WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship. Ironically, at the end of Day 1a, it's one of the anonymous faces who bagged up a massive chip lead.
A total of 422 entrants paid up the $3,500 to register the main event yesterday here at the Borgata Winter Poker Open, and nearly double that amount ponied up the cash today. That brought the total entries to 1,229, creating a first-place prize of $842,379, more than $100,000 better than last year's $730,053 pocketed by Andy Hwang.
A total of 807 runners packed the house yesterday for Day 1b, and Todd Rebello bagged up the top stack with 229,825. Closely trailing him was Rob Boyko with 209,500. Rebello will come back to Day 2 trailing only Laz Hernandez, who bagged more than 258,000 on Day 1a. As a reward for their chip accumulation, Rebello and Boyko pocketed $5,000 and $3,000, respectively.
Other notable stacks heading into Day 2 include John Racener (186,250), Calvin Lee (169,050), Mike Linster (160,225), Randy Pfeifer (150,100), George Lampert (146,000), Matt Brady (145,200), Steve Levy (144,250), Bob "Uncle Krunk" Panitch (140,000), Jordan Cristos (125,000), Noah Schwartz (124,325), Todd Terry (98,550), Isaac baron (95,975), Eric Baldwin (93,850), Blake Bohn (86,825), Faraz Jaka (82,200) and Jeff Madsen (79,650).
Players swinging and missing on Day 1b included Vanessa Selbst, Chino Rheem, Ryan Eriquezzo, Jonathan Tamayo, Jonathan Little, Phil Collins, and Bryn Kenney.
The field is stacked from the start here on Day 2, so keep it here with PokerNews throughout the day for continuous coverage live from the floor.