The day before Thanksgiving, the 2018 Borgata Fall Poker Open wrapped up with its $2,500+$200 Championship Event, a tournament that drew 437 entries. The field was comprised of a long list of notable East Coast grinders, but in the end, it was 24-year-old Wenhao Ying earning his first tournament win for $200,000.

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To do so, he had to cut a three-way deal with poker heavyweights Matt Wantman and Paul Volpe, who finished in second and third place for $172,499 and $150,000 respectively. According to the updates from the event, Ying held the chip lead for most of Day 3 and followed it up by going wire to wire on Day 4.

Prior to the win, Ying’s best tournament cash was $60,577 for placing third in the 2018 Lucky Hearts Poker Open back in January. In April 2017, he finished 10th in the Borgata Spring Poker Open Championship Event for $21,122.

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Championship Final Results

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At the six-handed final table, Brian Altman was the first to fall after getting his stack all in preflop holding pocket tens only to run them smack dab into the jacks of Ying. The board ran out clean and Altman was sent packing in sixth place for $50,337.

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Not long after, Mike Glick shoved his short stack from the cutoff holding the and was called by Ying, who looked down at the in the big blind. The board ran out and Glick was ousted in fifth place for $60,404.

In the final elimination of the tournament before the deal was struck, the blinds were 30,000/60,000/60,000 when Dat Vu got his stack in on the turn holding the on a board against the [109s] of Wantman. The river gave Wantman the flush and Dat Vu, who earned his first recorded tournament cash, had to settle for fourth place and $76,830 in prize money.

Others to cash the Championship Event were Lexy Gavin (14th - $10,597), Dan Buzgon (18th - $8,372), Asher Conniff (21st - $6,570), Anna Antimony (28th - $5,828), Ari Engel (40th - $5,299), and Andrew Fegan (45th - $5,299).

Here’s a look at all those who won titles during the 2018 Borgata Fall Poker Open, which awarded more than $3.4 million in prize money over 20 events.

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The 2019 Borgata Winter Poker Open is currently taking place out in New Jersey. While the annual festival will culminate with the $3,500 World Poker Tour Borgata Winter Poker Open Main Event, it kicked off this past weekend with Event #1: $600 DeepStack NLH, a tournament that featured a $2 million guarantee.

With a monster 5,130 entrants, a $2.7 million prize pool was created. After numerous starting flights and three official days of play, Pascal Zaklama came out on top after a three-way deal, taking the official win despite splitting prize money evenly with another (anonymous) player, along with Vladimir Alexandrov ($216,000).

Borgata Opener Final Table Results

Borgata Opener Final Table Action

According to updates from the event, Zaklama got lucky to stay alive with eight players left. That is when he shoved all in holding ace-jack only to run it into the ace-queen of Daniel Cai. Fortunately for Zaklama, the flop contained both an ace and jack, and another jack on the turn secured him the double with a full house.

With four players remaining, Zalkama would finish off Cai. It happened in Level 40 (500K/1M/1M) when Zaklama limped the small blind holding the and Cai checked his option with the . Zaklama checked the flop and called when Cai moved all in for around 11 million. Neither the turn nor river helped Cai and he was sent to the rail in fourth place for $153,164.

With three players remaining, the triumvirate opted to strike a deal. Having a slight lead at the time, Zaklama was crowned champ and received $328,695 in prize money. The runner-up, who wished to remain anonymous, got the same amount, while Alexandrov finished in third place.

Prior to the win, Zaklama had just $7,881 in lifetime earnings with a prior career-best of just $2,810 for finishing ninth in a $1,000 no-limit hold’em tournament at the 2007 Mandalay Bay Poker Championships.

Coincidentally, Zaklama hinted at his success back on Day 1 when he bagged a short stack.

“I may not be smiling now but I will be tomorrow,” he said at the time.

Barry Leventhal Goes Back-to-Back in Seniors

In other 2019 Borgata Winter Poker Open news, Barry Leventhal topped a 145-entry field to win Event #6: $340 Seniors Deepstack NLH for $12,447.

The win came six months after Leventhal bested a 166-entry field to win the Borgata Summer Poker Open $340 Seniors for $7,352, meaning he won back-to-back in Borgata Senior events.

It also brought Leventhal’s lifetime tournament earnings up to $553,111, most of which have come in Atlantic City. His career-best of $69,000 came when he finished seventh in the 2008 Borgata Summer Poker Open Championship, and in 2006 he won a $550 NLH event at the Trump Classic to win $59,337.

Seniors Final Table Results

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