2020 Borgata Winter Poker Open

Event #17: $3,125 Heads-Up NLH
Day: 2
Event Info

2020 Borgata Winter Poker Open

Final Results
Winner
Qi Hu
Winning Hand
jj
Prize
$67,512
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,125
Prize Pool
$168,780
Entries
58
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
8
Players Left
1

Two Shoves, No Calls

Arian Stolt raised to 600 on the button and Matthew Emmel responded with a shove. Stolt asked for a count and the dealer confirmed Emmel had 4,100. Stolt closed his eyes, opened them, looked up, and then folded.

On the other table, David Forbes had raised to 1,000 on the button and Sandeep Pulusani called. The flop came {2-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{4-Hearts} for Pulusani to check-shove when Forbes continued with a bet of 3,000. Forbes asked for a count, the dealer confirmed Pulusani had 13,200. Forbes looked at his cards once more before folding them.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Arian Stolt us
Arian Stolt
35,300
15,300
15,300
Profile photo of David Forbes us
David Forbes
24,800
4,800
4,800
Profile photo of Sandeep Pulusani us
Sandeep Pulusani
15,200
-4,800
-4,800
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Matthew Emmel us
Matthew Emmel
4,700
-15,300
-15,300

Tags: Arian StoltDavid ForbesMatthew EmmelSandeep Pulusani

Noon Start for Event #17: $3,125 Heads-Up Quarter Finals

HU Bracket
HU Bracket

At noon local time, Day 2 which is the final day of Event #17: $3,125 Heads-Up resumes play at the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa with 8 players out of 58 entries returning to the felt to battle each other in four heads-up matches. All those entries created a total prize pool of $168,780 with the winner taking home the first-place prize of $67,512 while all eight are already guaranteed at least $8,439.

Who will follow in Phil Hellmuth’s footsteps? The following quarter-finals are to take place so these are the players still in with a short at that wonderful first-place prize:

  • Arian Stolt vs Matthew Emmel
  • Christopher Abela vs Jeffrey Hong
  • David Forbes vs Sandeep Pulusani
  • Timothy Rutherford vs Qi Hu

Level duration will remain at 15 minutes with an increase to 30 minutes once the final has been reached. Players start with 20,000 in chips for each heads-up match and need to win two out of three games to advance to the next round.

The PokerNews live reporting team will be there from the start until the trophy can be handed over to the champion so sit tight while the updates can be found right here from the Borgata Winter Poker Open.

Tags: Arian StoltChristopher AbelaDavid ForbesJeffrey HongMatthew EmmelPhil HellmuthQi HuSandeep Pulusani

Event #17: $3,125 Heads-Up NLH

Day 2 Started