{"id":34560,"date":"2014-01-30T23:59:57","date_gmt":"2014-01-30T22:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/?p=34560"},"modified":"2021-07-01T15:24:40","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T15:24:40","slug":"borgata-winter-poker-open-now-officially-2nd-largest-wpt-ever-whos-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/borgata-winter-poker-open-now-officially-2nd-largest-wpt-ever-whos-first.html","title":{"rendered":"Borgata Winter Poker Open Now Officially The 2nd Largest WPT Ever! So Who&#8217;s on First?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We knew from the start that the field of poker fans would be large, but we just realized that was what\u2019s technically termed as a \u201cmassive understatement\u201d other words we should have used could be massive, mammoth even gargantuan\u2026<\/p>\n<p>With the numbers all tallied and double checked we saw <strong>1229!!!<\/strong> entrants taking their shot at the title. And incredibly this is the 2nd largest event in WPT history ever.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Who&#8217;s on First?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Well funny enough it was the same venue the 2011 WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open in which our very own Team\u00a0 partypoker player Bobby Oboodi took 1st place.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Countdown&#8230;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>1229 runners have thinned considerably down, with just 188 players starting Day 3. And they&#8217;ll keep up the good fight and continue to battling it out all in the hopes of getting in the money! We\u2019re getting reports that their not stopping until there down to 27.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Champions of the poker table<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Local pro Chris Reslock who back in 2007 won a bracelet at the World Series of Poker for the $5,000 Seven Card Stud event, cashing for $258k is just one of many familiar local faces still sitting with chips. Good luck to you all!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nj.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/01\/Chris-Reslock.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-888\" src=\"http:\/\/nj.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/01\/Chris-Reslock-1000x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>And in other news<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>According to tournament officials, a staggering 1003 entrants all ponied up the cash for the WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Post-Lim 100K Guaranteed Event #21. As we roamed the field, we spotted quite a few familiar faces, including\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mmmmarguerite\">Marguerite Spagnuolo<\/a>\u00a0who was playing for what she calls \u201cshoe money\u201d, before she busted when the BB woke up with a hand. AGAIN.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nj.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/01\/Marguerite-Spagnuolo-001.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/nj.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/01\/Marguerite-Spagnuolo-001-950x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Sadly, Marguerite will have to wait another day to buy those new Louboutins.\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Good Luck Monger&#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FLD15\">Frank DiRe<\/a>\u00a0has also been spotted, looking focused as !*%#, after losing a large portion of his chips. He&#8217;s not in &#8220;DiRe&#8221; straits, though; and says his plan is to get a bunch of &#8217;em back RIGHT NOW.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nj.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/01\/15-Frank-DiRe-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/nj.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/01\/15-Frank-DiRe-1-1024x1022.jpg\" alt=\"Frank DiRe, of #teamonetime - Photo courtesy of Borgata\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>The brand new partypoker\u00a0Sunday tournament schedule!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The all new partypoker has introduced\u00a0<strong>a new Sunday tournament schedule.<\/strong>\u00a0The key changes are the addition of an action-packed fun $10K Super Bounty and a wide range of new low buy-in tournaments featuring the best of the old but also new speed, rebuy, add-on and PLO tournaments \u2013 a great Sunday mix if you want to win top prizes and have fun playing tournament poker.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Keep up to date with the all new partypoker!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Get all the latest partypoker updates from your favorite social media outlets. 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