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AppId is over the quota
September 22 2011, Donnie Peters

The 2011 World Poker Tour Borgata Poker Open continued on Wednesday with the remaining 170 players jumping back on the felt for more action. By day's end, recent WPT champion Will "The Thrill" Failla had set himself up for a great shot at another WPT title by claiming the chip lead with 3.255 million in chips.

The money bubble burst during Level 21. According to the WPT Live Update Team, the board read when David Williams moved all-in against Mark Bramley, who tanked for a couple of minutes and then made the call holding for a Broadway straight. Williams had him pipped with for a full house, however, and the field was officially down to 100 players and in the money.

When the money was reached, plenty of notable players began busting from the tournament. Eric "Sheets" Haber hit the rail in 67th place, David Diaz fell in 65th, Jeff Madsen bounced in 60th, John D'Agostino was eliminated in 59th and Yevgeniy Timoshenko exited in 47th. John Racener (35th), Williams (31st), and Jesse Cohen (28th) were also eliminated.

Cohen, eliminated by Chris Martin, was the last of Day 3. Cohen raised all-in for his last 270,000 with the blinds at 15,000/30,000 with a 3,000 ante. Martin called out of the small blind and held the . Cohen shoved with and was looking for help to stay alive. Nothing he was looking for came on the board and Martin was out the door with a $16,352 payday. The remaining players then began to bag and tag their chips.

Of the remaining players moving on to Day 4, Vanessa Selbst sits with 1.551 million in chips, "Miami" John Cernuto holds 1.642 million, Matt Glantz bagged 1.962 million and Darren Elias finished with 2.547 million. The average stack is just under 1.5 million in chips and bringing up the rear on the short stack will be Jin Hwang with 346,000.

Failla is the only play over three million in chips and holds the pole position in the quest for the $922,441 first-place prize. Entering Day 4, all of the remaining players are guaranteed $18,868.

Day 4 will begin at 1100 EDT (1900 BST) at the Borgata in Atlantic City. Be sure to stay tuned to PokerNews for the recap of the day's action.

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AppId is over the quota
September 20 2011, Donnie Peters

The Borgata in Atlantic City was alive again on Monday with Day 1b of the World Poker Tour Borgata Poker Open. It was a record-setting affair with the Day 1b field attracting 853 players, bringing the total field to 1,313. This event was held with a re-entry format and 143 players took advantage of that after busting on Day 1a.

One of those players who did just that turned out to be the end-of-day chip leader. Jeff Madsen busted on Day 1a but came back with a fury on Day 1b to bag up 216,925 in chips. He’s a bit behind the Day 1a chip leader Abe Korotki with 260,100, but he too pocketed $5,000 for ending the day with the most chips.

According to the WPT Live Update Team, Madsen scooped a big pot in Level 3 with the blinds at 75/150 to send two opponents to the rail and move to over 100,000 in chips. In the hand, Madsen opened with a raise to 300, and one player called before another three-bet to 1,125. Two players behind the three-bettor called, Madsen called and the initial caller called, sending five players to the flop. After Madsen checked, the next player bet 2,100. The three-bettor raised to 6,100 and action folded back to Madsen. He reraised and made it 13,000 to go. The player after him then moved all-in for slightly over 20,000 before the third player began to tank. Eventually, that player moved all-in for 26,000 total and Madsen snap-called.

Madsen had flopped a full house with . His two opponents held and , respectively. After the turn brought the and the river the , Madsen won the pot and both players hit the rail.

Madsen wasn’t the only player taking a second chance in the event. A few other notables took advantage of the re-entry format including Allen Bari, Dan O’Brien, Chris Klodnicki and defending champion Dwyte Pilgrim. All fell short once again and will see their double buy-in have no chance of coming back to them.

Pilgrim was all-in on the flop with an open-ended straight draw against an opponent’s set of tens. The turn and river failed to give Pilgrim what he needed and he was sent to the rail, clearing his chances at a back-to-back title.

A few other notables to bust on Day 1b were Brett Richey, Scott Seiver, Ryan D’Angelo, the WPT’s own Tony Dunst, Steve Zolotow, Olivier Busquet, Josh Brikis, Nick Frangos and Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi.

While those notables busted, others had solid days on the felt and finished with sizable stacks. They included Matt Affleck, David Williams, Mark Gregorich, Maria Ho and Robert Mizrachi. Jennifer Leigh rounded out the day as a severe short stack with just 5,900 in chips.

A total of 541 players made it through Day 1b and they’ll combine with the 245 survivors from Day 1a to return to play on Tuesday. The entire remaining field of 786 players will begin Day 2 at 1100 EDT (1900 BST) and the top 100 spots will be paid, earning at least $8,386 for cashing. Top prize is $922,441 and everyone will have his or her eyes set on working down to that ultimate goal. Be sure to stay tuned to PokerNews for the daily recap of the event.

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