Winning $728,430, *including a seat in the Baccarat Crystal Tournament of Champions, along with a Hublot Big Bang Steel Watch, and the WPT Champions Cup trophy was enough to give Viny Lima enough energy to celebrate with his railbirds after the victory, despite the late hour. It was shortly after midnight on the final day of the 2017 Borgata Poker Open when a relative unknown became the newest World Poker Tour Champions Club member. There are also the Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall Opens with bigger buy-ins and prize money (and generally longer blind levels). That is just the Borgata’s standard fare. Viny’s cards heated up at the right time, giving him the best of it when heads-up so he could apply steady pressure to his opponent and wear him down. The Borgata Poker room is an attractive, spacious 80+ table venue that is quite comfortable and professionally run. At the end, it was the youngest player, Viny, at only 24 years old, against the oldest, David Farah, who is twice his age at 48 years young.Īfter playing for more than nine and a half hours, it was apparent that both players were feeling the strain. Vinicius ‘Viny’ Lima had the biggest climb of the final six players, starting play at the bottom of the chip counts.

There was also an “Old School” Freeze-out NLH tournament with no re-entries, and a Double Black Chip Bounty tournament added to this year’s schedule.1st Place – Vinicius ‘Viny’ Lima celebrating with Tony Dunst (left), Vince van Patten, (right) and a bevy of spectators.

The Omaha/Stud High/Low, HORSE, and PLO tournaments all had guarantees for the first time ever. The Winter Poker Open in January will be back in the Event Center as usual.Īnother first was buy-in guarantees on the non-No Limit Hold’em events. This was a one-time occurence and this area will now he turned into the new Borgata Sports Book. For the first time, the BPO was not held in the Event Center, but in a temporary Tournament Area between the Poker Room and Signature Room. Miles added another $383,399 to his career earnings, pushing the total past $3.2 million. They proceeded to battle for more than two hours, with the lead changing several times, before Yilmaz finally collected all the chips and the title. Yilmaz took a huge lead into the final day of the Championship and held that lead until heads-up with poker pro Timothy ‘TK’ Miles. About eight hours earlier, Erkut Yilmaz took 1st place in the Championship event, along with $575,112 and both BPO and WPT Champions Cup trophies.

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