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Vinicius Lima wins Borgata Poker Open WPT Championship

The iconic Borgata Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey was host to the WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open between 15^th January and 1^st February 2019. All the events in the series had concluded till 1^st Feb except one, the WPT Championship event, which was the main event of the series. Play was paused when the Final Table of 6 was reached and on 14^th March at HyperX Esports Arena, the table battled it out for the first-place cash prize.

India’s top-notch poker professional Aditya Agarwal was also in the mix until Day 2, when he got busted before the bubble burst. The FT of 6 was led by American pro Dave Farah who was overwhelmingly leading with 18 million+ chips. However, it was the last in chip counts on the FT, Vinicius ‘Viny’ Lima who grabbed the title and the first-place cash prize of $728,430 (~INR 5.02 Crores).

Lima later talked to the reporters on-site saying, “Step one was planning on never going broke today. I was very fortunate to have good energy with me and ran good at good times, and when I was all in, I held up. I just battled and was very fortunate to have won this thing. It’s surreal and unbelievable. My friends and family came out and everybody was great. It made the whole experience a thousand times better.”

FT action began early and the first elimination came after just 11 hands. Ian O’Hara 3-bet all-in holding ace-nine suited and Brandon Hall called with Queens which held up against O’Hara. From there on, 115 hands were played but not a single bust. All eliminations thereafter were at the hands of Lima. In the final hand, Farah jammed with Nine-five suited and Lima called holding King-jack. Lima matched two pairs on the board and eliminated Farah at 2^nd for $485,611.

Lima won his career best live cash in this tournament which took his live score to almost $1 million. He has been playing and winning live tournaments since 2016, relatively new to the scene, but already has a few titles to his name. This enormous amount earned will see him subscribe to many high-stakes tournaments in the future and we may get to see his name more and more in coming months.

Final Table Pay-outs –

1. Viny Lima – $728,430
2. Dave Farah – $485,611
3. Joseph Di Rosa Rojas – $359,555
4. Brandon Hall – $268,810
5. Daniel Buzgon – $202,942
6. Ian O’Hara – $154,734

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