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After 5 days of play, the final six players from a field of 1,226 entries returned for the 2014 World Poker Tour Borgata Poker Open final table on Friday. Kane Kalas was the massive chip leader when the cards were in the air and he was responsible for four eliminations before meeting his match heads-up: 27-year-old poker pro Darren Elias.

Read more » WPT Borgata Poker Open: Third Time Is The Charm - Darren Elias Is The Champion!

Kane Kalas will bring a massive chip lead to today's final table. He was ranked 6th on the chip counts when day 4 started, but somehow, he built his stack to am inceadible 14,025,000 chips.

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In about an hour's time the final 31 players will return for Day 4 of the 2014 World Poker Tour Borgata Open Main Event. Jean Gaspard (picture) will bring the largest stack to the poker tables today thanks to an amazing winning streak in Day 3.

Read more » WPT Borgata Poker Open: 31 Players Remain

Day 2 of the Borgata Poker Open Main Event kicked off with 606 players from a total field of 1,226 entries (the fourth largest WPT event in history). After eight levels of play, 456 players had been sent packing and Blake Bohn bagged up the largest stack (807,500) amongst the remaining 150 players. He is followed by Justin Zaki (618,000), Darren Elias (594,000) and Season XII WPT Player of the Year Mukul Pahuja (562,000) at the top of the chip counts.

Read more » WPT Borgata Poker Open: Blake Bohn Leads Remaining 150 Into Day 3

Both starting days of WPT Borgata Poker Open are in the books. An impressive 826 entries entered Day 1B to bring the total field size to 1,226 entries! This means that this Main Event is the fourth largest event in WPT history!

Read more » WPT Borgata Poker Open - The Fourth Largest Event In WPT History!

Day 1A of the 2014 World Poker Tour Borgata Poker Open Main Event saw a field of 400 entries. American pro Ben Bianco (has 750k in live tournament earnings according to Hendon Mob) bagged up the largest pile of chips among the 172 players who made it through the day.

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The third day at the World Poker Tour Borgata Poker Open kicks off at noon ET today and the plan is to play until only 27 players remain. When the cards are in the air, Raj Vohra (+$740k in tournament winnings) is the chip leader with 580,700 amongst the remaining squad of 174 players. Vohra will be joined at the tables by Day 2 chip leader Paul Volpe (337,000); Champions Club members Scott Seiver (304,500) Jonathan Little (260,500) and Matt Salsberg (144,000), and several other familiar faces.

The money bubble will burst when 110 players remain (min cash: $7,123) and the winner of the tournament will take home a sweet $825,099! Check back tomorrow for another update.

Incase you missed it: World Poker Tour Malta and Borgata Poker Open both ended a couple of days ago. Below is some information on both the tournaments.

WPT Malta
The stop in Malta was the first in WPT history and it ended up being a huge success even though most of the pros decided to play Borgata Poker Open in the U.S - with exception of Kara Scott and Phil Hellmuth.

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Not less than 1,313 players ended up participating in the $3,5k main event of WPT Borgata Poker Open, which started 2 days ago, making it the largest tournament in WPT history. Now, both Day 1a and b are already in the books and Day 2 will start in a few hours.

Chip leader is Abe Korotkl with 260,100 chips, and in second place is no one else than Jeff Madsen with 216,925 chips (more info about him below). There are quite a few players with plenty of chips so, of course, anything could happen during Day 2 of the tournament. One thing is for sure though, a huge prize pool is up for grabs and the winner will take home stunning $922,441!

Read more » WPT Borgata Poker Open: Jeff Madsen in second place!