Borgata Winter Poker Open

Michael Lavin

The registration period has come to a close in Day 1a of Event #13 $600 Deepstack Main Event after Level 13 has begun. To any who did not advance into today, there are five more opportunities for players to get a piece of this $2,000,000 guaranteed prize pool. 

Many big names still remain in the field like Justin Arnwine, Jake Daniels, and BetMGM's Michael Lavin, each looking to become the next big winner of this series. 

Day 1a Numbers

• Entrants: 685
• Prize pool: $356,200
• ITM: 86

Stay tuned to Poker.Org for all of the exciting updates on the ground of the Winter Poker Open!

Michael Renna

Michael Renna has topped a field of 4,082 to claim the $190,740 first-place prize in Event #1: The Almighty Winter Kickoff. 

A full recap of the event and the winner's reactions will be available shortly. 

Thomas Cullis

Level 42 - 3,000,000/6,000,000/6,000,000

Michael Renna raised to 21,000,000 on the button, Thomas Cullis moved all in from the small blind for 138,000,000, and Renna called. 

• Cullis -
• Renna -

Cullis was ahead with his ace-high, but when the flop fell , Renna drilled top pair to take a commanding lead.

Michael Renna

The turn gave Cullis added outs, but when the river landed the , he remained unimproved and hit the rail in second place for $129,145. 

• Michael Renna - 398,500,000
• Thomas Cullis - Eliminated in 2nd place for $129,145

Heads Up Thomas Cullis & Michael Renna

Level 41 - 2,500,000/5,000,000/5,000,000 - 2 Remain

​​​​Michael Renna called on the button holding and Thomas Cullis checked his option in the big blind holding . 

The flop rolled out to see both players check to the turn , where Cullis check-called a bet of 5,000,000 from Renna. 

On the river , Cullis checked over to Renna who bet 30,000,000 and Cullis called to see the bad news of Renna's quads, leaving Renna to separate himself from Cullis. 

• Michael Renna - 278,500,000 (57 bb)
• Thomas Cullis - 131,000,000 (26 bb)