Two stories from the beginning of the World Poker Tour Borgata Winter Poker Open including a victory for Pascal Zaklama in the $600 buy-in Kickoff, and Barry Leventhal winning his third senior’s event since the start of 2018.

It’s what poker is all about, folks.

Where else in the world can you spend $600 on a bit of fun and walk away with close to $400,000 and a lifetime of stories to tell.

The 2019 World Poker Tour (WPT) Borgata Winter Poker Open is off to a cracking start after Pascal Zaklama took down the 5,130-entrant, $600 buy-in, $2m Guaranteed No-Limit Hold’em DeepStack Kick Off.