It’s been a frigid time for players in the Borgata Winter Open as the casino has struggled the last couple of days with a lack of hot water due to a water main break on Monday. Bad timing to be sure, but the Winter Open is being advertised for those with ice in their veins. Well, now it’s in their showers too (some hot water was supposed to be back Wednesday.)

Matt Matros

Still, poker pro Matt Matros has the day four chip lead with $1.978 million in tournament chips. Matros is a poker coach for stoxpoker.com and has seven cashes at the WSOP. You can follow his blog about his play at the Borgata here.

Jeff Madsen, the chip leader going into day three finished up sixth with $1.291 million and was at the center of some big pots throughout the day Wednesday.

Another pro we kept tabs on, Dan Shak of Bryn Mawr Pa. got sucked out just after the bubble was broke and placed 69^th for a $6,130 payout. That’s a far cry from the $1.2 million he won last week at the 100,000 Challenge at the 2010 Aussie Millions in Melbourne. Shak held a pair of 9s when king, queen, 9, came out on the flop. His opponent had king, queen. Shak’s trips looked good until a king on the river killed him.

Three tables remain with today’s action pairing down to a final table. The winner gets a $625,000 payout. You can follow the action on Borgata’s poker blog.

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