Event 6B: Bagging the Bonuses

$200 + $30 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

 Dowling & Martin

Bart Dowling (Bronx, NY) and Margaret Martin (Staten Island, NY) are not only the two big stacks, but they bag the end of night bonuses.

Dowling's 460k gets him $1,000 as chip leader, while Martin earns $500 for bagging 346,500 for second place.

"I've never made it past the first day," says Martin, who has multiple small cashes in one-day tournaments. "I got my money (chips) in the right spots and got lucky."

For Dowling his day was more about experience.  "I'm starting to come into my own," says Dowling, who is also the overall chip leader after two flights. "I've been spotty and not playing that much. I'm trying to get here 3 or 4 times a month. I wasn't even going to come today, but I need the practice for next week."

Dowling is preparing for the Borgata Fall Poker Open Championship Event, but first he has to navigate the Day 2 field as play resumes noon Tuesday.

Through the first two flights ~75 players remain with an average stack of 176k (29 bb) with blinds moving to 3k/6k/500 ante.  A full list of players and the Day 2 table draw will be posted after 10 am after the conclusion of the 5 pm Flight C.

Flight B Big Stacks

Bart Dowling 460,000
Margaret Martin 346,500
Zaur Mamedov 320,000
Chabane 308,000
James Andrade 307,000
Michael Garrigan 260,500
Kal Awan 260,000
Brent Philbin 232,500
Arnold Dinio 225,000