Tuesday, November 19, 2013

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

 
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Event 6 Recap

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

Accomplished players with a lot of hardware took a back seat to seven players who all earned their largest career cashes, including two who had never cashed prior to make this final table of the Borgata Fall Poker Open.

Sal Popolo (Brooklyn, NY) outlasted a final table that featured Borgata trophy winner Alex Rocha (9th), WSOP circuit ring winner Rocco Luciano (8th) and WSOP bracelet holder Chris Tryba (7th) to win the title and his own trophy.

Popolo defeated Reece Lightner (Hollywood, FL) heads up with AQ vs A6, but not without some drama.  Lightner flopped a 6 to take the lead, but a Queen on the river gave Popolo the title.

"This is nice," said Popolo, who earned $44,495, his largest career cash. "I don't care how good you are, you've got to hit a couple of rivers to keep going."

"I'm happy with my play," said Lightner, who is an aspiring pro, "It's been a rough year and this is my biggest score."  Lightner earned $26,738 and is hoping he can eventually give up his restaurant job to play poker full time and added, "this will definitely help."

Ileana Ehrengerg (Brooklyn, NY) was the most chatty at the final table and enjoyed the moment as this was just her fourth career tournament. She earned her first career cash for $16,179 and said, "I feel okay. I would've liked to win $44,000 (for first place), but I'll take it," she says. "I learned a lot."

The next three spots, Jim Andrade (4th), Alec Miller (5th) and Tom Tylek (6th) also earned the highest cashes of their careers and it was the first for Miller.

Margaret Martin finished in 10th place for a career best payday and said it was the first time she had ever made Day 2 of a two-day event.

The field began with 1,058 entries for total buy-ins of $211,600, more than double the $100,000 Guarantee. 100 players made the money and those in the top 50 included recognizable names Mike Kalfa (46th), Cathy Dever (33) Michael Bonita (30th), Joe Liberta (27th) and Joe Liberto (17th).

But it was a new crop of players who added to their bankrolls.

Popolo is a business owner who plays at Borgata, "as much as I can."  And the extra money convinced him to return for the Poker Fall Poker Open Championship Event (Nov. 24-27).


Final Table Results

Entries:  1,058
Total Buy-In:  $211,600

Place-Name-Amount

1st Sal Popolo (Brooklyn, NY) $44,495
2nd Reece Lightner (Hollywood, FL) $26,738
3rd Ileana Ehrengerg (Brooklyn, NY) $16,179
4th Jim 'Snax' Andrade (Nesconset, NY) $13,550
5th Alec Miller (Berwick, PA) $11,123
6th Tom Tylek (Marlboro, NJ) $8,999
7th Chris Tryba (Las Vegas, NV) $7,179
8th Rocco Luciano (Philadelphia, PA) $5,460
9th Alex Rocha (S. Setauket, NY) $3,741
10th Margaret Martin (Staten Island, NY) $2,427

Final Results

Event 6 Winner - Popolo

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

Blinds 150k/300k/40k ante

Sal Popolo (Brooklyn, NY) 
$44,495

Heads up only lasts a few hands between Sal Popolo and Reece Lightner who are all in preflop.

Popolo: AQ
Lightner: A6

The flop is 6 4 3 and Lightner is poised for double-up to extend the match. After a 7 on the turn, a Queen hits the river to give Popolo the winning pair of Queens to win the tournament.

"This is nice," says the Vietnam Vet who wins $44,495, "it's my biggest cash."

Popolo is a business owner who plays at Borgata, "as much as I can."  He'll head back to work this week and has plans to return for the Poker Fall Poker Open Championship Event.

Event 6: 2nd Place - Lightner

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

Blinds 150k/300k/40k ante
Reece Lightner (Hollywood, FL) 
$26,738

Reece Lightner is down 2-to-1 in chips and poised for a double-up, but the river sends him home in second place.  "It's alright," says Lightner, who is runner-up to Sal Popolo, "he was a head preflop, and that's it."

Lightner takes the lead on a 6-high flop with A6, but Popolo (AQ) hits a Queen on the river for the winning pair.

"It's my biggest score," says Lightner, who recently moved back to Philadelphia to make one last run at playing professional poker. "For $100(k) Guarantee, I was expecting first (place) to be $25(k) and that's what I got," he says after earning $26,738.

Event 6: 3rd Place - Ehrengerg

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

Blinds 150k/300k/40k ante
Ileana Ehrengerg (Brooklyn, NY)
$16,179

Sal Popolo raises to 800k from the button, Ileana Ehrengerg makes it to 2.2 million from the big blind and Popolo calls.

On a flop of J 6 4, Ehrengerg moves all in and Popolo snap calls.

Ehrengerg: A7 (Ace high)
Popolo: J6 (two pairs)

The turn and river are no help for Ehrengerg who finishes in third place.

"This is only my fourth tournament," says Ehrengerg who earns $16,179. "I was bored and decided to play at the last minute."  Ehrengerg's boyfriend Adam Goldberg, who failed to cash, bought her into the event which he was already playing.  

"I feel okay. I would've liked to win $44,000 (for first place), but I'll take it," she says. "I learned a lot."

Heads Up Chip Counts

Sal Popolo 14.5 million
Reece Lightner 7.5 million

Event 6: 4th Place - Andrade

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

Blinds 150k/300k/40k ante
Jim 'Snax' Andrade (Nesconset, NY) 
$13,550

Jim Andrade is all in with A7 vs Reece Lightner's AQ, but doesn't improve.

Andrade takes home $13,550 for his fourth place finish.

Final Three Chip Counts
Sal Popolo 8 million
Ileana Ehrengerg 7 million
Reece Lightner 7 million

Event 6: 5th Place - Miller

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

Blinds 150k/300k/40k ante
Alec Miller (Berwick, PA)
$11,123

In one of the rare hands where we see a flop, Alec Miller (SB) and Sal Popolo both check the board
of Q J 2. The turn is another 2, both players are all in, and Miller is at risk for 4 million chips.

Miller: QJ (two pairs)
Popolo: 42 (trip 2s)

There's no help on the river for Miller who finishes 5th for $11,123.

Popolo is now the chip leader with 8 million.

Final Four Chip Counts

Sal Popolo 8 million
Ileana Ehrengerg 7 million
Reece Lightner 4 million
Jim 'Snax' Andrade 3 million

Event 6: Trading Chips

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

Blinds 150k/300k/40k ante

The average stack is 4.2 million (14 bb) as all the action is all in preflop and players keep trading chips.

Ileana Ehrengerg 7 million
Reece Lightner 4 million
Sal Popolo 4 million
Alec Miller  3.5 million
Jim 'Snax' Andrade  3 million

Event 6: 6th Place - Tylek

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

100k/200k/30k ante

Tom Tylek (Marlboro, NJ)
$8,999

Tom Tylek ships a 3.4 million chip double-up to Sal Popolo when he loses a coin flip with JJ vs AK.
The hand knocks Tylek down to less than one million chips and is all in against Alec Miller another short stack.

Tylek's T9 doesn't improve against Miller's K8 who gets the knockout to go to 1.7 million.

Tylek is out in 6th place, earning $8,999.

Event 6: 7th Place - Tryba

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

Blinds 100k/200k/30k ante

Chris Tryba (Las Vegas, NV) 
$7,179

Event 7: 11 am Chip Leaders

$400 + $50 Deepest Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 3k/6k/500 ante





(l-r) Supsak, Ngyuen & Corrado


The big stacks are closing in on 500k and some familiar names are in the group.

Manh Nguyen (Munhall, PA), Josh Supsak (New York, NY) and Nic Corrado (Staten Island, NY) all have between 450k and 475k (75-80 bb).

73 players remain with an average stack of 195k (33 bb).

Players are jockeying for position as they head towards the end of the night. Play wraps at 2 am or 18 players whichever comes last. The top 27 players make the money with first place paying nearly $31,000.

Event 6: Lightner Doubles Through Ehrengerg

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

Blinds 80k/160k/20k ante

Reece Lightner moves all in for 2 million (13 bb) from the button and gets a call from Ileana Ehrenger in the SB.

Lightner: A J
Ehrenger J♠ 8♠

Flop: Q 10 6 (Both with gutshot straight draws)

Turn: 4

River K

Lightner hits a straight on the river for a double-up and is now tied with Ehrenger for the chip lead as each have 4 million.

Event 6: 8th Place - Luciano

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

Blinds 60k/120k/20k ante


Rocco Luciano (Philadelphia, PA)
$5,460

Rocco Luciano loses 2/3 of his stack when his A9 is against the AK of Tom Tylek, who doubles 1.5 million to more than 3 million. 

The hand leaves Luciano with less than 700k, he then puts the last of chips all in with KK.  Ileana Ehrengerg looks him up from the big blind with A5 and hits trip Aces for the knockout.  Ehrengerg extends her chip lead to 6 million.

Luciano is out in 8th place, earning $5,460.

Event 6: 9th Place - Rocha

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

Blinds 60k/120k/20k ante

Alex Rocha (S. Setauket, NY)
$3,741

Alex Rocha and Alec Miller are all in preflop and each have ~1.25 million.

Rocha's JJ doesn't improve against Miller's KK and Rocha finishes in 9th place for $3,741.

Event 6: 10th Place - Martin

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

Blinds 50k/100k/10k


Margaret Martin (Staten Island, NY) 
$2,427 

Margaret Martin (BB) and Sal Popolo (SB) have nearly identical stacks and are all in preflop for ~1.6 million.

Martin: K9
Popolo: KT

Flop: K8T (Popolo, pair of 10s)

Turn: 8

River: 4

After the dealer counts down the stack Martin is left with one grey (5k) chip and busts two hands later; Popolo is up to 3.2 million.

Martin earns $2,427 for her 10th place finish.

Event 6: Final Table

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

Blinds 50k/100k/10k ante


Birds Eye on the Prize

Play resumes with an average stack of 2.1 million (21 bb).

Event 7: Payouts

$400 + $50 Deepest Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Total Entries: 285
Total Buy-In: $114,000


Place Payout
1  $30,963
2  $18,246
3  $10,505
4  $8,515
5  $6,635
6  $5,529
7  $4,423
8  $3,317
9  $2,212
10 - 12  $1,438
13 -15  $1,216
16 -18  $1,106
19 -27  $995

Event 7: Dinner Time

$400 + $50 Deepest Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) 

Play resumes at about 8:30pm with Level 16: Blinds 2,500/5,000/500 ante.

About 95 players remain of the 285 entries.  Average stack is 150k.


Event 6: Final Table Chip Counts

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

Play resumes after dinner (8:10pm) with blinds 50k/100k/1k ante.

With 10 players remaining, the average stack is 2.1 million.

Here's the final table lineup with chip counts:

Seat - Player - Chips (in millions)
1 - Jim 'Snax' Andrade - 2.3
2 - Tom Tylek - 1.81
3 - Rocco Luciano - 1.0
4 - Alex Rocha - 1.6
5 - Alec Miller - 2.5
6 - Sal Popolo - 2.0
7 - Margaret Martin - 0.95
8 - Chris Tryba - 2.2
9 - Reece Lightener - 1.9
10 - Ileana Ehrengerg - 4.42

Event 6: 12th - 11th Places

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

Blinds 40k/80k/1k ante 

Earning $2,427
12th - Kirron Chan (Yonkers, NY)
11th - Elliott Zaydman (Glen Rock, NJ)

Elliott Zaydman busted out just before the end of the level.  They drew for seats and moved to the final table, then took off for a one hour dinner break.

Play will resume at about 8:10 pm.

Event 6: 18th - 13th Places

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

Blinds 40k/80k/1k ante

Earning $1,112
18th - Bob Lee (Newton, MA)
17th - Lawrence, DiGiovanna (Brooklyn, NY)
16th - Vincent Cancilla (Selden, NY)

Earning $1,719
15th - Arnold Dinio (Bowie, MD)
14th - Armando Then (New York, NY)
13th - Raymond Tetsoshvili (Rego Park, NY)

Armando Then & Raymond Tetsoshvili

Event 6: Final Two Tables

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

Blinds 40k/80k/1k ante

At 18 they drew for seats and moved to the final two tables.

The blinds went up shortly after play resumed.

Alex Rocha was all-in with pocket Jacks and doubled up to ~1 million against pocket 9s.

Here's the new lineup:

Table 1
1 - Raymond Tetsoshvili
2 - Ileana Ehrengerg
3 - Armando Then
4 - Alec Miller
5 - Vincent Cancilla
6 - Kirron Chan
7 - Reece Lightenberg
8 - Bob Lee
9 - Alex Rocha

Table 2
1 - Lawrence DiGiovanna
2 - Arnold Dinio
3 - Rocco Luciano
4 - Chris Tryba
5 - Jim 'Snax' Andrade
6 - Elliott Zaydman
7 - Margaret Martin
8 - Tom Tylek
9 - Sal Popolo


Event 6: New Chip Leader

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

Blinds 30k/60k/5k ante

With 20 players remaining, the called all-ins have slowed considerably.

The average stack is just over 1 million (18 big blinds).


Alec Miller

Alec Miller is the chip leader with about 2.5 million (42 bbs).

Rocco Luciano is up to 1.8 million.
Sal Popolo and Jim 'Snax' Andrade are at 1.7 million.
Tom Tylek has 1.6 million.
Ileana Ehrengerg has 1.5 million.

Event 6: Liberta Busto

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

Blinds 25k/50k/5k ante

Joe Liberta & Ileana Ehrengerg

Joe Liberta was all-in with AK of hearts against Ileana Ehrengerg's QJ of spades.

The flop was all hers -- Jack high with two spades.  The last two changed nothing and Ileana took the pot.  Joe Liberta busted out in 27th place, earning $910.  Ileana chipped up to ~1.5 million.

Event 6: More Millionaires

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

Blinds 20k/40k/k ante    

Play resumed after the break and the action picked up right where it left off.

A couple more players are up over a million chips:

Alec Miller - 1.3 million
Bob Lee - 1.2 million

29 players remain.  Average stack is 730k.

Event 6: Non-Stop Action

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

Blinds 15k/30k/4k ante    

The Lady in seat 6 was all-in, the Chris Tryba moved in over the top.  The player in seat 5 tanked, then open-folded his AQ, saying "this is my tournament".

The lady held pocket Jacks and Chris had pocket 9s.  The board came K T 7 5 A and the lady doubled up, crippling Chris.  (The guy is seat 5 crumpled when he saw the Ace on the river.)

Chris later doubled up with Kx against A8.  Two Kings on the board.  Then he caught another double to get back to over 800k.

Bart Dowling - 37th Place

Three-way all-in on table two:
Bart Dowling - AQ
Justin Liberto - AK
Richard Clayton - KQ

Justin's AK held up and he busted the other two.  Richard finished 38th.  Bart, who started the day as chip leader, finished 37th.  Both earned $708.

Justin chipped up to ~1.2 million.

Justin Liberto

At the end of the level, players took a 15 minute break.

Event 6: Another Big Stack

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

Blinds 12k/24k/3k ante   

Before the blinds went up:

Reece Lightner

Nick Landino was all-in with AK against Reece Lightner's AJ.  The board came J 7 3 3 3 and Reece took the pot.  He's now up to ~1.2 million.  Nick Landino was busted in 40th place.

Event 6: New Chip Leader

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

Blinds 12k/24k/3k ante   

Sal Popolo
 
Three players got all their chips in the middle pre-flop:

John Schneier - AT
James Sansone - QQ
Sal Popolo - KK

The flop came 6s4s2s giving James the nut flush draw with the Ace of spades, but the last two fell offsuit J 2 and the Kings held up.

John Schneier busted out in 42nd place earning $708.

James Sansone was left with ~340k.  [He later busted out with AT losing to pocket 9s.  He finished 39th for $708.]

Sal Popolo chipped up to ~1.4 million and claimed the chip lead.

 Jim Andrade

Jim 'Snax' Andrade is on Sal's right and he's up to ~1.2 million.

Event 7: What's Buzzing In the Twitter-Verse

$400 + $50 Deepest Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Level  10:  Blinds 600/1,200/200 ante

Keep those Tweets coming!  #BFPO

Time to check the Tweets:





Event 6: Break Time Tweets

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

Blinds 12k/24k/3k ante  

Keep those Tweets coming!  #BFPO

Time to check the Tweets:

Event 6: New Chip Leader

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

Level 21:  Blinds 8k/16k/2k ante 



James Sansone was all-in pre-flop holding pocket Queens against John Schneier's AK.

The board came J♣9♣7♣K♣8 and although John paired his King on the turn, James took the pot with his Q♣ for the flush.  With that pot, James chipped up to over 1.1 million, good for the chip lead.  John Schneier dropped to ~260k.

After the hand, James said "tournaments are dumb...put that in the blog".

End of level 21 and players are on break.  They'll return to Level 22:  Blinds 10k/20k/3k ante.

Event 6: Chip Leaders

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

Level 21:  Blinds 8k/16k/2k ante 


Michael Bonita

Michael Bonita has taken the chip lead with about 950k.

Bob Lee is up to ~800k.

John Schneier and Joe Liberta are both right around 700k.

Event 6: Dropping Like Flies

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

Level 20:  Blinds 6k/12k/2k ante  

Players are departing rapidly.  Some recent exits:

Earning $465
Jack 'the Snake' Deutsch - 74th
Kori Hunter - 73rd

Earning $506
Brian O'Donoghue - 71st

Event 6: In The Money

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

Level 19:  Blinds 5k/10k/1k ante 

On the third hand of hand-for-hand play:

Don Brown - Bubble Boy
 
Don Brown was all-in for 84k, but was ahead with AK against AQ.

The board ran out J T 6 K 6, giving Don a pair, but giving his opponent Broadway to take the pot.

Over on table two, Brent Philbin was all-in for 260k with pocket Tens against AK.  An Ace on the flop sent the pot to his opponent.

Since both Don & Brent busted on the same hand, the bigger stack gets paid.  That makes Don Brown the bubble-boy for this event, finishing 101st for squa-doosh.  Don finished 9th in the Seniors event a couple of days ago for $1,244.

Brent Philbin finished in 100th place, earning $405.

Event 6: Bubble Watch

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

Level 19:  Blinds 5k/10k/1k ante 

Play resumed with everyone keeping a close eye on the player count.

Chris Leong is up to 466k.

James Sansone is up to 717, and looks like he's the chip leader.

At 101 players, they began hand-for-hand play.


Event 6: Break Time, Three From The Money

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

End of Level 18:  Blinds 4k/8k/1k ante

End of level 18 and time for a color-up break.  The purple 500 chips are coming out of play.

103 players remain, making them three from the money.  Average stack is 205k.

Play will resume shortly with level 19, blinds 5k/10k/1k ante.

Event 6: Blinds Up, Players Down

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

Level 18:  Blinds 4k/8k/1k ante

They went to 9-handed play as the first players were eliminated before breaking tables.  They're now down to 15 tables with 135 or fewer players.

Gloria LoRusso was an early casualty.  She was all-in with QJ against KJ and the board was K J T K 4, giving her opponent a full house.

Also gone:

Michael Marder
Liza Porpiglia
Sasha Liu
Asher Conniff
Larry Wolf
Lyle Diamond
Joseph McKeehen
Jonathan Kramer

Event 6: Day 2 Underway, Payouts

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

Level 17:  3k/6k/500 ante

Cards are in the air for day two.

Total Entries:  1,058
Total Buy-In:  $211,600
Players Remaining: 159
Average Stack:  133,000

Only 100 get paid.  Here's what they're playing for:

Place    Payout
1     $44,495
2     $26,738
3     $16,179
4     $13,550
5     $11,123
6     $8,999
7     $7,179
8     $5,460
9     $3,741
10 - 12     $2,427
13 - 15     $1,719
16 - 18     $1,112
19 - 27     $910
28 - 36     $789
37- 45      $708
46- 54      $627
55- 63      $566
64- 72      $506
73- 81      $465
82- 90      $425
91- 100  $405 

Event 7: Familiar Faces

$400 + $50 Deepest Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Level 2: Blinds 50/100

Lots of Borgata regulars turned up for this event today and a few not-so-regular familiar faces.  Here are the ones spotted in action early today:

Sharing the felt on table 6:
James Governa
Fritz Stoner
Michael Drabot
David Eilers
Chris Reslock

Sharing the felt on table 17:
Howard Wolper
David Zeitlin
Mike Holm
David Heck
Kevin McColgan

Others scattered around the Signature Room: 
Paul Vacchio
Alyson Parker
Bob Haavind
Nancy Martin
Rick Chang
Paul Shedaker
Irina Akerman
Matt Burnitz
Philip Rinaldi
Ari Engel
Frank Cieri
Victoria Ondis
Paul Spitzberg
Joanna Leban
Chris Farley
Stephen Moy
Branko Benci
Ken Silberstein
Pofuk Ying
Richard DeVivo

Event 7: Underway

$400 + $50 Deepest Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Level 1: Blinds 25/50

Today event is the Deepest Stack you'll find in Borgata Tournaments.  Players began with 50,000 chips.

The first eight levels are 30 minutes long, then they go to 40 minutes for the remainder of the tournament.

Players who bust out during the first 8 levels may re-enter as many times as they like.  Late arrivals can register for the event for the same time until registration closes (about 3:30pm).

Cards are in the air!



Event 6: Day 2 - Sorted By TABLE & SEAT

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

Total Entries:  1,058
Total Buy-In:  $211,600
Players Remaining: 159
Average Stack:  133,000


Table Seat  NAME CHIP COUNT
1 1 WILLIAM GROOM 102,000
1 2 ALAN LEE 181,500
1 3 MICHAEL SLAVEN 188,000
1 4 BOBBY SHASTA 150,000
1 5 DENNIS ALTMAN 111,500
1 6 JAMES SANSONE 345,500
1 7 ANTHONY VALENTIN 111,500
1 8 ALAN HENNE 84,500
1 9 LYLE DIAMOND 228,000
1 10 JOHN MITCHELL 202,000

Event 6: Day 2 - Sorted By CHIP COUNT

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

Total Entries:  1,058
Total Buy-In:  $211,600
Players Remaining: 159
Average Stack:  133,000


PLACE  NAME     CHIP COUNT
1 BARTLEY DOWLING

459,000
2 MARGARET MARTIN

346,500
3 JAMES SANSONE

345,500
4 ZAUR MAMEDOV

320,000
5 AMINE CHABANE

308,000
6 JAMES ANDRADE

307,000
7 CHRISTOPHER LEONG

290,000
8 CATHERINE DEVER

277,000
9 RAYMOND TETSOSHVILI

277,000
10 MOSHE DAHAN

270,500

Event 6: Day 2 - Alphabetical By LAST NAME

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

Total Entries:  1,058
Total Buy-In:  $211,600
Players Remaining: 159
Average Stack:  133,000


NAME
CHIP COUNT TABLE SEAT
BRIAN ADRAGNA
164,000 3 8
ROBERT ALBERT
131,000 5 9
DENNIS ALTMAN
111,500 1 5
KHALED ALWAN
260,000 16 1
JAMES ANDRADE
307,000 9 7
GERMAN ARIAS
107,000 7 4
YEHUDA BALIN
49,500 15 2
THOMAS BALLA
137,500 11 1
RUDOLPH BALLARD
221,500 13 3
BENJAMIN BALSER
82,000 4 2

Tuesday, November 19th

TODAY'S EVENTS (Poker Room/The Signature Room )

11AM: Event 7 - $400 + $50 Deepest Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

  • Players start with 50,000 in tournament chips 
  • Levels 1-8: will last 30 minutes each | Levels 9+: will last 40 minutes each
  • Players that bust within the first 8 Levels may Re-Enter (unlimited re-entries)
  • 2-Day event

  3PM: Event 28 - $100 + $20 + $25 Green Chip Bounty No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)
  • Players start with 12,000 in tournament chips 
  • This is a Bounty tournament.  Players must have their Bounty chips clearly displayed on table in order to remain active in tournament 
  • Levels will last 20 minutes each
  • Players that bust within the first 6 Levels may Re-Enter (unlimited re-entries)
  • 1-Day event

  7PM: Event 29 - $125 + $25 + $25 Green Chip Bounty No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)
  • Players start with 12,000 in tournament chips 
  • This is a Bounty tournament.  Players must have their Bounty chips clearly displayed on table in order to remain active in tournament
  • Levels will last 20 minutes each
  • Players that bust within the first 6 Levels may Re-Enter (unlimited re-entries) 
  • 1-Day event

Event 6: Photo Slideshow

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

 
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Event 6: Dowling Leads Borgata Field into Day 2

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

 Bart Dowling

Bart Dowling (Bronx, NY) leads the field by more than 100k when an unofficial total of 159 players return for Day 2.  Dowling finished with 460k and is well ahead of Margaret Martin (Staten Island, NY) who bagged 346,500 for second overall.

Both Dowling and Martin played in Flight B, while the third largest stack is James Sansone (Las Vegas, NV) who was the Flight A chip leader.  Cathy Dever (Ephrata, PA) was the Flight C leader and returns with a top 10 stack.

Play resumes noon Tuesday with the field chasing the ~$44,000 top prize, while the top 100 make the money.

Check back after 10 am for a full list of chip counts and Day 2 seating.

Returning Big Stacks

Bart Dowling 460,000
Margaret Martin 346,500
James Sansone 345,500
Zaur Mamedov 320,000
Chabane 308,000
James Andrade 307,000
Chris Leong 290,000
Cathy Dever 277,000
Raymond Tetsoshvili 277,000
Moshe Dahan 270,500

Numbers Game

Flight: Remaining Players/Entries: 

A: 27/201
B: 64/459
C: 68/398

Totals: 159/1,058

Avg Stack: 133k (22 bb)
Next Blinds: 3k/6k/500 ante
Play Resumes: 12 pm Tuesday

Event 6: Dever Bags 1C Top Spot

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

 Cathy Dever

Cathy Dever (Ephrata, PA) leads the third and final flight with 277k, while Moshe Dahan (Brooklyn, NY) is second with 270,500.

68 players (of 398 1C entries) bagged and tagged and return for the noon Day 2 restart.

Unofficially 159 players return from all three flights (of 1058 total entries).

The average stack is 133k (22 bb) with blinds resuming at 3k/6k/500 ante.

Flight 1C Big Stacks

Cathy Dever 277,000
Moshe Daham 270,500
Neeles Kalani 247,000
Jonathan Carasick 266,500
Bob Lee 228
Michael Bonita 226,500
Joe Liberta 205,000

Event 6C: Last Level

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

Level 16: 2,500/5k/500 ante

For the third time this event, the last level of the night is underway. Play will conclude at ~2 am when the remaining players will bag and tag for Tuesday's Day 2 12 pm restart.

Event 6C: From the Felt to 15 Bigs to the Felt

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

Blinds 2k/4k/400 ante

 Anna Khait

Anna Khait (Brooklyn, NY) was down to the felt, but back-to-back double-ups gives her some breathing room.  She's now at 15 big blinds and echos the sentiment here in the Poker Room:

***1:10 am update*** Moments after filing our update, Khait posted her bustout below.

Event 6C: Breaking Good

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

Level 14: Blinds 1,500/3,000/400 ante

Floor Manager Greg (right) Breaks Table 10

We're losing one table every 30 minutes and as this level comes to an end we're down to 90 players.

The average stack is 89 bb (30 bb) as we're just one hour from bagging and tagging.  It's been a slow grind and not a lot of action.  Short stacks are hanging around, while the big stacks creep towards 300k.

Event 6C: Quarter Pot

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

Blinds: 1,200/2,400/300 ante

We're down to 1/4 of the Flight C field as 100 players remain of the nearly 400 entries that started at 5 pm.

The average stack is 80k (33 bb) and the big stacks continue to be in the 225k range.