Friday, November 15, 2013

Event 1: Day 2 - Alphabetical By Last Name with Seat Assignments


Borgata Fall Poker Open
Event 1 - $500 + $60 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)
November 12-15, 2013

2899 Entries $1,449,500 Total Buy-In



 123,600 Avg Chip Stack
START OF DAY 2 - Alpha







NAME CHIP COUNT TABLE SEAT

BERNARD ABRAMOVICH
82,000 9 8

LAWRENCE ABRAMS
22,000 4 8

GARY ACKERMAN
72,500 30 5

HOBART ADKINS
228,500 59 8

BRIAN ADRAGNA
142,000 55 5

JOSEPH AGRON
180,500 16 2

RAFIQUE AHMED
267,000 29 3

MICHAEL AHRENS
212,000 28 3

CHRISTOPHER ALBANESE
96,900 33 5

NICHOLAS ALBANO
45,500 38 7

GEORGE ALBERTO
303,500 30 8

ARIEL ALBILIA
182,000 57 4

BRIAN ALI
52,000 44 6

JIMMY ALIMONOS
192,000 17 4

PABLO ALVAREZ-MONTOYA
271,000 38 3

ALLEN AMANNA
30,000 8 2

NOAH AMENT
251,500 12 3

ARDAVAN AMINI
161,500 32 8

MOHAMMAD AMJADI
37,000 4 9

ANDREW ANDERSON
75,500 39 3

ANTHONY ANGERAMI
52,500 32 6

MIKE ARZOUMANIDIS
38,000 26 6

JAIME AYERBE
100,000 12 2

MICHAEL AZZARO
176,500 56 5

BRIAN BALAHADIA
180,000 58 9

HERALD BARBER
44,500 49 6

TIDHAR BARCHICHAT
92,500 45 10

RONNIE BARDAH
54,000 47 1

WILLIAM BARIBAN
128,500 4 4

MICHAEL BARLETTA
132,500 36 3

SEAN BARRINGER
52,500 10 10

DIONYSUIS BASS
143,500 14 3

TODD BEARDSWORTH
48,000 18 4

MATTHEW BEIER
107,500 56 6

ANTHONY BELLINO
138,000 11 6

HAIM BENAIM
259,000 2 10

ALEXANDER BERDICHEVSKIY
89,000 58 4

ALEXANDER BERNARD
139,000 37 5

OLIN BIDDY
117,000 57 6

JUDITH BIELAN
73,000 52 5

BRYAN BINDERT
89,000 10 7

LESLIE BINES
123,000 16 10

ALMOG BITON
178,500 24 10

NICK BLACKBURN
134,000 56 4

KAMIL BLASZCZAK
155,000 58 6

NICHOLAS BLUMENTHAL
82,000 11 2

JONATHAN BOTIER
142,000 37 7

GEOGIOS BOULASSKIS
86,000 14 8

CLINTON BOWLES
110,500 38 5

EDWARD BOYCE
159,500 3 6

ROBERT BOYKO
108,000 7 5

ELAN BRANAS
46,000 24 5

STEPHEN BREDFELDT
185,000 46 7

CHRISTINE BREWER
154,000 40 8

GEORGE BREWTON
259,500 44 4

WILLIAM BRINDISE
197,000 49 3

ALLARD BROEDELET
99,000 15 4

DAVID BROMBERG
58,000 46 1

STEVEN BROWN
109,000 26 10

ROBERT BROWN
97,500 1 4

CHAD BROWN
79,000 3 9

WYATT BROWN
56,000 2 3

DAVID BRUNETTI
60,500 35 1

TIMOTHY BRYAN
18,500 49 5

EDDIE BRYANT
174,000 1 5

ANTONIO BUETI
394,500 21 2

MARK BUONADONNA
193,000 46 10

LARRY BURNS
30,500 51 7

MELISSA BURR
189,500 16 5

SALVATORE BUSACCA
58,500 42 3

EDWIN BUSKIRK
116,000 8 1

SHAWN BUSSE
135,500 44 10

DANIEL BUZGON
131,500 1 9

PAMELA BUZZETTO
135,500 12 5

NORBERTO CAMACHO
265,000 5 8

KEVIN CAMPBELL
169,500 27 1

PETER CAMPO
52,000 7 2

ROBERT CARDELL
54,000 35 5

LOUIS CARDILLO
60,000 13 6

SAMUEL CARIOTI
145,000 54 10

ANTHONY CARUSO
127,500 31 6

OSCAR CASTAGNA
71,000 23 9

JOSE CAYETANO DE LA ROSA
104,500 7 7

KIRRON CHAN
400,500 19 4

HYMAN CHAN
116,000 20 10

PATRICK CHAN
76,000 38 8

JENCHWEN CHANG
76,500 42 6

TIMOTHY CHANG
65,000 15 9

HOWARD CHARYN
33,500 19 6

DAVID CHAVES
62,000 12 8

ZE CHEN
211,500 55 3

GEORGE CHEN
93,700 34 2

DANIEL LOUIS CHERLOW
87,000 57 5

ETTORE CHIAPPETTA
42,500 12 9

CHARYONG CHO
48,000 42 5

PAWEL CHODOROWSKI
45,000 11 5

YONG CHOE
100,000 41 4

KEVIN CHOE
64,000 18 1

RONALD CITRENBAUM
56,000 37 2

DAVID CLELLAND
43,000 45 6

JUSTIN CLINE
147,400 26 2

CODY CLUFF
73,000 22 10

THOMAS COAN
61,000 2 6

ROBERT COCHRAN
41,000 12 4

JESSE ALEXIS COHEN
178,000 6 8

ALAN COHEN
103,000 50 7

JASON COHEN
46,500 55 4

FITZPATRICK COLEMAN
222,500 43 7

JOSEPH PAUL COLLIS
73,500 25 6

SEAN CONNELL
119,500 17 7

DARREL CONNELLY
68,500 8 7

JAMES CONNER
107,000 6 3

ASHER CONNIFF
263,000 34 6

JOHN CORNING
62,000 10 1

NICHOLAS COSTA
88,000 14 4

DAN COTTO
75,000 24 7

RICKY CRAWFORD
292,000 40 2

KEVIN CROMBIE
187,500 40 5

EDWARD DALE CROPPER JR
226,500 27 3

KEITH CROWDER
45,000 4 3

SEAN CURTIN
218,500 5 9

PATRICK CURZIO
87,500 44 5

DANIEL DAGOSTINO
114,000 31 7

JOHN DAGOSTINO
108,000 53 5

MOSHE DAHAN
157,000 57 8

HAI DANG
320,500 37 9

JONAH DARMIENTO
55,000 31 5

NEVILLE DARRELL
267,500 46 9

ADIR DAVIDOV
203,000 29 5

TAUREAN DAVIS
347,000 6 9

DAVID DAWSON
122,000 48 7

NORMAN DAY
42,500 36 8

EDWARD DECOSTA
77,500 23 10

TREVOR DEETER
41,500 34 10

LUIS DELACRUZ
202,000 45 9

VITO DELEONIBUS
127,000 49 9

KENT DEMOTT
139,000 33 6

LEONARDO DEPABLOS
102,000 7 8

GREGORY DEROSA
70,000 46 5

JOHN DERRICO
95,600 46 4

LORENZO DESMOND
165,500 25 3

JASON DEUTSCH
98,000 28 5

LIBERTY DEVIVO
34,000 39 1

ATHANASIOS DIAKOS
126,000 57 2

KEVIN DIAMOND
166,500 54 1

LUIS DIAZ
302,700 10 4

SCOTT DICLAUDIO
121,000 57 9

DONNA DICRESCENTO
181,000 18 7

JOSEPH DIMARTINO
98,000 44 1

LIN DING
239,500 23 7

NICHOLAS DIONISIOU
98,000 40 1

TOMISLAV DOBRILOVIC
171,000 8 9

CHRIS DOMBROWSKI
89,500 37 4

SALVATORE DONOFRIO
90,500 48 10

MICHAEL DORSCH
40,000 20 8

BRIAN DOUGHERTY
80,000 37 3

BARTLEY DOWLING
200,000 22 5

MICHAEL DRABOT
95,000 59 1

SHAWN DULLAVIN
48,500 58 5

RUSLAN DYKSHTEYN
338,000 48 9

DAMIAN EARL
72,000 56 7

BENJAMIN EILERS
175,000 5 4

JEFFREY EINFALT
133,500 21 5

TERRANCE EISCHENS
95,000 4 1

DEREK ELDRIDGE
183,500 9 4

DARREN ELIAS
175,500 8 10

THEODORE ELY
30,000 21 7

WALTER ENGLISH
43,000 9 3

THOMAS ENNIS
87,000 18 6

DANE ESTLER
123,000 4 2

VYACHESLAV EYZEROVICH
129,500 22 9

ADAM FAHERTY
297,900 10 2

EMANUEL FAILLA
133,000 6 7

CHRISTIAN FARLEY
84,500 39 9

ABRAHAM FARONI
130,000 52 9

JOHN FAVA
220,000 42 9

JON FAVALORO
76,000 1 3

JOSEPH FELICE
63,000 55 8

ERIC FIELDS
125,500 31 9

AMNON FILIPPI
68,000 5 5

TIMOTHY FINNE
70,500 59 10

DANIEL FISCHER
134,500 24 2

GREGORY FISHBERG
145,500 4 6

JOEL FISHMAN
146,000 5 2

MICHAEL FIUMEFREDDO
89,500 54 5

DMITRY FLIDER
204,500 40 9

MICHAEL FORCA
58,000 5 1

MATTHEW FORREST
84,000 3 5

LEONIDAS FOTAKOS
234,500 24 1

WILLIAM FOXEN
133,000 42 2

CARLO FRANCISCO
46,500 45 7

NIKOLAOS FRANGOS
73,000 58 2

STEVEN FRANKEL
93,500 41 5

DANIEL FRIEDMAN
258,000 28 2

MARTIN FRITZ
188,000 2 1

CHRISTIAN FYKE
92,000 7 6

FRANK GAGLIARDI
183,000 27 5

WILLIAM GALLAGHER
85,000 13 1

EDWARD GAMAITONI
101,000 28 4

MATTHEW GAMBINO
110,000 11 4

ANTHONY GAROFALO
101,000 9 5

BROWNIE GARRETT
141,000 1 7

IAN GAVLICK
50,500 57 1

SARDOR GAZIEV
271,000 18 9

STUART GELWARG
117,500 59 2

DONALD GEORGE
49,000 17 1

JAMES GERMANN
131,500 19 5

ROBERT GETCHELL
271,500 42 8

DANIEL GILMER
157,000 39 8

JANE GOLD
87,000 2 7

MICHAEL GOLDBERG
166,000 59 6

KENNETH GOLDIN
228,000 9 7

IGOR GONTA
48,500 36 1

DANIEL GORDON
33,000 25 1

SATISH GORRELA
119,500 31 8

JEFFREY GREEN
119,500 48 5

YALE GREENFIELD
33,000 29 7

PAUL GREIM
113,000 20 3

TERRY GRIMES
155,500 36 4

JEFFREY GROSS
46,000 32 9

JOHN GULINO
91,000 34 3

KALYAN GULLAPALLI
80,500 17 10

JEFFREY GURFINKEL
93,500 4 7

SAHU HABIBI
149,500 47 4

PATRICIA HAGGERTY
119,000 22 2

JONATHAN HAMILTON
170,000 3 2

ZHUANG HAN
234,000 3 8

JOSEPH HANRAHAN
85,000 44 2

DAVID HECK
120,000 37 1

KEITH HERSKOWITZ
148,500 56 3

GREG HIMMELBRAND
210,000 47 7

JOHN HINDS
78,500 40 6

CULLEN HOFMANN
69,000 30 9

ROBERT HORAN
197,500 1 2

ZHENJIE HOU
80,500 52 8

ROBERT HOVER
200,000 45 5

VASILLIOS HRISAFINIS
42,000 35 3

PETER HSU
229,000 52 3

PEIMING HUA
56,000 9 1

LAURENCE HUGHES
266,500 2 9

KORI HUNTER
88,300 49 1

DAVID HURWITZ
114,500 6 1

SHEM HUTSON
177,000 24 4

CHRISTIAN IACOBELLIS
74,000 29 1

DYLAN IHNAT
96,500 15 10

HEE IM
75,500 56 1

FRANK INGARDIA
46,000 41 1

DAVID INSELBERG
109,500 35 9

MARK IOLI
223,500 51 5

PETER IPPOLITO
75,000 53 9

ROLAND ISRAELASHVILI
141,000 3 1

MICHAEL JABLONSKY
119,500 53 8

CHAD JACKSON
209,000 52 6

EDWARD JACOBS
119,000 20 5

SIROUS JAMSHIDI
185,000 59 9

KEITH JANAL
77,500 41 6

MANUEL JAVIER
164,500 52 2

MIGUEL JAVIER
112,000 7 10

MICHAEL JIMENEZ
93,500 37 10

DANIEL JOACHIM
51,000 21 10

RYAN JONES
119,000 51 4

HELIO JUNIOR
82,500 49 8

JUSTIN KADET
90,000 28 8

MICHAEL KALFA
151,000 42 4

STEVEN KANG
93,000 35 10

JAMES KAPLAN
212,000 55 9

MICHAEL KAROWSKI
84,500 30 7

GABRIEL KATZNER
35,500 35 4

WALTER KAUFMANN
62,000 35 6

MIKHAIL KAZAKEVICH
214,000 30 2

LARRY KEHM
94,000 33 9

ELAD KEISAR
108,000 41 8

MICHAEL ROWLAND KEMETER
51,500 32 2

HANI KHALIL
229,000 38 4

STEVEN KHOURY
107,500 12 10

KIAN KIARASH
91,000 29 6

SANG KIM
143,000 36 10

JEFFREY KIM
102,600 38 6

LAWRENCE KIMEL
185,000 51 2

LEE KIRSCH
275,000 47 5

ANDREW KLEIN
366,000 41 2

ROBERT KLEIN
160,000 25 8

OLEG KLEYMAN
189,000 46 6

VICTOR KOMINARETS
290,000 29 2

DAVID KONIGSBERG
40,500 32 10

ABRAHAM KOROTKI
134,500 54 2

GARY KOSAKOWSKI
106,000 34 7

JEFFREY MICHAEL KOSTOLNI
171,500 44 3

ALICE KOUZELOS
210,500 48 2

MIRSAD KOVACI
247,000 38 2

JONATHAN KRAMER
60,500 41 3

BRANIMIR KRGIN
124,000 39 4

FRANK KROLL
187,500 50 3

MATTHEW KUPIEC
228,500 59 5

BRIAN KURRUS
181,500 32 1

FRANK LABATE
46,000 26 9

RONALD LADUCA
41,000 54 6

JIMMY LAM
184,000 23 3

SIMON LAM
153,000 27 10

DAVID LANG
106,000 23 2

JOSEPH LAPINTA
67,500 53 7

JASON LATOURETTE
126,500 43 9

JUNGMAN LAU
138,000 52 10

MICHAEL LAVOIE
117,500 52 7

ANH LE
24,500 52 1

JOANNA LEBAN
86,000 16 7

JOSEPH LEBRUN
143,000 51 8

SUK LEE
100,500 41 7

JOSEPH LEE
55,500 30 3

ILYA LEMBERG
242,500 14 10

JUSTIN LENNON
73,500 17 6

THOMAS LEONARD
59,000 20 1

CHRISTOPHER LEONG
145,500 15 2

BARRY LEVENTHAL
50,000 33 7

DAVID LEVY
42,500 18 8

MARVIN LEWIS
55,500 52 4

HANG LIAO
155,500 4 10

KEIKO LIM
52,500 21 1

JOE LIN
110,000 28 1

WOOYANG LIN
88,000 11 9

ROBERT LINK
68,000 50 8

RYAN LINSKY
79,000 24 9

MARCUS LIPINER
53,500 13 3

DENNIS LISOVSKIY
102,000 32 7

MORGAN LITWIN
78,000 14 5

JIA LIU
29,500 40 4

FRANK LOFFRENO
47,500 19 1

RAMON LOPEZ VARELA
132,500 10 6

CHAD LOUBE
189,500 8 3

SCOTT LOVE
200,500 25 7

ANDREW LUKOVSKY
322,000 54 9

CRAIG LUPARDO
45,000 17 3

KEVIN LUTZ
45,500 28 10

JON LYNCH
113,000 53 3

BENJAMIN MAEREFAT
102,500 8 5

MARC MANIN
149,500 45 2

JOHN MARABONDO
181,000 43 6

MICHAEL MARCECA
106,500 23 4

MICHAEL MARDER
42,000 57 7

DEREK MARMEN
78,000 56 9

ROBERT MARSIELLO
87,000 29 8

MITCHELL MARTIN
282,500 51 9

CHRISTOPHER MARTIN
41,500 54 7

JOSEPH MASCIO
97,500 58 1

ANTHONY MASTRAGOSTINO
70,500 9 6

MICHAEL MASTRANGELO
146,500 34 9

JASON MATIKO
136,000 39 10

DAVID MATOS
206,000 15 6

MARTIN MATRANCA
183,000 2 8

SCOTT MATTE
94,000 12 6

MARILYN MATTHEWS
96,500 10 5

EUGENE MATUSEVICH
62,700 41 9

DENNIS MCCANN
191,000 8 4

KEVIN MCCOLGAN
86,000 47 8

DUANE MCCRORY
76,500 18 3

KEVIN MCGEE
95,000 3 7

DENNIS MCGLYNN
167,500 12 7

THOMAS MCMACKIN
113,500 29 4

GLORIA MEJIA
121,000 53 2

JORGE MEJIA
54,500 50 2

MICHAEL MELKERSEN
183,000 22 6

AARON MERMELSTEIN
126,000 55 1

STEVEN MERRIFIELD
46,100 34 5

NORMAN MICHALEK
132,500 59 4

MEGAN MILBURN
53,300 32 3

STEPHEN MILLER
311,000 12 1

WILLIAM MILLER
128,000 6 2

GREGG MILLER
21,000 51 6

SCOTT MINNICK
173,000 58 8

JOHN MIRDITA
125,000 38 10

BRADLEY MOHR
107,000 2 5

JOANNE MONTEAVARO
65,500 32 4

ALBERTINO MORIELLO
110,000 26 1

DANIEL MULHALL
154,100 35 8

MICHAEL MULLER
56,500 13 2

KENNETH MUNROE
235,000 54 8

NEIL MURPHY
85,000 46 2

BRIAN MURPHY
38,000 7 9

ROBERT MUSTARI
66,500 4 5

VINCENT NAPOLITANO
52,000 22 1

KENNETH NATAL
61,500 28 7

PAUL NAUMANN
99,500 48 6

FRANK NELSON
267,500 32 5

SCOTT NEUMAN
211,500 51 10

MICHAEL NEWMAN
105,500 33 8

PHONG NGUYEN
150,000 6 4

JOHNSON NGUYEN
56,000 57 10

OZAIR NIAZI
53,000 47 10

MICHAEL NICETA
121,000 31 2

JOSEPH NICHOLS
148,500 5 6

BORIS NIKHMAN
79,000 31 10

ARI NISSIM
65,500 24 3

DEON NOSSEL
200,000 31 1

DAVID NOVAK
97,500 11 10

YEFIM NOVAK
73,500 50 9

ANGELO ODDO
100,000 40 10

DAVID ODONNELL
56,000 10 3

ZACHARY OKIN
79,000 21 8

JOSEPH OLIVE
44,000 24 8

BRIAN OLIVEIRA
86,000 7 1

DANIEL ORGIL
58,500 43 5

FELIX ORTIZ
71,500 45 4

ROBERT OUTLAW
34,200 46 8

BRANDON PADULA
161,000 30 1

LEONARDO PALERMO
72,000 8 6

NICHOLAS PALMA
82,000 35 2

JESUS PALMERONI
141,600 44 9

RADU PANFIL
106,500 29 9

MICHAEL PAPPIS
399,500 34 4

YURY PARAD
128,000 27 4

DIMITRIOS PARIKOS
67,000 18 5

KIJOON PARK
274,000 19 3

ALYSON PARKER
31,000 59 3

NICHOLAS PARTENOPE
87,000 49 4

GREGORY PARYANI
242,500 56 10

ROBERT PASTORE
54,500 54 4

ROBERT PAVENTI
225,000 2 4

THOMAS PAXTON
60,500 11 3

DENA PEARLMAN
167,500 7 4

NICHOLAS PECCARELLI
390,000 3 4

ROBERT PELLEGRINO
203,500 39 6

DAVID PENNA
200,000 21 6

EMMANUEL PEREZ
63,000 25 9

ARTYEM PERLOV
223,000 36 5

ARTHUR PETERS
61,000 5 7

STEVEN PETKO
155,000 26 5

JAMES PETOLICCHIO
104,500 33 2

MICHAEL PETRAK
68,000 40 7

BINH VAN PHAN
55,000 19 9

LISA PICKELL
104,000 48 3

MICHAEL PINA
244,000 7 3

TIMOTHY PINKHAM
52,000 43 10

RONNIE PLYLER
114,200 17 2

RYAN POLLACK
55,000 54 3

JAMES PONCEDELEON
155,500 44 7

ANTHONY PORCHETTA
112,000 22 3

JAMES POSTIGLIONE
54,000 50 10

ROBERT POTTER
38,000 14 9

WILLIAM PRENTISS
75,000 30 4

JOSEPH PRIMAVERA
75,000 27 8

ROBERT PUGH
57,500 9 10

RICHARD PYNE
195,000 49 2

QUAN QUACH
211,500 13 9

GEORGE QUILES
70,000 16 1

SRIRAMAMURTY RACHAKONDA
120,000 10 8

VINNY RADOVIC
95,000 17 8

ANNAND RAMDIN
123,000 23 5

DINESH RAMNAUTH
142,000 6 5

BUCK RAMSAY
38,500 46 3

JOSEPH REDDICK
121,500 23 1

ONOFRIO REINA
105,500 20 7

STEPHEN RICCHINI
230,500 36 7

CHARLES RICH
58,500 39 7

PAUL RICHEMARD
17,000 34 8

JONATHAN A RIVERA-PADILLA
286,500 3 3

ERIC RIVKIN
307,500 20 9

BRANDON ROBERTSON
100,000 39 5

ALEXANDER ROCHA
188,500 18 2

THOMAS ROCHELLE
37,500 49 7

STEVEN RODRIGUEZ
126,000 25 5

EDGARDO ROSARIO
264,500 49 10

BRIAN ROSENGARTEN
104,000 21 3

RHODA ROSENKOWITZ
120,000 26 4

RAYMOND ROSS
138,600 48 4

CRAIG ROTHENBERG
126,500 15 5

MYRON ROTHMAN
80,000 28 9

DAVE ROUSE
272,500 16 4

GREGORY RUDOLPH
54,500 50 1

STEVE RYAN
42,000 43 4

MOHAMMAD SAADEGHVAZIRI
169,500 38 9

MARK SACCUCCI
123,000 55 10

STEVEN SAKLAD
22,500 15 3

NICHOLAS SALIMBENE
191,500 43 8

SPENCER SALIS
49,000 43 1

ALEXANDER SAM
53,500 6 10

MICHAEL SANDLER
132,500 19 2

JAMES SANSONE
192,000 50 6

ARISTEDES SANTANA
59,000 20 4

ANTHONY SANTANELLO
54,000 22 7

STEVEN SARMIENTO
173,000 36 2

BRANDON SCHAEFER
98,500 11 7

FABRICIO SCHAFFRATH
110,500 24 6

JONATHAN SCHNEIER
74,200 14 2

SANDRA SELIGMAN
45,000 26 3

MITCHELL SELSKY
88,000 43 3

ROBERT SEMBLER
97,500 13 8

MAURICE SESSUM
62,000 21 9

JENNIFER SHAHADE
80,000 30 10

DANIEL SHAPIRO
64,500 14 1

AMIT SHARMA
122,500 6 6

MICHAEL SHASHO
64,000 40 3

PAUL SHEDAKER
54,500 14 6

TJ SHULMAN
217,500 50 5

ERIC SIEGEL
84,000 19 10

JASON SIMS
131,000 19 8

RAKESH SINGAL
104,000 34 1

IGOR SKOCHILO
178,000 28 6

KERRY SMALL
125,000 55 7

ALEX SMITH
146,000 37 8

YIN SOHN
229,500 45 8

BENJAMIN SOLTZ
191,500 35 7

ALFREDO SOSA
355,000 42 1

NICHOLAS SOULIS
55,000 33 1

NICHOLAS SPENCE
59,500 1 8

JEFFREY SPENCE
32,000 15 8

DAN SPIVEY
173,500 38 1

DEREK STAIB
79,500 23 8

JOSEPH STIERS
101,500 50 4

DENNIS SUMMERS
80,000 13 4

VANNMONY SUN
60,500 33 4

SATISH SURAPANENI
115,000 16 3

MARK SYKES
99,000 17 9

JOHN SYKES
77,000 55 2

STEVEN TAGUE
124,000 13 5

ARTURAS TAMOSIUNAS
104,500 36 9

GARY TANG
46,500 30 6

PETER TARSIEWICZ
126,000 1 6

WALTER TAYLOR
56,000 5 10

AARON TEETER
159,500 27 2

NUNZIO TERRA
126,500 5 3

ARMANDO THEN
98,000 16 8

WILLIAM THOMAS
157,000 53 4

TRAVELL THOMAS
76,000 48 1

EDWARD THOMAS
38,500 39 2

VLADIMIR TIKHOMIROV
158,500 42 10

RAUL TOTANES
75,500 47 2

ROBERT TRIVISONNO
129,000 53 6

CHRISTOPHER TRYBA
71,300 51 1

RONALD TUCZAK
158,000 55 6

NATHAN TUTHILL
177,500 37 6

JONATHAN USEFARA
110,000 15 7

ROMAN VALERSTEIN
225,000 36 6

FRANCIS VALGENTI
297,000 22 8

BRYAN VEACH
86,500 9 2

ALIDA VELIU
79,000 51 3

BASRI VELIU
71,000 1 1

IOANNIS VITSENTZOS
416,500 56 8

ILIAS VRETTOS
134,500 15 1

DANIEL WACH
256,000 45 1

RYAN WADDELL
76,000 43 2

DUANE WAGENHOFFER
99,000 14 7

ANTONIO WALKER
27,000 48 8

SEAN WALLACE
237,500 58 3

DANIEL WALSH
70,000 33 10

DANNY WARCHOL
126,000 57 3

MOHAMMAD WARDEH
96,600 13 10

RONALD WATSON
195,500 45 3

TEDDY WAY
137,000 19 7

CRAIG WEINSTOCK
144,000 10 9

JASON WEISBORD
105,500 11 1

JOSEPH WERTZ
158,300 16 6

JONAS WEXLER
96,000 33 3

TA WEY
95,000 3 10

THEEN WEY
31,500 27 7

GREGORY WHITING
64,500 1 10

PATRICK ALAN WHITMORE
149,000 25 2

JEFFREY WICKER
64,300 25 10

WARREN WIGGINS
42,500 20 6

DENNIS WILBER
68,000 53 1

ROBERT WILLIAMS
102,000 47 6

MIKE WILSON
68,000 17 5

ZAK WINSLOW
172,500 2 2

JOHN WOLFE III
35,500 31 3

MICHAEL WOLL
102,200 23 6

RYAN WOOD
288,500 47 3

RICHARD WOOD
56,500 58 7

ERIC WOOD
40,500 26 7

CHARLIE XU
110,500 8 8

ZHENCHAO YAN
151,000 9 9

POFUK YING
132,000 47 9

JASON YOUNG
535,000 27 6

ORSON YOUNG
137,000 31 4

RUSSELL YOUNGKEN
100,000 25 4

KIMBERLY YUSTER
52,000 56 2

PAL ZAGREDA
91,500 59 7

ARTUR ZAIKANSKY
76,500 21 4

ALIREZA ZARGAR
79,000 13 7

ARISTIDES ZARIFIS
333,000 27 9

MICHAEL ZHANG
176,500 26 8

WEN SHU ZHANG
172,000 11 8

XINYU ZHAO
57,500 20 2

ANDREW ZHU
122,000 29 10

YUE ZHU
67,500 44 8

JAY ZIMMET
15,500 16 9

NATHAN ZIMNIK
84,000 42 7

KEVIN ZULAUF
40,500 22 4

Event 1: Days 1C & 1D Photo Slideshow

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Event 1: Day 2 Preview

$500 + $60 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Four flights over three days of poker produced nearly 2,900 total entries for the $1,000,000 Guaranteed kickoff event of the Borgata Fall Poker Open.

A little more than 600 players remain with Borgata trophy holder and WSOP Bracelet winner Jason Young (Suffern, NY) holding the chip lead with 535k (107 bb).  Day 2 resumes 12 pm Friday with the average stack at 118k (24 bb) and blinds going to 2,500/5,000/500 ante.

Poker officials are still confirming the total entries and calculating the prize pool.  The final tally, along with Day 2 seat assignments will be posted sometime after 11 am.

Click this link for the Flights C&D Slide Show Gallery.

Tournament Breakdown

Day 1A:  479 entries, 85 Survivors
Day 1B:  633 entries, 126 Survivors
Day 1C:  911 entries, 202 Survivors
Day 1D:  876* entries, 200* Survivors

Event 1 Totals: 2,899* entries, 613* Survivors

*Unofficial

Event 1D: End of Night Big Stacks

$500 + $60 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Jason Young
Overall Chip Leader


Jason Young (Suffern, NY) not only held on to the Day 1D chip lead, but takes the largest stack into Day 2 with 535k.

The final flight also produced the second overall stack as Yannis Vitsentzos (New York, NY) bags 416,500.

Here's a look at the 1D chip leaders as approximately 200 players remained of the unofficial total of 876 entries in the final flight.

Chip Leaders

Jason Young 535,000
Yannis Vitsentzos 416,500
Nick Peccarelli 390,000
Russ Dykshteyn 338,000

 Yannis Vitsentzos 

Nick Peccarelli 

Event 1D: Perfect Game of 300(k)

$500 + $60 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Level 16: Blinds 2,000/4,000/400 ante

Heading into the final level of the night, Jason Young (Suffern, NY) is the chip leader with more than 300k.  

Young has been a staple at Borgata over the years, but the trophy winner and WSOP Bracelet holder has spent less time at the tables.  Over the last two years, he's focused more on his family and business.

Less than 30 minutes to go for the night.

Event 1D: "Manin" Up with Aces

$500 + $60 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Level 15: Blinds 1,500/3,000/400 ante

On the Marc with Pocket Rockets

With less than one hour of play we catch one of the biggest pots of the flight.  Marc Manin (Cherry Hill, NJ) and Dominic Colonna (Wilmington, DE) get it all in preflop.

Manin: AA
Colonna: KK

Manin's Aces hold and he gets a double-up to 240k, which knocks Colonna down to less than 20k.

On the next hand, Colonna is all in on a Queen-high flop with a pair of Queens against pocket Jacks, but a Jack on the river gives his opponent the winning set of Jacks.

"I don't mind losing Kings into Aces, but those Jacks are ridiculous," says Colonna as he heads out the Signature Room door.

Also in the 240k range is Leonidas Fotakos (Wilmington, DE) as 250 players remain (of 877 1D entries) with an average stack of 88k (30 bb).

Event 1D: Players Prepare for 1E - the 11 am

$500 + $60 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Level 14: Blinds 1,200/2,400/300 ante

Ever since registration closed we've seen a lot of long faces leaving the tables.  The list of casualties include:

Manh Nguyen
Sean Rice
Steve "Dakota" Happas
Cathy Dever
Anna Khait
Tony "Muscles" Campagna

On his way out of the Signature Room, Campagna quipped that he was going to play in the fifth flight of this event.  "I'll be playing Day 1E, it's the 11 o'clock," he says.

Campagna and many players already have their eyes on Event 2 which is a $350 + $50 + $100 Black Chip Bounty. The one-day tournament starts at 11 am and features 15k chips and 30 minute levels to start (Levels 11+ /40 min.)

"At least you have a chance to get your money back if you don't cash," says Campagna as each knockout earns a player a $100 bonus.

Event 1D: Exit Interviews

$500 + $60 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Level 13: Blinds 1,000/2,000/300 ante

As play resumes, reports from the sidelines include:

Thursday, November 14, 2013

Event 1D: Big Stack

$500 + $60 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Level 12: Blinds 800/1,600/200 ante

Ricky's Running Good

The field is still split between the Poker and Signature rooms which makes finding the chip leader a challenge.  The biggest we've seen so far belongs to Ricky Crawford (Goldsboro, NC) who is up to 190k.

This level takes the field to the last break of the night.  After a 15 minute break, players will finish Levels 13-16 with things wrapping up at ~2:20 am.

Event 1D: Big Dog Barking

$500 + $60 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Level 11: Blinds 600/1,200/200 ante

Brown Hits Straightest Flush

Catching up with the big stacks, we find Jeremy "Big Dog" Brown (Morristown, NJ) with a healthy 150k.

"I hit a straight flush right before break," says the Borgata trophy holder, "I was going to have to re-enter if I didn't hit the river."

On the last hand before the previous break, Brown and Jack Corning (Syracuse, NY) see a flop of Ax J 8 and all the chips are in the middle for a 160k chip pot.

Corning: AJ (two pairs)
Brown: 9 7 (flush draw, gutshot straight draw)

Turn: 3x

River: 10  

Brown hits the Jack-high straight flush to cripple Corning. "I was down to 5k," says Corning, "now I'm up to 18(k)," he says after surviving an all-in.

Brown won his trophy earlier this year in the Borgata Spring Poker Open, but his largest career score was a second place finish in the 2009 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship Event. He earned $454,000 after Olivier Busquet beat him heads up for the title.

After spending time in Arizona, Brown is back on the East Coast and living in New Jersey. Corning is a frequent Borgata series player who has four career cashes here.

Event 1D: Full Field

$500 + $60 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Level 10: Blinds 500/1,000/100 ante


We caught up with the last two re-entries as they got their final 25k chip stacks; Steven Macchia (Woodridge, NJ) and Joe DiMartino (Ansonia, CT) help set the 1D flight at more than 875 entries, and both are accomplished players.

Macchia has a Borgata trophy from his win in a 2010 Borgata Winter Poker Open event ($24,000), while DiMartino has nearly $200,000 in career tournament earnings including a 13th place finish ($28,000) in this year's Borgata Winter Poker Open's Championship Event.

Once the cage verifies the total we'll get a final count and post official numbers including the prize pool.
The total entries will be close to 2,900.

Event 1D: Going Green

$500 + $60 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Level 10: Blinds 500/1,000/100 ante


Dealer Juan Racking Green Chips

Players are back from the color-up break which means after three days and four flights there won't be any more green chips in the tournament.

As play resumes, the re-entry line is still 25 players deep and some recognizable faces are in line to fire one last bullet.  Dave Insleberg, Christian Harder and Will Jaffee are hoping their last shot is the silver bullet for a six figure score.

Event 1D: Wind the Clock

$500 + $60 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Level 9: 400/800/75 ante 

The last level of the $1,000,000 Guaranteed event continues.  Players still have through the next break to join the party and add to the impressive total which will be just shy of 3,000 entries.

Short stacks have the option to surrender their chips and get a fresh 25k, so it's double-up or bust time for those with less than 10 big blinds.

Event 1D: More Bullets Flying on Twitter

$500 + $60 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Level 8: Blinds 300/600/75 ante



Event 1D: Players Still Arriving

$500 + $60 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Level 7: Blinds 250/500/50 ante  

Signature Room

Now that 1C players have bagged and tagged, the Signature Room is half empty.  1D alternates are slowly trickling in to fill the tables.  Registration is open for three more levels and will close at ~10:30 pm.

Event 1A-C: Unofficial Count & Total Entries

$500 + $60 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Now that 1C is bagged and tagged here's a look at the official three-flight totals:

Day 1A:  479 entries, 85 Survivors
Day 1B:  633 entries, 126 Survivors
Day 1C:  911 entries, 202 Survivors

Day 1A-C Totals: 2,023 entries, 413 Survivors

Avg Chip Stack: 123k (25 bb) with blinds going to 2,500/5k/500 ante at 12 pm Friday.

Day 1D: 650 entries and counting

Event 1 Total Entries: 2,673+

Event 1D: Fresh Fish

$500 + $60 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Level 5: 150/300/25 ante  

(l-r) Mahnken, Fung, Maher & Castelli

With two flights in the Poker Room and now two flights in the Signature Room, there's a lot of chaos at Borgata.  "This is like a Saturday night," says one passerby who can't believe all the action.

1D alternates are grabbing seats as fast as 1C tables are breaking, all while two different clocks are running with different blind levels; the floor supervisors are hustling to keep up.

"You don't have much to write about," jokes Jerry Maher (Warren, NJ) who is at a table with several players who are, not only on their first entry for 1D, but first entry of the four flight tournament.

Maher's a Borgata regular as is Mike Melkersen (New Market, VA), who are at the same table, and both on their first bullets. Anthony Castelli (Brooklyn, NY) and Edmond Mahnken (Brooklyn, NY) are also newbies, while Andy Fung (Queens, NY) is the veteran of the group who busted yesterday.

"I got to like Level 13, but couldn't win those 50/50 hands," says Fung.

So while there's a lot to write about, there's also too much to cover as we all brace for the storm of
entries to end.

Event 1C: Done For The Night

$500 + $60 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

End of Level 16: Blinds 2k/4k/400 ante   

All players have bagged their chips for the night.

About 125 players made the cut in the Signature Room.  About 75 in the Poker Room for ~200 survivors.

Kiron Chan finished strong, bagging 400,500.  He is the only player over 400k.

These are the only other stacks over 300k (all from the Signature Room):

Michael Pappis - 399,500
Tony Bueti - 394,500
George Alberto - 303,500

The biggest stack bagged in the Poker Room belonged to 'Lucky' Lee Kirsch, who bagged 275k.

Final player count for Day 1C was 911, bring the total for Days 1A, 1B, & 1C to 2,023.

Day two begins at 12 noon Friday!

Event 1C: Four More Hands

 $500 + $60 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Level 16: Blinds 2k/4k/400 ante  

With ten minutes remaining on the clock, all tables will play four more hands, color up the black 100 chips, then bag up for the night.

 Kiron Chan

As the end approaches, Kiron Chan has emerged with a big stack.  He's up to ~340k.

There are no bonuses for chip leaders at the end of days 1C and 1D like there were for days 1A and 1B.

Event 1D: Registration Still Open (or Open Again)

$500 + $60 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Players holding alternate tickets are being seated in flight 1D as quickly as tables open up.

Since all the Day 1C tables will open up shortly after 8pm when they finish for the night, players without alternate tickets (including late bust-outs from 1C) have been told they can sitck around if they still want to get in, you just might.  There's a line of very patient players waiting already.

Once the 1C players have cleared out, that will free up all those tables & dealers for flight 1D.

Event 1D: 5 pm Twitterverse

$500 + $60 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) 

Level 4 : 100/200

Event 1C: Defending Champion

$500 + $60 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Level 15: Blinds 1,500/3,000/400 ante  

Although last year's Borgata Fall Poker Open Event 1 was a $500 + $60 NLH event, that's where the similarities to this event end.

Last year there were only two starting days; this year there were four (double).

Last year the guarantee was $500,000; this year it was  $1,000,000 (double).

Last year there were 1,431 entries; no final number yet this year, but it is north of 2,500 already.

Last year, Dan Walsh won event 1, taking home $143,114.  This year, who knows?

Dan Walsh, Defending Champion

Event 1D: Inside the Minds of Two Borgata Standouts

$500 + $60 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Level 4: 100/200

Young & Childs

Lee Childs and Jason Young are not only Borgata staples, but the pillars of the Inside the Minds poker training program.  They've hosted multiple classes at Borgata and both arrived here today, separately, in just the nick of time for the 5 pm and final flight.

Childs, who made the 2007 WSOP Main Event final table, is the founder of Inside the Minds and has amassed nearly $3 million in live and on-line tournament earnings. He finished 7th in '07 for more than $700,000 and finished runner-up ($24,000) here in September during the Borgata Poker Open Big Stack event.

Young, not only has a WSOP Bracelet (2008), but is also a Borgata trophy winner. He won more than $100,000 in the opening event of the 2009 Borgata Winter Poker Open as part of his $750,000+ in career live tournament earnings.

No word on when the next training session will be at Borgata.

Event 1C: Big Stacks Building

$500 + $60 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Level 15: Blinds 1,500/3,000/400 ante  

George Alberto

One of the big stacks emerging late in Day 1C belongs to George Alberto.  He's up to ~275k.


Hyon Ko

On his left is Hyon Ko, who finished 2nd in last November's opening event.  That event had $1,431 entries and second was good for $85,663. 

Hyon was recently all-in, but got no callers.  He's got about 40k. 

Event 1D: Alternate Universe

$500 + $60 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Level 3: 75/150  

 Poker Room Manager Vinnie Alonge Handing out
Red Alternate Tickets to
(l-r) Matteo, Massimo & Keith Crowder

In politics you have red states and blue states, Borgata's version is red alternates and blue alternates.

Another batch of alternate tickets have been handed out and being in the "red" is where you want to be.

"I'm so happy," says Cathy Dever (Ephrata, PA), "I just found out."  Dever busted out of today's earlier flight and tweeted that she was sad about being shutout of the 5 pm flight.  Now that all the blue ticketed alternates have been seated, Borgata tournament officials are making every effort to get those who have red tickets into the field.

Also happy to get their tickets are two travelers from Italy Dinoto Massimo & Fratello Matteo, "we're here on holiday," says Massimo, "and to win the tournament!"

As the 1C flight collapses with no more re-entry, tables are opening up and 1D seats are now available.  There will be another deluge of openings when 1C  bags and tags at ~8 pm.

Event 1C: Break Time Chip Chirps

$500 + $60 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Level 14: Blinds 1,200/2,400/300 ante 

Chip counts Tweeted during the last break:

Mark Dube - 120.5k
Brandon Schaefer - 117.6k
Jesse Cohen - 95k
Daniel Joachim - 70k
Ari Engel - 28k
Steve Ryan - 20k
Jose Montes - 14k (has since busted out)

Event 1D: Fresh Faces

$500 + $60 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Level 2: Blinds 50/100 

"You can't write this is my second bullet," says Dave Inselberg who is quick to point out that this is his first entry into the 2,000+ entry field.  Inselberg is a rare find as first timers are the minority.

A lot of familiar faces are making their Borgata Fall Poker Open Debut and the list includes:

Dave Inselberg
Jason Young
Lee Childs
John DiBella
Victor Ramdin
Terry Grimes
Britney Billian

This is just a few of the players who are anxious to take their crack at the $1,000,000 Guarantee of total buy-ins.

Event 1C: Back From Last Break

$500 + $60 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Level 13: Blinds 1k/2k/300 ante

Players are back from their last break of the day.  They'll play four levels, then bag up for the night.

Cathy Dever was one of the unfortunate 1C players to missed out on firing another bullet:

Event 1: 1D Underway, Event Sold Out

$500 + $60 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Level 12: Blinds 800/1,600/200 ante

Alternate tickets were distributed to those in line at registration and no more entries will be accepted without a ticket for 1D.

This means that players who bust out of flight 1C will NOT be able to try again in 1D and since re-entry is closed for 1C, there are no more bullets to be fired for 1C players.

They put cards in the air about 5:25 for Flight 1D.

Event 1D: Holding Pattern

$500 + $60 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) 

Manager Ray Morales & Dealer Kenny Distributing the Chips

The fourth and final flight is on a slight delay as the poker managers continue to make room for the overflow crowd.

The tournament will get underway momentarily.

Event 1: $1 Million Guarantee Met

$500 + $60 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Level 11: Blinds 600/1,200/200 ante

Monitor showing 2,022 entrants means the Guarantee is in the bag!

Good News:  The $1 Million guarantee on total buy-in has been met as over 2,000 players have registered for this event.

Bad News:  There aren't enough open tables (yet) to field all the Day 1D players.  They're breaking them as fast as they can.  Entire 1C tables are being moved from the Poker Room the the Signature Room so all the available tables in the Poker Room can be used for 1D.

Good News/Bad News:  The line at registration, which is all for 1D, reaches past Wolfgang Puck's.  I'm estimating 70-80 people.  This does not include re-entry for 1C -- they have a separate line.

Robert Varkonyi (left) waiting patiently to register for 1D

Event 1: Chip Chirps

$500 + $60 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Level 11: Blinds 600/1,200/200 ante

Blinds relentlessly climbing.

Some Tweeted chip counts from the previous break:

Mark Dube - 79.2k
Jesse Cohen - 78K
Jose Montes - 50k
Bryan B. - 43k
Ari Engel - 41k
@golfermarc - 37k
Steve Ryan - 34k

Event 1: Back From Break

 $500 + $60 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Level 10: Blinds 500/1,000/100 ante

The green 25 chips have been colored up and removed from play.

Players have returned from their break and re-entry is closed for 1C.  Anyone who busts out now can only register/re-enter in flight 1D, which begins at 5pm.

A couple of players Tweeted their demise before the break:

Event 1: How To Use The Photo Slideshows

 $500 + $60 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Level 9: Blinds 400/800/75 ante

Approaching the break at the end of level 9, which will be the last chance to re-enter 1C.

Last summer, the Borgata Poker Blog began using SmugMug for photo sharing.  Their site is the server for the photo slideshows that appear in the blog.

Flights 1C & 1D slideshow

Flights 1A & 1B slideshow

If you're viewing a slideshow and want get one of the photos or browse the photos at your own pace, you just have to click on any photo.  That will take you to our photo sharing site: http://borgatapoker.smugmug.com/.

Once you're on the site and looking at a photo, you can click the left and right arrows to scroll through the photos.  Using the icons at the bottom, you can email, tweet, or download the current photo. 

The slideshows do not work on most mobile devices.  If you want to browse the photos from your mobile device, go to http://borgatapoker.smugmug.com/.  You will see that photos are organized by series (2013 Borgata Fall Poker Open) and then by event.

Event 1: Out and In Again

$500 + $60 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Level 9: Blinds 400/800/75 ante

This is the last level for re-entry in flight 1C.  Flight 1D begins at 5:00pm.

Not sure which option 'Action' Bob Hwang will go for:
A couple of players have decided to skip the 1C re-entry and go for a fresh stack in 1D:


Event 1: Photo Slideshow (1C)

May not work on mobile devices.

Event 1: Back From Break

$500 + $60 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Level 7: Blinds 250/500/50 ante 

Players have returned from their second break of the day.

Keep those #BFPO Tweets coming!

Time to check the Tweets:







Event 1: Engel Ejected, re-Entering

$500 + $60 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Level 6: Blinds 200/400/50 ante 

Ari Engel

Ari Engel came to Borgata fresh from his win at River City in St. Louis, where he pocketed $145,125 -- the largest cash of his poker career.  He won an event here during the 2013 Borgata Spring Poker Open for $26,048.

He's busted out of Day 1C, but plans to fire another bullet.  He Tweeted his fans:

Still plenty of time for re-entries in Day 1C!

Event 1: Day 1C Late Registration Cut Off

$500 + $60 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Level 6: Blinds 200/400/50 ante

Bad News: Due to the size of the Day 1C field, alternate tickets were passed out and only those with an alternate ticket will be allowed to late register for day 1C.  Those last few entries are now being processed.

Good News: Re-entry is still available for players already in Day 1C and they can re-enter as many times as they like through the break after level 9 (about 4pm).

Better News:  This means the registration line will only be open to players registering for the 5pm Day 1D flight (or other future events).

Unfortunate News:  It appears that the 8pm Green Chip Bounty NLH Tournament (Event 20) will be cancelled because there won't be any tables available for it.

Ryan in the Box

A brief shortage of dealers earlier today meant floorman Ryan had to fill in temporarily.

Event 1: Who Wore It Best?

$500 + $60 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Level 5: Blinds 150/300/25 ante

"The weather outside is frightful, but inside it's so delightful..."

Actually, the weather outside today isn't fightful at all (courtesy of the weather channel at weather.com):

But someone decided it was beanie day.  You decide who wore it best:

Mike Shasho & Tony Sinishtaj
Both Sporting Cold Weather Headwear

Event 1: Break Time Tweets

$500 + $60 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Level 4: Blinds 100/200  

Players have returned from their first break of the day.  

Keep those #BFPO Tweets coming!!

Here are some of the break-time Tweets:



Event 1: Blinds Up!

$500 + $60 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Level 3: Blinds 75/150  

Just a reminder:  Tables 1-26 are in the Signature Room.
Tables 27+ are in the Poker Room  EXCEPT table 72 is the front table inside the Signature Room.

Tables 100+ are alternates and have to check in with the floor to be reseated.

Still a line at registration.  

Event 1: Day 1A & 1B Survivor Lists Posted

$500 + $60 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Level 2: Blinds 50/100  

The end of Day 1A and 1B player lists (by chip count) have been posted in the blog.

Day 1A:  479 entries, 85 Survivors. Click Here for the list.

Day 1B:  633 entries, 126 Survivors.  Click Here for the list.

Totals:  1,112 entries, 211 Survivors.  Average Stack 132k.

Event 1: Blurred Lines

$500 + $60 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed

Level 1: Blinds 25/50 

Registration Line

A bit surprising that today's line at registration is not longer.   A few minutes after the event started, I counted only about 60 people in line to register.  The line only extends about half-way down the hall in front of Wolfgang Puck's.

Of course there is plenty of time to register, but there is a separate line for re-entries, who get priority.

Event 1: Third Verse, Same As The First (Two)

$500 + $60 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed

Level 1: Blinds 25/50 

Today's 11am start is the third of four flights in the $1 Million Guaranteed Borgata Fall Poker Open kickoff event.  This flight will be just like flights 1A and 1B.  They will play 16 levels and bag up for the night.

Any players eliminated from 1C may re-enter 1C through the break after level 9 (about 4 pm).  They may also enter flight 1D, which begins at 5pm, through the break after level 9 (about 10pm).

Players began with 25,000 chips and all levels are 30 minutes today.

Cards are in the air!

Mike 'Little Man' Sica (Sept. 2013)

One thing that is different about today is that Tab Duchateau announced the passing of Mike 'Little Man' Sica, a legend around here and one of the nicest people I have ever met.  The Signature Room observed a moment of silence before action began.

Thursday, November 14th

TODAY'S EVENTS (SIGNATURE ROOM & POKER ROOM)

11AM: Event 1C - $500 + $60  Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed
  • Players start with 25,000 in tournament chips 
  • Levels 1-16: will last 30 minutes each | Levels 17-20: will last 40 minutes each | Levels 21+ will last 50 minutes each until the final table, which will be 60 minute levels.
  • Players that bust within the first 9 Levels may Re-Enter (unlimited re-entries) 
  • 2-Day event
5PM: Event 1D - $500 + $60  Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed

       Same As 1C above




8PM: Event 20 - $150 + $30 + $50 Double Green Chip Bounty NLH (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 1-10: will last 20 minutes each | Levels 11+: will last 25 minutes each
  • Players that bust within the first 6 Levels may Re-Enter (unlimited re-entries) 
  • 1-Day event

Event 1: Day 1B Survivors By Chip Count



Borgata Fall Poker Open

Event 1 - $500 + $60 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

November 12-15, 2013





125,600 Avg Chip Stack

END OF DAY 1B CHIP LEADERS





 NAME   CHIP COUNT
1 ALFREDO SOSA
355,000
2 TAUREAN DAVIS
347,000
3 FRANCIS VALGENTI
297,000
4 MITCHELL MARTIN
282,500
5 PABLO ALVAREZ-MONTOYA
271,000
6 EDGARDO ROSARIO
264,500
7 ASHER CONNIFF
263,000
8 NOAH AMENT
251,500
9 ILYA LEMBERG
242,500
10 GREGORY PARYANI
242,500
11 SEAN WALLACE
237,500
12 HANI KHALIL
229,000
13 FITZPATRICK COLEMAN
222,500
14 SCOTT NEUMAN
211,500
15 ALICE KOUZELOS
210,500
16 GREG HIMMELBRAND
210,000
17 DEON NOSSEL
200,000
18 DAVID PENNA
200,000
19 WILLIAM BRINDISE
197,000
20 JAMES SANSONE
192,000
21 MARTIN FRITZ
188,000
22 SIROUS JAMSHIDI
185,000
23 FRANK GAGLIARDI
183,000
24 BRIAN BALAHADIA
180,000
25 DARREN ELIAS
175,500
26 DAN SPIVEY
173,500
27 STEVEN SARMIENTO
173,000
28 WEN SHU ZHANG
172,000
29 TOMISLAV DOBRILOVIC
171,000
30 MICHAEL GOLDBERG
166,000
31 BRANDON PADULA
161,000
32 AARON TEETER
159,500
33 RONALD TUCZAK
158,000
34 WILLIAM THOMAS
157,000
35 SIMON LAM
153,000
36 ALEX SMITH
146,000
37 CHRISTOPHER LEONG
145,500
38 SAMUEL CARIOTI
145,000
39 CRAIG WEINSTOCK
144,000
40 RAYMOND ROSS
138,600
41 ANTHONY BELLINO
138,000
42 JASON MATIKO
136,000
43 ABRAHAM KOROTKI
134,500
44 JEFFREY EINFALT
133,500
45 MICHAEL BARLETTA
132,500
46 MICHAEL SANDLER
132,500
47 POFUK YING
132,000
48 ABRAHAM FARONI
130,000
49 ROBERT TRIVISONNO
129,000
50 YURY PARAD
128,000
51 ANTHONY CARUSO
127,500
52 VITO DELEONIBUS
127,000
53 JOHN MIRDITA
125,000
54 KERRY SMALL
125,000
55 DAVID DAWSON
122,000
56 SCOTT DICLAUDIO
121,000
57 GLORIA MEJIA
121,000
58 MICHAEL NICETA
121,000
59 JEFFREY GREEN
119,500
60 RYAN JONES
119,000
61 MICHAEL LAVOIE
117,500
62 HYMAN CHAN
116,000
63 SATISH SURAPANENI
115,000
64 PAUL GREIM
113,000
65 MATTHEW GAMBINO
110,000
66 STEVEN BROWN
109,000
67 ELAD KEISAR
108,000
68 STEVEN KHOURY
107,500
69 MICHAEL NEWMAN
105,500
70 ALAN COHEN
103,000
71 ANTHONY GAROFALO
101,000
72 SUK LEE
100,500
73 YONG CHOE
100,000
74 ANGELO ODDO
100,000
75 BRANDON ROBERTSON
100,000
76 MARK SYKES
99,000
77 JOSEPH MASCIO
97,500
78 DAVID NOVAK
97,500
79 JONAS WEXLER
96,000
80 JOHN DERRICO
95,600
81 STEVEN KANG
93,000
82 JOHN GULINO
91,000
83 KIAN KIARASH
91,000
84 MICHAEL FIUMEFREDDO
89,500
85 ALEXANDER BERDICHEVSKIY
89,000
86 THOMAS ENNIS
87,000
87 JOANNA LEBAN
86,000
88 KEVIN MCCOLGAN
86,000
89 JOSEPH HANRAHAN
85,000
90 NEIL MURPHY
85,000
91 CHRISTIAN FARLEY
84,500
92 NICHOLAS PALMA
82,000
93 BRIAN DOUGHERTY
80,000
94 DENNIS SUMMERS
80,000
95 RYAN LINSKY
79,000
96 JENCHWEN CHANG
76,500
97 ARTUR ZAIKANSKY
76,500
98 PATRICK CHAN
76,000
99 RAUL TOTANES
75,500
100 PETER IPPOLITO
75,000
101 NIKOLAOS FRANGOS
73,000
102 CHRISTOPHER TRYBA
71,300
103 JOSEPH LAPINTA
67,500
104 YUE ZHU
67,500
105 JOSEPH FELICE
63,000
106 EMMANUEL PEREZ
63,000
107 DAVID CHAVES
62,000
108 JONATHAN KRAMER
60,500
109 MATTHEW BEIER
59,500
110 CHARLES RICH
58,500
111 WALTER TAYLOR
56,000
112 SEAN BARRINGER
52,500
113 PETER CAMPO
52,000
114 JOSEPH OLIVE
44,000
115 WARREN WIGGINS
42,500
116 MICHAEL MARDER
42,000
117 RONALD LADUCA
41,000
118 ERIC WOOD
40,500
119 BUCK RAMSAY
38,500
120 EDWARD THOMAS
38,500
121 THOMAS ROCHELLE
37,500
122 MOHAMMAD AMJADI
37,000
123 YALE GREENFIELD
33,000
124 ALYSON PARKER
31,000
125 JIA LIU
29,500
126 ANH LE
24,500