Event 1: Day 1B Bagged & Tagged

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

Completed Level 16: Blinds 2k/4k/400 ante

With ten minutes remaining in the level, the clock was stopped and all tables were instructed to play four more hands. 

Once those hands were complete, they colored up the black 100 chips, then bagged up for the night.

Alfredo Sosa

 
Alfredo Sosa is the chip leader with 355k.  He won a $2,700 entry into the Borgata Fall Poker Open Championship event (event #13).  

 Taurean Davis

A very "close but no cigar" goes to Taurean Davis, who bagged 347k, missing the lead by just 8k in chips.

Somewhere in the neighborhood of 135 players survived the day's action.  They can chose to take Thursday off and return Friday for Day 2 at 12 noon.

-OR-

If they want to try to improve their stacks, they can play again in flights 1C and/or 1D on Thursday and take their 'best' Day 1 stack into Day 2.

Event 1: Photo Slideshow (1A & 1B)

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Event 1: Mitchell Martin Leads

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

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

This is the last level of the night.

Mitchell Martin

Mitchell Martin has vaulted into the lead (at least among those in the Signature Room) with about 283k. 

Event 1: Playing in Style

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

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

Who says poker players are all slobs wearing jeans and hoodies or T-shirts, cargo shorts and flip-flops?  Occasionally we run across a player who is dressed a little better.  Coincidentally, today two players arrived dressed to the nines.

Scott DiClaudio & Avdo Djokovic

Scott DiClaudio is a lawyer, so frequently appears before or after court still wearing his 'work clothes'.  (Notice the french cuffs with cuff links!)

Avdo Djokovic is a frequent flier here at Borgata tournaments and usually appears dressed a little more casually, but is in fine form today wearing suit and tie.

Event 1: On The Lam

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

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

Simon Lam

Made a pass through the Poker Room during the previous level and nine tables remain in action over there.  Among those tables, it appears that Simon Lam is the chip leader with about 190k.

Twelve tables are still playing in the Signature Room, leaving fewer than 210 players in action for Day 1B.

Event 1: Tweet Outs

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

Level 14: Blinds 1k/2k/300 

Chris Reslock busted out earlier and let us know he's not going to try again tomorrow.  His next event will be the Omaha High/Low tournament on Saturday afternoon (event 4).

A couple of players have busted out and Tweeted their demise:

AA<A5s aipf for 130k @ 1600, try again tomorrow
— Jesse Cohen (@JCohen130) November 13, 2013

Just bust ran TT into KK for 30k at 800/1600
— Dan DiZenzo (@dazedace) November 13, 2013

Event 1: Back From Break

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

Level 13: Blinds 1k/2k/300  

Players are back in their seats for the last four levels of the night.  They'll play straight through levels 13, 14, 15, & 16 (2 hours), then bag up for the night.

Keep those Tweets coming and use #BFPO so we can find your Tweets!

Here are some Tweets from the last break:

Heading into lvl 13. 85k. Making a run for @TeamPPU and those lost recently to #gastriccancer @BorgataPoker #BFPO
— Frank Valgenti (@FrankValgenti) November 13, 2013

Final stretch of day 1b. 40,500. Last two hours of the night. #BFPO
— SammyTheDentist (@SammyTheDentist) November 13, 2013

37k last break of the day coming back to 1k/2k/300 #NeedAces
— Rob Brown (@RobBrownPro) November 13, 2013

72k 1/2k. #bfpo
— John Gulino (@JohnGsss) November 13, 2013

80k...1/2k next
— Kevin McColgan (@Bukowski101) November 13, 2013

53k 4th brk @BorgataFallOpen #BPFO #lfg
— christopher tryba (@christryba) November 13, 2013

Event 1: Another Signature Big Stack

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

Level 12: Blinds 800/1,600/200 

 Hani Kalil

Hani Kalil is up to 194k and may have claimed the chip lead here in the Signature Room.  The player with the most chips at the end of Day 1B will win a $2,700 seat in the Borgata Fall Poker Open Championship.

Fifteen tables remain in action here in this room, with an unknown number still playing over in the Poker Room.

End of level 12 and players are taking their last break of the day.

Event 1: Signature Big Stack

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

Level 12: Blinds 800/1,600/200

Matt Beier

Matt Beier (Port Chester, NY) has chipped up to ~175k and may be the chip leader here in the Signature Room.

Event 1: Crane Whiffs and Crashes

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

Level 11: Blinds 600/1,200/200

 Jeff Einfalt

Before the blinds went up:

On a flop of J♥ 4♣ 3♥, Russell Crane (early position) shoved.  Jeff Einfalt (cutoff) gave it some thought, then called.

Russell: A♥T♥ (flush draw)
Jeff: AJ off (top/top)

The last two fell 2♦ K♠ and brought no help for Russell.  The 2011 Borgata Spring Poker Open Champion busted out.  Too late to re-enter today, but he'll probably be back tomorrow for Day 1C.

Event 1: Numbers & Tweets

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

Level 10: 500/1,000/100 ante 

The unofficial Day 1B total is 633 entries, putting the two-day total at 1,112 entries (479 Day 1A).

We're more than halfway to the $1,000,000 Guaranteed total buy-in with two more flights Thursday (11 am & 5 pm).

Tweets from the field:

Out. Shoved A2o from bb for 16.7k over co's 3k open. He calls and I lose to QTo. Gg back tomorrow...
— Mark Dube (@markdubepoker) November 13, 2013

76k...ran a hugggge bluff AI on turn. @BorgataFallOpen #worked #BFPO #lfg
— christopher tryba (@christryba) November 13, 2013

Re entry is over. Only 1 bullet today. Feels like a win already now time to bag heaps
— Chris Farley (@farley2508) November 13, 2013

Event 1: Back From Break

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

Level 10: Blinds 500/1,000/100

Players are back in action after the color-up break.

Samuel Tucker

During the previous level, Samuel Tucker sent a player packing with a lucky river.  All the chips went in on the turn with a board of K♥ 2♥ 2♠ 7♥ .  The middle position player was all-in and Samuel gave it some thought, then opted to call.

MP:  42 off (trip ducks)
Samuel: K♠T♥ (Kings-up, flush draw)

River:  J♥

Samuel rivered the flush to take the pot, sending his opponent to the rail.  Samuel chipped up to about 85k.

Event 1: Early Chip Leader

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

Break; Next Blinds: 500/1,000/100 ante  

Papola & Lam

With registration closing after this break, it's time to focus on the big stacks.  Very few stacks are more than 100k, but Johnny Lam (New York, NY) is one of them.

Lam has the chip lead with 135k and has a new neighbor as three-time Borgata trophy winner Jeff Papola (Monmouth Beach, NJ) recently arrived.

Papola has a starting stack of 25k and has Lam to his left.

The floor managers are coloring-up the green (25) chips before play resumes.

Event 1: Luck Of The Draw

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

Level 9: 400/800/75

Will Failla & Vinny Pahuja

Will 'the Thrill' Failla's table broke and he landed in an empty seat next to another Borgata regular, Vinny Pahuja.  Neither player looked too happy about this development.

Event 1: Last Level to Enter

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

Level 9: 400/800/75

There's just 45 minutes remaining to enter Day 1B (30 min level + 15 min break) as the clock is now ticking.  But those who miss the deadline (~4:15 pm) have lots of time Thursday to enter the $1,000,000 Guaranteed event as there are two flights (11 am & 5 pm).

Event 1: A.J. Soprano Busted by AK

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

Level 8: 300/600/75 ante

(l-r) Leban, Gagliardi & Iler

Actor Robert Iler (New York, NY), who is best known for portraying A.J. Soprano on HBO's The Sporanos, gets whacked while holding pocket 10s.

Iler, who is a frequent Borgata player, ends up all in for 18k after a plethora of preflop action. His pocket pair doesn't hold against the AK of Joana Leban (New York, NY) who turns an Ace and hits a King on the river.

"I had no idea," says Frank Gagliardi (Vineland, NJ) who was next to Iler.  "He was a nice guy and told me 'nice hand,' a couple of times."

Iler did a good job of concealing his identity and Leban says Iler replied, "I get that a lot," when one player said he resembled the tv character.  "I knew it was him," says Leban, "but I wasn't going to say anything."

After the hand, Iler make a quick exit, but didn't request a re-entry ticket.  Leban is one of the bigger stacks in the Signature Room and is up to 95k.

Event 1: Sachse Sacks Marder

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

Level 7: 250/500/50 ante

Sachse & Marder at a Happier Time

Kim Sachse & Michael Marder are in a 60k chip pot with Sachse hitting a full house against Marder's turned flush.

"I replayed the hand in my head and didn't think he had a flush," says Sachse who calls 10k on the turn. "I thought he had a lesser two pair."

Sachse check-calls the river when Marder moves all in and Sachse gets the knockout.  Marder describes the action on Twitter:

Lost huge pot to @kim_sax to bust. A9dd<AT AT7JTdddxx. Firing bullet #3 now. #BFPO1
— Michael Marder (@MMarder86) November 13, 2013

Event 1: Tweets Reveal Missing Turtle

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

Level 6: 200/400/50 ante

Playing thr @BorgataPoker $560 rebuy $1mil guarantee 25k starting on 2nd bullet. I couldn't type fast enough to tweet on 1st bullet.
— Tim Reilly (@TimReillyPoker) November 13, 2013

Just sat down to my table in the million guarantee @BorgataPoker ! Good luck field! I hope you all rebuy 4x & I bag 400k! #Winning
— Jonathan Kramer (@JKgrinds24) November 13, 2013

#bfpo Feeling quite naked and exposed with out julias turtle sitting on my stack. Going commando without it til day 2. 33k at break
— Frank Valgenti (@FrankValgenti) November 13, 2013

Frank's Missing Turtle (from September)

(Borgata File)

Event 1: 500 & Counting (1B), 1K Total

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

Level 5: 150/300/25 ante 

Poker Room

More than 500 entries are in the field for Day 1B, pushing the total entries past 1,000 for the event.

Venturing across the hall from the Signature Room we find more familiar faces including Joe "Worm" Palma, who won two Borgata trophies in September, and Matt Brady who is at the same table.

Also in the Poker Room is three-time trophy winner Howard Wolper, who busts Derrick Perry (Taunton, MA) when his 99 doesn't improve against Wolper's KK.  "I should've known," says Perry who is off to re-enter. "He was only playing big hands, but I was short."

The 1,000+ entries is half way to the number needed to reach the $1 Million Guaranteed in total buy-ins. Re-entry is open today until ~4:15 pm while there are still two flights on Thursday (11 am & 5 pm).

Howard Wolper

Event 1: Clayton Catches Set vs Darrell

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

Level 4: 100/200

Darrell (standing) Sends a Double-up to Clayton (right)

Rick Clayton (St. Louis, MO) doubles up with a set of Queens through Neville Darrell (Sarasota, FL) who mucks his hand on the river.

Clayton doubles to 45k, while Darrell is left with crumbs and eventually busts.

Players are slowly busting, but quickly re-entering the field. Darrell returns and is now at the same table as 5-time Borgata trophy winner Will Failla (Smithtown, NY).

Event 1: Frankenberger Tangles with Beier at Borgata

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

Level 3:  75/150

Frankenberger (left), puts Beier (right) in the Tank

WPT Player of the Year (Season IX) and 2-time WSOP Bracelet holder Andy Frankenberger (New York, NY) opens the action and gets into a betting war with Matt Beier (Yonkers, NY) who says the betting is as follows:

Frankenberger: 525
Beier: 1,635
Frankeberger: 3,800
Beier: 9,000
Frankeberger: ~20k (all in)

The all-in six bet briefly puts Beier on his heels, but he eventually calls.

Beier: KK
Frankenberger: 99

Frankenberger picks up a diamond draw on the turn, but bricks the river before asking for a re-entry ticket. "You weren't going to fold that were you," asks Frankenberger as heads to the registration line.

"I wasn't sure who he is," says Beier, who is now up to 50k, "but I know I've played with him before."

Level three is winding down and players are heading on a 10 minute break.

Event 1: Early Tweets

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

Level 3: 75/150

"@GrimeRat420: Im playing a $560 borgata should get a rather large turnout. 22k from 25k at 50-100. Fun table with "#letthegamesbegin #BPFO
— christopher tryba (@christryba) November 13, 2013

Bfpo event 1 $560 1 mil gtd day 1b. Throwing in another bullet to try and increase my 13bb day 2 stack. Lets go
— Chris Leong (@ChrisLeongPoker) November 13, 2013

Day 1B @BorgataPoker Event 1. Don't recognize a face at my table, abnormal for a once time blogger.
— Matthew Axelrod (@MatthewAxelrod) November 13, 2013

Event 1: Siegel Seeking More Chips

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

Level 2: 50/100

Siegel Didn't win the Vouchers, but is Back for Day 1B

One of the twists in this tournament is that players are able to play multiple flights AND if they bag more than one stack take the best stack into Day 2.

Eric Siegel (Melville, NY) banked 84k (17 bb) on Day 1A and is back looking for more. "If you have the time and bankroll why wouldn't you do it," says Siegel, who has a chance to open up his game knowing that he's guaranteed to be playing Day 2.

"It brings in a whole new strategy into play, adds the Borgata regular, "and if you can take advantage of it you should do it."

On the last hand of Day 1A Siegel's table added another twist as all 10 players put there dinner vouchers into the pot. Frank Kroll (Absecon, NJ) was the big winner as he takes the pot and can now take nine friends to dinner.

Splashing the Pot with Dinner Vouchers

 Kroll Scoops Everything

Event 1: Fresh Faces, Same Goal

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

Level 1: 25/50

Today's action is repeat of yesterday as The Signature Room has 26 tables, while tables 27+ are in the Poker Room.

We're seeing a lot of returning customers who failed to bag chips on Day 1A, but there are also some fresh faces for Day 1B.  The list includes:

Nancy Martin
Bill Stradley
Nick Frangos
Steven Rodriguez
Cathy Dever
Nick Frangos
Andy Frankenberger

A reminder that the end of night chip leader earns a $2,700 voucher into the Borgata Fall Poker Open Championship Event. This is the last flight the prize is available as the bonus is NOT being offered for the Flight C & D big stacks.

Event 1: Day 1B Underway

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

Level 1: Blinds 25/50

The $1 Million Guaranteed opening event of the Borgata Fall Poker Open is underway, again, as Day 1B
is the second of four starting flights.

The schedule has two more flights Thursday, before Friday's Day 2

Remaining Event 1 Schedule

1C - Thursday, 11am
1D - Thursday, 5pm
Day 2 - Friday, 12 pm

All Day 1 flights consist of sixteen 30-minute levels with no dinner break and play ending at ~8 pm. Day 1A chip leader was Andrew Klein (Ocean, NJ) who finished with 366k.

For the first time at Borgata, players may play in multiple Day 1s and choose their "best" stack moving forward.

Registration is open through Level 9 (~4:15 pm) and blinds start at 25/50.

Wednesday, November 13

Today's Events (Signature Room & Poker Room)

Today's Schedule

Event 1: Day 1A Survivors By Chip Count

Borgata Fall Poker Open
Event 1 - $500 + $60 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)
November 12-15, 2013
		140,800	Avg Chip Stack
END OF DAY 1A CHIP LEADERS
	FIRST NAME	LAST NAME		CHIP COUNT
1	ANDREW	KLEIN		366,000
2	ANDREW	LUKOVSKY		322,000
3	STEPHEN	MILLER		311,000
4	ERIC	RIVKIN		307,500
5	VICTOR	KOMINARETS		290,000
6	DAVE	ROUSE		272,500
7	ROBERT	GETCHELL		271,500
8	SARDOR	GAZIEV		271,000
9	LAURENCE	HUGHES		266,500
10	HAIM	BENAIM		259,000
11	DANIEL	FRIEDMAN		258,000
12	DANIEL	WACH		256,000
13	MATTHEW	KUPIEC		228,500
14	KENNETH	GOLDIN		228,000
15	JOHN	FAVA		220,000
16	TJ	SHULMAN		217,500
17	MIKHAIL	KAZAKEVICH		214,000
18	MICHAEL	AHRENS		212,000
19	BARTLEY	DOWLING		200,000
20	RONALD	WATSON		195,500
21	BENJAMIN	SOLTZ		191,500
22	MELISSA	BURR		189,500
23	CHAD	LOUBE		189,500
24	ALEXANDER	ROCHA		188,500
25	KEVIN	CROMBIE		187,500
26	FRANK	KROLL		187,500
27	DONNA	DICRESCENTO		181,000
28	JOSEPH	AGRON		180,500
29	MICHAEL	ZHANG		176,500
30	SCOTT	MINNICK		173,000
31	KEVIN	DIAMOND		166,500
32	HANG	LIAO		155,500
33	JAMES	PONCEDELEON		155,500
34	JUNGMAN	LAU		138,000
35	TEDDY	WAY		137,000
36	ORSON	YOUNG		137,000
37	ILIAS	VRETTOS		134,500
38	NORMAN	MICHALEK		132,500
39	DANIEL	BUZGON		131,500
40	JASON	SIMS		131,000
41	WILLIAM	BARIBAN		128,500
42	AARON	MERMELSTEIN		126,000
43	ERIC	FIELDS		125,500
44	MARK	SACCUCCI		123,000
45	AMIT	SHARMA		122,500
46	PATRICIA	HAGGERTY		119,000
47	DAVID	HURWITZ		114,500
48	CLINTON	BOWLES		110,500
49	RADU	PANFIL		106,500
50	JOSE	CAYETANO DE LA ROSA		104,500
51	MICHAEL	WOLL		102,200
52	LEONARDO	DEPABLOS		102,000
53	ALLARD	BROEDELET		99,000
54	JASON	DEUTSCH		98,000
55	DYLAN	IHNAT		96,500
56	MICHAEL	DRABOT		95,000
57	GEORGE	CHEN		93,700
58	ROBERT	MARSIELLO		87,000
59	NICHOLAS	PARTENOPE		87,000
60	ERIC	SIEGEL		84,000
61	KALYAN	GULLAPALLI		80,500
62	CHAD	BROWN		79,000
63	JOHN	HINDS		78,500
64	DEREK	MARMEN		78,000
65	JOHN	SYKES		77,000
66	TRAVELL	THOMAS		76,000
67	YEFIM	NOVAK		73,500
68	CHRISTOPHER	LEONG		66,000
69	JOANNE	MONTEAVARO		65,500
70	VANNMONY	SUN		60,500
71	MICHAEL	FORCA		58,000
72	XINYU	ZHAO		57,500
73	RONALD	CITRENBAUM		56,000
74	JOHNSON	NGUYEN		56,000
75	RYAN	POLLACK		55,000
76	NICHOLAS	SOULIS		55,000
77	ROBERT	PASTORE		54,500
78	SAMUEL	CARIOTI		52,000
79	SHAWN	DULLAVIN		48,500
80	JEFFREY	GROSS		46,000
81	FRANK	INGARDIA		46,000
82	PAWEL	CHODOROWSKI		45,000
83	TREVOR	DEETER		41,500
84	KEVIN	ZULAUF		40,500
85	JAY	ZIMMET		15,500