Event #14: $1,090 Six-Max NLH
Day 1 Completed
2019 Borgata Fall Poker Open
Event #14: $1,090 Six-Max NLH
Day: 1
Mike Stashin Leads as Nine Advance from Event #14 $1,090 Six-Max NLH Day 1
Level 16
: 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Day 1 of the 2019 Borgata Fall Poker Open Event #14 $1,090 Six-Max NLH has come to an end after sixteen levels of play and it's Mike Stashin leading the way with 620,000.
Kenny Huynh sits in second with 443,000 and Qi Hu rounds out the top three chip stacks with 356,000.
Two-time WSOP bracelet winner Joe McKeehen was in cruise control for much of the day and he returns with a healthy stack of 280,000.
McKeehen isn't the only WSOP bracelet left in the hunt as Michael Wang is right on his heels with 274,000.
There will be nine players returning on Saturday, November at noon to start Day 2 and play down to a winner.
One of these players will be crowned the Borgata Fall Poker Open Six-Max champion and take home $39,575 along with the BFPO trophy.
Below is a full look at the day two chip counts and seating assignments.
Table 1
| Seat | Player | Chip Count |
| 1 | Chris Caruso | 197,000 |
| 2 | Joe McKeehen | 280,000 |
| 3 | Giantautas Putinas | 210,000 |
| 4 | Carlos Guerrero (Button) | 236,000 |
Table 2
| Seat | Player | Chip Count |
| 1 | Qi Hu (Button) | 356,000 |
| 2 | Nick Verderamo | 114,000 |
| 3 | Mike Stashin | 620,000 |
| 4 | Kenny Huynh | 443,000 |
| 5 | Michael Wang | 274,000 |
Stuart Taylor Eliminated in 10th Place ($1,979)
Level 16
: 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Stuart Taylor got his last 74,000 all in pre-flop holding 
against the 
of Chris Caruso.
The board ran out 
and Caruso improved to a flush to score the knockout.
Taylor is our tenth palce finisher and will take home $1,979 for his efforts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
197,000 | |
|
Busted |
David Jackson Eliminated in 11th Place ($1,979)
Level 16
: 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Mike Stashin raised to 12,000 and David Jackson moved all in from the button for 142,000. Qi Hu re-shoved all in from the big blind and Stashin folded.
Qi Hu: 
David Jackson: 
The board ran out 
and Jackson was eliminated in eleventh place earning $1,979 for his efforts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
350,000 | 130,000 |
|
Busted |
Huynh Rivers Two Pair
Level 16
: 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Kenny Huynh and his opponent went heads up to the 
flop. Huynh check-called a bet of 10,000 and both players checked the 
turn card.
The 
completed the board and Huynh fired out a bet of 32,000.
His opponent called and Huynh turned over 
for two pair. The player fired his hand face down into the muck and Huynh scooped the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
325,000 | -75,000 |
Level: 16
Blinds: 3,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Break
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
The players are now on a 15-minute color up break. When play resumes there will be just one more level of play left in the night before the bagging process begins.
Naceim Qarmout Eliminated in 12th Place ($1,979)
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
There was already close to 100,000 in the pot on the 
board and Naceim Qarmout moved all in for 40,000.
Qi Hu called turning over 
and Qarmout showed 
.
The river 
was no help to Qarmout and he was eliminated in twelve place earning $1,979 for his efforts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
220,000 | 60,000 |
|
Busted |
Stashin Pulls Ahead, Huynh on His Heels
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Mike Stashin took advantage of the lengthy money bubble and he has taken the chip lead with 450,000 and twelve players remaining.
Kenny Huynh is right on his heels with 400,000 thanks to a hero call with bottom pair against Naceim Qarmout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
450,000 | |
|
|
400,000 |
In the Money
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Michael Malinconico moved all in for his last 46,000 from the cutoff and Carlos Guerrero called from the button.
Carlos Guerrero: 
Michael Malinconico: 
The board ran out 
and Guerrero improved to kings full of threes to score the knockout.
The twelve remaining players are now all in the money and guaranteed a minimum of $1,979 for their efforts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
180,000 | |
|
Busted |