Event #17: $2,700 Championship
Day 3 Completed
Event #17: $2,700 Championship
Day 3 Completed
The third day of 2019 Borgata Poker Open Event #17: $2,700 Championship has now come to an end and when the dust had settled it was David Jackson leading for a second straight day as just nine remain to fight it out for the $308,556 first-place prize.
Jackson started Day 3 as the chip leader and elected to jump into the action early; in fact, he was the first player in the field to hit the seven-figure mark. He took his newly acquired chips and started to apply pressure on the smaller stacks, knocking out many en route to finishing atop of the leaderboard.
The biggest hand of the night saw Jackson on the winning end of a cooler versus Daniel Sewnig, who was in second place at the time. Robert Chasen opened, Sewnig three-bet, and Jackson pushed in a four-bet. Sewnig was the only one to call and the flop came down nine-high. Sewnig check-raised all in with his pair of kings only to be snapped off by the aces of Jackson. Sewnig failed to catch up as he was eliminated in 11th place, sending the biggest pot of the tournament to Jackson, who finished Day 3 with 8,200,000.
An overwhelming lead for Jackson doesn't guarantee a victory and one person that can ruin Jackson's heater is a three-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner in Paul Volpe, who will be entering the day second in chips with a stack of 2,355,000. Volpe has over $8.2 million in live career earnings with one of his biggest cashes coming in the Borgata Spring Poker Open $ 2,700 Championship when he took down first place for an outstanding $356,255, along with a Borgata trophy.
Seat | Player | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Paul Volpe | 2,355,000 | 59 |
2 | David Jackson | 8,200,000 | 205 |
3 | Joseph Gambino | 1,280,000 | 32 |
4 | Peter Walsworth | 1,405,000 | 35 |
5 | Sean Barringer | 825,000 | 21 |
6 | Stuart Taylor | 1,445,000 | 36 |
7 | Matthew Silberzweig | 1,675,000 | 42 |
8 | Nikolai Markov | 1,545,000 | 39 |
9 | Robert Chasen | 1,720,000 | 43 |
The tournament started off just six away from the money and it took just over a level before the bubble popped. Volpe was the executioner during a hand against Matthew Holmquist who moved all in with his pair of kings. Volpe called with ace-queen and ended up landed two pair, sending Holmquist out on the bubble and all that remained were then guaranteed at least a $4,957 payday.
A flurry of elimination happened soon after including the start of Day 2 chipleader Roland Israelashvili, who pushed his remaining stack into the middle with big slick. Joe Reddick called, holding a pair of dimes and the board ran out clean for Reddick, sending Israelashvili out the door in 41st place. Another familiar face took an exit soon after when Joe McKeehen saw his stack move into the middle with his pocket queens against the ace king of James Campbell and an ace landed on the flop, dropping McKeehen out of the tournament.
Just two levels after it was Jon Borenstein trying to survive with his king-queen against the pocket eights of Jackson. The board didn't help Borenstein in the slightest and he was eliminated in 19th place as the final two tables redrew. Nicholas Salimbene took an exit first with his ace-king against Volpe's tens. Jackson then took ace-queen and sent the pocket tens of Dien Le on his way. Jackson continued his rush, cracking the aces of Hye Park with a pair of ladies.
Jackson knocked out two more players on the way to hitting the unoffical final table of 10 and kept with the trend as he sent Michael Vela to the felt. Vela attempted a bluff a few hands prior but failed to find a fold from Peter Walsworth and was left with just one 25,000 chip. He moved his remaining chip into the middle, Jackson and Joseph Gambino called. Jackson pushed Gambino off on the river and Vela tabled three nines with a king-kicker, but it came up just short of the pot as Jackson showed the same three nines with an ace-kicker, eliminating Vela from the tournament in tenth place.
The remaining nine players will return Thursday at noon to battle for the $308,556 first-place prize, along with the prestigious Borgata trophy that awaits the eventual winner. The blinds will resume on level 25 which has a 20,000 small blind with a 40,000 big blind and 40,000 big blind ante. Players will play down until six and those will then bag up and move to the live stream that is scheduled to begin at 2:30 p.m. local time.
That wraps it up for the PokerNews coverage of Day 3 of the BFPO Championship, but tune in tomorrow for all of the updates as the action unfolds.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
David Jackson
|
8,200,000 | -150,000 |
Paul Volpe
|
2,355,000 | -125,000 |
Robert Chasen | 1,720,000 | 70,000 |
Matthew Silberzweig | 1,675,000 | 150,000 |
Nikolai Markov | 1,545,000 | 195,000 |
Stuart Taylor | 1,445,000 | -165,000 |
Peter Walsworth | 1,405,000 | -105,000 |
Joseph Gambino | 1,280,000 | -10,000 |
Sean Barringer | 825,000 | -25,000 |
The third day of this event will now bag the final nine players as the night has drawn to an end.
A recap of the day will be posted shortly, along with the end of the day counts.
Michael Vela threw his last 25,000 into the middle and David Jackson immediately raised to 100,000. Joseph Gambino was the lone caller and they now had a side-pot on their hands.
The dealer fanned out , Jackson continued for 90,000 and Gambino called to see the turn card. Jackson fired in 260,000 and again Gambino called.
A completed the board, Jackson pushed in over 700,000 and Gambino instantly folded, sending the side-pot to Jackson.
Vela tabled for the main but it was not good enough as Jackson showed for the same three nines with a higher kicker, eliminating Vela from the tournament.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
David Jackson
|
8,350,000 | 1,200,000 |
Joseph Gambino | 1,290,000 | -230,000 |
Michael Vela
|
Busted |
The board read and there was around 680,000 in the pot. Peter Walsworth checked to Michael Vela who moved all in for 435,000.
Walsworth hit the tank and after a couple of minutes of thought, he elected to call for his remaining 410,000. "Good call," said Vela as he tabled for ace-high and Walsworth then slammed over for two pair, more than enough to take down the pot as Vela was left with less than a big blind.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Peter Walsworth | 1,510,000 | 775,000 |
Michael Vela
|
25,000 | -925,000 |
The flop showed and there was around 250,000 in the pot. Action checked to Matthew Silberzweig who bet 175,000 and only Paul Volpe called to see the turn card.
Both players checked, the peeled off and Silberzweig tapped the table to Volpe, he bet 200,000. Silberzweig took a moment but ultimately he called and Volpe tabled , giving him a pair of aces. Silberzweig mucked and Volpe pulled in the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Paul Volpe
|
2,480,000 | 540,000 |
Matthew Silberzweig | 1,525,000 | -400,000 |
David Jackson opened to 65,000 from the hijack and Peter Walsworth moved all in for 595,000 on the button. Jackson thought for about half of a minute but in the end, he let his hand go and Walsworth pulled in the pot without having to show a card.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
David Jackson
|
7,150,000 | -230,000 |
Peter Walsworth | 735,000 | 65,000 |
Seat | Player | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Paul Volpe | 1,940,000 | 65 |
2 | Michael Vela | 950,000 | 32 |
3 | David Jackson | 7,380,000 | 246 |
4 | Joseph Gambino | 1,520,000 | 51 |
5 | Peter Walsworth | 670,000 | 22 |
6 | Sean Barringer | 850,000 | 28 |
7 | Stuart Taylor | 1,610,000 | 54 |
8 | Matthew Silberzweig | 1,925,000 | 64 |
9 | Nikolai Markov | 1,350,000 | 45 |
10 | Robert Chasen | 1,650,000 | 55 |
Robert Chasen opened to 80,000 from middle position and Daniel Sewnig three-bet to 240,000. David Jackson bumped it up, pushing in a four-bet to 800,000 and Chasen folded to Sewnig who called.
The dealer fanned out on the flop, Sewnig checked to Jackson who bet 1,060,000. Sewnigh check-raised all in for just under 3,000,000 and Jackson snap-called, players tabled their hands.
Daniel Sewnig:
David Jackson:
The turn and river did not change a thing as Jackson pulled in the biggest pot of the day, eliminating Sewnig from the tournament in the process of doing so.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
David Jackson
|
7,380,000 | 3,830,000 |
Daniel Sewnig | Busted |