Event #3: $500 Black Chip Bounty
Day 1 Completed
2019 Borgata Poker Open
Event #3: $500 Black Chip Bounty
Day: 1
Gino Gesso Leads Event #3: $500 Black Chip Bounty Deep Stack NLH (full)
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
The 2019 BPO Event #3: $500 Black Chip Bounty Deep Stack NLH drew a total of 688 entries and Day 1 is in the books after more than 12 hours of play.
There are 90 players moving on to Saturday's Day 2 and it's Gino Gesso leading the way with a massive stack of 709,000.
Day 2 play will resume at noon local time on Saturday, September 7 with 25 minutes remaining in Level 15.
Below is a look at the end-of-day chip counts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
709,000 | 709,000 |
|
483,000 | -22,000 |
|
|
456,000 | 456,000 |
|
455,000 | 455,000 |
|
411,000 | 411,000 |
|
410,000 | 410,000 |
|
397,000 | 397,000 |
|
|
393,000 | 393,000 |
|
368,000 | 368,000 |
|
354,000 | 354,000 |
|
344,000 | 344,000 |
|
|
336,000 | 336,000 |
|
|
332,000 | 332,000 |
|
322,000 | 322,000 |
|
305,000 | 305,000 |
|
300,000 | 300,000 |
|
291,000 | 291,000 |
|
|
282,000 | 282,000 |
|
280,000 | 280,000 |
|
279,000 | 279,000 |
|
|
268,000 | 268,000 |
|
|
265,000 | 265,000 |
|
248,000 | 248,000 |
|
245,000 | 245,000 |
|
243,000 | 243,000 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Taking a Break
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
The players are now on a 15-minute color up break. We will pick back up on the action when play resumes.
Mike Dentale Still in the Hunt
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
The field is thinning fast and there are 100 players remaining in Event #3.
There is less than an hour of play left in the night and Mike Dentale is still in the hunt with a healthy stack of 165,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
165,000 | 165,000 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Brian Wee the Bounty Hunter
Level 13
: 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Brian Wee has been a one man wrecking crew here in the late night hours.
Wee has now sent five players to the rail and collected five $100 black chip bounties.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
160,000 |
Yakubovich First Over Half a Million
Level 13
: 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Andrew Yakubovich has caught fire here in Event #3 following the dinner break.
He continues to drag in pot after pot and he is now sitting behind a mountain of chips.
Yakubovich is pacing the field and he's the first player to move over the half a million chip mark.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
505,000 | 505,000 |
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,500/2,500
Ante: 2,500
Tercy Coolers the Big Blind
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
A pre-flop raising war just broke out between Shadrach Tercy in the small blind and his opponent in the big blind. The end result was the big blind moving all in and Tercy snap calling for his last 111,000.
Shadrach Tercy: 
Big Blind: 
It was a cooler for the big blind who's pocket kings were one upped by the pocket aces of Tercy.
The board ran out 
and Tercy's pocket rockets held up to earn him the double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
224,000 |