Event #9: $300 Deepest Stack NLH
Day 1a Completed
Event #9: $300 Deepest Stack NLH
Day 1a Completed
Flight A of the 2019 Borgata Poker Open Event #9: $300 Deepest Stack NLH drew 443 entries, but after 16 levels of play approximately 80 remained. Leading the pack with over 600,000 was Joe Ferrigno, while Peter Zarriello was hot on his heels with 580,000.
Others who made it through were Charles Kassin (441), David Hom (407,000), Ci Zhou (320,000), Marc Wagner (289,000), Alex "Chapo" Jim (229,000), and Zach Gruneberg, who was fresh off winning Event #3: $500 Black Chip Bounty for $56k.
Of course, not everyone was fortunate enough to find a bag. Among those to try and fall were Michael Wang, Kenny Nguyen, Donald Williams, Greg Reeves, Aubrey Williams, Corbin Avery, Chris Leong, and Blake Whittington.
The advancing Flight A players will join the Flight B survivors for Day 2 action at noon local time on Tuesday. Official numbers, the prize pool, and payout information will be released tomorrow, which is also when action will play down to a winner.
The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be on hand to capture all the big hands and eliminations, so be sure to join us then. While you wait be sure to follow the live updates from Flight B here.
A full list of counts and the Day 2 seat draw will be posted as soon as they're made available by Borgata staff.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Joe Ferrigno | 605,900 | 5,900 |
Peter Zarriello | 580,000 | 80,000 |
Charles Kassin | 441,000 | |
David Hom | 407,000 | 307,000 |
Hiroaki Harada | 394,000 | |
Qing Guo | 359,000 | |
Ci Zhou | 320,000 | 320,000 |
Modechai Friedman
|
305,000 | |
Marc Wagner | 289,000 | |
Carlos Matos | 267,000 | |
John Delio | 242,000 | |
Alex Jim | 229,000 | 29,000 |
Robert McClay | 108,000 | |
Zach Gruneberg | 96,000 | 1,000 |
The tournament staff announced that the remaining players will play four more hands before bagging and tagging on Flight A. Stay tuned for some chip counts and a short recap of the day's action. In the meantime be sure to follow the action from Flight B here.
A middle-position player raised to 16,000 and Peter Zarriello three-bet to 48,000 from the small blind. The player in the big then four-bet all in for 80,000, the original raiser got out of the way, and Zarriello snap-called.
Zarriello:
Big Blind:
Zarriello had the goods and locked up the elimination on the turn as the board ran out .
Zarriello is among the big stacks in the room, but right now it looks as if everyone is chasing Lou Ferrigno who is sitting on roughly 600,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Joe Ferrigno | 600,000 | |
Peter Zarriello | 500,000 |
Level: 16
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
The remaining players are now on a 15-minute break while the tournament staff conducts a color-up. When they return they'll play just one more level before bagging and tagging on Flight A. Remember Flight B is also happening now, which you can follow here.
A short-stacked player got his last 30,000 or so all in preflop and was looking to survive against Derek [Removed:292], who didn't have him covered by much.
[Removed:292]:
Opponent:
[Removed:292] took the lead on the flop and held on to it through the turn and river to score the knockout.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Derek Kraft
|
60,000 |
Last year, east coast grinder Alex "Chapo" Jim made headlines in the poker world when he bested a 1,560-entry field to win World Series of Poker Circuit Foxwoods Multi-Flight for $134,570 and a gold ring. It was a breakthrough performance and Chapo, who is in action here in the Day 1a flight, talked about the win and his poker journey on the LFG Podcast right here on PokerNews with hosts Jamie Kerstetter and Chad Holloway.
If you want to know more about the man who is looking to become a Borgata champ, give it a listen.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Alex Jim | 200,000 | 200,000 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 5,000