2020 Borgata Winter Poker Open

Event #1: $600 Deepstack Kick-Off
Day: 1e
Event Info

2020 Borgata Winter Poker Open

Final Results
Winner
Zarko Mandic
Prize
$342,967
Event Info
Buy-in
$600
Prize Pool
$2,291,625
Entries
4,375
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
300,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Players Info - Day 1e
Entries
1,415
Players Left
231

Event #1: $600 Deepstack Kick-Off

Day 1e Completed

Joseph Rich Bags the Overall Chip Lead

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Joseph Rich
Joseph Rich

The final flight of Event #1: $600 Deepstack Kick-Off in the Borgata Winter Poker Open drew a massive total of 1,415 entries. This brought the combined total to 4,375 entries creating a prize pool of over $2,200,000.

There are approximately 230 players from this flight moving on to day two. Joseph Rich bagged the overall chip lead with a staggering 528,000 and looks to be the only player returning with over half a million.

Some of the other players to bag big are Rob Calabrese (399,000), Matt Kennedy (390,000), Christopher Leveque (340,000), and Ron Birmingham (309,000).

Plenty of other familiar faces are moving on to day two including Fady Khabbaz (269,000), Zachary Gruneberg (214,000) Eric Siegel (206,000), Ryan Slowik (159,000), Dave Stefanski (140,000) and Soukha Kachittavong (101,000)

Approximately 750 day 1a-e survivors will return to the Event Center on Friday, January 17 at 11 a.m. local time to resume day two play and PokerNews will be picking right back up on the live tournament coverage.

Tags: Dave StefanskiEric SiegelFady KhabbazJoseph RichRob CalabreseSoukha KachittavongZachary Gruneberg

Level: 15

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

Last Break of the Night

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

The day 1e players are now on their last 15-minute break of the night.

When play resumes there will be there just one more level of play remaining before the bagging process begins.

A Look at the Numbers

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
William Siegel
William Siegel

Day 1A Entries: 405
Day 1A Players Remaining: 65
Day 1A Chip Leader: Manny Gugliuzza (419,000)

Day 1B Entries: 558
Day 1B Players Remaining: 91
Day 1B Chip Leader: William Siegel (461,000)

Day 1C Entries: 475
Day 1C Players Remaining: 75
Day 1C Chip Leader: Rajasekar Govidan (456,000)

Day 1D Entries: 1,522
Day 1D Players Remaining: 291
Day 1D Chip Leader: Douglas Hamshaw (446,000)

Day 1E Entries: 1,415
Day 1E Players Remaining: TBD

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

Registration Closed

Level 13 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Play is back underway following the break and tournament registration and re-entry are now closed.

As expected there was a massive turnout here in our final Event #1 flight with 1,415 day 1e entries.

This means there are 4,375 total Event #1 entries and the prize pool is over $2,200,000. The payouts will be finalized overnight and they will be posted as soon as they're available.

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,500/2,500

Ante: 2,500

Last Chance to Register

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The day 1e Event #1 players are now on a 15-minute break. Tournament registration and re-entry will be closing when play resumes.

There's already over $2,200,000 in the prize pool so don't miss your very last chance to get in on the action.

Albilia Wins the Flip

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Ari Albilia moved all in for his last 20,500 from middle position. The player in the cutoff called and the rest of the table quickly folded.

Ari Albilia: {a-Spades}{10-Spades}
Opponent: {8-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}

The board ran out {q-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{j-Clubs}{3-Clubs} and Albilia paired his ten on the flop to double his stack.

Player Chips Progress
Ari Albilia
Ari Albilia
46,500

Tags: Ari Abilia