button in SafariDay 2 of Big, Big Borgata Championship Begins at 12:15 pm
The series is winding down to a close at the Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Over the past three days, a total of 483 entrants came in to play Event #10: $5,300 Big, Big Championship in the hopes of taking a piece of the massive $3,000,000 prize pool. A total of 143 players have made it to start the day, with registration remaining open until the first card is pitched off of the deck.
Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ari Katz | United States | 393,000 |
| 2 | Jason Min | United States | 390,000 |
| 3 | Alejandro Herrera | Spain | 374,000 |
| 4 | Myles Mullaly | United States | 365,500 |
| 5 | Tony Sinishtaj | United States | 343,500 |
| 6 | Thomas Cannuli | United States | 328,500 |
| 7 | Daniel Iachan | United States | 308,500 |
| 8 | Victor Ramdin | United States | 304,000 |
| 9 | Tyler Hirschfeld | United States | 296,500 |
| 10 | Julian Altieri | Argentina | 288,000 |
Ari Katz (393,000) leads the way with Jason Min (390,000) and Alejandro Herrera (374,000) rounding out the top podium. Among the others in the field are WSOP Main Event Champions Joe McKeehen (187,000) and Scott Blumstein (99,500), BetMGM Ambassadors Michael Gagliano (158,500) and Darren Elias (101,500), and BetMGM qualifiers Sanat Mehrotra (236,000), Anthony Ambroselli (194,000), Frank Funaro (187,000), and Cherish Andrews (26,500). They will be among the many competing for a place in Borgata poker history.
Registration will be open to the start of play today, with players still able to buy in and sit down with 40,000 in starting chips. At 12:15 pm, Level 11 will kick off with blinds at 1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 big blind ante. Levels will last one hour each with a 15-minute break occurring at the conclusion of every two levels. Play will continue until the end of Level 20, where the field will bag up and set themselves to return tomorrow to play to a winner.
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