Event #8: $600 Big, Big Championship Qualifier has kicked off and a total of 54 players have taken their seats.
Players start out with 20,000 in chips and blinds will escalate once every thirty minutes.
There are 25 seats guaranteed in this event and registration will remain open until level 9 begin, roughly around 6:45 pm.
On the bubble of Event #6: $10,200 Big, Big, Baller, Brock Wilson found himself all in with kicker problems holding king-queen against Nicholas Palma's ace-queen. What followed was a king-high board and a double up for Wilson to leave Palma as the short stack.
Shortly after, Palma found himself as the short stack at risk holding ace-king against Daniel Escherich holding ace-queen. No kicker paired up for either player and Palma rebounded to leave Escherich as the short stack.
Whoever is eliminated next in the tournament will not receive a payout so be sure to check out all the live updates on PokerNews.
The starting field of 69 players has been reduced to just 10 and the tournament has progressed to the hand for hand portion of the tournament.
Leading the field is David Stefanski who has already won a six-figure score this series. Others in the field include Brock Wilson, Matt Glantz, Nicholas Palma, and Bet MGM Ambassador Michael Gagliano.
Event #6: $10,200 Big, Big Baller Payouts
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $225,165 |
| 2 | $138,290 |
| 3 | $90,190 |
| 4 | $62,530 |
| 5 | $46,295 |
| 6 | $38,785 |
| 7 | $33,380 |
| 8 | $29,325 |
| 9 | $26,040 |
Check out more coverage on the tournament here.
The registration period has closed for Event #6: $10,200 Big, Big Baller with 13 players hopping in at the latest possible second, including Bet MGM Ambassador Michael Gagliano, WSOP Main Event Champions Joe McKeehen and Jonathan Tamayo, and Matt Glantz.
Official Prize Pool
Official Payouts
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $225,165 |
| 2 | $138,290 |
| 3 | $90,190 |
| 4 | $62,530 |
| 5 | $46,295 |
| 6 | $38,785 |
| 7 | $33,380 |
| 8 | $29,325 |
| 9 | $26,040 |
Be sure to check out our live updates page for floor coverage of the Big, Big, Baller and who takes home the biggest prize of the series so far.
Event #7 $2,200 Big, Big Pot-Limit Omaha has kicked off with a total of 9 entrants.
Among the field is East Coast poker regular Mike Dentale.
Registration will be open for nine full levels, closing at roughly 7:25 pm.
Stay tuned to see who all enters the field throughout the day.
Today begins the sixth day of the Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa's Big Big Series and below is a look at the festivities of the day.
At the beginning of the day, the players in Event #6: $10,200 Big, Big Baller will return to play with registration still being open until the day begins. Players will start out with 30,000 in chips and play 40-minute levels until the day completes. The $500,000 guarantee has already been met so time will tell as far as how big this massive tournament purse grows. Updates will be provided on PokerNews.
Running at the same time is the start of Day 2 is Event #7: $2,200 Big, Big PLO, which holds a $200,000 guarantee on the prize pool. Players will sit down with 30,000 in this eight-handed event and levels will last 40 minutes each, with nine full levels of late registration. Play will resume tomorrow at 12:15 pm where a winner will be crowned.
The Big, Big, Championship is just around the corner and at 2:15 pm, a pathway will open up for at least 25 players. Event #8: $600 BetMGM Big, Big, Championship Qualifier sees players sit down with 20,000 in starting chips with eight 30-minute levels of late registration.
And finally there is Event #9: $1,100 Big, Big One Day Shot Clock Turbo which holds a $100,000 guarantee. Players will have 12 full levels of registration open with 20-minute blinds all the way down until a winner is crowned.
It looks to be an exciting day out here in Atlantic City, New Jersey, so stay tuned to PokerNews for all of the exciting updates on the ground.
We're closing in on the start of the $3 million guaranteed BetMGM Poker Big, Big Championship event on Saturday.
Before that happens, on Friday, poker players can still enter Day 2 of the $10,200 Big, Big Baller or the $2,200 Big, Big Pot-Limit Omaha ($200,000 guaranteed). Your choice.
There are 52 players in the $10,200 Big, Big Baller so far late on Day 1, with registration still open until play begins tomorrow.
It's still long before the bubble, but the chip leaders right now are Jeremy Becker, who is on his second bullet, and Nick Palma.Nicholas Palma
Mystery Bounty formats have become popularized all across the country over the past couple of years, having been adopted by casinos and tours all over the country. The most recent materialization of the Mystery Bounty format came here at the Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa in Event #6: $2,200 Big Big Borgata Mystery Bounty, an event that guaranteed two $50,000 bounties and two $25,000 bounties. What wasn't guaranteed was that one player would take home just about 40% of the $500,000 prize pool.
Aaron Pinson and Matt Glantz got heads up and chopped for the remaining tournament prize money and the chance to pull all of their remaining bounties. They flipped for the trophy and Pinson won the flip, then each player went to go pull their bounties. With Glantz holding six to Pinson’s one, it seemed that the odds were favorable for Glantz to pull the last $25,000 bounty. Pinson went first and took home the final $25,000 bounty, bringing his overall bounty total up to $150,000. Now crowned as the champion, his total haul from the tournament sits at $199,825.
“I was not imagining $200k this morning, that seemed crazy,” Pinson said just moments after his win. “Not my favorite format, but results oriented it’s my favorite format. I came into the day with a bottom third stack and I ran like fire today and had the luckiest run of cards. I got $200,000, it seems silly. I just gambled a lot today.”
The Maryland poker player has cashes dating back over a decade all along the East Coast. With over $2.4 million in recorded lifetime earnings and many cashes at Borgata as well, this marks his first victory on the property. He further broke down the series of events that led to the deal.
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