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There are 17 players left in the $2,500 E-Tay's Big, Big 9 Game Mix event at Borgata, and the host of the game, Esther "E-Tay" Taylor, is among those still battling.
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Three players remain in the $2,200 Big, Big Kick Off, and David Stefanski has all the chips.
Okay, not actually ALL the chips. But he has over 60% of all chips and play. Andrew Chang and Namit Patel are essentially tied for second place.
Each player remaining is guaranteed to win at least $87,725, and the winner will get $182,000.
The $1,100 Bankroll Builder is getting close to building some player's bankrolls.
There are 39 players remaining out of the 149 that started the unique tournament. This one won't play down to a winner. Instead, 1 in 10 win $10,000. So, in this event, 14 players are paid $10,000, while the 15th-place finisher will receive $9,000.
Registration closed following the dinner break in the $2,500 E-Tay's Big, Big 9 Game Mix tournament. There were officially 46 entrants and $150,000 in the prize pool.
The top six will be paid, and $56,170 will go to the winner.
Mystery Bounty tournaments have become the new fad in poker. Borgata is going to be hosting a big one tomorrow in the Big, Big Series with the $2,200 Big, Big Borgata Mystery Bounty.
Day 1a starts at 11:15 a.m., with Day 1b scheduled to kick off at 6:15 p.m. There will be at least $500,000 up for grabs in this torunament between the main prize pool and the mystery bounties. Those who bag on Day 1 will come back to the popular card room on Thursday at 1:15 for the Day 2 finale.
There is a significant difference between the next elimination and four spots better in the $2,200 Big, Big Kick Off.
The next out the door — fifth place — will take home $40,950. That's a nice payday, but it pales in comparison to what the winner will receive — $182,000.
David Stefanski is beginning to pull away, holding better than a 2:1 chip lead over any other player at the table. Can he hold on to win the trophy? Stay tuned to PokerNews live reporting to find out.
David Stefanski holds the chip lead with seven players left as the $2,200 Big, Big Kick Off is on a dinner break.
Esther "E-Tay" Taylor, a BetMGM ambassador, has over $3.3 million in live tournament cashes. She's crushed it for years, and now she has a tournament named after her.
That tournament is the $2,500 E-Tay's Big, Big 9 Game Mix, which is currently running at Borgata. Taylor is a skilled mixed games player. She finished third for $595,136 in the $50,000 WSOP Poker Players Championship, the most prestigious mixed games tournament in the world.
Running deep in such an event helped land E-Tay some sponsorship deals, including with BetMGM, a company she's proud to represent. Now she's helping spread mixed games on the East Coast.
"I just love having this tournament here (at Borgata)," Taylor told PokerNews. "It's one of the bigger mixed game tournaments that we can run for the Northeast players. And, really, I see a lot of players that came from all over."
The tournament she's running at Borgata is a big event, as it has a $150,000 guaranteed prize pool, much larger than most mixed games events. There are nine separate poker variants players must learn how to play to run deep in this event, and E-Tay knows which ones excels in and which ones she doesn't.
"Probably Stud. Any variation of Stud," she said when asked which game is her strongest.
As for her worst game among the nine, it's "definitely Single Draw No-Limit, just lack of experience."
"This is why a tournament like this is so great," Taylor continued. "You can get players in here this kind of tournament and these kind of games at a pretty decent level. There's not much out there where you can practice these games, so you kind of have to dive right in. And I think this is a good price point to do that."
Right now, it's the Nick Pupillo show at the final table of the $2,200 Big, Big Kick Off. The tournament crusher has a big chip lead with seven players remaining, all chasing that $182,000 first-place prize.