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Omar Taveras Leads the Way as Six Players Return For the Final Table of the Borgata Fall Poker Open $600 Half-A-Milly Almighty at Noon
An iconic glass Borgata trophy and $88,315 first prize are up for grabs when six players take their seats on the main feature stage for the final table of the Borgata Fall Poker Open $600 Half-A-Milly Almighty at noon local time.
Omar Taveras leads the way into the final table with 29,400,000. The New York native has already been enjoying a successful series, with a win in the $400 Deeper Stack event a few days ago. The secretive MG follows behind with 19,800,000. His poker resume includes three WSOP final tables, but both MG and Taveras would far surpass their largest career score with a win today.
Final Table Chip Counts
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlos Lam Wu | Panama | 5,600,000 | 6 |
| 2 | Eric Kotsines | United States | 13,600,000 | 14 |
| 3 | Matt Matros | United States | 13,400,000 | 13 |
| 4 | Vitaly Kovyazin | United States | 18,600,000 | 19 |
| 5 | Omar Taveras | United States | 29,400,000 | 29 |
| 6 | MG | United States | 19,800,000 | 20 |
Vitaly Kovyazin (18,600,000) and Eric Kotsines (13,600,000) are in the middle of the pack at the start of the final table. Matt Matros is the most experienced player remaining in the field. With more than $2.5 million in live earnings, he’s won three WSOP bracelets and made the final table of the $25,000 WPT Championship all the way back in 2004. He sits in fifth place with 13,400,000, while the Panama-born, New Jersey-based Carlos Lam Wu rounds out the lineup with 5,600,000.
The action at the final table picks up with around five minutes remaining in Level 31 with blinds of 500,000/1,000,000 and a 1,000,000 big blind ante. The average stack is worth just over 16 big blinds at the start, so action should come quickly. The six remaining players have already locked up $14,640 for making it this far out of the 1,006-entry field, while the champion will take home $88,315.
Final Table Payouts
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $88,315 | ||
| 2 | $60,885 | ||
| 3 | $41,915 | ||
| 4 | $27,465 | ||
| 5 | $18,890 | ||
| 6 | $14,640 | ||
| 7 | Jonathan Rudnick | United States | $11,590 |
| 8 | Chan Woo Kim | United States | $9,235 |
| 9 | Luke Trucksess | United States | $7,330 |
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The final table will be streamed on the BetMGM official YouTube channel. PokerNews will also be following along and providing live updates on a delay to match the live stream, so stay tuned for all the action.