Day 3 Brings on the Sprint to a Six-Figure Score

Two official days (featuring four starting flights) are in the books at the 2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open's debut event, the $560 buy-in NLHE Reentry, $1 Million Guarantee. After a grueling day on the felt yesterday only 18 players remain in contention for the title - and the $209,547 first prize payout. Leading the way is Philip Neiman, who accumulated 6.815 million chips by the time stacks were bagged up, but he will have a pair of close competitors in Adam Pace (6.385 million), and John Yanni (6.1 million).

Neiman came out on the right end of a huge, 5 million chip coin flip against Zbigniew Fido during the latter stages of play last night, and won another race on the final hand of the evening, eliminating Hieu Tran. A Flushing, New York native, Neiman can more than double his career live tournament earnings if he remains in pole position and wins the event.

Two women, Stephanie Hubbard and Kim Noun are among the final 18 players, as is Kenny Nguyen. Nguyen is very familiar with deep runs at Borgata – he finished sixth in the 2009 WPT Borgata Poker Open for $156212, and third in the 2013 Borgata Spring Poker Open Championship for $108,682.

Play will resume on Saturday at 1 p.m. EST in the Signature Room, and conclude with a champion. Be sure to stay tuned for all of the live updates straight from the tournament floor.