Event #1: $560 Super Survivor | 2019 Borgata Fall Poker Open

11-05-2019 14:31 UTC-4

Players Back From Break

Kaelaine Minton

Level 5: Blinds 200/400/400 BB Ante

Players are back on the felt following the break.

The Big Blind Ante was first introduced at Borgata during the 2018 Spring Poker Open and it was a big hit among players. It speeds up the game, the dealers don’t have to make as much change, and we don’t have to deal with the green 25 chips in the early levels. Since then, it has been used in almost every No Limit Hold'em tournament played here.

Following this summer's TDA summit, there was a change in the way all-ins are handled. Originally, If there was an all-in situation in the big blind, chips would go toward the big blind first, then the ante. That rule was changed at Borgata this year and now when the big blind is all-in and can't cover both, chips go toward the BB Ante first, then any remaining chips go toward the big blind.

11-05-2019 14:07 UTC-4

Break Time

Kaelaine Minton

Four levels are in the books and players have been sent on their first 15-minute break of the day.

11-05-2019 13:51 UTC-4

Dever is the Lone Female In Early Action

Kaelaine Minton

Level 4: Blinds 200/300/300 BB Ante

Cathy Dever is the only woman in action so far in today's Super Survivor field, which has finally crossed into triple digits.

Over the last 10 years, she's booked more than $467,000 in tournament earnings, putting her 83rd on Pennsylvania's All Time Money List. Her best live cash of $41,979 came with her only win here at Borgata in the 2016 Winter Poker Open $230 NLH event.

She's no stranger to the Survivor format either. Back in the Spring, she cashed for $5,000 in the $560 Bounty Super Survivor.

Tags: Cathy Dever

11-05-2019 13:16 UTC-4

Update Your Own Chip Count Using the PokerNews MyStack App!

Chad Holloway

PokerNews has activated the MyStack App for this event, allowing you to directly adjust your chip counts in our live reporting blog using your iPhone or Android phone.

You can download the app for iPhone or Android now to get started. Then, create a new PokerNews account or update your current one to start updating your status immediately. Your followers can see all the live action that you're involved in.

Click here to download the My Stack app for iPhone, or click here to download the My Stack app for Android.

11-05-2019 13:16 UTC-4

Rags Returns For Survivor

Kaelaine Minton

Level 3: Blinds 100/200/200 BB Ante

Ragavan 'Rags' Thiagarajah opened his poker resume just over a decade ago with a cash at the 2009 World Series of Poker. Following that he returned home to New Jersey and began padding that resume with cashes here at Borgata.

During the 2010 Spring Poker Open, he booked his first tournament win in the $400 NLH event, earning $20,600. Although that remains his only reported win, he's come close a couple of times. During the 2012 Summer Open, he finished runner-up in the $340 Big Stack NLH event for $14,448. Then three years ago during the Fall Open in the $450 Almighty Stack NLH event he finished runner-up again, this time booking his best live cash of $57,705.

Over the years that followed he's amassed more than $268,000 in tournament earnings and could add another $5,000 to that today.

Tags: Ragavan Thiagarajah

11-05-2019 12:45 UTC-4

Survivor Off to a Sleepy Start

Kaelaine Minton

Level 2: Blinds 100/100/100 BB Ante

Players are arriving slowly this morning on a rainy, foggy day in Atlantic City. With late registration for four hours, there's really no need to rush.

Tables are filling in with some familiar faces — those die-hard Borgata regulars who are here all the time, rain or shine.

Among them is Rob Calabrese, who made his mark here during July's Summer Poker Open. His sixth place finish in the Kick-Off event earned him more than $66,000, then he followed that up with another final table appearance in the $1090 Eight-Max NLH event, finishing 3rd for $13,334.

Tags: Rob Calabrese

11-05-2019 12:16 UTC-4

Super Survivor Started in Signature

Kaelaine Minton

Level 1: Blinds 100/100

Cards are in the air here in the Signature Room as the first event of the 2019 Fall Poker Open gets underway. Early levels are 30-minutes long and players will get breaks after every four.

11-05-2019 10:54 UTC-4

The 2019 Borgata Fall Poker Open Begins with Bankroll Boosting Event #1: Super Survivor!

Kaelaine Minton

The 2019 Borgata Fall Poker Open (BFPO) will feature 23 Main Events from November 5-23, and today PokerNews begins the first of 18 straight days of live updates starting with Event #1: $560 Super Survivor No Limit Hold'em.

For the first time ever, this Borgata Open series starts not with the usual bang, but rather with a whisper. The $500,000 GTD Kick-Off has been pushed back to start on Wednesday (Event 3) and today we'll have two one-day events to warm up.

The first is a non-trophy event and begins at 11am in the Signature Room. This Super Survivor will have multiple winners, so no trophy is awarded. Approximately 1 out of every 10 players will collect a bankroll-boosting $5,000 cash!

Players begin with 20,000 chips and Levels 1-16 are 30 minutes long. Levels 17+ will last 40 minutes. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 (about 3:30pm). They’ll play until only 10% of the field remains and those will be our Super Survivors! Click here to view the Event 1 Structure Sheet.

For players who need a backroll refill later in the series, two more Super Survivors will run on Friday, November 8th at 5pm (Event 5) and Friday, November 15th at 5pm (Event 15).

Later today at 3pm, Event #2: $340 Pot Limit Omaha gets underway and that's a one-day event, so the first trophy of the series will be awarded tonight (or early tomorrow morning).

Click here for a look at the entire 2019 Borgata Fall Poker Open Main Event schedule.

Secondary tournament and satellite schedules, Main Event Results, Tweets, and other important BFPO information can be reached on the BFPO information page by clicking here.

Event #1: $560 Super Survivor

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