Event #11: $400 Almighty Stack
Day 3 Started
2019 Borgata Fall Poker Open
Event #11: $400 Almighty Stack
Day: 3
Who Will Claim the 2019 BFPO Almighty Stack Trophy?
The 2019 Borgata Fall Poker Open Event #11: $400 Almighty Stack NLH attracted 1,490 entries over four starting flights, and today the final 18 return to action. One of them could walk away with a $105,208 first-place prize.
Starting the day on the big stack is Joey Couden with more than 24 million chips. Adam Philips sits in second with just over 17 million and Arian Stolt rounds out the top three chip stacks with 16 million.
The final 18 players will return on at 12 p.m. local time with about eight minutes remaining in level 31 (120,000/250,000/250,000 BB Ante) and play down to a winner.
Here are the Day 3 Seat assignments with chip counts:
| Table | Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Peter Walsworth | 9,150,000 |
| 1 | 2 | Kenneth Barkoff | 7,450,000 |
| 1 | 3 | Adam Pepper | 2,710,000 |
| 1 | 4 | Adam Phillips | 17,275,000 |
| 1 | 5 | Nicola D Alessio | 8,395,000 |
| 1 | 6 | Bryan Neira | 2,235,000 |
| 1 | 7 | Derek Wuebbels | 6,005,000 |
| 1 | 8 | Arian Stolt | 16,015,000 |
| 1 | 9 | Gary Brown | 6,230,000 |
| 2 | 1 | Prabhu Dyal | 5,985,000 |
| 2 | 2 | Joseph Couden | 23,430,000 |
| 2 | 3 | Dejan Bozovic | 9,985,000 |
| 2 | 4 | Stephen Benkovic | 4,660,000 |
| 2 | 5 | Jason Pardy | 3,190,000 |
| 2 | 6 | Kevin Johnson | 8,995,000 |
| 2 | 7 | Ryan Dodd | 4,395,000 |
| 2 | 8 | Michael Nitti | 4,350,000 |
| 2 | 9 | Samuel Taylor | 8,150,000 |
Level: 31
Blinds: 120,000/250,000
Ante: 250,000
Almighty Stack Day 3 Underway!
Level 31
: 120,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
The Almighty stack has resumed play here in the Poker Room with 18 returning players.
They'll finish up the few minutes remaining in Level 31, then move up. Levels are still 45 minutes long until they reach the final table.
On one of the first couple of hands, Michael Nitti got a walk in his big blind and showed pocket acecs to the table. "What a waste."
Level: 32
Blinds: 150,000/300,000
Ante: 300,000
Three Gone in Nothing Flat
Level 32
: 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Bryan Neira got all-in holding ace-queen against the pocket Jacks of Adam Phillips. The jacks held and Phillips is up to more than 19 million.
Neira busted out in 18th place.
Over on Table 2, Jason Pardy got his chips in with ace-four against pocket sixes. The sixes held and Pardy was felted in 17th place.
Back to Table 1, Gary Brown and Adam Pepper got it all-in pre-flop. Brown's 
was dominated by Pepper's 
, but Pepper was the one at risk.
The board fell 
and Brown paired his kicked to take the pot. Pepper hit the rail in 16th place.
All three of these players will collect $2,681.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
19,500,000 | 2,225,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Dejan Bozovic Eliminated in 15th Place ($3,946)
Level 32
: 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Dejan Bozovic got all-in holding 
against the giant stack of Joey Couden, who had 
.
The board ran out 
and missed Bozovic. He was eliminated in 15th place.
Couden is up to more than 35 million — about a third of all the chips in play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
35,000,000 | |
|
Busted |
Level: 33
Blinds: 200,000/400,000
Ante: 400,000
Ryan Dodd Eliminated in 14th Place ($3,946)
Level 33
: 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante
Ryan Dodd got his short-stack in holding 
, running into the pocket kings of Sam Taylor. The board changed nothing and Taylor took the pot, chipping up to ~15 million.
Dodd will collect $3,946 for his 14th place finish.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
15,000,000 | 15,000,000 |
|
Busted |
Two More Out the Door
Level 33
: 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante
Michael Nitti hit the rail in 13th place ($3,946) and to balance, Derek Wuebbels got moved from Table 1 over to Table 2.
Then Wuebbels was felted, finishing 12th for $5,919.
They're one elimination away from the final table redraw.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |