Event #11: $400 Almighty Stack Day 1b | 2019 Borgata Fall Poker Open

11-13-2019 22:06 UTC-4

Boyuan Han Leads Day 1b of the Almighty Stack

Kaelaine Minton

Level 17 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

There were 295 entries here on Day 1b of the $300K GTD Event #11: $400 Almighty Stack NLH . Of those, 71 managed to get chips in a bag at the end of 17 levels and lock up a seat on Day 2, which begins Friday at noon local time.

Two more starting flights are teed up for Thursday. Flights C & D will run at 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., respectively.

Boyuan Han bagged the Flight B chip lead with 1,143,000 and was the only player in this flight to get more than a million in a bag. Ross Gottlieb sits in second with 778,000 and Grzegorz Kozacki rounds out the top three Flight B chip stacks with 777,000.

Below are some of the Flight B big stacks and assorted other players that will be advancing. A full list of Day 2 chip counts and seating assignments will be posted before the start of play Friday.

Player	Chips	Progress
Boyuan Han	1,143,000	1,143,000
Ross Gottlieb	778,000	778,000
Grzegorz Kozacki	777,000	777,000
Wade Meacham	706,000	706,000
Mike Cologna	705,000	705,000
Soukha Kachittavong	705,000	40,000
Shaun O'Donnell	692,000	692,000
Greg Fishberg	678,000	8,000
John Lupo	649,000	-1,000
Josias Santos	641,000	641,000
Patrick Ibrahim	603,000
Robert Nadolny	567,000	187,000
Adam Pepper	560,000	560,000
Nick Kursman	543,000	-7,000
Eric Siegel	532,000	57,000
Dennis Zollo	515,000	245,000
James Hundt	514,000	514,000
Vitaly Kovyazin	485,000	485,000
Hunter Goldberg	484,000	484,000
Rick Lee	476,000	476,000
Barry Sable	452,000	102,000
James Lillis	421,000	213,000
Michael Haberman	412,000	412,000
Rafael Reis	396,000	-184,000
Robert Flacco	364,000	364,000

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Tags: Boyuan Han

11-13-2019 20:43 UTC-4

Ibrahim Leads Heading Into Last Two Levels

Kaelaine Minton

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Play has resumed following the final break. Just one hour to go until the bag & tag at the end of Level 17.

Patrick Ibrahim has taken the chip lead, playing 738,000 as the end of the flight approaches.

Player	Chips	Progress
Patrick Ibrahim	738,000	160,500
Soukha Kachittavong	665,000	135,000
Rafael Reis	580,000	410,000
Purvesh Kale	550,000	-70,000
Faisal Siddiqui	537,000	82,000
Michael Lind	250,000	-515,000

Tags: Patrick Ibrahim

11-13-2019 19:40 UTC-4

Kachittavong Katches Kwads

Kaelaine Minton

Level 14 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Just a couple of days ago, Soukha Kachittavong took first place in the BFPO $500K GTD Deepstack Kick-Off event, earning $87,443 (7-way deal).

He's been struggling to get any traction today, but he's finally there.

He was all-in with pocket fours against pocket sevens and both players caught a set on the flop.

Then Kachittavong caught the case four for quads to take the pot, doubling up to ~530,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Soukha Kachittavong	530,000

Tags: Soukha Kachittavong

11-13-2019 18:54 UTC-4

Lind Leads at Break

Kaelaine Minton

Level 13 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Players are back and registration has closed with an unofficial count of 295 entrants in Flight B, bringing the total through the first two flights to 548.

As of the break, Michael Lind leads the remaining ~170 players with 765,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Lind	765,000

Tags: Michael Lind

11-13-2019 15:06 UTC-4

Serious NJ Devils Fan

Kaelaine Minton

Level 6 : 400/800, 800 ante

Robert Nadolny is a serious fan of the New Jersey Devils and has a collection of hockey jerseys, almost all of which are, or were at some time in their careers, players for his favorite team.

Today's jersey is that of Glenn Allan "Chico" Resch, a Canadian-American retired goaltender and television sportscaster. Resch played in Colorado before the franchise moved to New Jersey to become the New Jersey Devils in 1982.

Nadolny spends more time in cash games than tournaments, but the allure of the Almighty is too strong to pass up. That $300,000 guarantee on total buy-ins really brings out the players in droves.

Tags: Robert Nadolny

11-13-2019 12:48 UTC-4

So Nice He Won It Twice

Kaelaine Minton

Level 2 : 100/200, 200 ante

Greg Fishberg is one of those few players to defend a title at Borgata, year over year — and it happened to be the Almighty Stack.

He won the $400 Almighty Stack NLH event in February of 2017, ($70,000) then won the same event one year later in February 2018 ($95,007). Those were special events run outside of Borgata's five yearly Open Series tournaments, so he has yet to win an Almighty Stack during an Open Series.

He has two other Borgata titles to his credit for a career total of four and more than $1.6 million in reported tournament earnings. Fishberg already cashed in Event #3: $600 Deepstack Kick-Off NLH, so he's on the board for this series.

Player	Chips	Progress
Greg Fishberg	100,000	100,000

11-13-2019 10:45 UTC-4

Almighty Stack Continues Today at 11 AM with Flight B

Kaelaine Minton

One of the most anticipated tournaments on the 2019 Borgata Fall Poker Open (BFPO) schedule kicked off yesterday with Flight A. Out of 253 entrants, 53 got chips in a bag for Day 2. Today, the $300,000 GTD Event #11: $350+$50 Almighty Stack NLH continues with the second of four starting flights — Flight B begins at 11 a.m.

Here’s a look at the remaining daily schedule for this event:

Date	Time	Flight
Wednesday, November 13	11 a.m.	Day 1b
Thursday, November 14	10 a.m.	Day 1c
Thursday, November 14	5 p.m.	Day 1d
Friday, November 15	12 p.m.	Day 2
Saturday, November 16	12 p.m.	Day 3

Players start with an almighty stack of 100,000 chips. Late registration and re-entries will remain open through the break at the end of Level 12. The plan for each flight is to play through Level 17. All those levels will last 30 minutes while Levels 18+ will be upped to 45 minutes. Levels at the final table will increase to one hour each.

Last year this tournament attracted 1,073 runners and created a $416,324 prize pool. Anna Antimony from Ft. Lee, New Jersey emerged victorious to capture $91,586 in prize money for first place and the coveted Borgata Open trophy, which was her third.

Here's a look at the structure:

Level	Big Blind Ante	Blinds
1	-	100-100
2	200	100-200
3	300	200-300
4	400	200-400
5	600	300-600
6	800	400-800
7	1,000	500-1,000
8	1,200	600-1,200
9	1,600	800-1,600
10	2,000	1,000-2,000
11	2,500	1,200-2,500
12	3,000	1,500-3,000
13	4,000	2,000-4,000
14	5,000	2,500-5,000
15	6,000	3,000-6,000
16	8,000	4,000-8,000
17	10,000	5,000-10,000
18	12,000	6,000-12,000
19	16,000	8,000-16,000
20	20,000	10,000-20,000
21	25,000	12,000-25,000
22	30,000	15,000-30,000
23	40,000	20,000-40,000

Tags: Anna Antimony