They're approaching the final break of the night and Bob Van Syckle is gathering chips. He's up to ~760,000 as they're closing in on the end of the flight.
Tables are breaking quickly — down to only 17 remaining.
They're approaching the final break of the night and Bob Van Syckle is gathering chips. He's up to ~760,000 as they're closing in on the end of the flight.
Tables are breaking quickly — down to only 17 remaining.
Daniel Restrepo is not only using the MyStack app to keep his followers up to date on his progress, he's also using the PokerNews app to keep up with the action around the room and in other flights.
With 455,000, he's among the bigger stacks as the final break of the day is approaching after this level.
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Level: 15
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
"Hitchcock and Iles" sounds like a crime-solving television duo, but they're just a couple of players who happen to share a table with the chip leader.
Jane Hitchcock is a New York Times best-selling mystery novelist who has taken up poker in recent years. In April of this year, she released her sixth novel, Bluff, which combines her love of poker with her writing talent.
Also turning up on Table 9 is Matt Iles, who won the February 2019 Almighty Stack event ($69,037). That was his third Borgata title.
Level: 14
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 5,000
As of the break, the chip lead was held buy Roumen Arabadjiev, playing 660,000.
He's running true to form. In Event #3: $600 Deepstack Kick-Off NLH, he was the chip leader at the end of Flight A and was second overall going into Day 2. He finished 24th out of 1,425 entries for $3,299.
Players are back on the felt and registration has closed.
The unofficial entry count for this batch is 450, bringing the total through the first three flights to 980.
The $300,000 guarantee has been covered, so the final flight will be icing on the cake.
Level: 13
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
End of Level 12 and time for a 15-minute break.
When play resumes, registration will close.
During the break, the black 100 chips will be colored up and removed from play.
Joe Cappuccio open-jammed for 51,500 and got the call from Phillip Phan in the big blind. His ![]()
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wasn't enough to save him and Cappuccio was busted.
That pot took Phan's stack up to about 270,000.