Event #11: $400 Almighty Stack Day 2 | 2019 Borgata Fall Poker Open

11-15-2019 17:18 UTC-4

Hollien Doubles Thru Kachittavong

Kaelaine Minton

Level 22 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Grant Hollien got all-in with pocket Kings against the pocket threes of Soukha Kachittavong. The flop brought both a set, so Hollien retained the lead.

When the case three failed to appear, Grant doubled up. Kachittavong was still in fine shape with ~3 million.

Hand-for-hand play continues...

Player	Chips	Progress
Soukha Kachittavong	3,000,000	2,295,000
Grant Hollien	660,000	387,000

Tags: Soukha Kachittavong Grant Hollien

11-15-2019 16:53 UTC-4

Stolt Catches Case Ace to Survive

Kaelaine Minton

Level 22 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Arian Stolt was all-in for 770,000 holding pocket Aces against a player with pocket nines.

The flop of left Stolt drawing slim, as one player mucked an ace.

Then the case ace landed on the turn, giving him the bigger set and new life. When the completed the board, he doubled up to ~1.6 million.

Play was called to a halt to prepare for hand-for-hand play on the bubble. They're just one player away from the money!

Player	Chips	Progress
Arian Stolt	1,600,000	1,345,000

Tags: Arian Stolt

11-15-2019 16:32 UTC-4

Goners as Bubble Approaches

Kaelaine Minton

Level 22 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

We've lost well more than half the field and are closing in on the money bubble, with 147 remaining and 140 getting paid.

Here are just a few familiar faces that have departed:

Player	Chips	Progress
Phong Nguyen	Busted
Phillip Phan	Busted
Jane Hitchcock	Busted
Vitaly Kovyazin	Busted
Gary Kosakowski	Busted
Ryan Eriquezzo	Busted
Lloyd Breuer	Busted
Frank Passantino	Busted
Kenneth Roberts	Busted
Ronald Sims	Busted
Ci Zhou	Busted
Joseph Pitti	Busted
Po Ying	Busted

Level: 22

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 30,000

11-15-2019 16:06 UTC-4

Ghahreman Doubles Up

Kaelaine Minton

Level 21 : 12,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Pasha Ghahreman got his stack in holding the best hand, pocket aces, against the pocket kings of his opponent. The Aces held and Ghahreman doubled up to ~1.8 million.

Chips are going to be hard to come by on Table 9. He's got to deal with Rafael Reis, Rick Lee, Dan Buzgon, and Carlos Alvarado all sharing the felt.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pasha Ghahreman	1,800,000	1,105,000

Tags: Pasha Ghahreman Rafael Reis

11-15-2019 15:58 UTC-4

Break Time Big Stacks and Other Chip Counts

Kaelaine Minton

Level 21 : 12,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

As of the break, it appeared that Ken Barkoff was the chip leader with 3 million.

Here are the other big stacks around the room, plus a few extras.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kenneth Barkoff	3,000,000	2,437,000
Soukha Kachittavong	2,980,000	2,275,000
Mike Linster	2,700,000	2,124,000
Patrick Ibrahim	2,700,000	345,000
Todd Bales	2,600,000	1,836,000
Terry Grimes	2,500,000	1,940,000
Nicola Alessio	2,500,000	2,500,000
Matt Iles	2,400,000	2,400,000
Mark Steinberg	1,700,000
Barry Leventhal	1,700,000	1,222,000
Raymond Owusu-Agyeman	1,700,000	-30,000
Peter Walsworth	1,700,000	1,298,000
Gary Brown	1,600,000	1,065,000
Richard Smith	1,600,000
Cathy Dever	1,300,000	1,300,000
Chinmay Patel	1,200,000	901,000
James McKinnon	1,180,000	227,000
Greg Fishberg	800,000	800,000

11-15-2019 15:45 UTC-4

Alim Halved Before the Break

Kaelaine Minton

Level 21 : 12,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Players are back on the felt, but Markus Alim ran into some trouble shortly before the break.

He had pocket queens and got a shorter stack all-in pre-flop holding big slick. A King on the river gave his opponent a bigger pair and the double-up, cutting his stack in half to about 1 million.

Player	Chips	Progress
Markus Alim	1,000,000	-1,037,000

Tags: Markus Alim

Level: 21

Blinds: 12,000/25,000

Ante: 25,000

11-15-2019 15:20 UTC-4

Break Time for Almighty

Kaelaine Minton

Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

End of Level 20 and remaining Almighty players are taking 15.

11-15-2019 15:04 UTC-4

Prize Pool and Payout Information

Chad Holloway

Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Event #11: $400 Almight Stack attracted 1,490 entries, which means a $505,855 prize pool is on tap.

That will be distributed to the top 140 finishers with a min-cash being worth $749. The eventual winner is slated to take home $105,208.

Here's a look at the payouts:

Place	Prize
1	$105,208
2	$62,979
3	$39,052
4	$32,881
5	$27,316
6	$22,156
7	$17,062
8	$12,444
9	$8,954
10-12	$5,919
13-15	$3,946
16-18	$2,681
19-27	$2,236
28-36	$1,882
37-45	$1,609
46-54	$1,391
55-63	$1,214
64-72	$1,037
73-81	$941
82-90	$885
91-100	$845
101-110	$809
111-120	$779
121-130	$759
131-140	$749