2019 Borgata Fall Poker Open

Event #11: $400 Almighty Stack
Day: 2
1a1b1c1d23
Event Info

2019 Borgata Fall Poker Open

Event Info
Buy-in
$400
Prize Pool
$505,855
Entries
1,490
Players Left
3
Average Chip Stack
49,666,667
Total Chips
149,000,000
Level Info
Level
35
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
1,490
Players Left
18
All Highlights
Sort
10 Show newer posts

Smith Add One Million to His Stack in Two Levels

Kaelaine Minton
Kaelaine Minton
Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Richie Smith
Richie Smith

Richie Smith started Day 2 with 660,000 and now thanks to back-to-back hands of {k-Spades}{q-Spades}, he's up to 1.6 million!

He got involved with Joe Andino and after flopping a Queen, held up against Andino's flush draw for a big pot.

Then he tangled with Travis Hartshorn and flopped a flush draw against Hartshorn's pocket 9s. Smith caught the flush on the river to felt Hartshorn and join the players at the top of the leaderboard.

Player Chips Progress
Richard Smith us
Richard Smith 		1,600,000
940,000
 940,000
Joseph Andino us
Joseph Andino 		Busted
Travis Hartshorn us
Travis Hartshorn 		Busted

Tags: Joe AndinoRichie SmithTravis Hartshorn

Steinberg Also Ticks Up One Million

Kaelaine Minton
Kaelaine Minton
Level 20 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Mark Steinberg
Mark Steinberg

Another player has added nearly a million chips since the start of play. Mark Steinberg is up to ~1.7 million from his 748,000 starting stack.

He's been getting some hands and running well. His queen-jack suited flopped a queen against pocket tens. All the chips went in and he held to take out one player. Then he had Big Slick against ace-ten and held, flopping a king to improve to top/top and felting another player

Player Chips Progress
Mark Steinberg us
Mark Steinberg 		1,700,000
952,000
 952,000

Tags: Mark Steinberg

Prize Pool and Payout Information

Chad Holloway
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:

PlacePrize
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

Level: 21

Blinds: 12,000/25,000

Ante: 25,000

Alim Halved Before the Break

Kaelaine Minton
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 us
Markus Alim 		1,000,000
-1,037,000
 -1,037,000

Tags: Markus Alim

Break Time Big Stacks and Other Chip Counts

Kaelaine Minton
Kaelaine Minton
Level 21 : 12,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Ken Barkoff
Ken Barkoff

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

Ghahreman Doubles Up

Kaelaine Minton
Kaelaine Minton
Level 21 : 12,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Pasha Ghahreman
Pasha Ghahreman

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 us
Pasha Ghahreman
1,800,000
1,105,000
 1,105,000

Tags: Pasha GhahremanRafael Reis

Level: 22

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 30,000

Goners as Bubble Approaches

Kaelaine Minton
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 us
Phong Nguyen 		Busted
Phillip Phan us
Phillip Phan 		Busted
Jane Hitchcock us
Jane Hitchcock 		Busted
Vitaly Kovyazin us
Vitaly Kovyazin 		Busted
Gary Kosakowski us
Gary Kosakowski 		Busted
Ryan Eriquezzo us
Ryan Eriquezzo 		Busted
WSOP 3X Winner
Lloyd Breuer us
Lloyd Breuer 		Busted
Frank Passantino us
Frank Passantino
Busted
Kenneth Roberts us
Kenneth Roberts 		Busted
Ronald Sims us
Ronald Sims 		Busted
Ci Zhou us
Ci Zhou 		Busted
Joseph Pitti us
Joseph Pitti 		Busted
Po Ying us
Po Ying 		Busted
12345…7