Level: 7
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
2019 Borgata Fall Poker Open
Event #17: $2,700 Championship
Day: 1c
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1c
2019 Borgata Fall Poker Open
Buy-in
$2,700
Entries
511
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
120,000
Entries
243
Players Left
121
Red-Hot Song Takes a Seat
Level 7
: 300/600, 600 ante
Stephen Song has now entered the building and will be bringing all of the action that he is known for to the BFPO Championship. Song is currently on a career year, absolutely tearing up the live scene.
He took down his first bracelet during the summer in Event #28: $1,000 NLH, landing his largest live cash of $341,854 and since then has been printing paper, topping two events in the last two months.
One was an EPT in Barcelona for $205,341, the other was in Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open, Hollywood for a whopping $285,243 and his live earnings are now just shy of two million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000 | |
|
||
Assorted Chip Counts
Level 7
: 300/600, 600 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
215,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
||
|
|
172,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
140,000
71,000
|
71,000 |
|
135,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
|
120,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
110,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
105,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
71,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
49,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
43,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
42,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
||
|
41,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
|
40,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
||
Novak Takes a Loss with Bullets vs. Curreri
Level 7
: 300/600, 600 ante
The flop showed 
when Valerie Novak put the rest of her chips into the middle and Dean Curreri was the only person that stuck around with her, players tabled their hands.
Valerie Novak: 
Dean Curreri: 
The 
turn and 
river left Novak short of the pot and Curreri's two pair scooped, eliminating Noval from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
92,000 | |
|
Busted |
Thomson Spikes an Ace
Level 7
: 300/600, 600 ante
Sean Thomson found himself calling the all-in of an opponent for 20,200 before the flop and they tabled their cards.
Opponent: 
Sean Thomson: 
The board ran out 
and Thomson's two pair took down the pot, eliminating his opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
68,000 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Last Level of the Night
Level 8
: 400/800, 800 ante
The tournament is now on the last level of the night and all remaining players at the end of this level will bag up, moving on to Day 2. A total of eight levels will be played on every Day 1, but the late registration period remains open until the end of level 10 (Day 2).
Updated Chip Counts
Level 8
: 400/800, 800 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
170,000 | |
|
|
160,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
155,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
|
125,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
110,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
105,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
95,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
85,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
76,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
68,000 | |
|
|
50,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
|
50,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
||
|
47,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
||
Salimbene Finds a Late Double Through Song
Level 8
: 400/800, 800 ante
Michael Bonita opened to 1,800 in middle position, Stephen Song three-bet to 7,200 from the button and Nicholas Salimbene moved all in for 20,000 even. Bonita folded, Song snap-called and the two tabled their hands.
Nicholas Salimbene: 
Stephen Song: 
The flop rolled out 
and Song's dimes were still in the lead. A fell on the turn, leaving Salimbene with one last chance for romance. The 
completed the board, hitting Salimbene as he landed a pair of kings, taking down the pot for a complete double through Song on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
43,000 | |
|
|
22,000
-28,000
|
-28,000 |
|
|
||
Play Has Halted
Level 8
: 400/800, 800 ante
The last flight of the Borgata Fall Poker Open has now reached the end of eight levels and all remaining players are now bagging up for the night.