Event #17: $2,700 Championship Day 1c | 2019 Borgata Fall Poker Open

Player	Chips	Progress
Roland Israelashvili	228,200 13,200	13,200

Sumit Kumar	206,100
Christopher Agnello	205,900
Rafael Yaraliyev	199,900 29,900	29,900
Robert Bolte	188,600 33,600	33,600
David Gerassi	174,600 174,600	174,600
Dien Le	154,700
James Campbell	147,100
Joseph Cashen	143,400 33,400	33,400
Dan Buzgon	137,900 32,900	32,900
Alan Lin	135,200
Sean Thomson	132,600 64,600	64,600
Pal Zagreda	130,300 28,300	28,300
Lawrence Abrams	126,400
John Hinds	121,200
Michael Zhan	113,800
Joe McKeehen	112,000 72,000	72,000

Peter Campo	107,800
Matthew Holmquist	103,000
Rick Lee	93,900 -31,100	-31,100
Nitis Udornpim	88,700

Eric Siegel	82,400 -12,600	-12,600
Dean Curreri	77,500 -14,500	-14,500
Jordan Ludwick	72,600 -12,400	-12,400
Gregory Fishberg	66,600 -43,400	-43,400

Player

Chips

Progress

Roland Israelashvili

228,200

13,200

Sumit Kumar

206,100

Christopher Agnello

205,900

Rafael Yaraliyev

199,900

29,900

Robert Bolte

188,600

33,600

174,600

154,700

147,100

143,400

33,400

Dan Buzgon

137,900

32,900

Alan Lin

135,200

Sean Thomson

132,600

64,600

Pal Zagreda

130,300

28,300

126,400

121,200

113,800

112,000

72,000

Peter Campo

107,800

Matthew Holmquist

103,000

Rick Lee

93,900

-31,100

Nitis Udornpim

88,700

Eric Siegel

82,400

-12,600

Dean Curreri

77,500

-14,500

Jordan Ludwick

72,600

-12,400

Gregory Fishberg

66,600

-43,400

The last flight of Event #17: $2,700 Championship has now come to an end after eight levels of play and a total of 243 entry slips were sold, with just 121 remaining by the end of the night.

A well-known pro ended the night with lead in Roland Israelashvili, who bagged 228,200 after eight levels, which is also good for the overall lead headed into Day 2. Israelashvili instantly started to build a stack and seemed to constantly add chips as the night dwindled down.

The Forest Hill, NY resident has just over $3.4 million in live earnings and is the current leader of WSOP cashes with an immense 206 recorded cashes in the series. Israelashvili has three Borgata trophies on his mantle but is yet to add a six-figure cash in this building and is surely one of the favorites to do so as he leads headed into Day 2.

Two other players to land over the 200,000 mark were Sumit Kumar (206,100) and Christopher Agnello (205,900) who each caught wind under their sails late in the day, almost surging enough to surpass Israelashvili to take the lead, falling just short. Some other big stacks advancing includes Rafael Yaraliyev (199,900), Robert Bolte (188,600), David Gerassi (174,600), and Dien Le (154,700).

Familiar faces grabbing a Day 2 birth from this flight include the likes of James Campbell (147,100), Joseph Cashen (143,400), Dan Buzgon (137,900), Sean Thomson (132,600), Pal Zagreda (130,300), Michael Zhan (113,800), Joe McKeehen (112,000), Rick Lee (93,900), Eric Siegel (82,400), and Gregory Fishberg (66,600).

The remaining 121 players from this flight will combine with the other 73 Day 1 flight survivors, bringing back a total of 194 for Day 2 on Tuesday, November 19, to fight it out for another eight levels of play, ending after level 16. The returning field will only grow as the late registration period is still open until the start of level 11. The tournament will bump the blinds up to 75-minutes in length after level 10 and the last two days will have 90-minute levels.

That wraps it up for the PokerNews live coverage of the three flights of the BFPO Championship but tune in tomorrow for Day 2!

Tags: Dan Buzgon David Gerassi Eric Siegel Gregory Fishberg James Campbell Joe McKeehen Joseph Cashen Michael Zhan Pal Zagreda Rafael Yaraliyev Rick Lee Robert Bolte Roland Israelashvili Sean Thomson Sumit Kumar