Level: 11
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
2019 Borgata Fall Poker Open
Event #17: $2,700 Championship
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
2019 Borgata Fall Poker Open
Buy-in
$2,700
Entries
511
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
120,000
Entries
511
Players Left
60
Play Resumed; Registration Closed
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Play has resumed following the break and registration is now, finally, closed. The unofficial entry count is 511, meaning we added 108 entries on Day 2 alone.
Arriving during the break and taking a seat at the last minute we saw Joe Cashen and Esther Taylor, but there were others.
Now no more entries so tables will start to break down quickly.
Here are the chip leaders and a few other counts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
400,000 | |
|
||
|
361,000
361,000
|
361,000 |
|
335,000
234,600
|
234,600 |
|
||
|
320,000
152,400
|
152,400 |
|
315,000
167,000
|
167,000 |
|
235,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
|
40,000
-103,400
|
-103,400 |
|
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
Color-Up Break in Progress; Registration Closing Soon
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
End of Level 10 and players have 20 minutes left to enter this event. The extended break is to facilitate the black-chip color-up, which is being handled by the staff during this break.
Israelashvili Retakes Lead
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Derek Sudell got all-in pre-flop for ~140,000 against Roland Israelashvili, who had him covered. Sudell's 
was in good shape for a double-up against Israelashvili's 
.
The board didn't cooperate, however, as it came 
and Israelashvili flopped a set, then rivered a full house to take the pot. He's playing about 400,000 now and once again in the chip lead.
Sudell hit the rail — he still has the option to re-enter, but no indication if he plans to or not.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
400,000
171,800
|
171,800 |
|
|
||
Day 2 Entrant off to Great Start
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Matt Glantz entered this event today, skipping all the starting flights, and in 90 minutes has tripled his 40,000 starting stack up to 120,000.
No wonder he has more than $7.1 million in tournament earnings. The surprising thing is that he doesn't have a lot of hardware or titles. His best live cash of $862,837 came with first place in the 2009 EPT High Roller event. He has one WSOP Circuit ring and one Borgata non-Open Series win back in 2011 — only six firsts in 185 reported tournament cashes.
When it comes to bling versus bucks, Glantz lands firmly in the bucks column!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
120,000 |
Antimony Surging Early
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Anna Antimony has already increased her Day 2 starting stack of 209,000 to ~265,000 in the first level of the day.
Blinds are up and registration remains open. Players continue to buy in, their 40,000-chip starting stack now representing 33 big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
265,000
56,000
|
56,000 |
Level: 10
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
Wang Cracks Aces to Double
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Yan Wang was all-in holding against the 
of Sumit Kumar, who had him covered.
The board ran out 
and Wang caught a third king on the turn make a set, then boated up on the river. He doubled through Kumar, who was among the chip leaders at the start of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
127,000
62,600
|
62,600 |
|
120,000
-86,100
|
-86,100 |
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Level 9
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
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Championship Day 2 Underway
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Day 2 of the 2019 Borgata Fall Poker Open Championship is underway in the Poker Room.
Through the first three flights, we saw 403 entrants try their luck, covering the $1 Million Guarantee on total buy-ins. Of those, 194 have advanced to Day 2.
The first two levels are one hour long and registration remains open until the break after Level 10, so there will be more entries and the prize pool will continue to grow until about 2:15pm. Players entering during Level 9 will be starting with 40 big blinds (40,000 chips).
Roland Israelashvili is the overall chip leader at the start of play with 228,200.