Play has resumed normal pace following a short break and breaking of Table 7.
Here are some of the short stacks that squeaked into the money:
Play has resumed normal pace following a short break and breaking of Table 7.
Here are some of the short stacks that squeaked into the money:
Paul Volpe opened, then Matt Holmquist moved his short-stack across the line. Volpe called and they held the action until all other tables had completed their hands.
Holmquist was ahead with ![]()
. Volpe had ![]()
. There was an ace in the window as the dealer spread the flop of ![]()
![]()
, then completed the board with ![]()
.
Volpe took the pot with top two pair.
Matthew Holmquist was eliminated in 55th place on the bubble.
Remaining players are now in the money and guaranteed to earn at least $4,957.
Level: 18
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
On the turn with a board of ![]()
![]()
![]()
Matt Iles got all-in against Robert Chasen.
Matt's pocket kings had out-flopped Chasen's pocket Aces, but then Chasen retook the lead on the turn. Iles picked up a flush draw on the turn, but was drawing to the case King or a heart that didn't pair the board, none of which appeared on the river.
Chasen took the pot and Iles was felted in 56th place, two from the money.
Now they have begun hand-for-hand play. Two minutes will come off the clock for each hand played, until one more player is eliminated.
David Jackson has sent another player to the rail and is now up to 1.7 million.
Mike Gao got all-in with pocket queens against the ![]()
of Jackson. A king on the turn made him Jackson's latest victim. Gao was eliminated in 57th place ($0).
Now just two players remain between the field and a payday!
On Table 7, Sean Thomson opened for 12,000, then Stuart Taylor moved in for 59,000 total. Nikolai Markov called from the cutoff and Thomson called as well.
The flop fell ![]()
![]()
and both players checked the dry side pot. On the
turn, Thomson led for 81,000 and got the call from Markov. River brought the
and they checked it down.
Thomson had ![]()
to beat Markov's ![]()
for the side pot, but Taylor tabled ![]()
for the rivered pair of aces to take the pot, tripling up.
Meanwhile on Table 6, Angel Lopez was eliminated (58th) bringing the field one spot closer to the money.
Lev Tripolsky was the first player to report to the rail (60th).
Then a short while later, David Jackson (utg) opened, getting action from a player in the middle and Ed Franklin in the big blind.
On the flop of ![]()
![]()
, Franklin led for 8,000, Jackson raised to 13,000, the third player folded and Franklin jammed for ~80,000 total. Jackson called. Franklin had ![]()
and had flopped two pair, but the start of day chip leader had pocket tens and had flopped a set.
After the board bricked out, Jackson took the pot and Franklin took the walk to the exit (59th).
They're now four players from the money and three from the bubble, at which time they will begin hand-for-hand play.
Level: 17
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Day 3 of the BFPO Championship will get getting underway shortly with 60 returning players, only 54 of whom will get paid. The money bubble will come up quickly and they'll go hand-for-hand until the bubble pops.
2019 Borgata Spring Poker Open Championship winner David Jackson starts Day 3 as the chip leader with 744,000, followed by Sean Thomson with 709,000.
Here's a reminder what they're playing for:
| Place | Payout |
|---|---|
| 1 | $308,556 |
| 2 | $173,485 |
| 3 | $111,526 |
| 4 | $88,601 |
| 5 | $69,394 |
| 6 | $57,002 |
| 7 | $45,230 |
| 8 | $35,316 |
| 9 | $24,784 |
| 10 - 12 | $16,109 |
| 13 - 15 | $12,392 |
| 16 - 18 | $9,294 |
| 19 - 27 | $6,815 |
| 28 - 36 | $6,196 |
| 37 - 45 | $5,576 |
| 46 - 54 | $4,957 |
| Table | Seat | Player | Hometown | Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Carlos Guerrero | Orlando, FL | 583,000 |
| 1 | 2 | Paul Volpe | West Chester, PA | 323,000 |
| 1 | 3 | Jeffrey Colpitts | New York, NY | 290,000 |
| 1 | 4 | Matthew Holmquist | White Plains, NY | 505,000 |
| 1 | 5 | Vivian Leslie | Washington, DC | 229,000 |
| 1 | 6 | Robert Bolte | Philadelphia, PA | 183,000 |
| 1 | 7 | She Lok Wong | Forest Hills, NY | 175,000 |
| 1 | 8 | Nicholas Palma | Bronx, NY | 539,000 |
| 2 | 1 | Faisal Siddiqui | Falls Church, VA | 455,000 |
| 2 | 2 | Bin Weng | Mineola, NY | 84,000 |
| 2 | 3 | Benjamin Foster | Arlington, VA | 454,000 |
| 2 | 4 | Nicholas Salimbene | Brick, NJ | 307,000 |
| 2 | 5 | Matthew Radcliffe | Westerville, OH | 60,000 |
| 2 | 6 | Joseph Mckeehen | Conshohocken, PA | 182,000 |
| 2 | 7 | Nenad Cvetkovic | Atlantic City, NJ | 104,000 |
| 2 | 8 | Sumit Kumar | Glen Allen, VA | 354,000 |
| 2 | 9 | Steven Lerner | Brooklyn, NY | 97,000 |
| 3 | 1 | Esther Taylor | Havertown, PA | 78,000 |
| 3 | 2 | Lucio Procopio | Liverpool, NY | 441,000 |
| 3 | 3 | Denise Pratt | Olivebranch, MS | 573,000 |
| 3 | 4 | Jonathan Borenstein | Teaneck, NJ | 601,000 |
| 3 | 5 | Roland Israelashvili | Forest Hills, NY | 256,000 |
| 3 | 6 | Xiang Lin | Brooklyn, NY | 139,000 |
| 3 | 7 | Philip Chin | Enfield, CT | 314,000 |
| 3 | 8 | David Stefanski | East Lyme, CT | 451,000 |
| 3 | 9 | James Oconnor | Hackettstown, NJ | 181,000 |
| 4 | 1 | David Jackson | Jacksonville, FL | 744,000 |
| 4 | 2 | Mike Gao | Roslyn, NY | 338,000 |
| 4 | 3 | Matthew Iles | Atco, NJ | 587,000 |
| 4 | 4 | Rickey Lee | Woodbury, NY | 292,000 |
| 4 | 5 | Robert Chasen | New York, NY | 555,000 |
| 4 | 6 | Michael Vela | Newburgh, NY | 579,000 |
| 4 | 7 | Jonathan Hanner | Saint Paul, MN | 113,000 |
| 4 | 8 | Edward Franklin | Estero, FL | 88,000 |
| 5 | 1 | Lev Tripolsky | Brooklyn, NY | 222,000 |
| 5 | 2 | Nikolay Volper | Astoria, NY | 516,000 |
| 5 | 3 | Shaun Odonnell | Succasunna, NJ | 139,000 |
| 5 | 4 | George Rakitzis | Bayside, NY | 420,000 |
| 5 | 5 | Peter Walsworth | Bradenton, FL | 258,000 |
| 5 | 6 | Sean Barringer | Saugerties, NY | 426,000 |
| 5 | 7 | Andrew Ostapchenko | Carlsbad, CA | 333,000 |
| 5 | 8 | Dean Curreri | Morganville, NJ | 152,000 |
| 5 | 9 | Elan Chabi | Brooklyn, NY | 399,000 |
| 6 | 1 | Hye Park | Guttenberg, NJ | 347,000 |
| 6 | 2 | Dien Le | Bellevue, WA | 692,000 |
| 6 | 3 | Eric Vanauken | Parsippany, NJ | 212,000 |
| 6 | 4 | Kevin Lutz | Bellmawr, NJ | 445,000 |
| 6 | 5 | James Campbell | Hudson, MA | 452,000 |
| 6 | 6 | Joseph Reddick | Las Vegas, NY | 497,000 |
| 6 | 7 | Angel Lopez | Cherry Hill, NJ | 101,000 |
| 6 | 8 | Saverio Careri | Brooklyn, NY | 415,000 |
| 6 | 9 | Yaser Al-Keliddar | Arlington, VA | 315,000 |
| 7 | 1 | Nikolai Markov | Cliffside Park, NJ | 513,000 |
| 7 | 2 | Daniel Sewnig | Fair Lawn, NJ | 267,000 |
| 7 | 3 | Joseph Gambino | Saugerties, NY | 654,000 |
| 7 | 4 | Daniel Buzgon | Marlton, NJ | 241,000 |
| 7 | 5 | Sean Thomson | Millbury, MA | 709,000 |
| 7 | 6 | Matthew Silberzweig | Elmont, NY | 152,000 |
| 7 | 7 | Stuart Taylor | Brinlington East, UK | 89,000 |
| 7 | 8 | Lawrence Abrams | Mahwah, NJ | 273,000 |