Event #21: $300 Big Wednesday NLH
Day 1 Started
2019 Borgata Fall Poker Open
Event #21: $300 Big Wednesday NLH
Day: 1
Time for Big Wednesday and the $300 Deepstack NLH with $75,000 Guaranteed!
Today's one-day trophy event is Event #21: $300 Big Wednesday Deepstack NLH. Big Wednesday due to the Big $75,000 guarantee on total buy-ins.
Players get 25,000 chips to start with an optional dealer toke $5 add-on for 5,000 more chips. All levels are 30 minutes long.
Late registration and unlimited re-entries are possible until the start of Level 11 (about (4:45pm).
This event was not on last year's BFPO schedule, so there is no defending champion.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 0
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Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
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Level: 14
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Dinner Time for Big Wednesday
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Registration closed for the Big Wednesday NLH event with 356 entrants.
The remaining 71 of them are now on a one hour dinner break. Play will resume at 7:55pm.
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Prize Pool and Payouts
Level 15
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Event #21 $300 Big Wednesday NLH $75,000 GTD drew a total of 356 entries creating a prize pool of $89,783.
The final 36 players will all make the money and be guaranteed a minimum of $557 for their efforts.
The winner will take home $24,242 along with the Borgata Fall Poker Open trophy.
Dodd Picks Up Where He Left Off
Level 15
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Ryan Dodd was playing plenty of pots before the dinner break and was building a big stack.
Play has resumed following the dinner break and Dodd picked up right where he left off.
He just added another pot to his stack and he is near the top of the chip counts with 450,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
450,000 | 450,000 |
Level: 16
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000