Event #3: $600 Deepstack Kick-Off Day 2 | 2019 Borgata Fall Poker Open

11-08-2019 12:38 UTC-4

Day 2 of $1M GTD Kick-Off Begins at 12 noon in the Poker Room

Kaelaine Minton

Day 2 of the BFPO Kick-Off Event #3: $600 Deepstack NLH resumes play at 12 noon in the Poker Room.

Four starting flights over the previous two days saw 1,425 hopefuls take to the felt. Of those, only 233 have advanced to Day 2.

She Lok Wong leads the field with 539,000 (108 big blinds) at the start of play.

Levels are 50 minutes long today and play will continue until we reach the final 18 players, the lucky few who will bag their chips and return at 12 noon Saturday to determine a winner.

Tags: She Lok Wong

11-08-2019 13:48 UTC-4

Rags Runs Into Sande's Aces

Kaelaine Minton

Level 16 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Ragavan "Rags" Thiagarajah got his last chips in holding only to run into the pocket aces of LJ Sande. A king on the flop gave Thiagarajah pause, but the board bricked out and he was felted.

Both players were short, but Sande had the bigger stack. He's up to 137,000.

Sande is in the unenviable position of having WPT Champion Mike Linster on his immediate left, but now their stack are comparable.

Player	Chips	Progress
Leonard Sande	137,000 51,000	51,000
Ragavan Thiagarajah	Busted

Tags: Leonard Sande Ragavan Thiagarajah

11-08-2019 15:36 UTC-4

In The Money!

Kaelaine Minton

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

After a handful of hand-for-hand hands, the money bubble has burst and play has resumed at normal speed.

One of the bubble hands came down to a blind vs. blind encounter with Al Riccobono (sb) shoving into Christian Harder (bb) who was the short-stack. Harder folded and survived the bubble with about 65,000 (8 big blinds). He's locked up a cash of at least $1,105.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christian Harder	65,000

Tags: Al Riccobono Christian Harder

11-08-2019 16:30 UTC-4

Andino First to One Million

Kaelaine Minton

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Joseph Andino is cruising on Table 11, up to more than 1.1 million and the new chip leader.

Mark Gavrilov is on his right in a tough spot, but still managed to get some chips. His was good against a shorter stack's and Gavrilov is up to ~270,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Andino	1,100,000 346,000	346,000
Mark Gavrilov	270,000 173,000	173,000
Josias Santos	Busted

Tags: Joseph Andino Mark Gavrilov

11-08-2019 17:32 UTC-4

Stage Set for Possible Fireworks on Table 3

Kaelaine Minton

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Joseph Andino and Soukha Kachittavong have landed at Table 2 in the one and two seats, respectively. With both of these players stacking more than a million chips, the possibility of fireworks is strong.

We've now got four players with more than a million as the end of Level 20 and a break from the action loom.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yonghui Jiang	1,300,000 240,000	240,000
Patrick Ibrahim	1,250,000 -5,000	-5,000
Soukha Kachittavong	1,115,000 855,000	855,000

Tags: Joseph Andino Soukha Kachittavong

11-08-2019 18:26 UTC-4

Ramdin Hits the Seven-Figure Mark

MartianNews

Level 21 : 8,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

The turned pot read and there was around 300,000 in the pot. Patrick Ibrahim checked to Victor Ramdin, he bet 100,000 and a player directly on his left called the bet.

Ibrahim folded and the dealer completed the board with a on the river. Ramdin moved all in without hesitation and his opponent folded just as quickly, shipping the pot to Ramdin.

Player	Chips	Progress
Victor Ramdin	1,145,000 240,000	240,000

Tags: Patrick Ibrahim Victor Ramdin

11-08-2019 20:00 UTC-4

Lundy Takes the Lead Before Dinner

Kaelaine Minton

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Anthony Lundy pulled ahead of the crowd shortly before the dinner break and will be the chip leader when play resumes.

Only 49 players remain of the 233 that started the day and play will continue until they reach the final 18.

Here are the chip leaders and an assortment of other chip counts from the field.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anthony Lundy	1,875,000 475,000	475,000
Soukha Kachittavong	1,730,000 445,000	445,000
Yonghui Jiang	1,700,000 290,000	290,000
She Lok Wong	1,640,000 -160,000	-160,000

Patrick Ibrahim	1,640,000 220,000	220,000
Joseph Andino	1,500,000 -340,000	-340,000
Markus Alim	1,450,000 -150,000	-150,000

Victor Ramdin	1,325,000 -15,000	-15,000
Bin Weng	1,275,000 415,000	415,000

Gilberto Taveras-Garcia	950,000 160,000	160,000
Jean Paul Norero	850,000 668,000	668,000

Charles Furey	840,000 395,000	395,000
Mark Gavrilov	820,000 265,000	265,000
Doug Shirk	790,000 590,000	590,000
Katie Stone	770,000 -35,000	-35,000
Mike Linster	760,000 360,000	360,000

Charles Marchese	665,000 501,000	501,000
Jun Liang Li	505,000 505,000	505,000
Michael Wang	435,000 215,000	215,000

Jon Borenstein	425,000 125,000	125,000
Cathy Dever	390,000 -316,000	-316,000
David Uber	340,000 -540,000	-540,000
Matt Zola	325,000 -145,000	-145,000
Al Riccobono	270,000 -297,000	-297,000

Tags: Anthony Lundy

11-08-2019 21:34 UTC-4

Arabadjiev Pulls in a Monster

MartianNews

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Victor Ramdin opened, Rouman Arabadjiev called and a player on Arabadjiev's left shoved all in for around 850,000. Ramdin moved all in over the top and Arabadjiev elected to call his remaining stack all-in as well.

Opponent:
Rouman Arabadjiev:
Victor Ramdin:

The board ran out and Arabadjiev took down the pot with his flopped ace, eliminating one opponent as he doubled through Ramdin at the same time.

Player	Chips	Progress
Victor Ramdin	1,540,000 215,000	215,000
Rouman Arabadjiev	1,400,000 1,400,000	1,400,000

Tags: Victor Ramdin Rouman Arabadjiev

11-08-2019 21:44 UTC-4

Wang Turns the Goods

MartianNews

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Michael Wang completed the small blind and a player in the big blind checked behind. The dealer spread out on the flop and Wang led out for 40,000.

His opponent raised to 100,000, Wang flatted and the peeled off as a turn card. Wang bet 150,000 and his opponent quickly shoved their 530,000 stack into the middle.

Wang snap-called, tabling for a turned straight and the current nuts. His opponent was drawing dead when they revealed and Wang took down the pot, without having to sweat the river card.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Wang	1,500,000 1,065,000	1,065,000

Tags: Michael Wang

11-08-2019 22:35 UTC-4

Kachittavong Bounces Back into the Thick of Things vs. Wong

MartianNews

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Soukha Kachittavong opened from the cutoff, She Lok Wong three-bet to 300,000 in the big blind and Kachittavong ripped it all-in for a total of 940,000. Wong called, putting Kachittavong at risk.

Soukha Kachittavong:
She Lok Wong: