Event #4: $500 Black Chip Bounty
Day 1 Completed
2019 Borgata Fall Poker Open
Event #4: $500 Black Chip Bounty
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
2019 Borgata Fall Poker Open
Buy-in
$500
Prize Pool
$141,572
Entries
417
Level
25
Blinds
30,000 / 50,000
Ante
50,000
Entries
417
Players Left
49
Efthymia Litsou Leads Day 1
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Event #4 of the Borgata Fall Poker Open is the $500 Black Chip Bounty NLH with a $100,000 guaranteed prize pool. There were 417 total entries and 49 players will return on Saturday November 9 at 12 PM to resumes day two play.
Efthymia Litsou is at the top of the chip counts with a massive stack of 578,000. There are plenty of familiar faces advancing including John Lytle, Rick Rossetti, Everton Taylor, John McGuinness and Josias Santos.
We will be crowning our newest BFPO champion on day two and the winner will be taking home $36,166 along with the BFPO trophy.
Below is a look at some of the big stacks and players that will be returning. A full list of day two chip counts and seating assignments will be posted before the start of day two play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
578,000 | |
|
479,500 | |
|
463,500 | |
|
375,000 | |
|
362,000 | |
|
325,500 | |
|
270,000 | -5,000 |
|
193,000 | |
|
124,000 | |
|
99,000 | -11,000 |
|
58,000 |
Santos Puts Herold to the Test
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
The action folded to Josias Santos in the small blind and he limped in. Ryan Herold raised to 16,000 from the big blind.
Santos tossed out his $100 black bounty chip moving all in covering Herold.
"You know I really do have a hand" said Herold and Santos replied "You might ahead" with a smile. Herold opted to fold his 
and Santos added the pot to his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
275,000 | 15,000 |
|
|
110,000 |
Last Level of the Night
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
We have now entered the last level of play remaining in the night. At the conclusion of this level the players will bag and tag their chips.
The day one survivors will return at 12 PM to resume day two play and play down to a winner.
Level: 14
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Quad Aces for Santos
Level 13
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Josias Santos raised to 7,000 from middle position and both of the blinds called. They saw a flop of 
and it checked to Santos who bet 7,500.
The big blind called and they went heads up to the 
turn. Both players checked and the 
completed the board.
The big blind checked and Santos tossed out a bet of 10,000. His opponent quickly called and Santos turned over 
for quad aces to take the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
260,000 | 260,000 |
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Break Time
Level 12
: 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
The Event #4 $500 Black Chip Bounty NLH players are now on a 15-minute color up break.
When they return their will be just two more levels of play remaining before the bagging process begins.
Taylor Running Pure
Level 12
: 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Since returning from the dinner break Everton Taylor has caught fire. "I was down to 8,500 and I've just been running pure ever since" Taylor tells us.
"I made a royal flush and quads in the same orbit and got paid both times."
We are approaching the last break of the night and Taylor is playing one of the biggest stacks in the room with 360,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
360,000 |
Lytle Extends His Lead
Level 12
: 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
John Lytle was the first player to cross the half a million chip mark and he is showing no of slowing down.
Lytle has extended his chip lead and he is now sitting behind a mountain of 600,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
600,000 | 90,000 |