Event #4: $500 Black Chip Bounty Day 1 | 2019 Borgata Fall Poker Open

11-09-2019 02:51 UTC-4

Efthymia Litsou Leads Day 1

TKBluffs

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
Efthymia Litsou	578,000
Joseph Grusel	479,500
John Lytle	463,500
Corbin Avery	375,000
Justin Leeds	362,000
Everton Taylor	325,500
Josias Santos	270,000	-5,000
Rick Rossetti	193,000
John McGuinness	124,000
Ryan Herold	99,000	-11,000
Sundiata DeVore	58,000

Tags: Efthymia Litsou Everton Taylor John Lytle John Mcguinness Josias Santos Rick Rossetti

11-08-2019 23:41 UTC-4

Lytle Spikes the River to Move Over Half a Million

TKBluffs

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

John Lytle and his opponent were heads up on the board. Lytle fired out a bet of 50,000 into a main pot of about 100,000 and his opponent moved all in for 175,000.

Lytle called turning over for top pair and the nut flush draw but would need a diamond on the river as his opponent showed for a turned flush.

The hit the river and Lytle improved to the nut flush to collect the $100 bounty and drag in the biggest pot of the night.

Lytle is now at the top of the chip counts and he's the first player to cross the half a million chip mark.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Lytle	510,000	270,000

Tags: John Lytle

11-08-2019 22:26 UTC-4

John Lytle Heating Up

TKBluffs

Level 10 : 800/1,500, 1,500 ante

John Lytle was flying under the radar for much of the night but that is certainly no longer the case.

Lytle just took a monster pot from former chip leader Arian Stolt to rocket to the top of the chip counts.

The two time Borgata Poker champion is now playing close to a quarter million and he's in contention for the chip lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Lytle	240,000
Arian Stolt	190,000	-125,000

Tags: Arian Stolt John Lytle

11-08-2019 11:03 UTC-4

Bounty Hunting Begins at 1pm in the Signature Room

Kaelaine Minton

The fourth Main Event tournament and the third trophy event of the 2019 Borgata Fall Poker Open, Event #4: $500 Black Chip Bounty Deepstack NLH with $100,000 Guarantee, will kick off at 1 p.m. local time in the Signature Room.

Last year, this tournament surpassed its guarantee by attracting 416 runners and creating a $141,232 prize pool. Sam Lopes came out on top after a heads-up deal with Soukha Kachittavong, resulting in a score of $31,912 for Lopes.

Players will start with 25,000 in chips and late registration and re-entries will remain open until the start of Level 9. Levels will last 45 minutes each for the duration of this two-day event.

Play will continue until 18 remain or 2am (which is usually the case). Day 2 is slated for Saturday, November 9th, at 12 noon, at which time the Day 1 survivors will return to determine a winner.

Here’s a look at the structure:

Level	Big Blind Ante	Blinds
1	-	100-100
2	100	100-100
3	200	100-200
4	300	200-300
5	400	200-400
6	600	300-600
7	800	400-800
8	1,000	500-1,000
9	1,200	600-1,200
10	1,500	800-1,500
11	2,000	1,000-2,000
12	2,500	1,500-2,500
13	3,000	1,500-3,000
14	4,000	2,000-4,000
15	5,000	2,500-5,000
16	5,000	3,000-5,000
17	8,000	4,000-8,000
18	10,000	5,000-10,000
19	12,000	6,000-12,000
20	15,000	8,000-15,000
21	20,000	10,000-20,000

Tags: Soukha Kachittavong Sam Lopes