Who Will Walk Away with the $228,142 First-Place Prize?
After six starting flights and a long Day 2, the 2019 Borgata Poker Open (BPO) Event #1: $600 Deepstack Kick Off is slated to crown a winner today! Just 16 players from a 2,504-entry field will return, each guaranteed $6,755 but all aiming to capture the title and accompanying $228,142 first-place prize.
Benson Tang begins the day as chip leader with 9.95 million, while Frank Marasco sits in second with a healthy stack of 9,195,000. Rounding out the top three is Brittney Barnes with 8,935,000.
The remaining 16 players will return at noon local time. Play will resume in Level 28 with the blinds at 40,000/80,000 and a big blind ante of 80,000. Levels will be bumped up to 60-minutes in length and there will be a 15-minute break after every two levels of play.
The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be on-site to capture all the action, so stay tuned!