Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
2019 Borgata Poker Open
Event #1: $600 Deepstack Kick Off
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
2019 Borgata Poker Open
Buy-in
$600
Prize Pool
$1,311,596
Entries
2,504
Level
33
Blinds
150,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000
Entries
192
Players Left
25
First Break of the Day
Level 4
: 200/300, 300 ante
Four levels are in the books and players have been sent on their first 15-minute break of the day.
Preis Straightens Out an Opponent
Level 4
: 200/300, 300 ante
We happened upon the action with around 10,000 in the middle and a flop reading 
.
Sam Preis was in the under-the-gun position with all his chips, 17,300 to be exact, laid out in front of him. His opponent to the direct left was debating what to do and eventually called off for just over 10,000.
"I'm on a straight draw," Preis said before the cards were turned up.
Preis: 
Opponent: 
Preis was behind but had plenty of outs. The 
turn wasn't one of them, but the 
river was as Preis made the queen-high straight to score an early elimination.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
41,000 |
Buzgon in the Mix
Level 4
: 200/300, 300 ante
Dan Buzgon finished 5th in the last World Poker Tour event played here at Borgata, except his final table appearance took place in Las Vegas. He made the final six of the 2019 World Poker Tour Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship back in January, but the filming of the final table took place at the Luxor in Las Vegas a couple of months later.
In what was his third televised WPT final table appearance, Dan finished 5th for $202,942. His two previous WPT final tables resulted in a 3rd place ($335,433) in the 2011 WPT BPO Championship and a 4th place ($94,624) in the April 2012 WPT Jacksonville bestbet Open.
This summer, he cashed ten times at the World Series of Poker and his most recent cash last month pushed his career earnings past the $2.3 million mark.
Level: 4
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
Return of the 2017 WPT BPO Champion
Level 3
: 100/200, 200 ante
Since he won the 2017 BPO Championship event, along with more than $789,000, Guo Liang Chen has gone on to accumulate more than $1 million in reported tournament earnings. It was right here in this very room two years ago when a relatively unknown player bested a final table stacked with the likes of 2016 November Niner Cliff 'JohnnyBax' Josephy, Matt Parry, Jia Liu, Thomas Paul, and Greg Weber.
Following that huge six-figure score, he's notched a couple of other five-figure ones, including a runner-up finish earlier this year. He took 2nd place (out of 2,874 entries) and $78,716 in the February 2018 Parx Big Stax 300. That event was won by WPT Champions Club member Victor Ramdin.
A Look at the 2019 Borgata Poker Open Schedule
Level 3
: 100/200, 200 ante
| Date | Time | Tournament |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, September 3 | 11 a.m. | Event #1a $600 Deepstack Kickoff |
| Tuesday, September 3 | 3 p.m. | Event #2: $340 OE H/L 8B Day 1 |
| Tuesday, September 3 | 5 p.m. | Event #1b $600 Deepstack Kickoff |
| Wednesday, September 4 | 11 a.m. | Event #1c $600 Deepstack Kickoff |
| Wednesday, September 4 | Noon | Event #2: $340 OE H/L 8B Day 2 |
| Wednesday, September 4 | 5 p.m. | Event #1d $600 Deepstack Kickoff |
| Thursday, September 5 | 10 a.m. | Event #1e $600 Deepstack Kickoff |
| Thursday, September 5 | 6 p.m. | Event #1f $600 Deepstack Kickoff |
| Friday, September 6 | Noon | Event #1 $600 Deepstack Kickoff Day 2 |
| Friday, September 6 | 1 p.m. | Event #3: $500 Black Chip Bounty Day 1 |
| Saturday, September 7 | 11 a.m. | Event #4: $400 Saturday Series Deepstack |
| Saturday, September 7 | Noon | Event #1 $600 Deepstack Kickoff Day 3 |
| Saturday, September 7 | Noon | Event #3: $500 Black Chip Bounty Day 2 |
| Saturday, September 7 | 5 p.m. | Event #5: $560 Super Survivor |
| Sunday, September 8 | 10 a.m. | Event #6: $350 6th Annual Mike Sica Memorial Seniors |
| Sunday, September 8 | Noon | Event #7: $230 Deeper Stack NLH |
| Sunday, September 8 | 3 p.m. | Event #8: $340 PLO High |
| Monday, September 9 | 11 a.m. | Event #9: $300 Deepest Stack Day 1a |
| Monday, September 9 | 5 p.m. | Event #9: $300 Deepest Stack Day 1b |
| Tuesday, September 10 | 11 a.m. | Event #10: $400 Almighty Stack Day 1a |
| Tuesday, September 10 | Noon | Event #9: $300 Deepest Stack Day 2 |
| Tuesday, September 10 | 5 p.m. | Event #10: $400 Almighty Stack Day 1b |
| Wednesday, September 11 | 11 a.m. | Event #10: $400 Almighty Stack Day 1c |
| Wednesday, September 11 | 3 p.m. | Event #11: $450 HOSE |
| Wednesday, September 11 | 5 p.m. | Event #10: $400 Almighty Stack Day 1d |
| Thursday, September 12 | 10 a.m. | Event #10: $400 Almighty Stack Day 1e |
| Thursday, September 12 | 6 p.m. | Event #10: $400 Almighty Stack Day 1f |
| Friday, September 13 | Noon | Event #10: $400 Almighty Stack Day 2 |
| Friday, September 13 | 1 p.m. | Event #12: $1,090 NLH 6-Max Day 1 |
| Friday, September 13 | 5 p.m. | Event #13: $560 Super Survivor NLH |
| Saturday, September 14 | 11 a.m. | Event #14: $400 Saturday Series Deepstack |
| Saturday, September 14 | Noon | Event #10: $400 Almighty Stack Day 3 |
| Saturday, September 14 | Noon | Event #12: $1,090 NLH 6-Max Day 2 |
| Saturday, September 14 | 1 p.m. | Event #15: $230 Ladies NLH |
| Saturday, September 14 | 3 p.m. | Event #16: $3,150 Heads-Up Day 1 |
| Sunday, September 15 | 11 a.m. | Event #18: $3,500 WPT BPO Day 1a |
| Sunday, September 15 | Noon | Event #16: $3,150 Heads-Up Day 2 |
| Sunday, September 15 | 4 p.m. | Event #17: $1,060 Purple Chip Bounty |
| Monday, September 16 | 11 a.m. | Event #18: $3,500 WPT BPO Day 1b |
| Tuesday, September 17 | 11 a.m. | Event #19: $350 Double Green Chip Deepstack Bounty |
| Tuesday, September 17 | Noon | Event #18: $3,500 WPT BPO Day 2 |
| Tuesday, September 17 | 3 p.m. | Event #20: $1,560 Purple Chip Bounty 8-Max Semi Turbo |
| Wednesday, September 18 | 11 a.m. | Event #21: $300 Deep Stack NLH ($100K GTD) |
| Wednesday, September 18 | Noon | Event #18: $3,500 WPT BPO Day 3 |
| Thursday, September 19 | 11 a.m. | Event #22: $230 Deeper Stack NLH |
| Thursday, September 19 | Noon | Event #18: $3,500 WPT BPO Day 4 |
| Friday, September 20 | 11 a.m. | Event #23: $300 Deepest Stack |
| Friday, September 20 | 2 p.m. | Event #18: $3,500 WPT BPO Day Final Table |
A Round of Early Chip Counts
Level 3
: 100/200, 200 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
58,600 | |
|
42,500 | |
|
31,000 | |
|
28,500 | |
|
|
24,600 | |
|
22,500 | |
|
|
22,500 | |
|
21,000 | |
|
17,000 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
"At Least You Left Me Alive"
Level 3
: 100/200, 200 ante
With around 3,000 in the pot and three players in the hand, the flop read 
when Patton Lewis checked from middle position and the player in the cutoff did the same. The player on the button then bet 1,600 and both his opponents called.
All three players checked the turn and the 
double paired the board on the river. Lewis opted to lead out for a hefty 6,000 and the cutoff folded. The player on the button just called with the 
for tens full of sevens, but it was no good as Lewis rolled over the 
for quads!
"At least you left me alive because I would have been out of here," the player on the button said as Lewis stacked the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
35,000 |