Event #1: $600 Deepstack Kick Off Day 1d | 2019 Borgata Poker Open

09-05-2019 02:04 UTC-4

Matt Stout Leads Day 1d of Event #1: $600 Deepstack NLH

TKBluffs

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

The fourth flight of the 2019 BPO Event #1: $600 Deepstack $1,000,000 Guaranteed NLH drew a total of 273 entries bringing the combined Event 1 total to 932 entries.

After sixteen levels of play it's Matt Stout leading the 36 day 1d survivors with a healthy stack of 391,000.

Some of the other big stacks and players that are advancing to day two include She Lok Wong (356,000), Song Choe (348,000), Kenny Hunyh (306,000), Stephen Ma (255,000), David Prociak (226,000) and John McGuinness (181,000).

Plenty of familiar faces fell by the wayside including Greg Fishberg, Stanley Lee, DJ MacKinnon, Greg Himmelbrand, Josias Santos, Matt Mendez, and Bob Hover.

The combined day 1a-f survivors will return on Friday, September 6 at noon local time to resume Day 2 play. A full list of day two chip counts and seating assignments will be posted as soon as they're available.

Tags: Bob Hover David Prociak Greg Fishberg Greg Himmelbrand John Mcguinness Josias Santos Matt Stout She Lok Wong Song Choe Stanley Lee Stephen Ma

09-04-2019 18:33 UTC-4

Fishberg Eliminated By Weng

Chad Holloway

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

The preflop action escaped us but we do know that Greg Fishburg got his stack all in against Bin Weng, who had him crushed.

Bin Weng:
Greg Fishberg:

Fishberg was looking for some help but failed to get any as the board ran out a dry .

Player	Chips	Progress
Bin Weng	50,000
Greg Fishberg	Busted

Tags: Bin Weng Greg Fishberg

09-04-2019 18:17 UTC-4

Two-Time WSOP Global Casino Champ Ryan Eriquezzo in the House

Chad Holloway

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

A two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner is currently in action in the Day 1d field.

Ryan Eriquezzo is fresh off winning the 2019 WSOP Global Casino Championship for the second time in his career, good for $279,431. He previously won the tournament back in 2012 for $416,051 when it was called the WSOP National Championship. Interestingly, the man he beat heads-up this year, Eric Salazar, is also here at the Borgata competing in the Day 1c flight.

Eriquezzo is a beast when it comes to poker in Atlantic City; in fact, it was here in New Jersey that he qualified for the aforementioned tournaments thanks to victories in WSOP Circuit Main Events, the latest good for $124,397.

Only time will tell if Eriquezzo can keep the heater turned on here at the 2019 Borgata Poker Open!

Tags: Ryan Eriquezzo

09-04-2019 17:31 UTC-4

Krasnecky Wins a Monster Early

Chad Holloway

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante

The under-the-gun player opened for 300 and the player in the cutoff called. The player on the button did the same, and Josh Krasnecky came along out of the big blind to make it four-way action to the flop, which came down .

Two checks saw the player in the cutoff bet 700 and the button called. Krasnecky then woke up with a check-raise to 2,000 and the original raiser got out of the way. The cutoff and button both called and the trio watched the dealer burn and turn the .

Krasnecky returned to checking and the player in the cutoff followed suit. The button then bet 3,000 and for the second time, Krasnecky check-raised it, this time making it 9,000 to go. The player in the cutoff thought long and hard before releasing his hand and the button called.

After the was run out on the river, Krasnecky moved all in for 15,200 and the button, who had the bigger stack by a single T500 chip, paused a few beats before making the call.

Krasnecky rolled over the for sixes full and the button mucked his hand.

"Running well when both guys have a queen and another queen on the turn," the player in the cutoff quipped, insinuating he had folded a queen on the turn.

Player	Chips	Progress
Josh Krasnecky	55,000	55,000

Tags: Josh Krasnecky

09-04-2019 15:31 UTC-4

Are You Ready for Some Day 1d Action?

Chad Holloway

The 2019 Borgata Poker Open (BPO) is about to kick off the fourth of six starting flights in Event #1: $600 Deepstack Kick-Off. The tournament, which offers a $1 million guarantee, does allow for best stack forward, so even if players make it through either of today's flights they can fire any of the additional flights. Day 1c is currently wrapping up, and you can follow that flight by clicking here.

On Tuesday, two starting flights played out with Day 1a drawing 192 runners and 1b an additional 112. From the current 304-entry field, 25 made it through Day 1a and nine from 1b. Leading the former was Kenny Han with an immense 593,000, while Sridhar Sangannagari bagged the big stack in the latter flight with 810,000.

Players will start with 25,000 in chips and late registration and re-entries will be available through Level 12. Levels 1-16 will last 30 minutes each, while Levels 17 and beyond will be 50 minutes each. Day 3 will see levels increase to one hour. The Day 1 flights are scheduled to play until the end of Level 16 or at the tournament director's discretion.

Day 1 Structure

Level	Length	Small Blind	Big Blind	BBA
1	30 minutes	100	100	-
2	30 minutes	100	100	100
3	30 minutes	100	200	200
4	30 minutes	200	300	300
5	30 minutes	200	400	400
6	30 minutes	300	500	500
7	30 minutes	300	600	600
8	30 minutes	400	800	800
9	30 minutes	500	1,000	1,000
10	30 minutes	600	1,200	1,200
11	30 minutes	800	1,500	1,500
12	30 minutes	1,000	2,000	2,000
13	30 minutes	1,500	2,500	2,500
14	30 minutes	1,500	3,000	3,000
15	30 minutes	2,000	4,000	4,000
16	30 minutes	3,000	5,000	5,000

This tournament has traditionally been one of the biggest on the East Coast as evidenced by last year’s event, which drew 3,106 entries. Justin Leeds won that tournament as part of a four-way deal that saw everyone lock up $170,535 in prize money.

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