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

The penultimate flight in the 2019 BPO Event #1: $600 Deepstack Kick-Off has now come to an end after 16 exciting levels of play. Flight Day 1e saw a total of 793 registration slips sold by the time late registration finished, and just 98 of those found a bag at the end of the night.

A well-known Borgata regular came out on top of the field in David Jackson who bagged a healthy stack of 734,000. Jackson took down his biggest pot of the night during the last level of play against Wen Zhang where the flop came down with two tens and a four. Jackson check-called with his pocket sevens and filled up on the turn where he check-raised, finding a call from Zhang. Jackson led out on the river and Zhang called again. Jackson showed his boat and Zhang mucked, sending a massive pot to Jackson late in the night.

Other players finding a stack on the larger side of things include Dan Wach (540,000), Shankar Pillai (482,000), Spencer Champlin (423,000), Aubrey Williams (373,000), Trevor Johnson (372,000), and Wen Zhang (322,000).

Some familiar faces that found a bag by nights end are Greg Fishberg (282,000), Dylan Murcott (257,000), Chris Leong (243,000), Yoon Choi (213,000), Michael Wang (161,000), Ronit Chamani (145,000), Will "The Thrill" Failla (135,000), and Blake Whittington (96,000).

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.

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Today, the 2019 Borgata Poker Open (BPO) will hold the final two flights in Event #1: $600 Deepstack Kick-Off. On Wednesday, Day 1c saw 354 runners take to the felt, while 1d had 273 to bring the total field up to 932 entries. The final two flights are expected to increase that number considerably. It will start with Day 1e today at 10 a.m., while the final flight will take place at 6 p.m. tonight.

On Day 1c, Yong “YK” Kwon (606,000) bagged the chip lead, while Charity Series of Poker (CSOP) founder Matt Stout (391,000) had the big one on Day 1d. They join Kenny Han (593,000) and Sridhar Sangannagari (810,000), who bagged the chip lead on Day 1a and 1b respectively.

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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