Who Will Walk Away with the $163,004 First-Place Prize? (full)
The 2019 Borgata Poker Open Event #10: $400 Almighty Stack NLH attracted 2,760 entries over six starting flights, and today the final 21 return to action. One of them will walk away with a $163,004 first-place prize.
Starting the day on the big stack is Dean Curreri with 25,050,000. Yingxin Chen sits in second with 22,600,000 and Patrick Ibrahim rounds out the top three chip stacks with 20,965,000. Poker pro Aaron Massey will also return, albeit with a more modest 8,670,000 in chips.
The final 21 players will return on at 12 p.m. local time to level 33 (200,000/400,000/400,000 BB Ante) and play down to a winner.
PokerNews will be here every step of the way to bring you all the action and eliminations, so stay tuned!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
25,050,000 | |
|
22,600,000 | |
|
20,965,000 | |
|
19,045,000 | |
|
18,775,000 | |
|
17,810,000 | |
|
17,695,000 | |
|
17,520,000 | |
|
16,265,000 | |
|
13,205,000 | |
|
13,135,000 | |
|
11,205,000 | |
|
|
11,000,000 | |
|
8,670,000 | |
|
7,980,000 | |
|
7,775,000 | |
|
5,850,000 | |
|
5,670,000 | |
|
5,100,000 | |
|
4,425,000 | |
|
4,275,000 |
and Le's ace-high was still in the lead. A 
card left McGuinness with one more chance for romance but the 
did not improve his hand as he was eliminated by the ace-high of Le.
and Massey was still ahead with his queen kicker. A 
peeled off on the turn and Koneru needed to hit or he would be taking an exit. The 
cemented the pot for Massey's ace-queen and Koneru took a walk to the payout desk.
was not one of them as Gordon took an exit in eleventh place.
landed on the turn, giving Ibrahim a flush draw. The river came down a devastating card for Braga as the 
completed the board, giving Ibrahim a flush. Braga took an exit in tenth after Ibrahim went runner-runner flush.
of Ibrahim. The board ran out ace-high with no five and Ibrahim took down the pot, eliminating Nelson from the tournament in ninth place.
river card. Mailhot took an exit in sixth place for $38,886, setting a new personal best.
river and Korotki took an exit in fifth place, being yet another to fall victim to the red-hot Massey.