Welcome to Flight B of the 2019 Borgata Poker Open Almighty Stack
One of the most anticipated tournaments on the 2019 Borgata Poker Open (BPO) schedule kicked off today. Event #10: $350+$50 Almighty Stack NLH Re-Entry boasts a whopping $750,000 guarantee and over the course of this week will give players a crack at it with six starting flights.
Day 1a started at 11 a.m., and now Flight B is set to follow at 5 p.m. Here’s a look at the schedule for this event:
| Date | Time | Flight |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, September 10 | 11 a.m. | Day 1a |
| Tuesday, September 10 | 5 p.m. | Day 1b |
| Wednesday, September 11 | 11 a.m. | Day 1c |
| Wednesday, September 11 | 5 p.m. | Day 1c |
| Thursday, September 12 | 10 a.m. | Day 1e |
| Thursday, September 12 | 6 p.m. | Day 1f |
| Friday, September 13 | 12 p.m. | Day 2 |
| Saturday, September 14 | 12 p.m. | Day 3 |
The tournament starts players with a massive starting stack of 100,000 in chips. Late registration and re-entries will remain open in each flight through the break at the end of Level 12. The plan for each flight is to play through Level 17. All those levels will last 30 minutes while Levels 18+ will be upped to 45 minutes. Levels at the final table will increase to one hour each.
Last year this tournament attracted 2,791 runners and created a $1,116,400 prize pool. Fernando DaCruz from Newark, New Jersey emerged victorious to capture $115,667 in prize money after a six-way deal. Others who cashed it big were Aaron Motoyama (2nd - $114,572), Oscar Menjivar (3rd - $98,109), Kory Shope (4th - $84,705), Kevin Lutz (5th - $77,373), and Richard DeVito (6th - $69,453).
Here's a look at the structure:
| Level | Big Blind Ante | Blinds |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | 100-100 |
| 2 | 200 | 100-200 |
| 3 | 300 | 200-300 |
| 4 | 400 | 200-400 |
| 5 | 600 | 300-600 |
| 6 | 800 | 400-800 |
| 7 | 1,000 | 500-1,000 |
| 8 | 1,200 | 600-1,200 |
| 9 | 1,600 | 800-1,600 |
| 10 | 2,000 | 1,000-2,000 |
| 11 | 2,500 | 1,200-2,500 |
| 12 | 3,000 | 1,500-3,000 |
| 13 | 4,000 | 2,000-4,000 |
| 14 | 5,000 | 2,500-5,000 |
| 15 | 6,000 | 3,000-6,000 |
| 16 | 8,000 | 4,000-8,000 |
| 17 | 10,000 | 5,000-10,000 |
| 18 | 12,000 | 6,000-12,000 |
| 19 | 16,000 | 8,000-16,000 |
| 20 | 20,000 | 10,000-20,000 |
| 21 | 25,000 | 12,000-25,000 |
| 22 | 30,000 | 15,000-30,000 |
| 23 | 40,000 | 20,000-40,000 |