Event #10: $400 Almighty Stack NLH Day 1a | 2019 Borgata Poker Open

09-12-2019 10:30 UTC-4

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Chad Holloway

Level 17 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

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Event #10: $400 Almighty Stack NLH

Day 1a Completed

09-10-2019 20:56 UTC-4

Spencer Champlin Leads 2019 BPO Almighty Stack Flight A

Chad Holloway

Level 17 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

The first of six starting flights in the 2019 Borgata Poker Open Event #10: $400 Almighty Stack NLH drew 346 entrants, but after 17 levels of play 74 remained. Leading the Flight A pack with 1.547 million was Spencer Champlin, who was fresh off cashing for $20K as a part of a four-way deal in Event #4: $400 Saturday Series Deepstack.

Others to bag big were Frank Funaro (1,317,000), Frank Lo (1,209,000), Matthew Mendez (1,136,000), and John McGuinness (991,000). They were joined by Josias Santos (986,000), Paul Freedman (671,000), Spencer Davies (543,000), Jimmy Lee (510,000), Bob Van Syckle (259,000), and John O’Neal (101,000).

Among those to fire and fall on Flight A were Sheree Bykofsky, Renata Colache, Jo Stagliano, Jackie Scott, and Donald Williams. Fortunately, they all have the opportunity to try again in any of the other flights if they so choose.

Day 1b of the tournament is happening now – you can follow the live updates here – while Flights C & D will take place at 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. respectively on Wednesday. The two biggest flights, Days 1e and 1f, will then be held on Thursday at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. respectively.

Tags: Spencer Champlin

09-10-2019 20:46 UTC-4

End-of-Day 1a Chip Counts

Chad Holloway

Level 17 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Spencer Champlin	1,547,000	1,547,000
Frank Funaro	1,317,000
Frank Lo	1,209,000	1,209,000
Matthew Mendez	1,136,000	1,136,000
John McGuinness	991,000	191,000
Josias Santos	986,000	386,000
Drew Oconnell	846,000
Lunique Petiote	826,000
Cody Heuschkel	813,000	813,000
Thomas Pomponio	758,000
Joseph Baccigalupi	756,000
Jina Ames	737,000	137,000
William Gian	732,000
Erwin Fonacier	681,000
Paul Freedman	671,000	371,000
Kamal Kuchana	670,000
Ramzi Musleh	644,000
Yan Wang	639,000
Kenneth Weinstein	628,000
Austin Dunst	621,000
Michael Grim	610,000
Ronald Klar	560,000
Kenneth Roberts	556,000
Spencer Davies	543,000	93,000
Hector Dominguez	520,000

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09-10-2019 20:33 UTC-4

Four More Hands

Chad Holloway

Level 17 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

The tournament staff just announced the remaining players will play four more hands before bagging and tagging on Flight A. Stay tuned for some chip counts and a short recap of today's action.

09-10-2019 20:32 UTC-4

Pocket Rockets Propel Rogers to a Double

Chad Holloway

Level 17 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

John Rogers got his stack of 121,000 all in preflop and was in prime shape to score a late-night double.

Rogers:
Opponent:

Rogers was just looking to dodge a four or some other such tomfoolery, and that's just what he did as the board ran out [10hqs7sqha] to give him full boat.