Event #10: $400 Almighty Stack NLH
Day 1b Started
2019 Borgata Poker Open
Event #10: $400 Almighty Stack NLH
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
2019 Borgata Poker Open
Buy-in
$400
Entries
2,760
Level
40
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,000,000
Ante
2,000,000
Entries
177
Players Left
33
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 |
Level: 5
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
Faces From the Second Almighty Stack Flight
Pascal Zaklama Off to a Fast Start
Level 5
: 300/600, 600 ante
Pascal Zaklama was eliminated in the first Almighty Stack flight late in the night in brutal fashion. His top set of sevens was flushed away by his opponents flush draw sending Zaklama to the rail.
He immediately hopped in the day 1b flight and he is off to a red hot start.
A player in early position raised to 1,200 and a player in middle position called. With the action on Zaklama in the cutoff he re-raised to 7,500.
Both players quickly folded and Zaklama flashed his 
as he added the pot to his stack. He is now sitting behind one of the biggest stacks in the field here in the early levels with 240,000.
Zaklama certainly knows a thing or two about Borgata Poker tournament success as his largest career score came here in January's Borgata Winter Poker Open.
He bested the massive 5,130 in Event #1 $600 NLH $2,000,0000 GTD to take home a six figure payday of $329,695 and his first BPO trophy.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
240,000 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Alberto Takes from Williams
Level 6
: 400/800, 800 ante
Daniel Williams raised to 2,600 from late position and George Alberto re-raised to 12,000 from the cutoff.
It folded back to Williams who called and they went heads up to the 
flop. Williams checked and Alberto tossed out a bet of 15,000.
Williams gave it a bit of thought before tossing his hand into the muck and Alberto took the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
310,000 | |
|
145,000 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Nooralian's Aces Get Flushed Away
Level 7
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
The under the gun player limped in and Steve Nooralian raised to 5,500 from the cutoff. The big blind called and the under the gun player called.
They went three handed to the 
flop and the big blind fired out a bet of 6,000. The under the gun player called and Nooralian moved all in for about 40,000.
The big blind quickly folded and the under the gun player called putting Nooralian at risk.
Under the Gun: 
Steve Nooralian: 
The 
hit the turn and the 
completed the board improving the under the gun player to a queen high flush to send Nooralian to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Level: 8
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200