2019 Borgata Poker Open

Event #10: $400 Almighty Stack NLH
Day: 1c
Event Info

2019 Borgata Poker Open

Final Results
Winner
Prize
$163,004
Event Info
Buy-in
$400
Entries
2,760
Level Info
Level
40
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,000,000
Ante
2,000,000
Players Info - Day 1c
Entries
402
Players Left
100

John Machalak Leads After $400 Almighty Stack Flight C

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

Day 1c of the 2019 Borgata Poker Open (BPO) Event #10: $400 Almighty Stack drew 402 runners, which means along with Flight A's 346 and B's 177 the total field stands at 925 with three more flights to go.

After 17 levels of play, approximately 100 remained with John Michalak and his stack of 1.556 million leading the way. That is just behind Day 1b chip leader Sridhar Sangannagari (1,570,000) but just ahead of Day 1a leader Spencer Champlin (1,547,000).

Others to bag big stacks were Jingzhe Cao (1,367,000), Catherine Dever (923,000), Adam Pease (754,000), and Eric Hayes (721,000).

They were joined by Jackie Scott (645,000), Chris Conrad (428,000), 13-time WSOP Circuit ring winner Maurice Hawkins (415,000), bracelet winner Jessica Dawley (352,000), $230 Deeper Stack champ Steve Nooralian (337,000), and Stanley Lee (275,000).

Flight D of the tournament is happening now and you can follow updates for that right here. The final two flights – Day 1e and 1f – will take place on Thursday and 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. respectively. Once again PokerNews will be on hand to capture all the action.

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Chamani on the Right Side of the Cooler

Level 13 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Ronit Chamani
Ronit Chamani

A player in early position opened for 9,500 and Ronit Chamani three-bet jammed for 65,500 from middle position. The player in the cutoff then moved all in over the top for around 225,000, the button and blinds all folded, and the original raiser got out of the way.

Chamani: {a-Spades}{a-Clubs}
Cutoff: {k-Clubs}{k-Hearts}

"I feel a king coming," the player in the cutoff said confidently. It was misplaced hope however as the board instead ran out a kingless {9-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{9-Spades} to give Chamani the double.

Player Chips Progress
Ronit Chamani za
Ronit Chamani
150,000
70,000
70,000

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Dever Doubles Before Break

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante
Cathy Dever
Cathy Dever

After Cathy Dever opened from late position and got one caller, the big blind in Seat 7 raised to 3,900. Dever jammed for 41,800 total and after some thought, the caller on her left folded. Seat 7 also took a moment before calling, showing {a-Clubs}{q-Spades}. Dever's {9-Hearts}{9-Clubs} was ahead, but about even-money.

The board ran out {j-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{3-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{4-Spades} and missed both players, so Dever's pocket pair was good to take the pot. She doubled up to about 90,000.

Flight C players are now taking a 15 minute break.

Player Chips Progress
Cathy Dever us
Cathy Dever
90,000
90,000
90,000

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