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

09-12-2019 17:16 UTC-4

Scotto Off to Hot Start After Break

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

The turned board read and a player shoved their remaining chips in the middle. Jerry Scotto called and the two tabled their hands.

Scotto showed for a set of dimes, his opponent tabled for a flush and straight draw. The completed the board and Scotto pulled in the pot, eliminating his opponent as he extended his chip lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jerry Scotto	870,000

Tags: Jerry Scotto

09-12-2019 17:00 UTC-4

Kassin Drops an Opponent

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

A player moved all in for 36,000 from middle position and Charles Kassin shoved over the top. Everyone else folded and the two turned the cards over.

Opponent:
Charles Kassin:

The board ran out and Kassin took down the pot with his three jacks, eliminating his opponent from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Charles Kassin	220,000	14,100

Tags: Charles Kassin

09-12-2019 17:00 UTC-4

Registration Closed for Flight E

Kaelaine Minton

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

Players are back from the break and registration is closed with an unofficial entry count of 839 for Flight E. That brings the overall total through the first five flights to 2,020, just 123 shy of the number needed to cover the $750,000 guarantee.

That should be covered before the final flight begins at 6pm.

Level: 13

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

09-12-2019 16:35 UTC-4

Color-Up Break Time

Kaelaine Minton

Level 12 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

End of Level 12 and time for another break. During this 15-minute respite from the action, the black 100 chips will be colored up and removed from play.

When play resumes and Level 13 begins, registration will close for this flight. Tables will start to break down rapidly and be reset for Flight F, due to begin at 6pm, staring in the rear of the Event Center.

09-12-2019 16:25 UTC-4

Davis Takes the Rest from Song

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Level 12 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

The read and there was around 35,000 in the pot. Stephen Song moved his remaining 26,200 into the middle and Billy Davis snap-called, putting Song at risk.

Stephen Song:
Billy Davis:

The turn fell and Song was now drawing dead to the river card. Davis took down the pot with his three aces, eliminating Song from the tournament.

It probably will not be the last of Song that you see in this event as he will almost certainly be firing another bullet.

Player	Chips	Progress
Billy Davis	210,000
Stephen Song	Busted

Tags: Stephen Song Billy Davis

09-12-2019 16:24 UTC-4

Jones Leading Flight E

Kaelaine Minton

Level 12 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

The field is very large so it is difficult to know for certain, but it appears that Ryan Jones is leading Flight E with about 650,000.

Jones cashed five times at this summer's World Series of Poker and two of those were five figures. He got more than $1 million in career earnings, two WSOP Circuit rings, and three six-figured cashes, one of which came right here at Borgata in the 2015 Winter Poker Open $560 Deep Stack Kick Off NLH event ($119,582 for 4th place).

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Jones	650,000

09-12-2019 16:14 UTC-4

Random Assortment of Chip Counts

Kaelaine Minton

Level 12 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

A quit trip through the field yielded this batch of chip counts.

Player	Chips	Progress
Leonardo Palermo	360,000	260,000
Joe Pitti	330,000	180,000
Andrew Klein	315,000	215,000
Doug Shirk	278,000	278,000
Adam Agaev	260,000	160,000
Greg Fishberg	150,000	-115,000
Joseph Reddick	150,000
Manny Minaya	106,000	106,000
Howard Wolper	95,000	-5,000
Phong Nguyen	90,000

09-12-2019 16:08 UTC-4

Stephen Song Takes a Seat

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Level 12 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Stephen Song has just taken a seat in the tournament and is known to be one of the heaviest hitters in the game. Song flys about as close to the sun as any player in the world, so you can expect nothing but action coming from his table.

Song is having the best year of his young career with three six-figure cashes coming since June. The biggest of which was during the WSOP this summer where he took home his first shiny gold bracelet in Event #28: $ 1,000 No-Limit Hold'em for a staggering $341,854.

Look for Song to come out firing in this event en route to finding a massive stack by nights end.