Event #2: $340 OE H/L 8B Day 1 | 2019 Borgata Poker Open

The 2019 Borgata Poker Open (BPO) is comprised of 23 events from September 3-20, and today at 3 p.m. Event #2: $340 Omaha High-Low/Stud 8B gets underway. On Day 1, PokerNews will be offering periodic updates here in the blog, while on Day 2 we will offer traditional live coverage as the field plays down to a winner.

Last year, this tournament attracted 107 entries and was won by Ron Winklevoss for $9,726 as a part of a heads-up deal.

Click here for a look at the entire 2019 Borgata Poker Open schedule.

Event #2 Structure

Level	Game	Ante	Small Blind/Bring In	Big Blind/Complete	Limits
1	Omaha	-	50	100	100-200
	Stud	25	25	100
2	Omaha	-	75	150	150-300
	Stud	25	50	150
3	Omaha	-	100	200	200-400
	Stud	50	50	200
4	Omaha	-	125	250	250-500
	Stud	50	50	250
5	Omaha	-	150	300	300-600
	Stud	75	75	150
6	Omaha	-	200	400	400-800
	Stud	100	100	400
7	Omaha	-	250	500	500-1,000
	Stud	100	150	500
8	Omaha	-	300	600	600-1,200
	Stud	100	200	600
9	Omaha	-	400	800	800-1,600
	Stud	200	200	800
10	Omaha	-	500	1,000	1,000-2,000
	Stud	200	300	1,000

Don't Miss the WPT BPO Championship

The stop will culminate with the World Poker Tour (WPT) Borgata Poker Open Championship, a $3,500 buy-in tournament with a $3,000,000 guarantee from September 15-20. Last year, that tournament attracted 1,075 entries and offered up a $3,441,075 prize pool. In the end, it was Erkut Yilmaz besting Timothy Miles to capture the title and $575,112 prize.

It will mark the 17th time the WPT has held the Borgata Poker Open Championship, which dates all the way back to Season II in 2003. Past winners include the late Noli Francisco, Daniel Negreanu, Mark Newhouse, Vivek Rajkumar, Olivier Busquet, Anthony Zinno, and Darren Elias.

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When it comes to poker in Atlantic City, Chris Reslock is a legend. The veteran of the game has amassed nearly $2 million in lifetime earnings dating back to 1996, and he’s looking to add to it as the mixed-game aficionado is in action here in Event #2.

Reslock, who currently ranks 21st on New Jersey’s all-time money list, has eight World Series of Poker Circuit gold rings to his name, as well as a bracelet for winning the 2007 WSOP Event #11: $5,000 Seven Card Stud Championship for $258,453.

That’s not his biggest score though, as he took down $335,235 for his 2005 WSOP Circuit Atlantic City $10,000 Main Event.

Reslock, a former Atlantic City cab driver who has an affinity for pinball machines, has had his fair share of deep runs here at Borgata including a 10th-place finish in the 2014 WPT Winter Poker Open Main Event for $46,625, 11th in the 2009 WPT BPO Main Event for $39,976, and second in the 2009 BPO $2,150 H.O.S.E. event for $38,080.

He also won the 2009 BPO $400 PLO event back in 2009 for $16,277 and then defended his title by winning it again in 2010 for $9,370. Another Borgata victory came in 2012 when he won the $450 H.O.R.S.E. for $14,085. Only time will tell if Reslock can nab his fourth Borgata title.

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Player	Chips	Progress
Barry Levy	154,500 154,500	154,500
Vincent Basilicata	150,000 150,000	150,000
Sandra Demaskey	135,000 135,000	135,000
Rolf Andersen	125,500 125,500	125,500
Andrew Dudley	124,500 124,500	124,500
William Munley	114,500 114,500	114,500
Ilya Dyment	114,000 114,000	114,000
Kyle Sparks	97,000
Matthew Stevens	92,500 92,500	92,500
Michael Gabarick	81,500 81,500	81,500
Michael Block	62,000 62,000	62,000
Gary Kosakowski	60,000 8,000	8,000
James Sarcone	53,500 53,500	53,500
Joe Rowe	42,500 -9,000	-9,000
Roland Israelashvili	26,500 -38,500	-38,500
Lonnie Heimowitz	6,700 6,700	6,700

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