The third tournament of the 2019 Borgata Poker Open – the $500 buy-in Event #3: Deepstack Black Chip Bounty ($200k GTD) – will kick off at 1 p.m. local time. While PokerNews live updates are focused on Day 2 of Event #1: $600 Deep Stack Kick Off, which you can follow here, we’ll be bringing you periodic updates from Day 1 of this event.
For tomorrow’s Black Chip Bounty Day 2, we’ll then switch to full live updates on the way to crowning a winner.
Last year, this tournament surpassed its $200k GTD by attracting 781 runners and creating a $273,350 prize pool. Poker pro Blake Whittington wound up winning it outright for $61,581. Whittington has been spotted here at the Borgata so we expect he’ll attempt a title defense at some point.
Players will start with 25,000 in chips and late registration and re-entries will remain open through the end of break after Level 8. Levels will last 45 minutes each. Day 1 will end at 18 players or 2 a.m., whichever may come first. Each bounty is worth $100
Here’s a look at the structure:
| Level | Big Blind Ante | Blinds |
|---|
| 1 | - | 100-100 |
| 2 | 100 | 100-100 |
| 3 | 200 | 100-200 |
| 4 | 300 | 200-300 |
| 5 | 400 | 200-400 |
| 6 | 500 | 300-500 |
| 7 | 600 | 300-600 |
| 8 | 800 | 400-800 |
| 9 | 1,000 | 500-1,000 |
| 10 | 1,200 | 600-1,200 |
| 11 | 1,500 | 800-1,500 |
| 12 | 2,000 | 1,000-2,000 |
| 13 | 2,500 | 1,500-2,500 |
| 14 | 3,000 | 1,500-3,000 |
| 15 | 4,000 | 2,000-4,000 |
| 16 | 5,000 | 3,000-5,000 |
| 17 | 6,000 | 3,000-6,000 |
| 18 | 8,000 | 4,000-8,000 |
| 19 | 10,000 | 5,000-10,000 |
| 20 | 12,000 | 6,000-12,000 |
| 21 | 15,000 | 8,000-15,000 |
| 22 | 20,000 | 10,000-20,000 |
| 23 | 25,000 | 15,000-25,000 |
