Event #3: $500 Black Chip Bounty
Day 1 Started
2019 Borgata Poker Open
Event #3: $500 Black Chip Bounty
Day: 1
Bounty Hunters Get Ready, Set, Go!
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 |
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| 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 |
Shuffle Up and Deal!
Cards are now in the air in Event #3: $500 Black Chip Bounty!
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Some Familiar Players in Action
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More Players in Action
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Some Shots of the Bounty Hunters
2019 BPO Qualifier Schedule
| Event | Date | Time | Buy-In | Description |
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| 35 | Sat. 9/14 | 7 p.m. | $700+$50 | WPT Borgata Championship Qualifier Re-Entry (1 in 5 wins entry to Event 18) |
| 36 | Sun. 9/15 | 1 p.m. | $350+$50 | WPT Borgata Championship Qualifier Re-Entry (1 in 10 wins entry to Event 18) |
| 37 | Sun. 9/15 | 4 p.m. | $700+$50 | WPT Borgata Championship Qualifier Re-Entry (1 in 5 wins entry to Event 18) |
| 38 | Sun. 9/15 | 7 p.m. | $350+$50 | WPT Borgata Championship Qualifier Re-Entry (1 in 10 wins entry to Event 18) |
| 40 | Mon. 9/16 | 6 p.m. | $350+$50 | Last Chance WPT Borgata Championship Qualifier Re-Entry (1 in 10 wins entry to Event 18 - Day 2 entry) |
"FrankieDaFish" Chipping Up and Collecting Bounties
Sung "FrankieDaFish" Lee is cruising right along in Event #3: $500 Black Chip Bounty and has already recouped more than have his buy-in thanks to three bounties.
Not only that, he's primed to get even more sitting on a robust stack of 135,000.
"I want to say hi to my beautiful daughter," Lee said before getting back to the action.
Lee is no stranger to tournaments here at Borgata; in fact, back in 2017 he finished third in the Summer Poker Open Event #16: $2,700 NLH for a career-high $123,675.
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Taleb Travels from Minnesota for First-Ever Visit to Borgata
Earlier this week, Ahmed Taleb, originally from Morocco but now residing in Minnesota, opted to hop a plane to Atlantic City for the very first time. Taleb is well-known throughout the Midwest and on the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT), but this is his maiden visit to Borgata.
Since 2017, Taleb has amassed more than $400,000 in tournament earnings, which includes a career-best $70,811 for finishing runner-up in the Venetian DeepStack Championship Poker Series Event #28: $1,100 Summer Kick Off back in 2018.
Other highlights on his young poker resumay include $54,089 for winning the 2017 MSPT Grand Falls $1,100 Main Event, placing second in a 2018 DeepStack Extravaganza $600 NLH tournament for $41,493, and then taking second in a $1,100 buy-in tournament at Venetian this past June for $40,774. In 2018, he also cashed in his first-ever World Series of Poker Main Event finishing 833rd for $18,340.
Only time will tell if Taleb can notch his first cash here at Borgata.