Event #9: $300 Deepest Stack NLH Day 1a | 2019 Borgata Poker Open

09-09-2019 20:21 UTC-4

Joe Ferrigno Leads After Flight A of Event #9: $300 Deepest Stack NLH

Chad Holloway

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Flight A of the 2019 Borgata Poker Open Event #9: $300 Deepest Stack NLH drew 443 entries, but after 16 levels of play approximately 80 remained. Leading the pack with over 600,000 was Joe Ferrigno, while Peter Zarriello was hot on his heels with 580,000.

Others who made it through were Charles Kassin (441), David Hom (407,000), Ci Zhou (320,000), Marc Wagner (289,000), Alex "Chapo" Jim (229,000), and Zach Gruneberg, who was fresh off winning Event #3: $500 Black Chip Bounty for $56k.

Of course, not everyone was fortunate enough to find a bag. Among those to try and fall were Michael Wang, Kenny Nguyen, Donald Williams, Greg Reeves, Aubrey Williams, Corbin Avery, Chris Leong, and Blake Whittington.

The advancing Flight A players will join the Flight B survivors for Day 2 action at noon local time on Tuesday. Official numbers, the prize pool, and payout information will be released tomorrow, which is also when action will play down to a winner.

The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be on hand to capture all the big hands and eliminations, so be sure to join us then. While you wait be sure to follow the live updates from Flight B here.

09-09-2019 19:55 UTC-4

Zarriello Climbing the Counts

Chad Holloway

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

A middle-position player raised to 16,000 and Peter Zarriello three-bet to 48,000 from the small blind. The player in the big then four-bet all in for 80,000, the original raiser got out of the way, and Zarriello snap-called.

Zarriello:
Big Blind:

Zarriello had the goods and locked up the elimination on the turn as the board ran out .

Zarriello is among the big stacks in the room, but right now it looks as if everyone is chasing Lou Ferrigno who is sitting on roughly 600,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe Ferrigno	600,000
Peter Zarriello	500,000

Tags: Peter Zarriello Joe Ferrigno

09-09-2019 16:56 UTC-4

"I'll Regret This"

Chad Holloway

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

With 14,000 in the pot and a board reading , Aubrey Williams bet 7,500 from the big blind and Gene Brandon called from the cutoff.

After the completed the board on the river, Brandon checked out of turn. That prompted Williams to toss out a bet of 17,500.

"I'll regret this," Brandon said before calling for about half his remaining stack.

Williams insta-mucked and Brandon showed the for ace-king high.

"Nice call," someone at the table complimented him.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aubrey Williams	85,000	-45,000
Gene Brandon	80,000

Tags: Gene Brandon Aubrey Williams

09-09-2019 15:19 UTC-4

Big Slick Does the Trick for Avery

Chad Holloway

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

A player opened for 2,200 from middle position and was met by an all-in three-bet to 18,200 from Corbin Avery in the small blind. The original raiser, who had 19,600, paused for a few beats and then opted to call stating, "I got you beat."

Avery:
Opponent:

The table got a good laugh upon seeing the original raiser's hole cards, which while they didn't have Avery beat were both live. Fortunately for Avery the board ran out and he made top pair to double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Corbin Avery	37,000	37,000

Tags: Corbin Avery

09-09-2019 13:45 UTC-4

Nooralian Tries Going Back-to-Back

Kaelaine Minton

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

It was just over eleven hours ago when Steve Nooralian came out on top of a four-way chop in Event #7: $230 Deeper Stack NLH. First place earned him $7,872 and his second Borgata Open trophy.

He's wasted no time and is back in action here in the Deepest Stack, shooting for back-to-back titles.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve Nooralian	30,000	30,000

Tags: Steve Nooralian

09-09-2019 12:35 UTC-4

Seniors Back For More

Kaelaine Minton

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

Event #6, the 6th Annual Mike Sica Memorial Seniors $350 NLH event wrapped up last night not long after the final seven returned from their dinner break. Once three more players were eliminated, the final four made a deal and called it a night.

Many of those same players are already back in action early today, trying to parlay their winnings into a bigger score. Third place finisher Ken Weinstein, fourth-place finisher Mark Smolley, sixth-place finisher Larry Gurney, and seventh-place finisher Marc Ginsberg are back on the felt today in Flight A of the Deepest Stack.

Also spotted were Dan Lobel, who bubbled the Seniors event, and Arthur Bressler, who didn't go quite as deep yesterday, but is back, undeterred.

09-09-2019 11:45 UTC-4

Bykofsky Plays and Writes About Poker

Kaelaine Minton

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

Sheree Bykofsky is the author or co-author of several books on poker and her most recent book, THE KAIZEN OF POKER: How to Continuously Improve Your Hold'em Game was published in June 2018.

She has three Ladies Event titles, the most recent of which was won right here at Borgata during July's Summer Poker Open. Out of 68 entrants, she got heads-up with Nan Min when they decided to chop. As the chip leader, Bykofsky got the win and the trophy, along with $3,562.

Tags: Sheree Bykofsky

09-09-2019 10:13 UTC-4

Welcome to Flight A of the 2019 BPO Event #9: $300 Deepest Stack NLH

Chad Holloway

The 2019 Borgata Poker Open continues today with Event #9: $300 Deepest Stack NLH, which offers a $200K GTD will feature two starting flights. Flight A will get underway at 11 a.m. local time while Flight B will take place at 5 p.m. The survivors from both flights will then return for Day 2 on Tuesday to play down to a winner.

Last year, this tournament cruised by its $200,000 guarantee by drawing 930 runners, which generated a $241,800 prize pool. A three-way deal was struck that saw Eric Rowan claim the title and $40,387 in prize money.

Players will start with 40,000 in tournament chips and levels will last 30 minutes throughout. Late registration and re-entry will remain open through the end of the break after Level 12.

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	600	300-600
7	800	400-800
8	1,000	500-1,000
9	1,200	600-1,200
10	1,500	800-1,500
11	2,000	1,000-2,000
12	2,500	1,500-2,500
13	3,000	1,500-3,000
14	4,000	2,000-4,000
15	5,000	3,000-5,000
16	6,000	3,000-6,000
17	8,000	4,000-8,000
18	10,000	5,000-10,000
19	12,000	6,000-12,000
20	15,000	8,000-15,000
21	20,000	10,000-20,000
22	25,000	15,000-25,000

Tags: Eric Rowan