Event #9: $300 Deepest Stack NLH
Day 1a Started
2019 Borgata Poker Open
Event #9: $300 Deepest Stack NLH
Day: 1a
Welcome to Flight A of the 2019 BPO Event #9: $300 Deepest Stack NLH
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 |
Level: 01
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 0
Early Deepest Stack Players
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
Just some of the Early Birds looking for worms.
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40,000 | 40,000 |
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40,000 | 40,000 |
Update Your Own Chip Count Using the PokerNews MyStack App!
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
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Level: 2
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
Bykofsky Plays and Writes About Poker
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.
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Hartshorn in Action at the 2019 BPO
Level 3
: 100/200, 200 ante
When Travis Hartshorn won the 2016 Borgata Fall Poker Open Championship $1M GTD event, it was the culmination of a six hour heads-up battle against David Johnston.
Hartshorn came out on top, earning just under $303,000 and his first Borgata Open trophy. That remains his best live cash, but he's run up more than $663,000 in tournament earnings. Not bad for a guy who used to call himself a cash-game player!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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40,000 | 40,000 |
Seniors Back For More
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.