2019 Borgata Poker Open

Event #9: $300 Deepest Stack NLH
Day: 1b
Event Info

2019 Borgata Poker Open

Event Info
Buy-in
$300
Prize Pool
$211,092
Entries
837
Players Left
6
Average Chip Stack
5,580,000
Total Chips
33,480,000
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
120,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
394
Players Left
69

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

Jackson Pulls in a Pot

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

The board read {k-Spades}{8-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds} and there was around 12,000 in the pot. David Jackson threw in a bet of 4,000 and his opponent called.

Jackson tabled {j-Diamonds}{j-Clubs} for two pair, his opponent threw their hand into the muck and Jackson pulled in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
David Jackson us
David Jackson
WSOP 1X Winner
61,000 17,000

Tags: David Jackson

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

Minton Pulls in an Early Pot

Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante

Kaelaine Minton opened from the hijack to 900, finding two callers in Michael Muniz and the big blind. The dealer fanned out {3-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{2-Diamonds} in the flop and action checked to Minton, she continued for 1,100.

Both over her opponents quickly released their hands as Minton took down the pot early in the day.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Muniz us
Michael Muniz
37,500 37,500
Kaelaine Minton us
Kaelaine Minton
30,400 30,400

Tags: Kaelaine MintonMichael Muniz

Two Main Event Borgata Champs in the Field

Level 4 : 200/300, 300 ante
Chris Leong
Chris Leong

The field has now reached almost 200 players by the start of level four, two names stand out in Chris Leong and David Jackson. Both have taken home their biggest career cash in this very building.

Jackson took home his biggest cash during the 2019 Borgata Spring Open in the $2,700 Main Event after he bested a 505 entry field to take home an immense $304,929.

The biggest cash on Leong's resume also came in a main event here in the Borgata, during the 2016 Borgata Winter Poker Open for a staggering $816,426. The New York, NY native outlasted a massive 1,171 entry field to take down the title.

Look for these two Borgata regulars to make climb through the ranks en route to another deep run here in the ninth event.

Player Chips Progress
David Jackson us
David Jackson
WSOP 1X Winner
44,000 4,000
Chris Leong us
Chris Leong
37,000 8,800

Tags: Chris LeongDavid Jackson

Level: 4

Blinds: 200/300

Ante: 300