Event #13: $400 Almighty Stack
Day 1b Completed
2020 Borgata Winter Poker Open
Event #13: $400 Almighty Stack
Day: 1b
Alex Visbisky Finds the Largest Bag of Day 1B in Almighty Stack
Level 17
: 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
The second flight of Event #13: $400 Almighty Stack has now come to an end after 17 levels of play. Day 1b saw 445 entry slips sold and when the dust had settled only 111 players found a bag that they would carry on into Day 2.
By the end of the night, Alex Visbisky found the largest stack from this field as he finished with 989,000. Visbisky grinded throughout most of the day, staying under the radar until the later levels when he catapulted towards the top after finding a present from an opponent who shoved seven-high on a flop that Visbisky was all over. His opponent failed to catch, leaving the Cheektowaga, NY, native with a lead that he did not return as he finished the day atop the Day 1b leaderboard.
Nipping at the heels of Visbisky is Ilya Dyment who has had some deep runs here in the Borgata with his largest coming in the 2017 BWPO when he took fourth in the Deepstack Kick-Off for $180,000. Dyment finished just shy of the leader, bagging 945,000 for the night and is someone to keep an eye on as the tournament unfolds.
Other stacks that slid into Day 2 on the larger side of things include Basel Chaora (875,000), Bryan Adames (864,000), Alberto Sabogali (734,000), and fan-favorite Stanley Lee (725,000).
Some notable players to emerge from the second flight are Daniel Sewnig (681,000), Brandon Miller (589,000), Jonas Wexler (581,000), Ryan Eriquezzo (517,000), Spencer Champlin (489,000), Borgata regular Anna Antimony (449,000), Leonard Sande (340,000), Zach Gruneberg (281,000), and Michael Azzaro (117,000).
The two starting flights combined for a total of 1,163 players with just 285 surviving and moving onto Day 2. Those survivors will combine with the remaining players of the Day 1c and 1d flights, returning on Friday, January 24, to battle it out until the final 18 players who will then return on the next day to play down to a winner.
That wraps it up for the PokerNews live coverage of Day 1b but tune in tomorrow at 10 a.m. when Day 1c of the Almighty Stack kicks off for all of the updates.
Assorted End of Day Chip Counts
Level 17
: 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
989,000 | 74,000 |
|
945,000 | -105,000 |
|
|
875,000 | 875,000 |
|
864,000 | 864,000 |
|
737,000 | -3,000 |
|
725,000 | 400,000 |
|
|
699,000 | 699,000 |
|
694,000 | 694,000 |
|
|
688,000 | 8,000 |
|
681,000 | 211,000 |
|
|
638,000 | 308,000 |
|
|
611,000 | 611,000 |
|
|
610,000 | 610,000 |
|
|
600,000 | 600,000 |
|
|
589,000 | -81,000 |
|
589,000 | 589,000 |
|
|
587,000 | 587,000 |
|
583,000 | 583,000 |
|
581,000 | 56,000 |
|
545,000 | 545,000 |
|
|
538,000 | 538,000 |
|
517,000 | 147,000 |
|
516,000 | 31,000 |
|
492,000 | 492,000 |
|
489,000 | 279,000 |
Day 1b Has Now Completed
Level 17
: 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
The second flight of the Almighty Stack has now come to an end after 17 grueling levels of play. Day 1b saw 445 entry slips sold and by nights end only 111 players remained.
Finding the largest bag from the flight was Alex Visbisky who managed to accumulate 989,000 by night's end.
A recap of the day will be posted shortly.
Mroczkowski Climbs The Ranks, Sends One Home
Level 17
: 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Edward Mroczkowski opened and a player moved all in for around 210,000, Mroczkowski called and the two tabled their hands.
Opponent: 
Edward Mroczkowski: 
The board ran out 
and Mroczkowski's ace-king held on for the pot, eliminating his opponent from the tournament late in the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
485,000 |
Sande Finds a Double
Level 17
: 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Leonard "LJ" Sande got his stack of 149,000 all in pre-flop holding 
against the 
of his opponent.
The board ran out 
and Sande improved to a full house to double up in one of the last hands of the night.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
323,000 | 124,000 |
Sewnig Sends Psallidas Out the Door
Level 17
: 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Constantinos Psallidas had all of his chips into the middle and found one caller in Daniel Sewnig, putting Psallidas at risk of elimination.
Constantinos Psallidas: 
Daniel Sewnig: 
The board ran out 
and Sewnig pulled in the pot with his Johnnies, eliminating Psallidas from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
470,000 | |
|
Busted |
Level: 17
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
Lee Takes One Down
Level 16
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Stanley Lee and his opponent were heads up on the 
board. Lee fired out a bet 45,000 into a main pot of over 65,000 and that was enough to take the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
325,000 | 35,000 |
Updated Chip Counts
Level 16
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
670,000 | 145,000 |
|
|
370,000 | -15,000 |
|
300,000 | 5,000 |
|
|
290,000 | |
|
290,000 | 130,000 |
|
|
210,000 | -20,000 |
|
185,000 | 185,000 |