2020 Borgata Winter Poker Open

Event #13: $400 Almighty Stack
Day: 1b
Event Info

2020 Borgata Winter Poker Open

Final Results
Winner
Kareem Marshall
Winning Hand
86
Prize
$195,903
Event Info
Buy-in
$400
Prize Pool
$1,140,381
Entries
3,359
Level Info
Level
39
Blinds
800,000 / 1,600,000
Ante
1,600,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
445
Players Left
111

Event #13: $400 Almighty Stack

Day 1b Started

The Second Almight Stack Flight Takes Off at 5 PM

Borgata Cards
Borgata Cards

Day 1b of Event #13: Almighty Stack kicks off at 5 PM in the Event Center and this the second of four starting flights.

The tournament features a heavenly guaranteed prize pool of $1,000,000 which will attract players from all over the place as they have a shot at grabbing their share for a $400 buy-in.

In 2019 this event featured a slightly bigger buy-in of $450 with the same guarantee. The $1,000,000 guarantee was crushed as the 3,508 entries created a total prize pool of $1,403,200. It would be Rajesh Desai who could claim the most money as he walked away with $175,429 after agreeing to a three-way deal with Thomas Larson and Chris Tryba.

The final two flights kick off tomorrow on Thursday, January 23, Day 1c will start at 10 a.m. while the final starting flight will take place at 5 p.m. again.

Players get a whopping 100,000 in chips in their starting stack and can register late until the start of Level 13.

If players fail to keep hold of their chips, they can reenter an unlimited amount of times during the late registration period or in the other starting days.

This tournament also features the “best stack forward” options which means that players can opt to enter multiple flights, even if they have already bagged on a Day 1. All Day 1s feature 30-minute levels and have seventeen levels scheduled with a 15-minute break planned after Level 4, 8, and 12.

The PokerNews live reporting team will be there from the first shuffle up and deal until the final bag has been sealed, so stay tuned.

Event #13: Almighty Stack Day 1 Structure

LevelDurationSmall BlindBig BlindBB Ante
130100100 
230100200200
330200300300
430200400400
Break15   
530300600600
630400800800
7305001,0001,000
8306001,2001,200
Break15   
9308001,6001,600
10301,0002,0002,000
11301,2002,5002,500
12301,5003,0003,000
Break15   
13302,0004,0004,000
14302,5005,0005,000
15303,0006,0006,000
16304,0008,0008,000
17305,00010,00010,000

Level: 1

Blinds: 100/100

Ante: 0

Sabogali Stops In

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante
Alberto Sabogali
Alberto Sabogali

The day 1b Almighty Stack field is growing fast and there are already over 100 entries here in the second flight.

Alberto Sabogali has just taken his seat and he has been on fire on the felt as of late. Sabogali has made an impressive three Wynn final tables in just the last month with a second, third and fourth place finish.

He has now earned over $660,000 throughout his career and tells us he has a good feeling about the Almighty Stack.

Player Chips Progress
Alberto Sabogali us
Alberto Sabogali
100,000

Tags: Alberto Sabogali

Level: 2

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 200

Matranca Pulls In a Pot

Level 2 : 100/200, 200 ante

The board read {6-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{a-Spades}{4-Clubs} and there was around 6,000 in the pot. A player threw in a bet of about 2,000 and Martin Matranca then raised it up to 8,000.

His opponent thought for a moment but in the end, they called and Matranca tabled {6-Hearts}{3-Hearts}, giving him a straight and his opponent quickly mucked their hand.

Player Chips Progress
Martin Matranca us
Martin Matranca
120,000

Tags: Martin Matranca

Perry Takes One Down

Level 2 : 100/200, 200 ante

A player in early position raised to 600 and four players called. With the action on Mark Perry on the button he re-raised to 2,600.

The rest of the table quickly folded and Perry took the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Mark Perry us
Mark Perry
105,000

Level: 3

Blinds: 200/300

Ante: 300