Event #13: $400 Almighty Stack
Day 1c Started
2020 Borgata Winter Poker Open
Event #13: $400 Almighty Stack
Day: 1c
Almighty Stack Flight C Begins at 10 AM in Borgata's Event Center!
At 10 a.m. local time, Day 1c of Event #13: Almighty Stack NLH will begin in the Event Center and as the third of four starting flights of one of the most anticipated events of the 2020 Borgata Winter Poker Open, this flight should pack the house. The $1 million guarantee on total buy-ins will bring the players out in droves for today's final two flights.
In 2019 this event featured a slightly bigger buy-in of $450 with the same guarantee. That guarantee was crushed as the 3,508 entries created a total prize pool of $1,403,200. Raj Desai took first place and $175,429 after agreeing to a three-way deal with Thomas Larson and Chris Tryba.
Players get an almighty 100,000 in chips to start and can register and re-enter until the start of Level 13 (about 4:45 p.m.). Re-Entries are unlimited and this is also a best stack forward event, so players who have already bagged can fire again if they want, without automatically forfeiting chips already bagged. All levels on Day 1 are 30 minutes long and they'll play 17 of those, then bag up for the night.
The final flight, 1d, takes off at 5 p.m. local time and will follow the same format. 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!
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 0
Shuffle Up and Deal
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
The tournament director welcomed the players to the tables and instructed the dealers to shuffle up and deal with the button in Seat 4.
2002 WSOP Main Event Champ in the House
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
It's been more than 17 years since Robert Varkonyi won the World Series of Poker Main Event along with $2,000,000 — and got to shave Phil Hellmuth's head on TV.
He's back on the felt today, but it's been a minute since he's been spotted in a tournament at Borgata. He cashed in this event two years ago during the 2018 BWPO, finishing 166th for $1,048. He also cashed in the 2015 Fall Poker Open Almighty Stack, so this must be a favorite of his.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000 | 100,000 |
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Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
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Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Hitchcock Firing Again in Flight C
Level 2
: 100/200, 200 ante
Jane Hitchcock is back today, undeterred after taking some horrendous beats in Flight A yesterday.
The bestselling author, playwright, and screenwriter released her sixth novel last year, "Bluff", and it combines her passion for poker with her mind for mystery and her family's personal history with financial fraud.
“In this stunning social noir … an audacious murder in broad daylight sets off the biggest scandal to hit New York society in years. The unlikely shooter uses her knowledge of poker to play the game of her life with no cards to frame her nemesis and exact revenge.”
In the last six years since she started playing tournaments, she's run up more than $129,000 in reported earnings, so she's no slouch in the felt. Now if she can only get her monster hands to hold up on the river!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000 |
First Familiar Faces
Level 2
: 100/200, 200 ante
In a sea of faces, it can be hard to spot the more familiar ones but these are three who have been found during the early stages of the tournament with many more expected to roll in later today.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000 | |
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100,000 | 100,000 |
|
100,000 | 100,000 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300