Event #13: $400 Almighty Stack
Day 2 Completed
2020 Borgata Winter Poker Open
Event #13: $400 Almighty Stack
Day: 2
Daniel Tu Leads Almighty Stack into Final Day with $195,903 Up Top!
Level 32
: 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
The 2020 Borgata Winter Poker Open has now seen the second day of Event #13: $400 Almighty Stack come to an end after 15 levels of exciting poker action. The day started with 820 players and after the last chance saloon had closed for business only 37 players remained.
Leading the way into the final day is Daniel Tu who catapulted late in the day to the top when he flopped a set of sailboats, getting max value from his opponent and never fell out of that position throughout the rest of the night. Tu will be entering the final day with a monstrous 26,200,000 stack and is just one pay jump away from banking the biggest cash of his career.
Right behind Tu on the leaderboard is Eric Rivera with an even stack of 18,000,000. Unlike Tu, Rivera was on top of the field since the early stages of Day 2 and it was not until the last two levels of the night that someone really jumped out of his reach. The Marietta, GA, native will be looking to find his first five-figure cash and is an excellent position to do so, sitting in second of the final 37.
Rounding out the top five stacks are Bryann Tiam (17,100,000), David Meagher (13,700,000), and Matthew Pomponio (12,950,000). Meagher has the most experience of the top five, having over $134,000 in live career earnings and is an owner of a Borgata trophy. Look for him to stack up on the final day in hopes of securing his second trophy and first six-figure score.
This event held a $1,000,000 guarantee and it was easily surpassed when 3,359 entries were gathered, accumulating a total prize pool of $1,140,381. All of the 37 players to make Day 3 are getting at least a payday of $3,136 but every player that remains will have their eye set on that $195,903 first-place prize money, along with a new Borgata trophy.
Outside of the top five big stacks, there were many notable players to advance including Orson Young (12,300,000), Kareem Marshall (11,875,000), Luis Rodriguez (11,000,000), Event #10 winner Ryan Tamanini (9,075,000), Will "The Thrill" Failla (8,500,000), and Day 1b chipleader Alex Visbisky (4,975,000).
Players will return tomorrow at noon with the blinds of 200,000/400,000 and a big blind ante of 400,000. The tournament will not stop until a winner is crowned, leaving with a Borgata trophy and all of the $195,903 first-place money.
That wraps it up for PokerNews coverage of Day 2 in the Almighty Stack, but tune in tomorrow for all of the live updates as the action unfolds on the final day.
End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)
Level 32
: 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
26,200,000 | -2,570,000 |
|
18,000,000 | -5,800,000 |
|
|
17,100,000 | 3,300,000 |
|
13,700,000 | 100,000 |
|
|
12,950,000 | 12,367,000 |
|
12,400,000 | 12,135,000 |
|
12,300,000 | 10,000,000 |
|
12,300,000 | 11,384,000 |
|
11,875,000 | 11,240,000 |
|
|
11,750,000 | 11,279,000 |
|
11,025,000 | 10,334,000 |
|
|
11,000,000 | 10,363,000 |
|
10,700,000 | 7,960,000 |
|
10,350,000 | 1,750,000 |
|
10,100,000 | 4,500,000 |
|
9,825,000 | 9,303,000 |
|
9,800,000 | -3,800,000 |
|
9,250,000 | 8,797,000 |
|
9,075,000 | 1,975,000 |
|
8,950,000 | 8,859,000 |
|
8,800,000 | |
|
8,500,000 | -4,100,000 |
|
7,075,000 | 6,775,000 |
|
6,950,000 | 6,277,000 |
|
|
6,150,000 | 5,829,000 |
Feinstein Jacks Up the Price vs. Tiam
Level 32
: 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Bryann Tiam opened to 750,000 from the hijack and Gary Feinstein then announced a raise. After a moment of thought, he moved his entire 6,200,000 stack into the middle.
Tiam thought about it but ultimately he let his cards go, shipping a late pot to Feinstein.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
13,800,000 | -1,500,000 |
|
|
7,900,000 | -5,700,000 |
Last Level of the Night
Level 32
: 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
The players will be bagging up at the end of the level, returning tomorrow at noon to battle down to an eventual champion who will be taking home $195,903 and a prestigious Borgata trophy.
Rivera Continues to Prosper Late in the Day
Level 32
: 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
The flop showed 
and a player led out for 1,200,000. Eric Rivera raised to 3,200,000 and his opponent elected to move all in, totaling about 4,000,000.
"Good game sir," said Rivera as he snap-called, tabling 
for three ladies and his opponent then tabled 
for two pair.
The 
turn gave Rivera a boat and his opponent was then drawing dead to the 
river card, shipping the pot to Rivera.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
23,800,000 |
Level: 32
Blinds: 150,000/300,000
Ante: 300,000
Assorted Chip Counts
Level 31
: 120,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
28,770,000 | 6,270,000 |
|
|
13,600,000 | 4,600,000 |
|
|
12,600,000 | 2,750,000 |
|
11,500,000 | 5,900,000 |
|
7,900,000 | 7,900,000 |
|
6,000,000 | -4,700,000 |
|
|
5,600,000 | -1,850,000 |
|
5,100,000 | 2,750,000 |
Tiam Climbs Through Press
Level 31
: 120,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
Jonathan Press opened to 800,000 from the cutoff, Bryann Tiam called on the button and the dealer fanned out 
on the flop.
Press continued for 800,000 and Tiam called to see the 
turn card. Press tapped the table, Tiam then pushed in 1,650,000 and Press called without hesitation.
The dealer flipped over an 
and both players checked. Tiam tabled 
for queens over eights with a king kicker and it was good when Press showed the same two pair but a lower kicker, tabling 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
15,300,000 | |
|
|
7,450,000 |
Tu Sails His Way into the Lead
Level 31
: 120,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
The turned board read 
and a player checked to Daniel Tu who threw in a bet. His opponent check-raised all in and Tu called, tabling 
for a set of sailboats.
His opponent tabled 
, giving them a pair of nickels and the river bricked off, sending the massive pot to Tu who now has the lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
22,500,000 |