Level: 21
Blinds: 12,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
2020 Borgata Winter Poker Open
Event #13: $400 Almighty Stack
Day: 2
First Break of the Day
Level 20
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
The 440 remaining players have been sent for their first 15-minute break of the day.
Kulakowski Gets an Elimination
Level 20
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
The player in the hijack shoved for 192,000 and so did Kamil Kulakowski on the button for more.
Hijack: 
Kamil Kulakowski: 
The board ran out 
for Kulakowski to hit trips on the turn to eliminate his opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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880,000 | 567,000 |
Failla Leading Right Now
Level 20
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,330,000 | 1,461,000 |
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2,030,000 | 1,216,000 |
|
90,000 | -303,000 |
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64,000 | -310,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Don't Miss Out on Tomorrow's Charity Series of Poker (CSOP) Event to Benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Level 20
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
The Charity Series of Poker (CSOP) is proud to announce their 29th charity poker event, which will take place tomorrow night (Saturday, January 25) – the night before the Borgata Winter Poker Open World Poker Tour $3,500 Main Event.
The tournament will take place in the Event Center and all net proceeds from the $220 buy-in tournament, which will offer re-entries (no add-ons), will benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, which treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases.
The event will feature a catered reception with an open bar, food, and music, which will be held from 5:00-6:30 p.m. at Gypsy Bar courtesy of Borgata. The winner of the charity tournament, which kicks off at 6:30 p.m., will walk away with a $3,500 seat into the WPT Borgata Main Event. The second and third-place finishers will receive seats to the $500 St. Jude CSOP (to be held on April 4 at the Palms in Las Vegas) along with hotel and $500 for travel. The 4th-6th place finishers will receive a $500 St. Jude CSOP Las Vegas seat.
There will also be a silent auction, raffle, bounty prizes, plus $1,000 cash prizes for both the chip leader at the end of the re-entry period and the player with the most re-entries. Among those slated to attend are DraftKings National Sports Betting Champion Randy Lee, Anthony Zinno, CSOP Founder Matt Stout, Faded Spade Founder Tom Wheaton, Tyler Patterson, Esther Taylor, Tommy Bates, and many more!
Sponsors for the event include Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, Sofa King Creative, RunGoodGear, VerStandig Law, Clayton Tax and Financial, PokerNews, and Right Touch Trophies.
About the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
St. Jude is leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases.
The mission of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is to advance cures, and means of prevention, for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment. Consistent with the vision of our founder Danny Thomas, no child is denied treatment based on race, religion or a family's ability to pay.
Medlin Scores a Double Knockout
Level 20
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
The player in the middle position raised to 60,000 and Ray Medlin Sr shoved from the hijack for 492,000. The player in the cutoff called for around 100,000 and so did the player in the big blind for around 460,000. The initial raiser opted to get out of their way.
Cutoff: 
Big Blind:
Ray Medlin Sr: 
The flop came 
to keep Medlin ahead.
The turn was the 
for the big blind to leap ahead with the pair of aces but the 
on the river gave Medlin the set to eliminate both of his opponents.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,138,000 | 665,000 |
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Busted |
Recent Chip Counts
Level 20
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,610,000 | 884,000 |
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1,135,000 | 297,000 |
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1,050,000 | 59,000 |
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898,000 | 898,000 |
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341,000 | -197,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Level: 20
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
My Stack App Activated
Level 19
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
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Steinberg Chips Up
Level 19
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Mark Steinberg was kind enough to make his way to the media desk to relay how he chipped in the first level.
He found 
, there was a limp, raise, three-bet to 68,000 and a shove. Steinberg called as he started the hand with 415,000 and the other player held 
. The board ran out 
for him to double up.
A few hands later he found , he wanted to raise but first put in the call. The floor was called over and it was ruled that he could only min-raise to 24,000. Four other players called. The flop came 
, he check-called the bet of one of his opponents while the rest folded. He check-called again on an unknown turn and when the came on the river to pair the board, he check-tank-called the last bet to see he was good with his two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,700,000 |