Event #25: $300 Deepest Stack NLH | 2020 Borgata Winter Poker Open

01-31-2020 17:30 UTC-4

Dodd Shoots Down Press' Ducks

Kaelaine Minton

Level 10 : 800/1,500, 1,500 ante

Jonathan Press got all-in for 35,200 preflop from the small blind holding pocket deuces against Ryan Dodd, who had him covered and smothered with pocket sixes.

The board came and was no help to Press, who was busted. He re-entered and was seated at a new table before the end of the level. Dodd's chipping up nicely as the end of registration approaches.

Press cashes in Deep Stack post-lim and made the final table of the Almighty Stack earlier in this series, so he's been running well. Dodd also has two cashes this series, in Events #1 and #4.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Dodd	220,000
Jonathan Press	40,000

Tags: Ryan Dodd Jonathan Press

01-31-2020 17:13 UTC-4

An Assortment of Chip Counts

Kaelaine Minton

Level 10 : 800/1,500, 1,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Diane LePera	166,000	166,000
Andrew Klein	152,000	152,000
Maurice Hawkins	135,000	135,000
Joseph Cappuccio	125,000	125,000
Xiang Lin	105,000	105,000
Michael Bonita	101,000	101,000
Jamie Giunta	75,000	75,000
Laurence Ohalloran	70,000	70,000
Ryan Eriquezzo	67,000	27,000
Sean Barringer	66,000	66,000
Sundiata DeVore	60,000	60,000
John Hinds	57,000	57,000
Marguerite Spagnuolo	51,000	51,000
Eric Rivera	48,000	48,000
Josias Santos	42,000	42,000
Johanssy Joseph	36,000	36,000
Daniel DaConti	33,000	-7,000
Judith Bielan	30,000	30,000
Wooyang Lin	26,000	26,000
Bobby Cheung	25,400
Michael Lydon	Busted

Level: 10

Blinds: 800/1,500

Ante: 1,500

01-31-2020 16:59 UTC-4

McGuinness Building Early

Kaelaine Minton

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Another player climbing in the counts early today is John McGuinness, up to ~185,000.

McGuinness notched his best live cash of $176,080 right here in this room back in September during the 2019 Borgata Poker Open Event #1: $600 Deep Stack NLH Kick-Off. A heads-up deal with winner Benson Tang earned McGuinness second place a lot of cash.

He's gone on to cash several more times since then, including twice during this series, earning $5,000 in one of the Super Survivors and another cash in one of the Saturday Series events.

Player	Chips	Progress
John McGuinness	185,000

Tags: John Mcguinness

01-31-2020 16:47 UTC-4

Rossetti Coolered by The Master

Kaelaine Minton

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Rick Rossetti was all-in preflop holding pocket queens, only to run into the pocket aces of Men "The Master" Nguyen. The board was useless for Rossetti and he was felted.

Nguyen is building a big stack early here in the final trophy event of the 2020 BWPO. He already has one trophy from this series, from Event #4: $400 Saturday Series Deep Stack NLH, where he earned $50,000 for first place in a three-way deal at the final table. This is his first Borgata Open Series title.

Nguyen has more than $11 million in reported tournament earnings and currently ranks fourth on California's all time money list. He's apparently decided he's conquered the west coast and now he's come east to make his mark on this side of the country. He has several wins in Connecticut and at the US Poker Championships in Atlantic City back in the day, but this is his first win east of the Mississippi since 2008.

Player	Chips	Progress
Men Nguyen	226,000	226,000
Rick Rossetti	Busted

Tags: Men Nguyen Rick Rossetti

Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

01-31-2020 16:29 UTC-4

Adams and Lydon Battling on Table 13

Kaelaine Minton

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Ron Adams and Michael Lydon are seated in adjacent seats on Table 13 and thanks to MyStack, we know that Adams' stack has been on a bit of a rollercoaster ride from the start, up to 80,000 and back down to 42,500.

He's got a tough opponent on his left, as Lydon has won an Open Series title here at Borgata (2011 Fall Poker Open) and has nearly $320,000 in reported tournament earnings.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Lydon	71,000	71,000
Ron Adams	42,500

Tags: Michael Lydon Ron Adams

01-31-2020 16:08 UTC-4

Amjadi Doubles Up Before Break

Kaelaine Minton

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Just before the end of Level 7 and the break, [Removed:321] "Max" Amjadi doubled up through Dan DiZenzo. The action was over and only the aftermath and stacking of chips remained, so the details were missed.

Both players are still below the starting stack size, but with blinds of 400/800, they've still got plenty of chips with which to work.

Amjadi cashed in the BWPO Kick-Off (32nd for $6,302) but DiZenzo has yet to get on the tournament scoreboard for 2020.