Event #3: $500 Deepstack Black Chip Bounty
Day 1 Completed
2020 Borgata Winter Poker Open
Event #3: $500 Deepstack Black Chip Bounty
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
2020 Borgata Winter Poker Open
Buy-in
$500
Prize Pool
$395,518
Entries
1,165
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Entries
1,165
Players Left
170
Wells Bags Big Lead on Day One
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Event #3 $500 Deepstack Black Chip Bounty NLH drew a Borgata Poker record for this event with a massive 1,165 total entries.
There are approximatly 170 players returning for day two and it's Cody Wells at the top of the chip counts with 1,108,000. Wells was a one man wrecking crew collecting seven $100 bounties throughout the night.
Phong "VIP" Nguyen built a big stack early and he will return in second chip position with 710,000.
Some of the other players to bag big include WSOP bracelet winner Erik Cajelais (494,000), Jianming Zeng (647,000), Nir Shami and David Jackson (356,000)
Day two play will resume on Saturday January 18 at 12 PM in the Event Center and will play down to a winner. A full list of day two chip counts and seating assignments will be posted before the start of play.
End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,108,000 | 533,000 |
|
710,000 | 10,000 |
|
|
647,000 | 647,000 |
|
539,000 | 324,000 |
|
494,000 | 69,000 |
|
485,000 | 485,000 |
|
460,000 | 460,000 |
|
|
452,000 | 452,000 |
|
436,000 | 436,000 |
|
423,000 | 423,000 |
|
|
400,000 | 400,000 |
|
|
391,000 | 391,000 |
|
365,000 | 365,000 |
|
358,000 | 358,000 |
|
356,000 | 251,000 |
|
355,000 | 355,000 |
|
346,000 | 346,000 |
|
326,000 | 326,000 |
|
320,000 | 185,000 |
|
314,000 | 314,000 |
|
302,000 | 302,000 |
|
300,000 | 300,000 |
|
289,000 | -47,000 |
|
289,000 | |
|
|
274,000 | 274,000 |
Last Level of the Night
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Level 14 has begun and this will be the last level of play before the bagging process begins.
The players will return Saturday January 18 at 12 PM to resume day two play and play down to a winner.
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
"VIP" Back on Top
Level 13
: 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Phong "VIP" Nguyen built a big stack early and he just scooped a monster pot. Nguyen is now back in control of the Event #3 chip lead with a massive stack of 700,000.
There are plenty of players well within striking distance including both Cody Wells and Erik Cajelais.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
700,000 | |
|
|
575,000 | |
|
|
425,000 | 30,000 |
Cajelais Keeps Climbing
Level 13
: 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Five players limped in and Erik Cajelais raised to 15,000 from the button. The blinds folded and the under the limper re-raised to 42,000.
The action folded back to Cajelais who moved all in covering his opponent who had about 130,000 behind.
After giving it plenty of thought the player folded his 
face up and Cajelais took the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
395,000 |
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,500/2,500
Ante: 2,500
Wells Moves Over Half a Million
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
The under the gun player raised to 5,000 and a player in middle position re-raised to 15,000. Cody Wells made it 50,000 next to act and it folded back to the middle position player who moved all in for 140,000.
Wells snap called turning over 
and his opponent showed 
.
The board ran out 
and Wells scooped the largest pot of the night collecting his third $100 bounty chip.
Wells is now sitting behind a mountain of 560,000 and he's the first player to cross the half a million chip mark.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
560,000 | 560,000 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000