Event #3: $500 Deepstack Black Chip Bounty Day 1 | 2020 Borgata Winter Poker Open

01-18-2020 02:51 UTC-4

Wells Bags Big Lead on Day One

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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.

Tags: Cody Wells David Jackson Erik Cajelais Jianming Zeng Phong Nguyen Ryan Eriquezzo

01-18-2020 01:08 UTC-4

Cajelais Keeps Climbing

TKBluffs

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
Erik Cajelais	395,000

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01-18-2020 00:24 UTC-4

Wells Moves Over Half a Million

TKBluffs

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
Cody Wells	560,000 560,000	560,000

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01-17-2020 23:21 UTC-4

Barkoff Builds a Big Stack

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Level 11 : 800/1,500, 1,500 ante

The chips are flying in the Event Center and Ken Barkoff has caught fire following the dinner break.

He is now setting behind a mountain of 345,000 which looks to be good for the current chip lead.

Barkoff's largest career score came here at the Borgata when he took down the Almighty Stack NLH event in November for over $86,000 and the trophy.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ken Barkoff	345,000

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01-17-2020 22:30 UTC-4

Nguyen Leads, Reese on His Heels

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Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Phong Nguyen	295,000 295,000	295,000
Adam Reese	260,000 260,000	260,000
Nir Shami	215,000 215,000	215,000
Katie Stone	185,000 5,000	5,000
Rafael Reis	135,000 135,000	135,000

Michael Haberman	135,000 135,000	135,000
David Jackson	105,000

Ryan Eriquezzo	100,000 100,000	100,000

Mike Azzaro	60,000 8,500	8,500
Dennis Zollo	32,000 32,000	32,000

01-17-2020 19:43 UTC-4

Quad Queens for Phillip Phan

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Phillip Phan got his stack of 21,200 all in pre-flop holding against the of his opponent.

The dealer fanned the flop and Phan improved to top set to put a hammerlock on the hand. The hit the turn to give Phan quad queens leaving his opponent drawing dead.

The meaningless completed the board and Phan earned the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phillip Phan	43,900

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01-17-2020 13:15 UTC-4

Bounty Hunting Begins at 1 pm!

Kaelaine Minton

Frank Brannan - 1st Place - 2019 BWPO Black Chip Bounty

The third tournament of the 2020 Borgata Winter Poker Open – the $500 buy-in Event #3: Deepstack Black Chip Bounty NLH with $250,000 Guarantee – will begin at 1 p.m. local time. A $100 Black Chip rides on every elimination and the player who collects an opponent's last tournament chip also gets their bounty!

Last year, this tournament easily surpassed its $250,000 GTD by attracting 1,073 runners and creating a more than $364,000 prize pool. Day 2 ran until about 3:30 a.m. before the remaining eight players agreed on adjusted payouts. Frank Brannan took first place and an even $50,000, along with his first Borgata Open trophy.

Players will start with 25,000 in chips and late registration and re-entries will remain open through the end of the dinner break after Level 8 (about 8:30 p.m.). All levels will last 45 minutes each.

Day 1 will end at 18 players or 2 a.m., when remaining players will bag their chips and return for Day 2 Saturday at 12 noon for the finale.

Click here for the full structure sheet.

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