Event #1: $600 Deepstack Kick-Off
Day 3 Started
2020 Borgata Winter Poker Open
Event #1: $600 Deepstack Kick-Off
Day: 3
Day 3 Seat Draw
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Leonard Sande | United States | 4,400,000 | 37 |
| 1 | 2 | Emanuele Gugliuzza | United States | 5,395,000 | 45 |
| 1 | 3 | Guy Cicconi | United States | 4,300,000 | 36 |
| 1 | 4 | Christopher Frigon | United States | 2,125,000 | 18 |
| 1 | 5 | Frankie Greever | United States | 1,000,000 | 8 |
| 1 | 6 | Steven Phillips | United States | 4,035,000 | 34 |
| 1 | 7 | Ricardo Eyzaguirre | United States | 645,000 | 5 |
| 1 | 8 | Patrick Luu | United States | 4,010,000 | 33 |
| 2 | 1 | Giuseppe Lomuscio | United States | 1,920,000 | 16 |
| 2 | 2 | Brian Morgan | Canada | 2,740,000 | 23 |
| 2 | 3 | Calvin Ma | United States | 1,255,000 | 10 |
| 2 | 4 | Zarko Mandic | United States | 2,365,000 | 20 |
| 2 | 5 | Narimaan Ahmadi | United States | 1,460,000 | 12 |
| 2 | 6 | Gary Fitzsimons | United States | 6,645,000 | 55 |
| 2 | 7 | David Whitnah | United States | 1,650,000 | 14 |
| 3 | 1 | Constantinos Psallidas | Canada | 4,050,000 | 34 |
| 3 | 2 | Ryan Teixeira | Canada | 3,630,000 | 30 |
| 3 | 3 | Jonathan Ounjian | United States | 1,545,000 | 13 |
| 3 | 4 | Alida Veliu | United States | 6,085,000 | 51 |
| 3 | 5 | Elie Ghorayeb | United States | 1,975,000 | 16 |
| 3 | 6 | Guillermo Vargas | United States | 2,230,000 | 19 |
| 3 | 7 | Zachary Gruneberg | United States | 2,235,000 | 19 |
| 3 | 8 | Kirkwood Saccardo | United States | 8,550,000 | 71 |
| 4 | 1 | Amit Aery | United States | 1,740,000 | 15 |
| 4 | 2 | Joseph Cappuccio | United States | 1,040,000 | 9 |
| 4 | 3 | Dennis Naroditsky | United States | 2,550,000 | 21 |
| 4 | 4 | Vivian Leslie | United States | 750,000 | 6 |
| 4 | 5 | Soheb Porbandarwala | United States | 2,140,000 | 18 |
| 4 | 6 | Jeremy Maher | United States | 11,915,000 | 99 |
| 4 | 7 | Daniel Buzgon | United States | 2,295,000 | 19 |
| 4 | 8 | Jackob Datashvili | United States | 7,605,000 | 63 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
11,915,000 | |
|
8,550,000 | |
|
7,605,000 | |
|
|
6,645,000 | |
|
6,085,000 | |
|
5,395,000 | |
|
4,400,000 | |
|
4,300,000 | |
|
4,050,000 | |
|
4,035,000 | |
|
4,010,000 | |
|
3,630,000 | |
|
2,740,000 | |
|
2,550,000 | |
|
2,365,000 | |
|
2,295,000 | |
|
2,235,000 | |
|
2,230,000 | |
|
2,140,000 | |
|
2,125,000 | |
|
1,975,000 | |
|
1,920,000 | |
|
|
1,740,000 | |
|
1,650,000 | |
|
1,545,000 |
Day 3 of the 2020 BWPO Kick-Off Begins at 12 Noon!
The finale of Event #1: $600 DeepStack Kick-Off NLH begins at 12 noon with 31 returning players. Jerry Maher leads the field with nearly 12 million chips (100 big blinds).
Play will resume with Level 30, Blinds 60,000/120,000/120,000 BB Ante.
Level: 30
Blinds: 60,000/120,000
Ante: 120,000
Cappuccio First to the Rail
Level 30
: 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Joe Cappuccio got his chips in on the first hand of the day holding 
against the 
of chip leader Jerry Maher. The board brought no help for Cappuccio as it ran out 
. He was sent to the rail in 31st place ($6,302). Maher is now up to ~13 million.
Following him in short order were Frankie Greever (30th) and Christopher Frigon (29th), both of whom will also collect $6,302.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
13,000,000 | 1,085,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Leslie Out in 28th Place, Just Missing Pay Bump
Level 30
: 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Vivian Leslie was a short stack at the start of play and one of only two players with fewer than 1 million chips.
She held on as long as she could, but finally got her last chips (~2 big blinds) in holding 
. Soheb Porbandarwala looked her up with 
and caught a three on the board to take the pot.
Leslie will collect $6,302 for 28th place, just missing the pay jump. The next player eliminated will collect $8,135.
Her departure also means that Alida Veliu is the last woman sitting in this event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,300,000 | 160,000 |
|
Busted |
Three More Out the Door
Level 30
: 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Three more players have been taken down to the felt.
25th: Giuseppe Lomuscio
26th: Amit Aery
27th: Elie Ghorayeb
All three will collect $8,135 for the efforts in this event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 31
Blinds: 80,000/160,000
Ante: 160,000
Gallery of Goners
Whitnah Doubles Thru Fitzsimons
Level 31
: 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante
On the turn with aboard reading 
, Gary Fitzsimons announced he was all-in, having David Whitnah covered. After confirming was he thought was "all-in", Whitnah called, tabling 
for the flopped set. Fitzsimons' 
had been thoroughly cracked and he was left looking for another Ace or a five for the wheel.
River brought the 
, however, giving Whitnah a boat and the double-up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,700,000 | 3,050,000 |
|
|
2,160,000 | -4,485,000 |