2020 Borgata Winter Poker Open

Event #1: $600 Deepstack Kick-Off
Day: 1c
Event Info

2020 Borgata Winter Poker Open

Final Results
Winner
Zarko Mandic
Prize
$342,967
Event Info
Buy-in
$600
Prize Pool
$2,291,625
Entries
4,375
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
300,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Players Info - Day 1c
Entries
475
Players Left
76

Rajasekar Govidan Leads Day 1C (full)

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Rajasekar Govidan
Rajasekar Govidan

Day 1c of Event #1: $600 Deepstack Kick-Off at the Borgata Winter Poker Open drew a total of 475 entries bringing the combined Event #1 total to 1,438 and counting.

There were 75 day 1c players moving on to Day 2 and Rajasekar Govidan put the biggest stack in the bag with 456,000. Brownie "BW" Garrett was right on his heels with 410,000 after scooping the largest pot of the night in one of the final hands.

Garrett was holding a set of nines against the flopped two pair of David Jackson when all of the chips went in the middle with Jackson all but drawing dead.

Some of the other players to bag big were "The General" (295,000), Kevin Kenkelen (256,000), Michel Lawson 242,000, Ted Lawson (235,000) and Scott Einiger (220,000)

There are plenty of other familiar faces advancing and that list includes Leonard "LJ" Sande (154,000) Peter Campo (132,000), Vinny Pahuja (127,000), Ryan Hohner (107,000) and David Jackson (77,000).

The combined day 1a-e survivors will return to the Event Center on Friday, January 17 at 11 a.m. to resume Day 2 play.

That wraps it up for the third of five starting flights and we are expecting a massive turnout for the final two flights.

Player Chips Progress
Rajasekar Govindan us
Rajasekar Govindan
456,000 456,000
Brownie Garrett us
Brownie Garrett
410,000 410,000
Yasin Ahmady us
Yasin Ahmady
295,000 295,000
Manoi Saysamone us
Manoi Saysamone
293,000 293,000
Matthew Macioce us
Matthew Macioce
257,000 257,000
Kevin Kenkelen us
Kevin Kenkelen
256,000 256,000
Anthony Garofalo us
Anthony Garofalo
251,000 251,000
Michele Lawson us
Michele Lawson
242,000 242,000
John Gulino us
John Gulino
240,000 240,000
Noam Muallem il
Noam Muallem
240,000 240,000
Edward Lawson us
Edward Lawson
235,000 235,000
Sandeep Pulusani us
Sandeep Pulusani
WSOP 2X Winner
227,000 227,000
Brett Butz us
Brett Butz
225,000 225,000
Matthew Kurtz us
Matthew Kurtz
225,000 225,000
Scott Einiger us
Scott Einiger
220,000 85,000
Satish Surapaneni us
Satish Surapaneni
220,000 220,000
Marc Sandy us
Marc Sandy
216,000 216,000
Jack Abramcyk us
Jack Abramcyk
205,000 205,000
Balakrish Patur us
Balakrish Patur
205,000 205,000
Daniel Bak us
Daniel Bak
204,000 204,000
Patrick Luu us
Patrick Luu
204,000 204,000
Tommy Tran us
Tommy Tran
203,000 203,000
Nikolay Volper us
Nikolay Volper
201,000 201,000
Cory Williams us
Cory Williams
194,000 194,000
Rifat Hossain us
Rifat Hossain
193,000 193,000

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Tags: David JacksonPeter CampoRajasekar GovidanRyan HohnerScott EinigerTed LawsonVinny Pahuja

Jamie Gold Still in the Hunt

Level 13 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Jamie Gold
Jamie Gold

The day 1c field is thinning down and we spotted a familiar in the field. The 2006 WSOP Main Event Champion Jamie Gold is still in the hunt.

We are approaching the last break of the night and Gold is looking to finish strong and advance to day two.

Player Chips Progress
Jamie Gold us
Jamie Gold
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
45,000 23,000

Tags: Jamie Gold

David Jackson Crosses the Century Chip Mark

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
David Jackson
David Jackson

We are approaching the close of day 1c registration and David Jackson is heating up. Jackson just scooped another pot to climb over the century chip mark.

He certainly knows a thing or two about Borgata Poker tournament success as he earned his two largest career scores here at the Borgata.

Jackson is fresh off a victory in November's Borgata Fall Poker Open where he took down the $2,700 BFPO Championship NLH event earning over $211,000 and his fourth Borgata trophy.

Player Chips Progress
David Jackson us
David Jackson
WSOP 1X Winner
105,000 60,000

Tags: David Jackson

Siegel Spikes a Queen

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante
Eric Siegel
Eric Siegel

A player in late position limped in and Neal Patel raised to 2,300 from the hijack. The player in the cutoff called and Eric Siegel moved all in for 10,200 from the big blind.

It folded back to Patel who re-shoved all in for about 40,000 and the player in the cutoff folded.

Eric Siegel: {k-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}
Neal Patel: {a-Diamonds}{k-Spades}

The dealer fanned the {q-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{3-Hearts} flop and Siegel paired his queen in the window to take the lead. The turn {6-Diamonds} and river {8-Hearts} were no help to Patel and Siegel earned the double up.

Player Chips Progress
Neal Patel us
Neal Patel
30,000
Eric Siegel us
Eric Siegel
21,600 -53,400

Tags: Neal PatelEric Siegel

Flight C Coming Up at 5 PM

Event Center Flight C
Event Center Flight C

Day 2 of the 2020 Borgata Winter Poker Open here at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City began at 11 a.m. local time with the second starting flight of the $600 Deep Stack Kick-Off in the Event Center. The third flight, Day 1c, will begin at 5 p.m. in the rear of room right in front of Media Row and be a repeat of Day 1b, which is still in progress in the front of the Event Center.

Of the 405 entries in Flight A yesterday, 65 players have already punched their tickets to Day 2. It remains to be seen how many will join them from Flight B and registration remains open for that flight until about 5:45 p.m.

With a whopping $2 Million Guarantee on total buy-ins, many more entries are expected tonight and tomorrow in the final two starting flights. The 2019 BWPO Kick-Off saw 5,130 entries to easily surpass the guarantee. Amateur player Pascal Zaklama walked away with $328,695 and the trophy to score his biggest live cash by far.

Late registration and unlimited re-entries for Flight C are available until the start of level 13 (about 11:45 p.m.). All players will start with a full 25,000 stack and they will play fifteen 30-minute levels tonight. The remaining players will then bag up their chips for the night (about 1:30 a.m.).

The final two starting flights, D and E, will start at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. respectively on Thursday, January 16. The survivors of all five starting flights will combine on Friday, January 17, at 11 a.m. for Day 2 to battle it out for their spot on Day 3, Saturday beginning at 12 noon.