Level: 13
Blinds: 1,500/2,500
Ante: 2,500
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,500/2,500
Ante: 2,500
The players have returned from break and the cards are back in the air. Day 1c tournament registration and re-entry is now closed.
There were 475 entries this flight to bring the combined Event #1 total to 1,438 entries and counting. There's already over $750,000 in the prize pool and the final two flights kick off tomorrow at 10:00 AM and 6:00 PM.
Aubrey Williams got her last 46,500 all in pre-flop holding against the of her opponent.
The dealer spread the flop and the player picked up the nut flush draw. The turn brought the and Williams was just one card away from a double.
The hit the river and the player improved to the nut flush to send Williams to the rail.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Aubrey Williams | Busted |
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
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 |
45,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
The day 1c players are now on a 15-minute color up break and this is the last break of the night.
When play resumes there will be just one more level of play left in the night before the bagging process begins.
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
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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 |
456,000
456,000
|
456,000 |
Brownie Garrett |
410,000
410,000
|
410,000 |
Yasin Ahmady |
295,000
295,000
|
295,000 |
Manoi Saysamone |
293,000
293,000
|
293,000 |
Matthew Macioce
|
257,000
257,000
|
257,000 |
Kevin Kenkelen |
256,000
256,000
|
256,000 |
Anthony Garofalo |
251,000
251,000
|
251,000 |
Michele Lawson |
242,000
242,000
|
242,000 |
John Gulino |
240,000
240,000
|
240,000 |
Noam Muallem |
240,000
240,000
|
240,000 |
Edward Lawson |
235,000
235,000
|
235,000 |
Sandeep Pulusani |
227,000
227,000
|
227,000 |
|
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Brett Butz |
225,000
225,000
|
225,000 |
Matthew Kurtz |
225,000
225,000
|
225,000 |
Scott Einiger |
220,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
Satish Surapaneni |
220,000
220,000
|
220,000 |
Marc Sandy
|
216,000
216,000
|
216,000 |
Jack Abramcyk |
205,000
205,000
|
205,000 |
Balakrish Patur |
205,000
205,000
|
205,000 |
Daniel Bak |
204,000
204,000
|
204,000 |
Patrick Luu |
204,000
204,000
|
204,000 |
Tommy Tran |
203,000
203,000
|
203,000 |
Nikolay Volper |
201,000
201,000
|
201,000 |
Cory Williams |
194,000
194,000
|
194,000 |
Rifat Hossain
|
193,000
193,000
|
193,000 |
Event #1: $600 Deepstack Kick-Off
Day 1c Completed