Dinner Break
Level 23
: 15,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
The remaining 125 players will now be taking a 60-minute dinner break.
2020 Borgata Winter Poker Open
Event #1: $600 Deepstack Kick-Off
Day: 2
Leu Sends Yanni to the Rail
Level 23
: 15,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
John Yanni moved all in for 280,000 from under the gun and Matthew Leu snapped from the big blind, putting Yanni at risk of elimination.
John Yanni: 
Matthew Leu: 
The flop rolled out 
, giving Leu a set of jacks as he extended his lead. A 
peeled off on the turn, giving Yanni some hope as he turned a flush draw but the 
river did nothing for him and he was eliminated by Leu's set of jacks.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
840,000 | 509,000 |
|
Busted |
Veliu Continues to Climb
Level 23
: 15,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Alida Veliu opened to 75,000 from middle position and found one caller in Jerry Maher who was in the small blind. The dealer fanned out 
and both players checked to the 
turn card.
Maher tapped the table to Veliu who fired in 75,000 and Maher quickly threw his hand into the muck, sending another pot to Veliu.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,200,000 | |
|
1,075,000 |
Assorted Chip Counts
Level 23
: 15,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,720,000 | 1,606,000 |
|
1,170,000 | 1,170,000 |
|
1,170,000 | 969,000 |
|
625,000 | -155,000 |
|
550,000 | 401,000 |
|
490,000 | 232,000 |
|
100,000 | -54,000 |
A Look at Table 8
Level 23
: 15,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Michael Cohen's 
failed to hold against Seat 4's 
on a board of 
. After shipping the double, Cohen was left with ~475,000.
Here's a look at some other stacks on his table:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
475,000 | |
|
|
375,000 | |
|
320,000 | |
|
320,000 | |
|
|
310,000 |
Level: 23
Blinds: 15,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
Yanni Building on Table 3
Level 22
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
John Yanni has managed to grown his 190,000 Day 2 staring stack up to ~800,000 and that's not an easy task with the likes of BorgataPoker.com Sponsored Pro Dan Buzgon on his table, with a similar stack.
Over on Table 1, Soheb Porbandarwala (700,000) and Vinny Pahuja (690,000) are also in that 35-40 big blind range.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
800,000 | 610,000 |
|
|
780,000 | 320,000 |
|
Busted |
Harris Building Stacks
Level 22
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Jamichael Harris has turned up on Table 4 with about 1.8 million, putting him in or near the chip lead.
He's got Justin Leeds on his right, keeping an eye on that big stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,800,000 | 1,800,000 |
|
650,000 | 535,000 |
Level: 22
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
Rivkin Playing 1 Million Heading Into Color-Up Break
Level 21
: 8,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
End of Level 21 players are taking a color-up break while the staff remove the yellow 1,000 chips from play.
As the big stack at his table, Jason Rivkin was buying up the yellow and altogether is playing right at 1 million, and possibly the chip leader as of the break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,000,000 |