Event #16: $400 Saturday Series Deepstack
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2020 Borgata Winter Poker Open
Event #16: $400 Saturday Series Deepstack
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Welcome to the 2020 Borgata Winter Poker Open Event #16: $400 Saturday Series Deep Stack NLH
Today's first one-day trophy event is another $400 Saturday Series Deep Stack! Players get a 25,000-chip Deep Stack and all levels are 30 minutes long.
The $100,000 guarantee on this event always brings out a big crowd and today should be no different. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are allowed until the start of level 11 (about 4:45pm). Play will continue until a winner is determined and another Borgata Open trophy finds a new home.
Last year, this event saw 639 entries creating a prize pool of nearly $217,000, more than doubling the guarantee. The final 63 players earned a share and it played to completion, which took until about 6am Sunday morning. Soheb Porbandarwala bested Andrew Kim in a short heads-up match, taking first place and $52,081 for his efforts. Kim earned $29,287 for his runner-up finish.
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Registration Closed for Saturday Series
Saturday Series players are back from their break and registration has closed.
The unofficial entry count is 676, for a prize pool of more than $229,000, more than doubling the guarantee
Saturday Series Dinner Break
The Saturday Series is on a dinner break. Play will resume at about 7:20pm.
Post-Dinner Play Underway in Saturday Series
Players are back from dinner and play has resumed with Level 14: Blinds 2,000/4,000 with 4,000 Big Blind Ante.
Prize Pool and Payouts
Event #16: $400 Saturday Series Deepstack drew a total of 676 entries creating a prize pool of $229,502. The final 63 players will all make the money and be guaranteed a minimum of $780 for their efforts.
The winner will be taking home $55,100 and the Borgata Winter Poker Open trophy.
Level: 23
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
Zeibaq Leads the Final 25
Level 23
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
The Saturday Series NLH players are falling fast and we are quickly down to the final three tables. Yousef Zeibaq is out in front with 1,850,000 and Rafael Reis is closing in with 1,475,000.
We will now be picking up on all of the live tournament action and we will be crowing our newest BWPO champion in the early morning hours.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,850,000 | 1,850,000 |
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1,475,000 | 1,475,000 |
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975,000 | 975,000 |
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825,000 | 825,000 |
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600,000 | 600,000 |
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350,000 | 350,000 |
Reis Pulls Ahead Before Break
Level 23
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
We mentioned in the previous post that Rafael Reis was chipping up and he just scooped a massive pot. Reis is now sitting behind a massive stack of 2,500,000 and he has moved into the chip lead with 22 players remaining.
Reis already holds one Borgata Poker title and is looking to add a second to his growing poker resume. A win here tonight would also earn Reis another poker milestone as the $55,100 first prize would bring his career earnings over the $1,000,000 mark.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,500,000 | 1,025,000 |