Break #2
End of Level 4 and time for the second break of the day. Players have 15 minutes to take care of business away from the green felt.
End of Level 4 and time for the second break of the day. Players have 15 minutes to take care of business away from the green felt.
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Katie Stone won the Charity Series of Poker (CSOP) event last night, which got her the $3,500 seat in this event, so she's free-rolling the Championship today!
This is her fourth Borgata title, which makes her the only woman to win four events here at Borgata, breaking the four-way tie with Patricia Barsanti-Chou, Anna Antimony, and Alida Veliu.
Stone's Four Borgata Wins:
2017 $300 Summer Open Ladies Event
2017 $300 Fall Open DeepStack
2018 $300 Fall Open Deepest Stack
2019 $220 CSOP NLH
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Katie Stone |
24,000
24,000
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24,000 |
Barry Leventhal and Mike Dentale are both Borgata regulars and both celebrated their birthdays yesterday. Unfortunately, not by winning any tournaments. They're both in Flight A of the Championship event today, so perhaps they'll experience some belated birthday run-good here today.
Happy Belated Birthday to both!
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Mike Dentale | 54,000 | |
Barry Leventhal | 49,000 |
There’s a new poker tour in town as a trio of MGM properties – MGM National Harbor, MGM Springfield, and Borgata – have joined forces to establish the MGM East Coast Poker Tour (ECPT).
The tour will consist of the following stops:
“MGM Resorts offers players the best poker product on the East Coast,” said Jorge Perez, Portfolio President. “Our East Coast Poker Tour is a great way for us to showcase three of our industry-leading properties while creating an exciting tournament series for our guests and poker enthusiasts.”
Linking the five events will be a leaderboard where players can earn points by participating in any qualifying events.
Leaderboard prizes consist of the following: the top 90 finishers on the leaderboard will earn entry into Borgata Fall Poker Open/MGM Resorts East Coast Poker Tour $2,000,000 Guaranteed Championship on November 15-20, 2020 ($3,500 value) including complimentary overnight stays. Others can win $250 room credits, Cartier watch ($2,500 value) and $500 MGM Resorts promotional gift cards.
Players can earn points in a variety of ways including “Participation Points” for buying into tournaments, “Entry Points” based on field sizes, and “Placement Points” for making the final table. Click here for more details on the point system.
The leaderboard will be posted to MGMECPT.com and updated daily when qualifying events are occurring. Points for the leaderboard will be finalized on August 25, 2020.
The upcoming Potomac Winter Poker Open at MGM National Harbor, which runs from February 5-17, 2020, will offer over $1,000,000 in guarantees over 14 events. It marks the first time a winter edition of the PPO has been held to complement its annual late-summer series.
Highlights on the schedule include the $400 buy-in, $500,000 guaranteed Opener and the $3,000 buy-in, $500,000 guarantee Main Event. What’s more, PokerNews is slated to be on-site to offer live updates from both of those events as well as the $400 Large Stack BB Ante from February 12-13.
Below is a look at the full schedule.
Date | Time | Event | Buy-in | Starting Chips |
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Wednesday, February 5 | 5 p.m. | NLH Opener $500K GTD 1a | $400 | 25K |
Thursday, February 6 | 5 p.m. | NLH Opener $500K GTD 1b | $400 | 25K |
Friday, February 7 | 11 a.m. | NLH Opener $500K GTD 1c | $400 | 25K |
Friday, February 7 | 5 p.m. | NLH Opener $500K GTD 1d | $400 | 25K |
Saturday, February 8 | 11 a.m. | NLH Opener $500K GTD 1e | $400 | 25K |
Saturday, February 8 | 5 p.m. | NLH Opener $500K GTD 1f | $400 | 25K |
Sunday, February 9 | Noon | Opener Day 2 Restart | ||
Sunday, February 9 | Noon | Event #2: NLH (One-Day) $50K GTD | $400 | 25K |
Sunday, February 9 | 4 p.m. | Event #3: PLO 5-Card High | $400 | 25K |
Sunday, February 9 | 7 p.m. | Main Event Super Satellite 3 seats GTD | $200 w/ $100 re-entries | 8K |
Monday, February 10 | 11 a.m. | Event #4: NLH (One-Day) | $400 | 25K |
Monday, February 10 | 4 p.m. | Event #5: 8-Game Mix | $600 | 30K |
Monday, February 10 | 7 p.m. | Main Event Super Satellite 3 seats GTD | $200 w/ $100 re-entries | 8K |
Tuesday, February 11 | 11 a.m. | Event #6: NLH Seniors (One-Day) | $250 | 20K |
Tuesday, February 11 | 4 p.m. | Event #7: PL 5-Card Omaha High/Big O | $600 | 30K |
Tuesday, February 11 | 7 p.m. | Main Event Super Satellite 3 seats GTD | $200 w/ $100 re-entries | 8K |
Wednesday, February 12 | 11 a.m. | Event #8: Large Stack BBA Day 1a $100K GTD | $400 | 40k |
Wednesday, February 12 | 5 p.m. | Event #8: Large Stack BBA Day 1b $100K GTD | $400 | 40k |
Wednesday, February 12 | 7 p.m. | Main Event Super Satellite 3 seats GTD | $200 w/ $100 re-entries | 8K |
Thursday, February 13 | 11 a.m. | Event #9: Multi-Flight NLH Day 1a $100K GTD | $400 | 25K |
Thursday, February 13 | 4 p.m. | Event #10: Heads-Up (64-Player Max) | $600 | 15/30K |
Thursday, February 13 | 7 p.m. | Main Event Super Satellite 3 seats GTD | $200 w/ $100 re-entries | 8K |
Friday, February 14 | 10 a.m. | Megasatellite 5 Seats GTD | $600 | 20K |
Friday, February 14 | 11 a.m. | Main Event Day 1a $500K GTD | $3,000 | 50K |
Friday, February 14 | Noon | Event #9: Multi-Flight NLH Day 1b $100K GTD | $400 | 25K |
Friday, February 14 | 4 p.m. | Main Event Super Satellite 5 seats GTD | $200 w/ $100 re-entries | 8K |
Friday, February 14 | 8 p.m. | Megasatellite 5 Seats GTD | $600 | 20K |
Saturday, February 15 | 10 a.m. | Megasatellite 5 Seats GTD | $600 | 20K |
Saturday, February 15 | 11 a.m. | Main Event Day 1b $500K GTD | $3,000 | 50K |
Saturday, February 15 | Noon | Event #9: Multi-Flight NLH Day 1b $100K GTD | $400 | 25K |
Saturday, February 15 | 3 p.m. | Last Chance Megasatellite 5 Seats GTD | $600 | 15K |
Saturday, February 15 | 6 p.m. | Main Event Day 1c $500K GTD | $3,000 | 50K |
Sunday, February 16 | 11 a.m. | Event #9: Multi-Flight NLH Restart | ||
Sunday, February 16 | Noon | Event #12: NLH (One-Day) $50K GTD | $400 | 25K |
Sunday, February 16 | Noon | Flight C Main Event Restart (levels 10-13) | ||
Sunday, February 16 | 3 p.m. | Day 2 Restart for Main Event | ||
Sunday, February 16 | 5 p.m. | Event #13: 5-Card PLO Championship | $1,200 | 40K |
Monday, February 17 | 11 a.m. | Event #14: NLH (One-Day) | $400 | 40K |
Monday, February 17 | 1 p.m. | Main Event Final Table |
Level: 6
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 500
Will Givens battled Anthony Zinno heads up yesterday for a couple of hours before he emerged victorious at the final table of Event #14: $1,090 SixMax NLH. The win was good for more than $91,000 and is Givens' second title from Borgata (the first came back in 2014).
He's all smiles today as he sits in the Championship Flight A, which has just three more levels to play before the bag and tag.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Will Givens | 40,500 | |
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Although they're competitors on the felt, many poker players have found a way to cooperate during their leisure time in a game called Ultimate Werewolf (UW). The Villagers have to work together to find and kill the Wolves during the day and the Wolves are picking off the Villagers at night.
It's a fun strategy and bluffing game — skills that put it right in the wheelhouse of most poker players. Plus it's a way to kill time between tournaments! Here are some UW players in Flight A.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Emily Snow
|
140,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
David Paredes |
75,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
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Shawn Cunix |
70,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
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Tony Dunst |
70,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
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Joe McKeehen |
63,000
63,000
|
63,000 |
|
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Shannon Shorr |
57,000
57,000
|
57,000 |
|
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Katie Stone |
40,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
Christian Harder |
38,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
Zachary Gruneberg |
38,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
Victor Ramdin |
38,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
Spencer Champlin |
37,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
Four players paid a raise to see a flop of and they checked it around. On the turn, it checked around again and the river was checked to Stanley Lee, who bet 7,000, getting all opponents to fold.
Lee is up to about 120,000 about halfway through Level 6.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Stanley Lee |
120,000
120,000
|
120,000 |