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The starting flights are over, and it's time for the field to come together.
After six opening flights in the $600 Deep Stack Kick Off ($1,000,000 Guaranteed) at the Borgata Summer Poker Open powered by BetMGM Poker, 191 players from 2,390 entries will return for Day 2, each with $1,565 already locked up and their sights set on the $195,925 top prize.
The event attracted 2,390 entries, generating a $1,242,800 prize pool and comfortably surpassing last year's numbers.
Leading the way is Pavel Kim, who bagged 1,511,000 chips in Day 1d. He's followed by Jinsuk Kim (1,263,000), defending champion James Lauer (1,140,000), Bartholomew Golik (971,000), Michael Cucciniello (962,000) and Robert Elias (955,000). Impressively, the top six stacks all topped their respective starting flights.
Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pavel Kim | United States | 1,511,000 |
| 2 | Jinsuk Kim | United States | 1,263,000 |
| 3 | James Lauer | United States | 1,140,000 |
| 4 | Bartholomew Golik | United States | 971,000 |
| 5 | Michael Cucciniello | United States | 962,000 |
| 6 | Robert Elias | United States | 955,000 |
| 7 | Chadd Beatty | United States | 947,000 |
| 8 | Steven Petitte | United States | 930,000 |
| 9 | Dale Capuano | United States | 879,000 |
| 10 | Paul Marzarella | United States | 857,000 |
Play gets underway at 12 p.m., resuming at Level 14 with blinds of 4,000/8,000 and a 8,000 big blind ante. The goal for today's session is to reach the final table of nine, where every remaining player will have secured at least $14,985, before returning on Monday to play for the title.
PokerNews will have live updates, chip counts and all the biggest hands from the tournament floor throughout the day.