Main Event Day 1 | 2016 PokerNews Cup Borgata

09-20-2016 21:15 UTC-3

Accumulated Tournament Wagering Units

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Rob Elias	130,000
Amir Babakhani	106,000 4,000	4,000

Alan Snow	63,000 33,000	33,000
Mukul Pahuja	63,000 33,000	33,000
Roland Israelashvili	62,000 62,000	62,000

Ray Qartomy	55,000 25,000	25,000
Dominic Picinic	53,000 1,000	1,000
Christian Harder	48,000 18,000	18,000
Matt Stout	47,000 4,000	4,000
Alex Rocha	46,000 16,000	16,000
Glen LaFaye	45,000 15,000	15,000
Taylor Wilson	41,000 3,000	3,000
Stan Jablonski	40,000 21,000	21,000
Jeremy Ausmus	40,000

Roman Valerstein	39,000
Jake Bazeley	33,000 1,000	1,000
Barry Hutter	33,000 13,000	13,000

Aaron Massey	32,000 2,000	2,000
Shannon Shorr	31,000 1,000	1,000

Elena Stover	30,000 13,000	13,000
Ben Keeline	28,000 2,000	2,000
John Dolan	26,000 4,000	4,000
Dan DiZenzo	25,000 27,000	27,000
Brian Hastings	23,000 7,000	7,000

Dan Walsh	23,000 37,000	37,000

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Level: 8

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

09-20-2016 20:55 UTC-3

Additional PokerNews Cup Coverage at Borgata Poker Blog

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Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

Our friends at the Borgata are also providing some live event coverage from the inaugural PokerNews cup here at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa. You can check out that coverage right here.

In other action here at the Borgata, the WPT Main Event is down to 266 players at dinner break of Day 2. You can catch live updates from that event at WorldPokerTour.com

09-20-2016 20:50 UTC-3

Mike Aron's River Bet Gets Though

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Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

We caught up with this hand on a board of with a pot just north of 8,000. Stan Jablonski checked, Adam Krach checked and Mike Aron tossed out 5,500.

Jablonski paused before mucking, Krach gave his neighbor Aron a look before mucking and Aron stacked the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Krach	45,000 15,000	15,000
Stan Jablonski	19,000 31,000	31,000
Mike Aron	5,500 24,500	24,500

09-20-2016 20:50 UTC-3

Hutter Check-Ships

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Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

Barry Hutter, pictured at a different event.

Barry Hutter was in the cutoff on a flop of and he check-called a bet of 3,300 from the player on the button. Both checked the , and the prompted a final check from Hutter. The player on the button fired big with 8,000, and Hutter thought briefly before quickly stacking all of his chips and dropping them in, a raise to about 22,000. That was enough to win the pot.

Ben Keeline took a seat at the same table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Barry Hutter	46,000 16,000	16,000

Ben Keeline	30,000 30,000	30,000

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09-20-2016 20:39 UTC-3

More Heavy Hitters

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Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Aaron Massey	30,000 30,000	30,000
Barry Hutter	30,000 30,000	30,000

Brian Hastings	30,000 30,000	30,000

Christian Harder	30,000 30,000	30,000
John Dolan	30,000

Level: 7

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 50

09-20-2016 20:27 UTC-3

Second Break of the Day

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Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Three more levels are in the books, six overall, and the field is on a 15-minute break. The floorman announced that there would be a 30-minute break between Level 9 and 10 so players that busted from the Borgata Poker Open Main Event have a chance to eat.

09-20-2016 20:26 UTC-3

Linster Calls the Clock on Lopez

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Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

We found this hand after Mike Linster called for the floor for a clock - making up for the soft-spoken dealer. There was about 15,000 in the pot, the board was and Linster was all in for around 17,000.