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Level 8: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante
Entries: 725
Players are currently on a fifteen minute break, they will return to increased blinds and antes of 800/1,600 with a 300 ante.
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Level 7: 500/1,000 with a 200 ante
Entries: 682
A player is all in for 11,000 from late position with two callers. The flop comes , and both players check.
The turn brings the and both players check again. The river is the
, it checks to Mohammad who bets 5,000 creating a side pot, but his opponent doesn’t call.
Mohammad flips over and beats his opponent’s
.
Adnan Mohammad – 140,000
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Level 17: 5,000/10,000/2,000 ante
Total Entries: 809
Players Remaining: 196
Players are in the process of bagging and tagging for Flight D. Unofficially 196 will advance to Day 2, tomorrow January 26th, at noon local time. For those who failed at their attempt to find a bag, registration is still open for Flight E.
A full list of Day 2 chip counts and seating assignments will be posted here on the blog as soon as they’re available.
Here’s a look at some notable chip counts:
Dustin Brown – 1,402,000
Almedin Imsirovic – 1,040,000
Justin Leeds – 1,212,000
Brett Brucalerei – 1,037,000
Robert Pellegrino – 964,000
Soheb Porbandarwala -900,000
Jeremy Brown – 825,000
Gary Silverman – 841,000
Michael Amato – 847,000
Jonathan Borenstein – 670,000
Ryan Olisar – 666,000
Norma Panae – 563,000
Johanssy Joseph – 531,000
Ralph Massey – 516,000
David Pham – 478,000
Julie Anna Cornelius – 465,000
Phong Than “VIP” Nguyen – 450,000
Robert Varkonyi – 380,000
Blake Battaglia – 375,000
Will Failla – 346,000
Joe Liberta – 252,000
Nick Palma – 158,000
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Level 16: 4,000/8,000/1,000 ante
Total Entries: 809
Players Remaining: 250
Players are currently on their last fifteen minute break of the night, they will return to increased blinds and antes of 5,000/10,000 with a 2,000 ante.
This will be the last level of the night before bagging and tagging.
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$1,000,000 Guaranteed
Level 16: 4,000/8,000/1,000 ante
Total Entries: 809
Players Remaining: 250
John Koliner moves all in from under the gun for 30,000, it folds around to Nick Palma in the big blind, who calls with . Koliner turns up
and is slightly ahead.
The board runs out and Palma makes trip fours to send Koliner to the rail.
Nick Palma – 175,000
John Koliner – Eliminated
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Level 3: 150/300 with a 50 ante
Entries: 381
As the field of BWPO Almighty Stack Flight D dwindles, Flight E increases. Here are a couple of the Flight D migrants, with around starting stack.
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Entries: 381
Mark Kaganovsky has recently joined the final Borgata Winter Poker Open Almighty Stack’s final flight. Kaganovsky has reached a final table in the last three Borgata Poker Opens including a second place finish to Darren Elias in the Borgata Fall Poker Open Main Event.
Kaganovsky just recently placed ninth in the BWPO Event 1, and is looking to improve upon that score.
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Level 14: 2,500/5,000/500 ante
Total Entries: 809
Players Remaining: 380

Matthew Wantman (left) took down BWPO Event #4 in 2015. He’s looking to add another title to his resume.
Matthew Wantman opens to 16,000 from the button and a player in the big blind calls. The flop comes , and both players check.
The turn brings the , the big blind bets 20,000, and Wantman makes it 55,000. His opponent folds and Wantman scoops the pot.
Matthew Wantman – 250,000
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Level 16: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Entries: 427
With around 100,000 in the pot on a board, Mike Linster checks from the cutoff, as does the button behind him.
The river brings the , Linster moves all in having his opponent well covered, and the button calls. Linster turns over
for a full house, and the button shows the
as he gets up from the table.
Mike Linster – 600,000
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Level 16: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Entries: 427
On a final board reading with around 120,000 in the pot, TJ Merighi checks from the small blind.
Jon Borenstein bets 66,000, and Merighi thinks about it awhile and decides to call. Borenstein says “straight” as he turns up . Merighi mucks, and Borenstein scoops the pot to put himself over 500,000.
Jon Borenstein – 520,000
TJ Merighi – 60,000