$260+$40 Deepest Stack NLH
$100,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
Level 31: Blinds 80,000/160,000/160,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 474
Players Remaining: 7
(L to R) Ed Farah, Shaun Hinklein, Fanilkumar Patel, Mike Dichiard, Brad Fryman , Jim Kousouros, Regs Villaluna
When the players returned from break they began to discuss an adjusted payout deal. The stacks were counted down and it didn’t take long for them to strike a deal.
They then agreed to run one hand out for the trophy and Mike D was the winner of his first miniature Borgata.
Below is a look at the chip stacks at the time of the deal and the adjusted Event 23 tournament payouts.
Fanilkumar Patel- 6,090,000 ($17,225)
Ed Farah- 5,340,000 ($16,659)
Shaun Hinklein- 2,61,000 ($11,749)
Mike Dichiard- 2,340,000 ($11,189)
James Kousouros- 1,900,000 ($10,206)
Regs Villaluna- 1,750,000 ($9,848)
Brad Fryman- 1,120,000 ($8,179)
$260+$40 Deepest Stack NLH
$100,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
Level 30: Blinds 60,000/120,000/120,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 474
Players Remaining: 7
Ed Farah
A three way pre-flop all in confrontation just broke out at the final and Ed Farah came out on top. Farah was holding 
against the 
and 
. The four club runout improved Farah to the nut flush to earn him the pot and the double knockout.
Farah now moves into the Event 23 chip lead with about 7,000,000 and just 6 players now stand between him and his first Borgata Poker Open title.
$260+$40 Deepest Stack NLH
$100,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
Level 30: Blinds 60,000/120,000/120,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 474
Players Remaining: 9
Joe Pitti
A short stacked Joe Pitti was the first player to hit the rail here at the Event 23 final table. Pitti will take home $1,554 for his 10th place finish.
$260+$40 Deepest Stack NLH
$100,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
Level 29: Blinds 50,000/100,000/100,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 474
Players Remaining: 10
Fanilkumar “Neil” Patel
Tyreem Williams was eliminated in 11th and the Event 23 final table is now set. Fanilkumar “Neil” Patel is well out in front with a monster chip stack of 5,500,000. Patel already has one final table under his belt this series with a 10th place finish in the $230 Black Chip Bounty NLH.
The players will battle it out here in the early morning hours and one of them will take home $30,548 and the last BWPO trophy of the series.
$260+$40 Deepest Stack NLH
$100,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
Level 28: Blinds 40,000/80,000/80,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 474
Players Remaining: 11
Shaun Hinklein
Shaun Hinklein limped in from the small blind and Ralph Macri moved all in for 1,600,000 from the big. Hinklein called turning over 
and Macri would need to improve with 
.
The board ran out clean for Hinklein and Macri was sent to the rail in 12th earning $1,554.
We are now just one elimination away from the final table and it’s Hinklein leading the way with about 3,600,000.
Ralph Macri
$260+$40 Deepest Stack NLH
$100,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
Level 27: Blinds 30,000/60,000/60,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 474
Players Remaining: 16
Tyreem Willams
We are approaching the break and inching closer to the Event 23 final table. Tyreem Williams has quietly been amassing one of the biggest stacks in the room.
Williams is up to 2,800,000 and he looks to add his first Borgata Poker title to his poker resume here in the last event of the series.
$260+$40 Deepest Stack NLH
$100,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
Level 25: Blinds 20,000/40,000/40,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 474
Players Remaining: 24
Ralph Macri
We are down to the final three Event 23 tables in the Event Center and Ralph Macri is heating up at the right time. Macri was grinding a short stack for much of the night but that is no longer the case.
He has now chipped up to over 900,000 and has his sights set on his second BWPO trophy of the series.
Macri was part of a heads-up deal in Event 9 the $300 Deepest Stack NLH $150,000 GTD in which he earned $50,000 and the trophy just 10 days ago.
Ralph Macri
$260+$40 Deepest Stack NLH
$100,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
Level 24: Blinds 15,000/30,000/30,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 474
Players Remaining: 30
Frank Reina
The Event 23 field is thinning down after the break and we are down to the final 30 players. Frank Reina was among the latest players to hit the rail. Reina was eliminated in 33rd earning $657 and notched his 76th Borgata tournament cash.
He now sits in 4th on the Borgata Poker number of cashes list just two behind Eric Siegel.
$260+$40 Deepest Stack NLH
$100,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
Level 23: Blinds 12,000/24,000/24,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 474
Players Remaining: 34
The Event 23 players are now on a 15 minute color up break. There are just 34 players remaining and they’re now all guaranteed at least $657.
We will pick back up on the action when play resumes as the players battle it out for the $30,548 and the last trophy of the series.
$260+$40 Deepest Stack NLH
$100,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
Level 22: Blinds 10,000/20,000/20,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 474
Players Remaining: 45
Soukha Kachittavong
The lengthy Event 23 money bubble has finally burst and the players are all in the money and guaranteed at least $598. There are plenty of familiar faces still in the hunt.
Joe Johnson and Shaun Hinkline are still sitting behind two of the big stacks. Other faces in the field include Soukha Kachittavong, Kenny Lay, Michael Bonita and Ralph Macri who is looking for his second BWPO trophy of the series.
Kenny Lay