Event 10 (Day 2)
Joe Reddick (Bronx, NY)
Event 10 – $1,000,000 GTD ‘Borgata Million’
Level 32 (80,000/160,000/20,000)
Total Entries: 3,270
Total Remaining: 10
Average Stack: 8,170,000
And just like that, we’ve arrived at our table of 10. Leading the way is Joseph Reddick with 13,200,000, but breathing down his neck are Tony Cheng with 12,550,000 and two others with 11 and change. Here are the final 10 and their chips.
Joseph Reddick 13,200,000
Tony Cheng 12,550,000
Farid Jattin 11,800,000
Hector Chevalier 11,165,000
Jason Bral 8,345,000
Panagiatis Theofanopou 7,360,000
Almog Biton 6,310,000
Cathy Dever 4,550,000
William Miller 4,160,000
Mike Wilson 2,585,000
A full list of players with official chip counts will be posted when available. A redraw will take place before Day 3 begins at 4 pm Saturday, and the seating assignments will be posted in the blog and in the Event Center.
That will do it for Day 11 of Borgata Winter Poker Open coverage! We have a jam-packed schedule of events Saturday, then the main event starts Sunday & Monday. See you then!
P.S. It’s Cathy Dever’s birthday on Saturday. Everyone wish her a happy birthday at her second final table in two weeks.
Zo Karim (Out in 13th)
Event 10 – $1,000,000 GTD ‘Borgata Million’
Level 32 (80,000/160,000/20,000)
Total Entries: 3,270
Total Remaining: 12
Average Stack: 6,810,000
Zo Karim is all in preflop for 1,055,000. Farid Jattin thinks about it, and re-raises all in to isolate Zo, which works. Farid has {Kc}{Qd} and Zo {Kd}{5c}, so Zo is way behind. The board is no help: {8c}{4h}{Qs}{As}{8d} and Zo is out in 13th place.
Event 10 – $1,000,000 GTD ‘Borgata Million’
Level 32 (80,000/160,000/20,000)
Total Entries: 3,270
Total Remaining: 13
Average Stack: 6,300,000
Tony Cheng just busted another player with 10-10 versus 4-4. That player had three big stacks of 25K chips, putting Tony closer to nine million and the definitive chip lead. Before this event, Tony’s biggest previous cash was $4,975 at an event in Delaware. He’s guaranteed at least $8,242 in this event — and probably a lot more.
Another player went out at the other table, and there are now 13 left. Three more bustouts tonight.
Event 10 – $1,000,000 GTD ‘Borgata Million’
Level 31 (60,000/120,000/20,000)
Total Entries: 3,270
Total Remaining: 17
Average Stack: 4,800,000
Tony Cheng (Philly)
Table 2 has the two biggest stacks left in the tournament. Both Tony Cheng and Hector Chevalier have eight million in chips each. Together they have 30% of the total chips in play! They seem to be pushing around the short stacks, as in a hand where Tony busted a player in 18th with {Ah}{Ac} versus {Ad}{Ks} on a {6h}{6s}{9s}{3d}{8s} board. It’s entirely possible that these two might run the table and meet heads up tomorrow. We’ll see where this goes.
Event 10 – $1,000,000 GTD ‘Borgata Million’
Level 30 (50,000/100,000/10,000)
Total Entries: 3,270
Total Remaining: 19
Average Stack: 4,300,000
Nineteen players remain in the Borgata Million. After one more bustout, they’ll redraw to 18 and play down to 10 before stopping for the night.
Among the players remaining among these final 19:
Cathy Dever
Farid Jattin
Tony Cheng
Joseph Calderon
Zo Karim
Jason Bral
Mike Wilson
Event 10 – $1,000,000 GTD ‘Borgata Million’
Level 29 (50,000/100,000/10,000)
Total Entries: 3,270
Total Remaining: 29
Average Stack: 2,800,000
Sam Taylor (New York, NY)
Sam Taylor just busted a player with over a million in chips with {Jh}{Js} versus {8s}{8c}. They were all in preflop, and the board ran out {6d}{5h}{5s}{2h}{7s}. Sam now has the chip lead with 7,800,000 in chips.
We’ve learned that this event will be playing down to 10 … no matter how late it goes. Strap in, it’s going to be a late night!
Event 10 – $1,000,000 GTD ‘Borgata Million’
Level 29 (50,000/100,000/10,000)
Total Entries: 3,270
Total Remaining: 33
Average Stack: 2,480,000
Tony Cheng (Philly)
On a flop of {10h}{4d}{7s}, Sam Taylor throws out 600,000 from the button. Tony Cheng re-raises all in for 2,065,000 total.
Sam goes into the tank for a long time, talking through the hand to himself. He looks at his hand several times, and after what seems like an eternity, he folds it. “Show the bluff. $50 if you show!” Sam pleads. Nothing doing — Tony mucks his hand, and Sam will never know.
Tony has over $45,000 in tournament winnings, including two cashes at Borgata. Three cashes now, regardless of how he finishes here.
Nicky Palma (Out in 39th)
Event 10 – $1,000,000 GTD ‘Borgata Million’
Level 29 (50,000/100,000/10,000)
Total Entries: 3,270
Total Remaining: 37
Average Stack: 2,210,000
Nicky Palma open shoved for 1,190,000 preflop with {Ac}{4h} and got a single caller, who flipped {5h}{5d}. The board offered no help at {Ks}{9c}{2c}{Qs}{9h}, and Nicky finished in 39th place.
Event 10 – $1,000,000 GTD ‘Borgata Million’
Level 29 (50,000/100,000/10,000)
Total Entries: 3,270
Total Remaining: 40
Average Stack: 2,040,000
Albert Destrade (Out in 43rd)
Just before the break, Albert Destrade busted in 43rd, and he was nice enough to reference one of Will OC’s posts as he left. Thanks for reading the blog, Albert!
Borgata site write up during this $450/$1Million. Ended up finishing 43rd out of 3270 entrants… https://t.co/ZX2pDO85be
— Albert Destrade (@Zero_Votes) January 30, 2016
Event 10 – $1,000,000 GTD ‘Borgata Million’
End of Level 28 (30,000/60,000/5,000)
Total Entries: 3,270
Total Remaining: 40
Average Stack: 2,040,000
The final five tables in the Borgata Million event are on a 15-minute break. There are about two more levels tonight before the staff determines what to do next. The players could play on until 10 players; they could break at 2 a.m.; or by some miracle, they could bust 30 players in two levels and end early. Watch this space to find out what happens.