Event 2

$350+$50 Black Chip Bounty NLH
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Level 23:  Blinds 10,000/20,000/3,000 ante
Entries: 1,106
Players Remaining:  45
Average Stack:  614,000

Bounty Hunters are back on the felt following dinner and they’ve jumped back into the action.

Soheb Porbandarwala

Soheb Porbandarwala appears to be the chip leader with more than 1.5 million.

Joe Ulm and Edguardo Figueroa are close behind with about 1.25 million each.

Other familiar faces still in the hunt:

Sung Kim – 900,000
Kerem Ozer – 750,000
William Miller – 650,000
Don Brown – 470,000
Mike Linster – 438,000
John Yanni – 350,000
Craig Rubinstein – 217,000

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Level 22:  Blinds 8000/16000/2000 ante
Entries: 1,106
Players Remaining:  46
Average Stack:  601,000

Careful Aruther Schiavo of the two pair check down has just won a big one with just one pair. Taking a bounty and felting his opponent with on the , he nearly doubles past 1,200,000 and is a contender now.

Arthur said he wasn’t here to have a good time, but he looks pretty happy after this pot.

Nearby, Barry Rosenkranz just made big call, also to claim a tournament life.

Barry Studies the board. Clock is called, he waits, and then makes the call!

His opponent turns over a naked bluff without blockers. Great call with on a flushing, straightening middle board.

What why did Barry play this hand? One has to wonder if he as just a little titled after losing to on a river suckout just a hand before.

Rosenkranz is up to 700,000 and healthy.

We now head to the dinner break. Play will resume at 8 PM.

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Level 20:  Blinds 5000/10,000/1000 ante
Entries: 1,106
Players Remaining:  53
Average Stack:  521.698

On five with ten bigs, Michael Savino has promised a heater. He goes all in…

…but closing the action, Arthur Schiavo is suspicous. He asks for a show and lays down KQ.

“I’m not here for a good time,” he explained, “I’m here for a long time.”

Arthur carefully checked down top two pair to prove it, in the next hand. You can never be too careful.

Joe Ulm and Mike Linster yuck it up with 103 in the blinds. You play those cards?

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Level 21:  Blinds 6000/12000/2000 ante
Entries: 1,106
Players Remaining:  60
Average Stack:  460,833

John Garry is on dust at the moment, but had nine bounties claimed yesterday and 2 today. Here he gets a button shove with A2 past the blinds.

Bobby “The Professional” Cheung continues to surprise. Down to 3,000 today, he now has 400 and breathing room.

Getting one through: Sean Ripp, needing a double, shoves over a short open from Seat one, table 7.

On table 4, Tom McMahon opens JJ from UTG, gets shoved on by a shortie, and holds against 88. Now 700,000 and well over average.

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End of Level 20:  Blinds 5000/10,000/1000 ante
Entries: 1,106
Players Remaining:  65
Average Stack:  425,385

Edgardo Rosario-Figeroa has over 1,600,000, continuing his big Day 1.

Soheb Porbandarwala peels up his holding. He has about 1,200,000.

Not the biggest stack, but look at all those tournament lives claimed in Omar Taveras’ pile.

We return at 5:25 PM.

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Level 18:  Blinds 3,000/6,000/500 ante
Entries: 1,106
Players Remaining:  109
Average Stack:  253,500

The bubble has finally burst in the Black Chip Bounty event.  All remaining players are in the money and guaranteed at least $706.

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Level 17:  Blinds 2,500/5,000/500 ante
Entries: 1,106
Players Remaining:  134
Average Stack:  206,500

Bounty hunters have just returned from their color-up break and resumed play.

They’re still 24 players away from the money.  With the bubble looming, play could get tight.

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Level 15:  Blinds 1,500/3,000/400 ante
Entries: 1,106
Players Remaining:  169
Average Stack:  163,600

Bounty Hunters are back in action with 169 remaining.  Only the final 110 will get paid, so they’ve got to knock off 59 players before reaching the money.  Here’s a reminder what they’re playing for:

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Level 15:  Blinds 1,500/3,000/400 ante
Entries: 1,106
Players Remaining:  169
Average Stack:  163,600

Yesterday’s record-setting field in the Black Chip Bounty event means we’ve got a lot of players coming back for Day 2 with the bubble still on the horizon.  Here are the Day 2 seat assignments with chip counts, in a searchable and sortable table:

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End of Level 14:  1,200/2,400/300
Entries: 1,106
Players Remaining: 175~
Average Chips: 106,346

Ricardo Eyzaguirre

Event 2 of the BWPO is the Black Chip Bounty NLH event and it drew a massive field of 1,106 entries creating a prize pool  of over $375,000. Day 1 has come to an end after 14 levels of play and our chip leader wishes to remain anonymous.

He is a familiar face here at the Borgata and put 591,600 in the bag. “I have the worst luck whenever I’m on the blog” he tells us so for that reason he wishes to remain a mystery man.

Ricardo Eyzaguirre was right on his heels with 577,500 and is the only other player with over half a million.

Marc Effren

The players will return Saturday January 20 at 12 P.M. to resume Day 2 play. They will play to a winner and one lucky player will take home the $81,766 first prize and the trophy.

Below is a look at some of the big stacks that will advancing to Day 2. A full list of chip counts and Day 2 seating assignments will be posted as soon as they’re available.

Anonymous- 591,600
Ricardo Eyzaguirre- 577,500
Marc Effren- 488,500
Edgardo Figueroa- 475,300
Franklin Garcia- 469,800
Kobie “Da Wiz” Wilkerson- 392,300

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