Event 9 (Day 1A)
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Structure Sheet
End of Level 16: Blinds 2500/5000/5000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 552
Players Remaining: 117
Average Stack: 189,000
Giuseppe Iellimo bagged 484,000.
Jason Bral finished at 434,000.
David Jackson, one of the early big stacks, bagged 283,000.
Eric Siegel took 304,000.
Andrew Klein, 218,000, after getting very low again. shot up at the end.
Diane LePera, after a huge middle period, bagged only 43,000.
Ryan Phan took 248,000, while Craig Rubenstein bagged 364,000.
Miguel Reyes, aka “Topknot O’Douls” celebrates 271,000, a second day, and eight months of sobriety.
Anna Knishevitskaya, 117,000 snuck in as well.
Official, complete counts and seating will be posted when available.
Day 2 players should return tommorrow at noon.
Meanwhile, flight B is running and registration is still open for another level and one half.
GL!
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Structure Sheet
End of Level 15: Blinds 2000/4000/4000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 552
Players Remaining: 149
Average Stack: 148,000
Jason Bral on 12 has surpassed Iellimo for the current lead, now about 510,000.
Jason Bral enjoys a beverage with his crunchy stack.
Sub sandwiches for everyone if I ft this mother fucker. Must get fries onions tho pic.twitter.com/NRIbyE5V6P
— jason bral (@jasbral) January 21, 2019
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Structure Sheet
Level 15: Blinds 2000/4000/4000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 552
Players Remaining: 200
Average Stack: 133,000
On center table 8, Giuseppe Iellimo just cooled off 
with 
. Normal enough but it was a 440,000 pot at 15/3 – a big one.
Giuseppe in seat 2 takes up some space – and the stack – of seat 1.
Borgata cashing legend Howard W. has little to say for once – he’s in angst, his mind destroyed by The Non-Call.
Eidson hasn’t budged, his stack still strong at 370,000, while LePera has taken a hit.
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Structure Sheet
End of Level 13: Blinds 1,200/2,500/2,500 BB Ante
Total Entries: 552
Players Remaining: 200
Average Stack: 110,000
We take a break next. Eidson and LePera continue past 350,000 and lead the first flight.
MD and Ricardo Figueroa are heavy on table 10, MD nearing 300,000 and Ricardo over 200,000.
Ben Laves, seated next to LePera, has passed 200,000 as well. Laves just final tabled the seniors last night.
Speaking of the Seniors, Lyle Diamond was also in the mix in Event 6.
Andrew Klein on table 4 gets a river shove in against an ill-advised blocking bet. Snap fold. 110,000 and healthy for Klein.
We’ll return in fifteen.
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Structure Sheet
Level 12: Blinds 1,000/2,000/2,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 552
Players Remaining: 250
Average Stack: 88,000
Matt Eidson (Richmond, VA)
Matt Eidson had to settle for splitting the pot when his KQ and his opponent’s AQ both made Broadway on a board of x J T K A. With those chips, Matt chipped up to ~390,000 and appears to be our chip leader.
They’re closing in on the end of level 12, leaving just four more before the bag & tag.
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Structure Sheet
Level 12: Blinds 1,000/2,000/2,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 552
Players Remaining: 280
Average Stack: 79,000
Diane LePera
Diane LePera is contending for the overall chip lead, but definitely leads among the few ladies in today’s first flight.
She’s playing about 260,000 (130 big blinds) at this point and looking quite comfortable playing at a table full of guys.
During the 2018 Summer Poke Open, Diane took home her first and only Borgata title, taking just under $11,000*, the trophy, and 1st place in the $260 Deeper Stack.
*Indicates Adjusted Payout
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Structure Sheet
End of Level 11: Blinds 800/1500/1500 BB Ante
Entries: 552
Remaining: 270
Average: 81,778
While Birk and others look to push past 300,000- at this stage, others are just hanging on.
On table 4, James Hundt is still fighting.
Opposite motion: Hundt puts the earbuds back in when his open is called.
Hundt opened and picked up only Alan Lee on the button. The dealer dropped 
. James cbet 5500, and Alan called. The turn 
seemed to catch Hundt’s attention, and he checked. But then, so did Alan.
Hundt later said he was calling a river bet, even when the 
fell. James checked, and bet 30,000 all-in into 20k. Tough to continue against this unexpected sizing. James folds.
James doesn’t like what he sees, and takes a moment. Lee waits for his response.
Unfortunately, the hand leaves him into the red zone. Allen, however, gets the boost he needs, clocking in near the average.
Within the level, James is out.
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Structure Sheet
Level 11: Blinds 800/1,500/1,500 BB Ante
Total Entries: 552
Players Remaining: 300
Average Stack: 73,600
Players are back from break and registration is closed with an unofficial entry count of 552.
Craig Rubinstein
Before the break, Craig Rubinstein was concentrating so hard on stacking the chips he just won in a pot, that he didn’t even notice someone pointing a camera at him. Then he caught me and said, “Oh, Hi!”.
He took home his one and only Borgata trophy in the March 2018 Monster Stacks series, good for more than $17,000. He’s doing alright, turning into the backstretch with about 100,000.
They’ll play through the end of level 16, then bag up for the night.
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Structure Sheet
Level 10: Blinds 600/1200/1200 BB Ante
Entries: 544
Re-entry for the Double Header first flight is soon closing – there’s still a little time, until the end of this break.
Meanwhile, other players are gathering chips to challenge big stack Steve Birk.
David Jackson has no hand here, but 200,000 in the stack.
Ralph Macri, who played one of the most notorious tournament hands in Borgata history in this room, has at least 160,000.
Mitchell Mantin checks out the action on his outer table. Mitchell, an extremely prolific mid-level northeast tourney player, is around 180,000.
Many others are at or a little past 150,000, and at least three stacks have around 230,000.
We return in fifteen.
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Structure Sheet
Level 10: Blinds 600/1,200/1,200 BB Ante
Entries: 536
Steve Birk (Huntingdon Valley, PA)
Steve Birk has broken through the chip ceiling to establish himself as the early leader. He’s playing about 270,000 (225 big blinds) as they approach the end of registration for this flight.
He’s got some tough customers on his table, where he’s sharing the green felt with Borgata regulars Tony Abi-Yaghi, Jerry Callahan, and Michael Dobbs.