Event 9
$260+$40 Deepest Stack Double Header NLH
$200,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
Level 10: Blinds 600/1,200/1,200 BB Ante
Day 1A Entries: 552
Day 1B Entries: 530
Men “The Master” Nguyen
Seven time WSOP bracelet winner and 4 time WSOP Circuit ring winner Men “The Master” Nguyen is putting his chips to work in our second Event 9 flight.
Nguyen made his Borgata Winter Poker Open debut in Event 1 but he was late eliminated on Day 2 just shy of the money.
He is looking to redeem himself in the Deepest Stack Double Header NLH and a cash of more than $4,829 will put him over $11,000,000 in live career tournament earnings.
$260+$40 Deepest Stack Double Header NLH
$200,000 Guaranteed
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!
$260+$40 Deepest Stack Double Header NLH
$200,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
Level 9: Blinds 500/1,000/1.000 BB Ante
Day 1A Entries: 552
Day 1B Entries: 515
Pablo Delgado
We are inching closer to the close of tournament registration and there has been no shortage of action in the early levels. There are some big stacks emerging and it’s Pablo Delgado pacing the field with over 200,000.
Delgado already has one Borgata Poker final table under his belt after finishing 7th in last year’s BWPO $400 Saturday Series NLH for over $20,000.
$260+$40 Deepest Stack Double Header NLH
$200,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
Level 8: Blinds 400/800/800 BB Ante
Day 1A Entries: 552
Day 1B Entries: 475
Fady Khabbaz
We are approaching 500 entries here in our second Event 9 flight. There are plenty of familiar faces spread throughout the sea of players in the Event Center.
Fady Khabbaz is fresh off a deep run in Event 1 the $600 $2,000,000 Guaranteed NLH. There was a massive field of 5,130 and Khabbaz found himself at his first Borgata Poker Open final table.
He was eventually in 6th but notched his largest career tournament score of over $94,000.
Jon Neale
Jon Neale is another player who is starting to heat up during the Borgata Winter Poker Open and he has joined the Event 9 field.
Neale was among the final six players in last night’s $230 Deeper Stack NLH event that agreed to an adjusted payout deal in which Neale took second for over $9,000.
$260+$40 Deepest Stack Double Header NLH
$200,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
End of Level 7: Blinds 300/600/600 BB Ante
Day 1 A Entries: 552
Day 1B Entries: 443
Fernando “Boogie” Zambrano
We caught up to the heads up action on the turn on the 
board. The big blind checked to Fernando “Boogie” Zambrano on the button who slide out a pot sized bet of 25,000.
His opponent fired his hand face down into the muck and Zambrano chipped up to 75,000.
The Event 9 players are now on a 15 minute color up break and we’ll pick back up on the action when play resumes.
There’s still plenty of time to register as tournament registration and re-entry will remain open until the start of Level 11 (Approx. 9:45 P.M.).
$260+$40 Deepest Stack Double Header NLH
$200,000 Guaranteed
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
$260+$40 Deepest Stack Double Header NLH
$200,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
Level 7: Blinds 300/600/600 BB Ante
Day 1 A Entries: 552
Day 1B Entries: 411
The Day 1B Event 9 field is filling up fast and there are already over 400 entries. This brining the combined Event 9 total to over 960 entries and counting.
We have already cruised right past the $200,000 guarantee and there’s already more than $250,000 in the prize pool
Tournament registration and re-entry will remain open until the start of Level 11 or approximately 9:45 P.M. so don’t miss your chance to get in on the action.
$260+$40 Deepest Stack Double Header NLH
$200,000 Guaranteed
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.
$260+$40 Deepest Stack Double Header NLH
$200,000 Guaranteed
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.
$260+$40 Deepest Stack Double Header NLH
$200,000 Guaranteed
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.