Event 9
$260+$40 Deepest Stack Double Header NLH
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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.
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Structure Sheet
Level 1: Blinds 50/100
Entries: 81
The second of two flights of the new Deepest Stack Double Header event is underway here in the Event Center. Players get 40,000 chips to start and all levels are 30 minutes long.
Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of level 11 (about 9:45pm). Players who bust out can try again in this flight if registration is still open. This is also a Best Stack Forward event.
They’ll play 16 levels today, then bag up for the night. The survivors of both starting fights will return at 12 noon Tuesday for Day 2 and play until a winner is determined.
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Structure Sheet
Level 9: Blinds 500/1000/1000 BB Ante
Entries: 518
Calling from the blinds, Eric Siegel and the Pokermantis
No stopping Eric Siegel’s roll this BWPO. He just picked up second in the seniors, his third cash this series. He’s looking to go one deeper.
The Pokermantis has a cash, too, in big Event 1. Everyone’s favorite short stacker, he can move the chips around even when he has basically none. In this hand, he check raises the 
flop and takes it down.
The two still have work to do, both hanging around starting stack.
Two levels of registration remain.
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Structure Sheet
Level 9: Blinds 500/1,000/1,000 BB Ante
Entries: 518
Players just keep coming, pushing the entry count past 500.
More familiar faces among the late arrivals:
Dan Buzgon
Dan Buzgon is BorgataPoker.com’s newest sponsored pro. He joined the field before the break, as did Dan DiZenzo.
Dan DiZenzo
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Structure Sheet
Level 8: Blinds 400/800/800 BB Ante
Entries: 486
Players are just returning from their second break of the flight.
Dan Voccia
Dan Voccia is a face we haven’t seen around here for a while. He won the December 2011 Deep Stack Double Play event ($101,845) but his last cash here was one year ago during the 2018 Winter Poker Open.
Today Dan’s been on a roller-coaster ride. He got his 40,000-chip starting stack up to about 55,000, then took a big hit and was down to only 4,300.
As of the break, he’s back up to ~75,000 and in good shape going in to level 8.
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Structure Sheet
Level 7: Blinds 300/600/600 BB Ante
Entries: 465
No one is running away with it at this point, but a couple of big stacks have emerged.
Everton Taylor
Everton Taylor may be our early chip leader, up to ~130,000.
Eric Rivera
Eric Rivera has more than doubled his starting stack, playing ~90,000 here late in level 7.