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2019

Jan158:17 pm

Event 1A: Home Stretch

POSTED BY: cmurray

|CATEGORY: 2019, Event 1, Event 1 (Day 1A)

$540+$60 Deep Stack NLH
$2 Million Guaranteed
Structure Sheet

Level 17: Blinds 3000/5000/5000 Big Blind Ante
Entries: 461
Remaining: 80
Average Chips: 144,000

Flight 1A will bag this level.

With less than twenty minutes to go, Michael Matrone is holding the overall lead with about 430,000. Lance Varin is under 400,000 now.

Meanwhile, on table 3, John Rhee, here sticking in a raise, has over 300,000 and is looking good for Day 2.

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Jan158:09 pm

Event 1B: Second Flight Growing Fast

POSTED BY: Tim Kelliher

|CATEGORY: 2019, Event 1, Event 1 (Day 1B)

$540+$60 Deep Stack NLH
$2 Million Guaranteed
Structure Sheet

Level 6: Blinds 200/400/400 Big Blind Ante
Day 1B Entries: 202

The first Event 1 tournament flight is winding down at the front of the Event Center and the second flight is picking up steam in the back of the room.

There are already more than 200 Day 1B entries bringing the combined Day 1A-B total to over 660 entries and counting.

There’s still plenty of time to get in on the Day 1B tournament action as tournament registration and re-entry will remain open until the start of Level 13 or approximately 11:45 P.M.

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Jan157:41 pm

Event 1A: Matrone Catches Varin for Lead

POSTED BY: cmurray

|CATEGORY: 2019, Event 1, Event 1 (Day 1A)

$540+$60 Deep Stack NLH
$2 Million Guaranteed
Structure Sheet

Level 16: Blinds 2000/4000/4000 Big Blind Ante
Entries: 461
Remaining: 110
Average Chips: 104,000

Michael Matrone has just about 420,000.

In level 15, the top two stacks converged. Lance dipped below 400,000 before recovering, and Matrone, on table 7 in the ten seat, has held around just over 400,000 for all of 16 so far.

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Jan157:19 pm

Event 1A: Final Break of Flight

POSTED BY: cmurray

|CATEGORY: 2019, Event 1, Event 1 (Day 1A)

$540+$60 Deep Stack NLH
$2 Million Guaranteed
Structure Sheet

End of Level 15: Blinds 1500/3000/3000 Big Blind Ante
Entries: 461
Remaining: 110
Average Chips: 104,000

Fifteen minute pause. Some color ups are being made by the staff already, and we’ll play two levels before bagging.

Relaxed at break: Mike Marder, laughing here in the one seat, is on the chip leader Varin’s table 10. Meanwhile, Chris Reslock, right, focuses.

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Jan156:52 pm

Event 1A: DeVore Doubles, Varin Holds Lead Near 400,000

POSTED BY: cmurray

|CATEGORY: 2019, Event 1, Event 1 (Day 1A)

$540+$60 Deep Stack NLH
$2 Million Guaranteed
Structure Sheet

Level 15: Blinds 1500/3000/3000 Big Blind Ante
Entries: 461
Remaining: 120
Average Chips: 96,000

On 11 with Cappuccio, Burr, Ragavan and even more regs, Sundiata DeVore has picked up up aces and run them into kings, knocking out an unlucky stack and moving past 250,000.

Everyone stares jealously as DeVore makes his stack rise the easy way. Meanwhile, the floorman shows off some dance moves.

It’s not enough to close on chip leader Lance Varin, however – he’s moved to around 400,000.

Finally: Michael Rossitto has been grinding this seat on table 2 all day, here getting it in good for a near double. Korotki, two to his right, joined the table around level 12.

Resignation: Eric Schaeffer sits in first position, waiting for the big with exactly the blinds and antes after getting cooled off. Chris Tryba, left, eyes the leftovers.

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Jan155:57 pm

Event 1A: Post-Registration Begins

POSTED BY: cmurray

|CATEGORY: 2019, Event 1, Event 1 (Day 1A)

$540+$60 Deep Stack NLH
$2 Million Guaranteed
Structure Sheet

Level 13: Blinds 1000/2000/2000 Big Blind Ante
Entries: 461
Remaining: 170
Average Chips: 67,000

Color-up complete, our floorman surveys the start of level 13 in the sea of players.

No more re-entries as we begin the quest to bag. 1B is open for business, however, still in level 2.

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Jan155:35 pm

Event 1A: Registration Closing, Varin Still on Top

POSTED BY: cmurray

|CATEGORY: 2019, Event 1, Event 1 (Day 1A)

$540+$60 Deep Stack NLH
$2 Million Guaranteed
Structure Sheet

End of Level 12: Blinds 800/1500/1500 Big Blind Ante
Entries: 459

1A now goes on break, and its re-entry period will close when level 13 begins – still time to get back into 1A or make a late entry.

Pushing 290,000: Lance Varin.

Nearby on 11, Joe Cappuccio gets this three bet past Rags. Greg Weber, meanwhile, was just all in and escaped without a call.

Mitchell Mantin, also on 11, is getting short, but has to give up his EP open as well.

Level 13 begins at 5:45 PM.

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Jan155:07 pm

Event 1B: Second Flight Takes Off

POSTED BY: kaelaine

|CATEGORY: 2019, Event 1, Event 1 (Day 1B)

$540+$60 Deep Stack NLH
$2 Million Guaranteed
Structure Sheet

Level 1:  Blinds 50/100

The second starting flight of the BWPO Kick-Off is underway here in the rear of the Event Center.

All players begin with 25,000 chip Deep Stacks and the first 17 levels are 30 minutes long.  They will play all 17 levels before the bag & tag (about 2:30am).  Late registration and re-entry are available until the start of level 13 (about 11:45pm).  Late arrivals and re-entering players will start with a full 25,000 stack.

Players who bust out of this flight can re-enter this or any subsequent flight until registration closes (Unlimited Re-Entries). Players who don’t bust out and bag chips in any flight can also re-enter any subsequent flight (Best Stack Forward).  Any player who manages to bag chips in more than one flight will only take their largest stack into Day 2, forfeiting all other bagged chips .

Four more flights are on tap, two Wednesday and two Thursday, so never fear, there’s plenty of time to get in on the action!

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Jan154:57 pm

Event 1A: Varin Passes 250,000

POSTED BY: cmurray

|CATEGORY: 2019, Event 1, Event 1 (Day 1A)

$540+$60 Deep Stack NLH
$2 Million Guaranteed
Structure Sheet

Level 11: Blinds 600/1200/1200 Big Blind Ante
Entries: 455

Lance Varin on table 10 has the likely lead.

With Weber’s big stack now a memory, at least for now, the chip leader is apparently Lance Varin on table 10.

Lance has over 260,000. He didn’t get it playing small ball. He’s made big bets all this level, and in fact just mashed in an open-ender and sent TPMK on the river.

The dealer grabs the all-in stack, about to push it all to Lance.

Speaking of getting felted, re-entry is winding down here in 1A. Player will have until the end of the next break to get back into this flight.

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Jan154:42 pm

Event 1A: Slaughter Takes From Galazzo

POSTED BY: kaelaine

|CATEGORY: 2019, Event 1, Event 1 (Day 1A)

$540+$60 Deep Stack NLH
$2 Million Guaranteed
Structure Sheet

Level 11:  Blinds 600/1,200/1,200 Big Blind Ante
Entries:  452

John Slaughter & Joey Galazzo

A handful of players were looking at a flop of and it was checked to Ryan Hohner, who bet 2,000.  John Slaughter (button) called, as did Joey Galazzo in the small blind.  Sundiata DeVore folded (bb) and they were three-handed to the turn, which was the .

This time they checked to the button and John fired 3,000.  Joey called and Ryan opted out.  The put trips on the board and both remaining players checked.  John showed for sixes-full-of-Aces and Joey mucked his hand.  He was left with ~18,000.

That pot took John’s stack up to about 63,000.

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