$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.
$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.
$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.
$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.
$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!
$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.
$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.
$540+$60 Deep Stack NLH
$2 Million Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
Level 10: Blinds 500/1000/1000 Big Blind Ante
Entries: 446
On 18, where one of the big stacks, Ed Foster, is still holding strong at 140,000, the competition should be very familiar with each other.
Borgata blog favorite, expert shortstacker, and constant online qualifier The Pokermantis looks unusually serious today, here about to take down a small pot.
Nhan Cao, across from Foster and Korotki, had a breakout BFPO2018, moving from cash into tourneys and finding his first Borgata final table in the Almighty.
Consistent deep runner Istvan Szabo and local legend Abraham Korotki are on Foster’s right.
$540+$60 Deep Stack NLH
$2 Million Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
Level 10: Blinds 500/1,000/1,000 Big Blind Ante
Entries: 444
MD sweating the board with his pocket Kings
After the under-the-gun player in seat 1 moved all-in for 3,200, MD made it 7,000 to go. The player in seat 9 missed the raise and called 3,200, but was then forced to call all 7,000.
On the flop of 
, Seat 9 checked, MD bet 7,000, his opponent raised to 17,000, and MD jammed for 43,700. His opponent called, having him slightly covered.
MD’s 
was well ahead of seat 9’s 
and seat 1’s 
. He had to sweat it, however, when the 
on the turn gave his opponent a lot more outs with a flush draw.
The 
on the river was the best card for MD and secured him the pot, more than doubling up to 104,000. Seat 1 was busted and seat 9 was left short-stacked. He busted out soon after.
$540+$60 Deep Stack NLH
$2 Million Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
Level 9: Blinds 400/800/800 Big Blind Ante
Entries: 436
Judi Beilan
Today’s Flight A field is noticeably devoid of the fairer sex. We’ve only spotted about half a dozen ladies in the field, for less than 2% of the entries. Here are just a couple of the Ladies in action:
Melissa Burr (Thanks for the cookies!)
Borgata and the World Poker Tour are hosting a Ladies Brunch and Learn on Saturday, January 26th, at 10am before the Ladies event, (Event 15) which begins at 1pm.
They will enjoy brunch with complimentary mimosas while learning the game of poker at Borgata, receiving how-to game instruction from the professional female poker players.
The Brunch & Learn event will feature Loni Harwood, professional poker player with $2.9M in career earnings, and Jessica Dawley, a regular on the World Poker Tour and the current WSOP Ladies Event Champion.
Sorry Ladies, this brunch is sold out, but the Ladies event is open to all Ladies who want to give the game a try. Stay tuned to Borgata’s blog and follow @BorgataPoker on Twitter. There may be some additional “Ladies Brunch & Learn” seminars coming up.