• Summer Poker Open Borgata 2019 Blog 2020

Gary Tavella arrived and taken his seat in Flight A. He’s hoping to repeat as Kick-Off Champion, as he won this event during the 2018 Summer Poker Open last July. That event saw 2,201 entries and Gary collected more than $143,000 in an adjusted payout agreement.

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Level 25: Blinds 25,000/50,000/50,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 719
Players Remaining: 26
Average Stack: 1.1 million

David Hom moved in for 390,000 early and action folded around to Schuyler Twaddle in the big blind, who called. David rolled over and was racing against Schuyler’s .

The board came and David made a straight to double up and stay alive. After that hand, both players had about 850,000.

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Level 25: Blinds 25,000/50,000/50,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 719
Players Remaining: 28
Average Stack: 1 million

Deepest Stack players are back from their break and play has resumed.

As of the break, we still had two Ladies remaining in the field, although both are short-stacked.

Rachel Windzberg has 860,000 (17 big blinds) and Barbara Leonardi has 380,000 (~8 big blinds).

Barbara Leonardi

Break Time Counts (big stacks and random others):

David Finkel – 3.09 million
Anatoly Zharnitsky – 2.4 million
Andrew Bello – 1.985 million
Jeffrey Nagata – 1.91 million
John Caputo – 1.8 million
Schulyer Twaddle – 1.42 million
Montez Johnson – 1.4 million
David Lu – 1.16 million
Marshall Tarzy – 1 million
Antonio Benito – 800,000
Travis Hartshorn – 620,000

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Level 24: Blinds 20,000/40,000/40,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 719
Players Remaining: 31
Average Stack: 928,000

Soukha Kachittavong busted out of this event a short while ago in 38th place ($762) and has already taken his seat over in the Signature Room, ready to resume grinding in another tournament!

He already owns three Borgata titles, including the 2017 Spring Poker Open Kick-Off, which earned him more than $127,000.

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Level 24: Blinds 20,000/40,000/40,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 719
Players Remaining: 33
Average Stack: 872,000

Antonio Benito’s was good to send another player to the exit. The big blind got all-in holding and completely whiffed the board. Antonio chipped up to ~680,000.

Anatoly Zharnitzky has built his stack up to roughly 2.1 million and is challenging Finkel for the chip lead.

Anatoly Zharnitsky

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Level 23: Blinds 15,000/30,000/30,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 719
Players Remaining: 41
Average Stack: 701,000

Andrew Gillis jammed from the cutoff for 255,000 and got action from chip leader David Finkel on the button. Andrew’s was dominating David’s .

Then the flop came , giving Andrew a bigger lead with trips, but also giving David more outs with a spade flush draw.

The board bricked out, however, with the and the , and Andrew doubled up to ~580,000.

David’s stack absorbed the hit easily — he’s still got more than 2.1 million.

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Level 23: Blinds 15,000/30,000/30,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 719
Players Remaining: 43
Average Stack: 669,000

Three players were all-in pre-flop on Table 5. Kevin Treney had the biggest stack and the best hand with . His two opponents held and .

The runout of gave him a bit of a sweat, but he prevailed, scooping both the main and side pots. He’s up to ~1.2 million.

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Level 22: Blinds 15,000/25,000/25,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 719
Players Remaining: 50
Average Stack: 575,000

Players have been reporting to the rail at a rapid pace.

In the process, David Finkel has taken the chip lead with ~2 million.

Jeffrey Nagata is second with ~1.7 million.

Schuyler Twaddle just doubled up David Hom with an unimproved against David’s , which made a flush. Schuyler was down to ~1.6 million after that hand.

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Level 21: Blinds 10,000/20,000/20,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 719
Players Remaining: 72
Average Stack: 399,000

Just a few hands and the bubble was burst. The remaining players are in the money and guaranteed at least $526.

Howard Wolper is still in, scoring his 123rd cash* at Borgata and extending his record by another notch. His stack of ~350,000 is a bit below average, but a still workable 17.5 big blinds.

*Update: Howard busted out in 60th place ($598) when his AQ failed to improve against a player holding pocket Tens.

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Level 21: Blinds 10,000/20,000/20,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 719
Players Remaining: 73
Average Stack: 383,000

Players are back from break and the yellow 1,000 chips have been removed from play. They’re going hand-for-hand as it is bubble-time.

Before the break, Jeffrey Nagata opened for 40,000, Shiraz Hasan 3-bet to 120,000, and Jeffrey called. The flop was rags with two hearts and Jeffrey shoved, having Shiraz covered. Shiraz said he had to call, tabling KK for the overpair. He was ahead of Jeffrey’s (nut flush draw) but at risk for his tournament life.

When a third heart landed on the river, Shiraz’s tournament life was snuffed out just a few spots from the money. Jeffrey chipped up to ~1.55 million.

Schuyler Twaddle appears to still hold the chip lead with ~1.7 million.

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End of Level 20: Blinds 8,000/15,000/15,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 719
Players Remaining: 75
Average Stack: 383,000

Level 20 is done and time for the first break of the day. They’re just three spots from the money when play resumes.

Travis Hartshorn (button) had Miguel Reyes (sb) covered, but Miguel was all-in for 251,000 and ahead with KK. Travis was just coolered with QQ. The board of 6 5 3 9 7 meant nothing.

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Miguel doubled up to ~530,000. Travis was left with about 500,000. That’s still plenty of ammo for the 2016 Fall Poker Open Champion to work with.