Level 21: Blinds 8,000/16,000/2,000 ante
Total Entries: 396
Players Remaining: 54
Average Stack: 367,000
Wooyang Lin (Morristown, NJ)
Wooyang Lin is a tournament playing machine. He finished 2nd in yesterday’s $200 + $30 Black Chip Bounty event, a little after 3am this morning. He is back at it again today in this event, and shows no signs of slowing down.
He’s sitting behind about 680,000, well ahead of the average and most of the field.
Level 20: Blinds 6,000/12,000/2,000 ante
Total Entries: 396
Players Remaining: 60
Average Stack: 330,000
Torrie Fogg (New Providence, NJ)
On a flop of {6d}{3d}{3h}, the player in seat 4 moved in and got looked up by Torrie “The Black Shark” Fogg. Seat 4 held {Ac}{qh} for two overcards. Torrie had {4s}{3s} for trip 3s and had his opponent drawing slim.
When the {kh} came on the turn, Seat 4 was officially drawing dead and eliminated from the tournament. The {9d} was the irrelevant river card.
With that pot, Torrie chipped up to more than 1.6 million, reclaiming the chip lead.
Level 19: Blinds 5,000/10,000/1,000 ante
Total Entries: 396
Players Remaining: 65
Average Stack: 305,000
Spiros Panacopoulos (Astoria, NY)
On the turn with a board of {Td}{8s}{4c}{3h}, Stephen Moy (bb) bet 100,000. Spiros Panacopoulos (utg) on his left shoved for another 192,000 on top.
Stephen tanked for a minute, then called showing {qd}{8d} (gutshot with one overcard). Spiros was ahead with {Ac}{Tc} for top/top. River was the {6d} and Spiros doubled up to about 750,000. Stephen’s stack dropped to about 200,000.
Level 19: Blinds 5,000/10,000/1,000 ante
Total Entries: 396
Players Remaining: 69
Average Stack: 287,000
Stephen Moy (New York, NY)
Players are back on the felt following the color-up break.
As of the break, it was Borgata regular Stephen Moy who led the field with 790,000.
Stephen picked up his first Borgata Open series title two years ago during the 2013 Summer Poker Open, winning the $300 + $30 Black Chip Bounty NLH event, good for $11,466. That’s also his largest recorded cash.
A first or second place finish in this event will top that figure, as second place is good for $11,524 and the winner will collect $20,741.
End of Level 18: Blinds 4,000/8,000/1,000 ante
Total Entries: 396
Players Remaining: 69
Average Stack: 287,000
Charles Kandziolka (Flanders, NJ)
On the last hand of the level, Charles Kandziolka shoved for 147,500 after his opponent in seat 4 checked the flop of {Ad}{td}{9c}. “I checked intending to check-raise,” said is opponent, who was puzzled by the action.
He eventually called, showing {kd}{qd} for the flush draw with gutshot and Royal draws. Charles was ahead with {Ac}{ks} for top/top.
The last two fell safely for Charles, {7h}{6c}, and he doubled up to ~350,000.j
Players are on a break while the 500 chips are colored up and removed from play.
Level 18 (4,000/8,000/1,000)
Total Entries: 396
Players Remaining: 90
Chip Average: 220,000
Torrie Fogg won a huge pot with trip sevens and his chip stack is over 1,400,000.
Torrie “The Black Shark” Fogg has really been chipping up these last couple of levels and just sent one player to the rail.
From under the gun, Fogg called a pre-flop raise to 15,000 by a player just to his left as did the player on the big blind. The flop brought {7c}{5s}{7d}. The big blind checked and so did Fogg. The original raiser then made a hefty bet and the big blind folded.
After thinking a bit, Fogg re-raised. His opponent then moved all-in and Fogg made the call showing {Ah}{7h} for trips. His opponent tabled {Kh}{Ks}. The turn and river were blanks and The Black Shark gobbled up a huge pot. He is now one of the chip leaders with more than 1,400,000 chips.
Fogg has had a good day so far, he says, by “making some moves and getting some good hands.”
The native of Lebanon, Pa., celebrated with a white wine. Cheers!
Level 16 (2,500/5,000/500)
Total Entries: 396
Players Remaining: 110
Chip Average: 180,000
David Deneau took a couple of pots right at the end of Level 16.
David Deneau grabbed a couple pots in a row at the end of this level. We caught up with him in heads-up action on a flop of {5d}{Jc}{10s}. He checked from the small blind and his opponent bet 15,000 from early position.
The turn brought the {Qh} and both players checked. They also both checked on the {6h} river. Deneau tabled {Ac}{10h} to take a nice pot with his pair of 10s.
On the next hand, Deneau called from the button when action folded to him. The small and big blinds both came along. The flop brought {4d}{7d}{As}. Action checked to him and Deneau bet 5,000. The small blind folded and the big blind player made the call.
The {Jd} fell on the river and Deneau bet 5,000 after the big blind checked. He raked the 20,000-chip pot after his opponent folded. His chip stack continues to rise.
Level 16 (2,500/5,000/500)
Total Entries: 396
Players Remaining: 126
Chip Average: 157,143
Players have returned from dinner break and cards are back in the air with the beginning of Level 16 in this $200 + $30 Deepest Stack NLHE Re-Entry $50,000.
This event is expected to be a one-day event barring any changes from tournament staff. There was certainly no problem in meeting the guarantee in this event with 396 entries have created a prize pool of $76,824.
Level 15 (2,000/4,000/400)
Total Entries: 389
Players Remaining: 126
Chip Average: 157,143
Players are now on dinner break and action will resume at 8:40 p.m.
Players who finish in the Top 36 will make the money with a min-cash earning $476. The winner will earn a nice cash of $20,741.
When players return, Level 16 will begin with blinds at 2,500/5,000 with an ante of 500.
Level 15 (2,000/4,000/400)
Total Entries: 389
Players Remaining: 160
Chip Average: 104,211
Jo Stagliano – Minotolo, N.J.
We caught up with a crazy hand on Table 10 right near the end of Level 14. A player in middle position moved all-in for his last 28,500. The player in the cutoff, Jo Stagliano, then moved the last of her 29,000 chips in also. The player in the hijack then made the call , and then from the big blind, Mark Buonadonna moved all-in as well.
The hand basically ended up being four smaller stack all-in pre-flop (the player on the hijack had a tiny bit left after all was pushed in). Stagliano showed {As}{Kh} and Buonadonna tabled {Ac}{Kc}. The two other players tabled {Kd}{Qh} and {Kc}{5d} and Buonadonna and Stagliano looked to be in good shape.
The board played out {9s}{4c}{3h} – {2d} – {10s} and the two chopped the pot and sent one player to the rail.
Mark Buonadonna – Vineland, N.J.