Event 20: $200 + $30 WFAN Deepest Stack NLH
Level 31: (100,000/200,000/30,000)
Total Entrants: 472
Remaining Players: 0
John McGuinness (Bayville, NJ) 1st Place
The final event of the 2016 Borgata Summer Open Series was the WFAN Deepest Stack event, where players begin with a 50,000 stack. The event drew 472 entrants and at 7 am – some 20 hours after the tournament began – wrapped up with John McGuinness winning the trophy and $23,391.
“I feel great about the win,” McGuinness said. “It was a great tournament series overall. With this win my brother, Mike McGuinness, has to recognize that I’m the better player in the family.”
“Every player at the final table was pretty good. I made some hands, had a little luck and maybe I played pretty well too to get the trophy,” he added. “The Borgata always does an amazing job with their tournament series – it’s my favorite place to play poker in the Northeast.”
That wraps the 20 events in the 2016 Borgata Summer Open, coming up in August is the Summer Heater Series and then in September the Borgata Poker Open.
Final Table Payouts
- John McGuinness – $23,391
- Elan Chabi – $13,506
- Michael Salvietti – $8,241
- Marcello Calabrese – $6,639
- Robert Pincentino – $5,219
- Seans Sisco – $4,349
- Omar Ocampo – $3,480
- Saif Uddin – $2,655
- Steve Pitcherello – $1,831
Event 20: $200 + $30 WFAN Deepest Stack NLH
Level 31: (100,000/200,000/30,000)
Total Entrants: 472
Remaining Players: 1
The players were eliminated in the following order:
Elan Chabi (Brooklyn, NY) 2nd Place
Michael Salvietti (New Rochelle, NY) 3rd Place
Event 20: $200 + $30 WFAN Deepest Stack NLH
Level 31: (100,000/200,000/30,000)
Total Entrants: 472
Remaining Players: 3
The players were eliminated in the following order:
Marcello Calabrese (Chalfont, PA) 4th Place
Robert Piacentino (Mays Landing, NJ) 5th Place
Event 20: $200 + $30 WFAN Deepest Stack NLH
Level 31: (100,000/200,000/30,000)
Total Entrants: 472
Remaining Players: 5
The players were eliminated in the following order:
Sean Sisco (Hopatcong, NJ) 6th Place
Omar Ocampo (Brampton, ON) 7th Place
Saif Uddin (Dhaka) 8th Place
Event 20: $200 + $30 WFAN Deepest Stack NLH
Level 31: (80,000/160,000/20,000)
Total Entrants: 472
Remaining Players: 8
John McGuinness shoved from the big blind.
Elan Chabi opened the action from under the gun to 375,000, Saifi called, Robert Piacentino called from the small blind and then John McGuiness moved all-in for 3.96 million out of the big blind.
Chabi mucked quickly, Saifi went deep into the tank and counted his stack. Then he counted out a call but ultimately he folded. Piacentino mucked as well and McGuiness added a million to his stack and has about 5 million.
Event 20: $200 + $30 WFAN Deepest Stack NLH
Level 31: (80,000/160,000/20,000)
Total Entrants: 472
Remaining Players: 8
Steve Pitcherello (Ranney, NJ) 9th Place
Elan Chabi opened to 400,000, Steve Pitcherello moved all-in for around 480,000 and Saifi moved in over the op. Chabi folded and the cards were turned on their backs.
Pitcherello: {Th}{9d}
Saifi: {Ad}{Kd}
The board ran {As}{7c}{6d}{3d}{Jd}, Pitcherello’s hand never improved and he was out in ninth place.
Event 20: $200 + $30 WFAN Deepest Stack NLH
Level 30: (60,000/120,000/20,000)
Total Entrants: 472
Remaining Players: 9
Armando Then 10th Place
Armando Then got all-in preflo holding pocket queens and Michael Salvietti called behind him holding two kings. The board ran {Jh}{9c}{5d}{6s}{Jd}, Then never improved and finished in tenth place.
Event 20: $200 + $30 WFAN Deepest Stack NLH
Level 30: (60,000/120,000/20,000)
Total Entrants: 472
Remaining Players: 10
Here’s how the final table stacks up:
- Robert Piacentino – 2,600,000
- John McGuinness – 1,500,000
- Elan Chabi – 5,600,000
- Steve Pitcherello – 260,000
- Marcello Calabrese – 3,200,000
- Sean Sisco – 1,350,000
- Armando Than – 1,400,000
- Saifi – 2,300,000
- Michael Salvietti – 1,550,000
- Omar Ocampo – 850,000
Event 20: $200 + $30 WFAN Deepest Stack NLH
Level 30: (60,000/120,000/20,000)
Total Entrants: 472
Remaining Players: 10
Anonymous bubbled the final table.
Anonymous got all-in preflop holding {Qh}{Th} and Marcello Calabrese called holding pocket kings. The board ran {Qd}{9c}{8h}{3s}{6d}, Anonymous didn’t improve and was eliminated short of the final table.
Event 20: $200 + $30 WFAN Deepest Stack NLH
Level 28: (40,000/80,000/10,000)
Total Entrants: 472
Remaining Players: 13
Steve Pitcherelli dodging the photo after the big pot.
Steve Pitcherelli, Marcello Callabrese and Ari Vitaliotis all went to a flop of {Kd}{8h}{3h}. Pitcherelli went all-in, both players called and the turn came {Tc}. Callabrese moved all-in, Vitaliotis folded after a tank and the cards were turned up.
Pitcherelli: {Kc}{Jd}
Callabrese: {Ks}{Td}
Pitcherelli saw he was in trouble and asked the dealer for a jack – then the river came {Jc}. Pitcherelli tripled up to 2 million, Callabrese slipped to 1.06 million and Vitaliotis still had 1.28 million.