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Tim Kelliher

Jul117:00 pm

Event 1B: Carl Tirella Wins the Flip

POSTED BY: Tim Kelliher

|CATEGORY: 2018, Event 1, Event 1 (Day 1B)

$540+$60 Deep Stack Kick-Off NLH
$1 Million Guaranteed
Structure Sheet

Level 14:  Blinds 1,500/3,000/3,000 ante
Flight B Entries: 296
Flight B
Players Remaining: 70

Carl Tirella

Carl Tirella got his stack of 26,500 all in pre-flop holding against the of Ari Albilia. It was a classic coin flip situation with Tirella at risk for his tournament life.

The dealer fanned the flop and Tirella improved to top set leaving Albilia drawing dead. The and completed the board and Tirella earned the double up.

Carl Tirella- 60,500
Ari Albilia- 165,000

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Jul116:31 pm

Event 1B: Pelletteri Gets It Right Back

POSTED BY: Tim Kelliher

|CATEGORY: 2018, Event 1, Event 1 (Day 1B)

$540+$60 Deep Stack Kick-Off NLH
$1 Million Guaranteed
Structure Sheet

Level 14:  Blinds 1,500/3,000/3,000 ante
Flight B Entries: 296

Louis Pelletteri

A player in early position raised to 6,000 and a player in middle position moved all in for 24,000. With the action on Louis Pelletteri in the small blind he re-shoved all in for about 60,000. The early position player folded and the hands were shown.

Louis Pelletteri:
Opponent:

Pelleterri was in great shape to score the knockout but the dealer fanned the flop. His opponent flopped middle set to take the lead and the turn and river were no help to Pelletteri and his opponent doubled up.

In the very hand off the deck the same player raised to 8,000 and Pelletteri moved all in for 33,500. It folded back to the player who called turning over but he would need to improve against the of Pelletteri.

The board ran out clean for Pelletteri and he doubled his stack.

Louis Pelletteri- 74,500

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Jul108:42 pm

Event 1A: Brian Grobman Leads Day 1A

POSTED BY: Tim Kelliher

|CATEGORY: 2018, Event 1, Event 1 (Day 1A)

$540+$60 Deep Stack Kick-Off NLH
$1 Million Guaranteed
Structure Sheet

Returning to Level 18: Blinds 4,000/8,000/8,000 BB Ante
Entries: 288
Players Remaining: 29

Brian Grobman

Day 1A of the Borgata Summer Poker Open $1,000,000 Deep Stack NLH drew a total of 288 entries. Just 29 players remain and it’s Brian Grobman leading the way.

Grobman was holding against his opponent’s and on a final board of and scored a double knockout. He never looked back and put a massive stack of 845,000 in the bag.

Joseph Rodriguez

Joseph Rodriguez sits in second with 668,000 after scoring a double knockout of his own in the second to last hand of the night holding against his opponent’s and .

The combined Day 1A-E survivors will return Friday July 13 at 12 PM to resume Day 2 play. Below is a look at some of the big stacks and players from this flight that will be advancing.

A full list of chip counts and Day 2 seating assignments will be posted as soon as they’re available.

Brian Grobman- 845,000
Joseph Rodriguez- 668,000
Robert Rizzolo- 494,000
Assaf Alster- 463,000
David Clarke- 357,000

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Jul108:13 pm

Event 1A: Tamuz Doubles Through Picinic

POSTED BY: Tim Kelliher

|CATEGORY: 2018, Event 1, Event 1 (Day 1A)

$540+$60 Deep Stack Kick-Off NLH
$1 Million Guaranteed
Structure Sheet

Level 17: Blinds 3,000/6,000/6,000 BB Ante
Entries: 288
Players Remaining: 36

Amir Tamuz

Dominic Picinic raised to 20,000 from the cutoff and Amir Tamuz called from the small blind. They went heads up to the flop and Tamuz checked.

Picinic bet 50,000 and Tamuz went deep into the tank before moving all in for about 160,000. Picinic called turning over for just ace high and Tamuz showed .

The turn and river were no help to Picinic and Tamuz secured the double up.

Amir Tamuz- 375,000
Dominic Picinic- 105,000

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Jul107:48 pm

Day 1A: Last Break of the Night

POSTED BY: Tim Kelliher

|CATEGORY: 2018, Event 1, Event 1 (Day 1A)

$540+$60 Deep Stack Kick-Off NLH
$1 Million Guaranteed
Structure Sheet

End of Level 16: Blinds 2,500/5,000/5,000 BB Ante
Entries: 288
Players Remaining: 46

The Day 1A Event 1 player are now on a 15-minute and this is the last break of the night. When play resumes there will be just one more level of play left in the night before the bagging process begins.

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Jul107:21 pm

Event 1A: Brian Grobman Takes the Lead

POSTED BY: Tim Kelliher

|CATEGORY: 2018, Event 1, Event 1 (Day 1A)

$540+$60 Deep Stack Kick-Off NLH
$1 Million Guaranteed
Structure Sheet

Level 16: Blinds 2,500/5,000/5,000 BB Ante
Entries: 288
Players Remaining: 48

Brian Grobman

Joseph Rodriguez was all alone at the top of the chip counts but Brian Grobman has moved into the Day 1A chip lead. He is now sitting behind a massive stack of 550,000 and he filled us in on just how he got there.

Three players saw a flop of and a raising war broke out. All three players put their stacks in the pot and Grobman was holding against his opponent’s and .

The turn brought the and the completed the board and Grobman improved to nines full of eights to score the double knockout and  the more than half a million chip pot was shipped his way.

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Jul107:01 pm

Event 1A: Joseph Rodriguez Pulling Away

POSTED BY: Tim Kelliher

|CATEGORY: 2018, Event 1, Event 1 (Day 1A)

$540+$60 Deep Stack Kick-Off NLH
$1 Million Guaranteed
Structure Sheet

Level 15: Blinds 2,000/4,000/4,000 BB Ante
Entries: 288
Players Remaining: 50

Joseph Rodriguez

Joseph Rodriguez has been sitting behind a big stack for much of the day and he is showing no signs of slowing down. He continues to drag in pot after pot and is now sitting behind a mountain of just under 500,000.

Rodriguez is all alone at the top of the chip counts with just 50 players remaining and less than three levels of play left in the day.

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Jul106:36 pm

Day 1A: Picinic Scores a Knockout

POSTED BY: Tim Kelliher

|CATEGORY: 2018, Event 1, Event 1 (Day 1A)

$540+$60 Deep Stack Kick-Off NLH
$1 Million Guaranteed
Structure Sheet

Level 14: Blinds 1,500/3,000/3,000 BB Ante
Entries: 288
Players Remaining: 68

Dominic Picinic

A player in middle position moved all in for 36,000 and Dominic Picinic re-shoved all in for about 150,000 next to act. The rest of the table quickly folded and the hands were shown.

Dominic Picinic:
Opponent:

The board ran out clean for Picinic and his ace king high was enough to earn him the pot and the knockout.

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Jul106:08 pm

Event 1A: Peralta Wins the Flip

POSTED BY: Tim Kelliher

|CATEGORY: 2018, Event 1, Event 1 (Day 1A)

$540+$60 Deep Stack Kick-Off NLH
$1 Million Guaranteed
Structure Sheet

Level 13: Blinds 1,200/2,400/2,400 BB Ante
Entries: 288
Players Remaining: 80

Freddy Peralta

A player moved all in from late position for about 30,000 and Freddy Peralta called from the button. The rest of the table quickly folded and the hands were shown.

Freddy Peralta:
Opponent:

The dealer spread the flop and Peralta paired his ace in the window to take control of the hand. The turn was the and Peralta improved to top two pair when the hit the river to score the knockout.

Freddy Peralta- 230,000

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Jul105:50 pm

Event 1A: Registration Closed

POSTED BY: Tim Kelliher

|CATEGORY: 2018, Event 1, Event 1 (Day 1A)

$540+$60 Deep Stack Kick-Off NLH
$1 Million Guaranteed
Structure Sheet

Level 13: Blinds 1,200/2,400/2,400 BB Ante
Entries: 288
Players Remaining: 93

The players have returned from their break and the cards are back in the air. Day 1A Event 1 tournament registration and re-entry are now closed.

There were a total of 288 entries in our first flight and there is already more than $150,000 in the prize pool.

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