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$260+$40 Deep Stack NLH Re-Entry
$75,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 27: Blinds 30,000/60,000/5,000 ante
Total Entries: 601
Players Remaining: 12
Steve Raime
The action folded to Vinny Pahuja in the cutoff and he moved all in for 480,000. Steve Raime re-raised to 1,500,000 from the small blind and the big blind folded.
Steve Raime: 
Vinny Pahuja: 
The dealer fanned the 
flop and Pahuja picked up a flush draw. The turn 
paired Pahuja to give him some additional out but he 
river was not one of them.
Pahuja was eliminated in 13th place earning $1,400 and Raime moves into the chip lead with 2,400,000 and 12 players remaining.
$2,500+$200 Championship NLH
$1,000,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 24: Blinds 15,000/30,000/30,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 627
Players Remaining: 13
Average Stack: 1,450,000
Derek Sudell
Action folded to Derek Sudell in the small blind and he opened to 100,000. Greg Nerenberg three-bet to 205,000 from the big blind and Sudell announced all in after a minute for ~1.6 million. Nerenberg quickly called for a massive blind-versus-blind hand.
Nerenberg: 
Sudell: 
A huge cooler deep in the Championship for Sudell and he couldn’t find an ace-cracker on the 
board for the surprise 14th place exit.
Greg Nerenberg – 3,650,000 (122 bb)
Derek Sudell – Eliminated in 14th place ($14,445)
Derek earned his seat in this event playing an online qualifier at BorgataPoker.com!
$260+$40 Deep Stack NLH Re-Entry
$75,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 18: Blinds 4,000/8,000/1,000 ante
Total Entries: 601
Players Remaining: 90
Vinny Pahuja
We are inching closer to the Event 18 money bubble with just 90players remaining. The final 63 will all make the cash and BorgataPoker.com sponsored pro Vinny Pahuja is in cruise control.
Pahuja continues to add his mountain of chips and he is in contention for the chip lead with 450,000 as we approach the break.
$2,500+$200 Championship NLH
$1,000,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 20: Blinds 6,000/12,000/12,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 627
Players Remaining: 27
Average Stack: 697,000
Anthony Maio
Anthony Maio went out in 29th place ($7,450). He earned his seat in an online qualifier at BorgataPoker.com.
Paul Volpe
Over on table 4, a battle of the blinds resulted in the departure of Paul Volpe. Bobby Conte (sb) opened for 71,000, then Paul jammed from the big. Bobby called, tabling AK. He was dominating Paul’s AQ. The bigger Ace held and Bobby took the pot, chipping up to ~860,000.
Paul will collect $7,450 for 28th place.
His departure also brought the count down to 27, so we’re down to three tables.
$2,500+$200 Championship NLH
$1,000,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 19: Blinds 5,000/10,000/10,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 627
Players Remaining: 29
Average Stack: 649,000
Kevin Kernan
Kevin Kernan doubled his short-stack with K9 against 76 suited, but he was still short-stacked.
He got his chips in from the big blinds against Lucas Picking (middle) and Derek Sudell (cutoff). Lucas checked the flop of 
and Derek bet 50,000. Lucas folded and the hands were tabled.
Dered had KJ for trips. Kevin had K2 and needed help. (Lucas folded AK).
Turn was the and when the 
completed the board, it also completed Kevin’s tournament. He finished 30th for $7,450. Derek, who won his seat online at BorgataPoker.com, is up to about 900,000.
That’s the end of the level and time for a break!
$2,500+$200 Championship NLH
$1,000,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 18: Blinds 4,000/8,000/8,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 627
Players Remaining: 50
Average Stack: 376,000
Dan Buzgon
As we await the start of Day 3 at noon, let’s take a look at who cashed out yesterday.
| Place | Player | Payout |
| 51 | Jay Sharon | $5,930 |
| 52 | Ryan Belz | $5,930 |
| 53 | Mike Dentale | $5,930 |
| 54 | Daniel Lee | $5,930 |
| 55 | Tri Van | $5,170 |
| 56 | Rafal Kordys | $5,170 |
| 57 | Dan Buzgon* | $5,170 |
| 58 | Thomas Smith | $5,170 |
| 59 | Nicholas Lalota | $5,170 |
| 60 | James McKinnon | $5,170 |
| 61 | Orson Young | $5,170 |
| 62 | Anthony Guerriero | $5,170 |
| 63 | Ryan Hohner | $2,585 |
| tie | Ron Pease | $2,585 |
There was a tie on the money bubble, so Ryan Hohner and Ron Pease split 63rd place money.
*Dan Buzgon earned his seat playing a BorgataPoker.com online qualifier.
$2,500+$200 Championship NLH
$1,000,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 13: Blinds 1,500/2,500/2,500 BB Ante
Total Entries: 627
Players Remaining: 116
Average Stack: 162,000
Craig Rubinstein
Craig Rubinstein opened utg, then William Corvino 3-bet. Craig shoved and William called. Craig’s pocket Queens were racing against William’s Big Slick, but the Queens had a head-start.
The board ran out 9 5 2 3 Q and the Queen on the river gave Craig a set, though he didn’t need it. Craig’s up to about 285,000. William headed for the exit.
Craig is a BorgataPoker.com sponsored pro, but won his seat in this event in a live satellite on Sunday.
$2,500+$200 Championship NLH
$1,000,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
Level 2: Blinds 100/200
Entries: 188
Craig Rubinstein
Craig Rubinstein played the 1pm $270+$30 Championship Satellite yesterday, earning his seat in today’s $2,500+$200 Championship for only $300. Would you call that cheap-rolling?
He’s one of BorgataPoker.com’s sponsored pros and plays a lot online, usually getting his tournament seats in online satellites. This time he decided to try it out live and he scored his seat. Now he’s just got to make it pay off with a deep run.
Craig won the $350 Monster Stack event back in March, earning his best live cash of $17,126 and that’s his only Borgata title, so far.
$2,500+$200 Championship NLH
$1,000,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
Level 2: Blinds 100/200
Entries: 84
Players continue to arrive and take their seats here in the Poker Room. This field will grow slowly throughout the day as players don’t feel the urgency. That 30,000 starting stack now represents 150 big blinds.
Not everyone can afford to pony up $2,700 to play in the Championship event and for those players, we’ve got satellites running all day today, and even Monday morning!
Three satellites will be running today at Borgata:
1 PM – Event 32 – $270 + $30 Championship Qualifier NLH (~1 in 10)
4 PM – Event 33 – $540 + $60 Championship Mega Qualifier NLH (~1 in 5)
7 PM – Event 34 – $270 + $30 Championship Qualifier NLH (~1 in 10)
Since registration remains open into Day 2, there will be another satellite running Monday evening, for a Day 2 start:
6PM – Event 36 – $270 + $30 Last Chance Championship Qualifier NLH (~1 in 10)
There are also online satellites running at BorgataPoker.com. Click here for details.
$350+$50 Almighty Stack NLH
$500,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 23: Blinds 25,000/50,000/5,000 ante
Total Entries: 2,108
Players Remaining: 143
Average Stack: 1.5 million
The parade of players to the payout desk has been steady since the bubble burst. The Almighty 500 players have returned from a break and we got a chance to check out the big stacks:
Daniel Tu – 5.15 million
Nikolaos Platis – 5.08 million
Tyng Low – 4.5 million
‘Lucky’ Lee Kirsch – 4.2 million
Satish Surapaneni – 4.2 million
Anthony Gaerlan – 4 million
Thomas Beccari – 3 million
Anthony Gaerlan
Lee Kirsch’s luck has apparently kicked in big time. He recently had pocket Aces in three out of five consecutive hands, and that was split between two different tables because he was moved.
One of those hands was against Asher Conniff, who got his last ~2 million in with AK and ran into Lee’s Aces. Asher busted out in 155th place ($859). That hand boosted Lee’s stack beyond 4 million.
‘Lucky’ Lee Kirsch