Event 1 (Day 1D)
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Structure Sheet
Level 17: Blinds 3,000/6,000/6,000 BB Ante
Entries: 683
Players Remaining: 99
Ramon Herrera
Fight D has come to an end with an unofficial 99 players moving on to Day 2 tomorrow at noon. Ramon Herrera put the biggest stack in a bag this evening and will return with 570,000 which should be good enough for a top five returning stack depending on how Flight E plays out. Others to advance until Joey Cappuccio, Greg Fishberg, Dave Stefanski, and 2018 WSOP Online PLO bracelet winner Matt Mendez.
We are moving stakes over to the poker room to pick up coverage of Flight E.
Ramon Herrera – 570,000
Joey Cappuccio – 500,000
Matt Mendez – 399,000
Dan DaConti – 371,000
Dave Stefanski – 367,000
Luis Vazquez – 286,000
Greg Fishberg – 220,000
Sean Barringer – 171,000
Matt Zimmerman – 132,000
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Structure Sheet
Level 17: Blinds 3,000/6,000/6,000 BB Ante
Entries: 683
Players Remaining: 110
The “King” card protector of 2018 WSOP Giant runner-up Luis Vazquez
Play is back underway and we have one more level to go for Flight D. They should get down near 100 players remaining by the time they bag up for the evening.
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Structure Sheet
Level 16: Blinds 2,500/5,000/5,000 BB Ante
Entries: 683
Players Remaining: 120
Dan DaConti
Flight D action is flying right along and we have right around 120 players remaining in the Signature Room. They are playing out the end of Level 16 and will go on their final break when it’s complete. Then it’s one more level before bagging their chips.
The new big stack in the room belongs to Dan DaConti. He is up to 465,000 with Joey Cappuccio not far behind with 425,000.
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Structure Sheet
Level 15: Blinds 2,000/4,000/4,000 BB Ante
Entries: 683
Players Remaining: 150
John Festino
With the board reading 
, John Festino was in a three-way pot and facing an all-in bet from another player for 92,500. After a quick think, Festino called all in for ~90,000 but could not entice the third player in the hand to come along for the ride.
Festino tabled 
for quads sixes and his opponent was drawing completely dead with 
. Festino pulled the big pot and moved up around 285,000 with a few levels remaining in the day.
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Structure Sheet
Level 14: Blinds 1,500/3,000/3,000 BB Ante
Entries: 683
Players Remaining: 180
Eddie Good
With three players all-in pre-flop, it looked like Eddie Good was headed for the door.
Seat 3 had pocket Aces (both red), seat 4 had pocket Tens, and Eddie had 
. Seat 3 had everyone covered and was ahead, but then Eddie said “Put all spades on the board.”
Asked and answered. The dealer spread the flop, which was 
giving Eddie the flush. When the 
came on the turn and the 
completed the board, it was over for seat 4.
Eddie chipped up to about 130,000.
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Structure Sheet
Level 13: Blinds 1,500/2,500/2,500 BB Ante
Entries: 683
Players Remaining: 200
Joey Cappuccio
The entire Flight D field is now in the Signature Room and we have 20 tables in action. Stacks are starting to grow and Joey Cappuccio is one of those moving in the right direction as they make the end-of-day push.
His most recent boost came when he called a 6,000 bet preflop from the button in a four-way pot. There were two checks after the flop and a middle position player bet 9,000. Cappuccio and the big blind called and the turn came 
. This time it went check/check over to Cappuccio and he put out 24,000. Two quick folds later and Cappuccio was up to 153,000.
Joey Cappuccio (with bonus Ryan Eriquezzo photobomb)
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Structure Sheet
Level 13: Blinds 1,500/2,500/2,500 BB Ante
Entries: 683
Players are back from break and registration has closed for this flight. All Flight D players are in the Signature Room and Flight E is firing up over in the Poker Room.
Aditya Sharma
Shortly before the break, a five-way pot developed on table 7. On the flop of T T 7, Eric Miller moved in for 29,300, got a call from seat 9, two folds, and another call from Aditya Sharma.
When a deuce came on the turn, Aditya announced all-in (43,000) and seat 9 called, showing pocket Aces. Aditya had pocket deuces and had turned the full boat. Eric’s pocket Kings were drawing to two outs to avoid elimination.
The river brought a 9, however, and Eric was felted. Aditya scooped main and side pots, chipping up to about 200,000. Eric hit the rail.
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Structure Sheet
End of Level 12: Blinds 1,000/2,000/2,000 BB Ante
Entries: 682
Dave Gerken
Before the break, Dave Gerken tripled up with a Big Blind Special.
It was raised to 4,200 and he called the extra over his big blind to see the flop fall 
. Dave checked, seat 8 bet 12,000, Greg Fishberg called, then Dave moved in for 39,000 total. Seat 8 moved in, as did Greg and the hands were tabled.
Dave: 
– trip sixes
Seat 8: 
– Kings-up
Greg: 
– Kings-up, better kicker
The turn brought the 
giving seat 8 a flush draw, but the 
on the river caused the side pot to chop.
Dave tripled up to more than 120,000. Seat 8 and Greg chopped the side pot since they both had Kings-up with Ace kicker.
Flight D is taking their third break of the day and registration for this flight will close when play resumes.
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Structure Sheet
Level 12: Blinds 1,000/2,000/2,000 BB Ante
Entries: 675
Mike Dobbs
We are almost down to a Signature Room full of players with the poker room quickly emptying. It won’t stay like that for long with the 5pm final flight set to kick off over there.
Mike Dobbs is hiding in his little corner of the room and quietly grinding up a stack. The two-time Borgata champ (2016 March Monster Stack and 2018 Borgata Winter Poker Open Deepstack) is sitting in the back of the Signature Room far from prying eyes and so far he has run his 25,000 starting stack up to 110,000 with registration closing soon.
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Structure Sheet
Level 12: Blinds 1,000/2,000/2,000 BB Ante
Entries: 667
Matt Mendez
After an early open from Allan Rabinovich, Matt Mendez moved in for 31,700 from the small blind. Allan called, showing pocket 9s. Matt’s pocket Kings were way ahead.
The board ran out A A J J 8 and counterfeited Allan’s pair completely. Matt doubled up to ~70,000 while Allan was left playing a comfortable 103,000 (51 big blinds).
Allan Rabinovich