Event 11 (Day 2)
$1,000+$90 Six-Max NLH
$100,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 17: Blinds 2,500/5,000/500 ante
Total Entries: 130
Players Remaining: 10
Average Stack: 260,000
Two players have departed in early action, while one player has yet to show up and play a hand: Pradeep Adumala.
Mike Linster – 11th Place ($1,892)
Nick Salimbene – 12th Place ($1,892)
$1,000+$90 Six-Max NLH
$100,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 16: Blinds 2,000/4,000/400 ante (12 minutes remaining)
Total Entries: 130
Players Remaining: 12
Average Stack: 216,700
Day 2 of the SixMax has begun and play will continue until we have a winner! As they get cards in the air, let’s take a look at how they stack up in relation to the blinds:
| NAME | CHIP COUNT | BBs |
| MARK ALVIN BAYAG | 503,400 | 126 |
| CARLOS MATOS | 371,000 | 93 |
| REECE HUMPHREY | 349,000 | 87 |
| PRADEEP ADUMALA | 331,000 | 83 |
| MICHAEL ROWLAND KEMETER | 272,500 | 68 |
| BRETT APTER | 244,500 | 61 |
| BRIAN SHERRIER | 207,900 | 52 |
| NICHOLAS SALIMBENE | 90,100 | 23 |
| ERIC FRANK | 81,600 | 20 |
| ALFRED GILLETTE | 57,700 | 14 |
| ARTUR ZAIKANSKY | 53,000 | 13 |
| MICHAEL LINSTER | 49,500 | 12 |
And a reminder what they’re playing for:
| Place | Payout |
| 1 | $37,828 |
| 2 | $23,329 |
| 3 | $17,339 |
| 4 | $12,925 |
| 5 | $9,773 |
| 6 | $6,936 |
| 7 | $5,359 |
| 8 | $4,098 |
| 9 | $2,837 |
| 10 – 12 | $1,892 |
$1,000+$90 Six-Max NLH
$100,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet | Payouts
Returning to Level 16: Blinds 2,000/4,000/400 ante (12 minutes remaining)
Total Entries: 130
Players Remaining: 12
Average Stack: 216,700
The final 12 SixMax players will return at 12 noon for Day 2 and they’re all in the money. Their seat assignments and chips counts are shown below.
| NAME | FROM | CHIP COUNT | TABLE | SEAT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MICHAEL LINSTER | BENSALEM, PA | 49,500 | 1 | 1 |
| BRIAN SHERRIER | BREINIGSVILLE, PA | 207,900 | 1 | 2 |
| REECE HUMPHREY | DAYTON, NJ | 349,000 | 1 | 3 |
| ARTUR ZAIKANSKY | ASTORIA, NY | 53,000 | 1 | 4 |
| MICHAEL ROWLAND KEMETER | ALLENTOWN, PA | 272,500 | 1 | 5 |
| CARLOS MATOS | BRONX, NY | 371,000 | 1 | 6 |
| BRETT APTER | ARLINGTON, VA | 244,500 | 2 | 1 |
| NICHOLAS SALIMBENE | BRICK, NJ | 90,100 | 2 | 2 |
| PRADEEP ADUMALA | CHERRY HILL, NJ | 331,000 | 2 | 3 |
| ALFRED GILLETTE | SCRANTON, PA | 57,700 | 2 | 4 |
| ERIC FRANK | CROMWELL, CT | 81,600 | 2 | 5 |
| MARK ALVIN BAYAG | LONG ISLAND CITY, NY | 503,400 | 2 | 6 |
$1,000+$90 Six-Max NLH
$100,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
Level 11: 600/1,200/200 ante
Total Entries: 130
Players Remaining: 49
Pradeep Adumala
Players are back in their seats after the dinner break and registration is now closed on the Six-Max tournament. The clock shows 130 entries for a year-over-year improvement, we will post the official numbers as soon as they are available.
There are only 49 players which means there are a lot of chips in play with more than half the starting entries gone. Pradeep Adumala has the biggest of them all and returned to a stack worth 153,500.
Levels now increase to 45 minutes each and they will stay until the end. Day 1 is scheduled to play down to 18 players or 2am, whichever comes first.
The start of the 2017 Borgata Summer Poker Open is just a few days away with the Ladies Go First NLH event on Sunday, starting at 11am. Onsite registration opens two hours before the start of the tournament (9am). Then it’s the $1 Million Guaranteed Kick-Off event starting Tuesday at 11am with the first of five starting flights. Online registration is available for all Main Events through Friday, July 6th. Onsite registration begins Monday, July 9th, at 12 noon and will remain open daily from 8am to midnight throughout the series.
The kickoff event and it’s $1 Million Guarantee will bring out big crowds, so there are five starting flights spread across three days. Flight A begins Tuesday, July 10th, at 11am. Flight B runs Wednesday at 11am, overlapping Flight C starting at 4pm. Flights D & E are Thursday at 10am and 5pm, respectively. This event is a Best Stack Forward and Unlimited Re-Entry event, so players are encouraged to register early and register often!
Zachary Schwartz – 1st Place – 2017 Summer Open Kick-Off Event
Last year it was Zachary Schwartz who bested the field of 2,268 entrants to claim 1st place and just over $160,000 in an adjusted payout agreement following a five-hour heads-up battle with Larry Abrams.
The first Saturday Series event is also the Cabot Creamery “Put a Bad Beat On Hunger” charity tournament, raising money for the New Jersey Food Bank – Southern Branch. Last year they drew 421 total entries and raised $4,210 for the New Jersey Food Bank – Southern Branch. Last year they drew 421 total entries to create a prize pool of $142,930. In addition, $4,210 was raised for a great cause. An adjusted payout agreement resulted in Jeremey Barnett taking home $11,915 and the trophy. The $3,500 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship seat went to Mike Machalani. This year, both the 1st AND 2nd place finishers will earn a $3,500 entry in the 2018 WPT BPO Championship, courtesy of Cabot Creamery!
To celebrate Borgata’s 15th Birthday, the Tournament of Champions will highlight the second Saturday of the series, with previous Borgata Open Champions invited to battle for a winner-take-all prize of $25,000.
Of course the $1 Million Guaranteed Borgata Summer Poker Open Championship begins Sunday and Monday, July 22nd and 23rd, with starting flights A and B. Registration for the Best Stack Forward and Unlimited Re-Entry event remains open until the start of Level 11 on Day 2 (July 24th) about 2:15pm.
Abraham Korotki – 1st Place – 2017 Borgata Summer Poker Open Championship
Last year saw a record 600 entrants and the Live-Streamed Championship final table was historic with three World Series of Poker bracelet winners doing battle with Borgata’s winningest regular, Abraham Korotki. 2015 WSOP Main Event winner Joe McKeehen got heads-up with Korotki, but came up short of the win. Korotki claimed his record ninth Borgata title and more than $359,000.
All the information you need can be found on the Summer Poker Open site, so bookmark it and check back often. We’ll be seeing you next week for the start of the 2018 Summer Poker Open and you can follow the action right here in the BSPO blog!
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