Event 15 (Day 3)
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Structure Sheet | Payouts
Returning to Level 28: Blinds 40,000/80,000/80,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 627
Players Remaining: 6
Average Stack: 3,135,000
Sumeet Wayachal
The last six spots are set for the live-streamed Borgata Summer Poker Open final table after nearly 15 hours of play. Sumeet Wayachal bagged the biggest stack with 4,940,000 and he’s closely followed by Greg Nerenberg with 4,295,000. David Albis and Kane Kalas are in the middle of the six with Guo Chen and Jesse Mercado needing to do some work when they return.
They will switch to 60-minute levels for the live-streamed final table and start in Level 28 with David Albis on the button.
Cards go in the air at 2pm with the live-stream kicking in with a 30-minute delay showing hole cards.
Seat 1: Sumeet Wayachal – 4,940,000 (62 bb)
Seat 2: David Albis – 3,895,000 (49 bb)
Seat 3: Greg Nerenberg – 4,295,000 (54 bb)
Seat 4: Jesse Mercado – 1,095,000 (14 bb)
Seat 5: Guo Chen – 1,265,000 (16 bb)
Seat 6: Kane Kalas – 3,330,000 (42 bb)
Remaining payouts:
1st: $365,062
2nd: $205,264
3rd: $129,240
4th: $104,913
5th: $83,626
6th: $69,182
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Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 27: Blinds 30,000/60,000/60,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 627
Players Remaining: 6
Average Stack: 3,135,000
Najib Bennani
Najib Bennani open-shoved for 1,100,000 from under the gun. Guo Chen thought for a few minutes before he folded and Kane Kalas followed suit. But instead of folding after thinking, Kalas moved all in with the bigger stack. The rest of the players quickly folded and they were off to the races.
Kalas: 
Bennani: 
Bennani needed to hold to stay in the game but Kalas moved into the lead on the 
flop. The 
turn changed nothing and the 
river sent Bennani out in seventh place.
Tournament staff paused the clock for the last six players to bag up their chips for a live-streamed final table return tomorrow at 2pm. This was the last hand of Level 27 and they will kick off tomorrow at the top of Level 28.
Kane Kalas – 3,330,000 (56 bb)
Najib Bennani – Eliminated in 7th place ($55,497)
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Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 27: Blinds 30,000/60,000/60,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 627
Players Remaining: 7
Average Stack: 2,690,000
Greg Nerenberg
Guo Chen opened to 115,000 from early position and picked up calls from David Albis, Greg Nerenberg, and Najib Bennani from the button and blinds. Nerenberg checked the 
flop from the small blind, Bennani bet 250,000 from the big (with a little over one million behind), Chen folded, and Albis called from the button.
Nerenberg pulled a check-raise all in and Bennani began counting out his remaining chips. He ended up releasing his hand and that was quickly followed by an Albis fold.
Greg Nerenberg – 4,700,000 (78 bb)
David Albis – 2,850,000 (48 bb)
Najib Bennani – 1,100,000 (18 bb)
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Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 27: Blinds 30,000/60,000/60,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 627
Players Remaining: 7
Average Stack: 2,690,000
Ryan McKnight
Action folded to David Albis in the hijack and he bet 150,000. Ryan McKnight moved all in from the cutoff for 875,000 and it folded back around. After getting a quick look at McKnight’s stack, Albis called to put McKnight at risk.
McKnight: 
Albis: 
McKnight was in a lot of trouble and the 
run out did not produce a come back to send him out in eighth place.
One more elimination and the live-streamed final table will be set for tomorrow.
David Albis – 3,500,000 (58 bb)
Ryan McKnight – Eliminated in 8th place ($41,813)
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Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 27: Blinds 30,000/60,000/60,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 627
Players Remaining: 8
Average Stack: 2,350,000
Guo Chen
Greg Nerenberg opened the action from the hijack and Guo Chen three-bet shoved from the small blind for 735,000.
“I think I gotta try to send someone home,” Nerenberg said as he called.
Chen: 
Nerenberg: 
“Let’s race!” Nerenberg said after seeing the hands.
He was ahead but Chen took the lead on the 
flop and the 
turn was safe. Nerenberg called for a seven but the 
river sent a double across the table.
Guo Chen – 1,590,000 (27 bb)
Greg Nerenberg – 3,700,000 (62 bb)
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Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 26: Blinds 25,000/50,000/50,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 627
Players Remaining: 8
Average Stack: 2,350,000
Nenad Cvetkovic
Sumeet Wayachal opened the action and Nenad Cvetkovic moved all in for 720,000 from the big blind. Wayachal called and it looked good at the start for Cvetkovic.
Cvetkovic: 
Wayachal:
Cvetkovic’s monster was good on the 
flop, the 
turn left him two outs to sweat, and then it came on the 
river. A tough way to end his Championship but he shook hands with all and congratulated the remaining eight players.
Sumeet Wayachal – 4,500,000 (90 bb)
Nenad Cvetkovic – Eliminated in 9th place ($28,889)
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Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 26: Blinds 25,000/50,000/50,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 627
Players Remaining: 9
Average Stack: 2,090,000
David Albis
Guo Chen opened the action from the cutoff and Sumeet Wayachal three-bet to 375,000 from the small blind. David Albis shipped in for approximately 1,800,000 to get folds from Chen and Wayachal.
That got everyone’s attention but no one is in a hurry to put their stacks at risk at this point.
David Albis – 2,200,000 (44 bb)
Sumeet Wayachal – 3,800,000 (76 bb)
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Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 26: Blinds 25,000/50,000/50,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 627
Players Remaining: 9
Average Stack: 2,090,000
Jesse Mercado
There were no major hands (or even borderline big pots) since Bobby Conte was eliminated, chips are being pushed around in small pots with few rivers being seen. The biggest was a three-way pot between Jesse Mercado, Kane Kalas, and Sumeet Wayachal that Mercado won with a shove after a 
flop.
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Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 26: Blinds 25,000/50,000/50,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 627
Players Remaining: 9
Average Stack: 2,090,000
Bobby Conte
Bobby Conte open-shoved for 960,000 from early position and it folded to Guo Chen on the button. He took his time to think and called all in for his last 610,000. The blinds released and Chen was the one at risk.
Chen:
Conte:
It was a race but Chen smashed the 
flop for the nut flush. After the 
turn, Conte was down to a single out for the straight flush but the river did not help.
Conte was down to seven bigs and moved all in from under the gun in the next hand. Ryan McKnight was the only one to come along and his 
was enough to end Conte’s Championship with on the 
board.
Guo Chen – 1,345,000 (27 bb)
Bobby Conte – Eliminated in 10th place ($19,766)
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Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 26: Blinds 25,000/50,000/50,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 627
Players Remaining: 10
Average Stack: 1,880,000
There was little action after Najib Bennani doubled up and the final ten Championship players are taking another break. They’ll return with the blinds up and the average stack at 38 big blinds.
Seat 1: Sumeet Wayachal – 4,175,000 (84 bb)
Seat 2: David Albis – 1,675,000 (34 bb)
Seat 3: Bobby Conte – 980,000 (20 bb)
Seat 4: Ryan McKnight – 1,710,000 (34 bb)
Seat 5: Greg Nerenberg – 3,200,000 (64 bb)
Seat 6: Najib Bennani – 1,780,000 (36 bb)
Seat 7: Nenad Cvetkovic – 1,100,000 (22 bb)
Seat 8: Jess Mercado – 1,110,000 (22 bb)
Seat 9: Guo Chen – 735,000 (15 bb)
Seat 10: Kane Kalas – 2,325,000 (47 bb)
Remaining payouts:
1st: $365,062
2nd: $205,264
3rd: $129,240
4th: $104,913
5th: $83,626
6th: $69,182
7th: $55,497
8th: $41,813
9th: $28,889
10th: $19,766