Event 9 (Day 1E)
$350+$50 Almighty Stack NLH
$500,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
End of Level 17: Blinds 6,000/12,000/2,000 ante
Total Entries: 2,109
Players Remaining:~440
Tyng Low
The fifth and final Almighty Stack flight has come to an end after 17 levels of play and it’s Tyng Low leading the way with 1,351,000. John Alesi is right on his heels with 1,213,000 and there are a handful of players over a million including Carlos Alvarado and Andrew Mullen.
Approximately 440 Day 1A-E survivors will return on Friday July 20 at 12 P.M. to resume Day 2 play. Thomas Beccari from Day 1B is the overall chip leader with a staggering 2,457,000.
Below is a look at some of the Day 1E big stacks and players that will be moving forward. A full list of Day 2 chip counts and seating assignments will be posted before the start of play.
Tyng Low- 1,351,000
John Alesi- 1,213,000
Carlos Alvarado- 1,142,000
Andrew Mullen- 1,129,000
Brian Caplan- 1,081,000
Ishaan Arora- 962,000
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$500,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
Level 16: Blinds 5,000/10,000/2,000 ante
Total Entries: 2,109
Day 1E Players Remaining: 190
Ishaan Arora
A player raised to 40,000 from early position and Ishaan Arora moved all in for over 450,000. A short stacked player put his last 63,000 in the pot from the button. It folded back to the early position player who tanked for nearly a minute before calling for his last 431,000.
Ishaan Arora: 
Early Position: 
Button: 
The dealer spread the 
flop and Arora spiked his ace in the window to take the lead. The turn was the 
and the 
completed the board. Arora’s ace was enough to earn him the double knockout and he vaults to the top of the chip counts with just under 1,000,000 and less than two levels of play left in the night.
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$500,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
End of Level 15: Blinds 4,000/8,000/1,000 ante
Total Entries: 2,109
Day 1E Players Remaining: 190
The Day 1E Almighty Stack players are now on a 15-minute color up break and this is the last break of the night. When play resumes there will be just two more levels of play left in the night before the bagging process begins.
$350+$50 Almighty Stack NLH
$500,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
Level 15: Blinds 4,000/8,000/1,000 ante
Total Entries: 2,109
Day 1E Players Remaining: 200
Joe Palma
Joe “The Worm” Palma has been mixing it up in plenty of pots here in the late stages of Day 1E. His aggressive strategy is paying off and he has moved over the half a million chip mark.
There are less than three levels of play left in the night and Palma will look to continue his upward trend.
Joe “The Worm” Palma- 535,000
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$500,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
Level 14: Blinds 3,000/6,000/1,000 ante
Total Entries: 2,109
Day 1E Players Remaining: 240
Almighty Stack tournament registration and re-entry is now closed. There were 664 entries here in our final flight bringing the combined Almighty Stack total to 2,109 entries.
The $500,000 guarantee was crushed once again and there is more than $700,000 in the prize pool. The final tournament payouts are being finalized and will be posted here on the Borgata Poker Blog as soon as they’re available.
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$500,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
Level 13: Blinds 2,500/5,000/500 ante
Day 1E Entries: 661
Chris Csik
Chris Csik raised to 12,000 from late position and both players in the blinds called. They went three handed to the 
flop and it checked to Csik who bet 27,000. The player in the small blind called and they went heads up to the 
turn.
The small blind checked and Csik threw out a bet of 27,000. His opponent threw his hand into the muck and Csik added the pot to his stack.
Chris Csik- 220,000
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$500,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
End of Level 12: Blinds 2,000/4,000/500 ante
Day 1E Entries: 625
The Day 1E Almighty Stack players are now on a 15-minute color up break. Tournament registration and re-entry will be closing when play resumes.
There’s already more than $700,000 in the prize pool so don’t miss your very last chance to get in on the action.
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$500,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
Level 10: Blinds 1,000/2,000/300 ante
Day 1E Entries: 595
Joe Reddick
Joe Reddick raised to 7,500 from early position and the player in the cutoff called. They went heads up to the 
flop and Reddick continued with a bet of 9,000. His opponent raised to 22,000 and Reddick called.
The dealer burned and turned the 
and Reddick checked. His opponent bet 28,500 and Reddick check-raised to 60,000. The player moved all in for 120,000 and Reddick snap called.
“Do you have a set” said the player turning over 
for two pair. Reddick did indeed have a set as he turned over 
for top set. His opponent was drawing dead and the meaningless 
completed the board to earn Reddick the pot and the elimination.
Joe Reddick- 300,000
$350+$50 Almighty Stack NLH
$500,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
Level 10: Blinds 1,000/2,000/300 ante
Day 1E Entries: 572
Randall Brooks
Randall Brooks and his opponent went heads up to the 
flop. Brooks checked and his opponent bet 26,000 into a main pot of about 25,000. Brooks check-raised throwing out a stack of red chips covering his opponent who went into the tank.
“Do you have a flush draw” he asked but Brooks sat in silence. “I call” said the player pushing his last 115,000 forward turning over 
for middle pair. Brooks showed and was in great shape to score the knockout.
The turn 
and river 
improved Brooks to a full house to earn him the pot and the knockout.
Randall Brooks- 460,000
$350+$50 Almighty Stack NLH
$500,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
Level 9: Blinds 1,000/2,000/300 ante
Day 1E Entries: 544
Eric Rivera
Eric Rivera is chipping up quickly following the break and he just raked in another pot. Rivera is up to over 300,000 as he looks to better his 51st place finish in February’s Borgata Winter Poker Open Almighty Stack NLH event.