Event 9 (Day 2)
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Structure Sheet
Returning to Level 32: Blinds 200,000/400,000/50,000 ante
Total Entries: 2,108
Players Remaining: 15
Nikolaos Platis
There was certainly no shortage of action on Day 2 of the Almighty Stack. The chip lead changed hands time after time but when the dust finally settled it was Nikolas leading the way with a massive stack of 36,250,000.
Platis vaulted the top of the counts in one of the final hands of the night sending Cory Wells to the rail in 17th place to take the chip lead.
Samuel Preis
Samuel Preis will return in second with 27,875,000 and Joe Gay rounds out the top three Day 3 chip stacks with 22,950,000.
Just 15 players remain and they will return on Saturday July 21 at 12 P.M. to resume Day 3 play and the blinds will be 200,000/400,000 with a 50,000 ante. One of these lucky players will take home the $124,543 first prize along with the Borgata Summer Poker Open trophy.
Below is a full list of the Day 3 chip counts and seating assignments as well as what’s at stake.
Table 1
Seat 1. Seymon Savransky- 2,050,000
Seat 2. Empty
Seat 3. Carlos Alvarado- 10,600,000
Seat 4. Thomas Beccari- 17,625,000
Seat 5. Adam Zeltser- 9,725,000
Seat 6. Joe Gay- 22,950,000
Seat 7. George Parublev- 13,675,000
Seat 8. Empty
Seat 9. Ryan Weber- 5,090,000
Table 2
Seat 1. Eli Kalimi- 18,900,000
Seat 2. Chin Nguyen- 7,575,000
Seat 3. Empty
Seat 4. Nikolas Platis- 36,250,000
Seat 5. Sumeet Watachal- 12,775,000
Seat 6. Samuel Preis- 27,875,000
Seat 7. Mohammad Saadeghvaziri- 6,525,000
Seat 8. Po Ying- 8,800,000
Seat 9. Rafael Yaratiyev- 1,900,000
| Place | Payout |
| 1 | $124,543 |
| 2 | $80,875 |
| 3 | $52,959 |
| 4 | $45,087 |
| 5 | $37,572 |
| 6 | $30,416 |
| 7 | $23,617 |
| 8 | $17,176 |
| 9 | $12,524 |
| 10 – 12 | $8,230 |
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Structure Sheet
Level 31: Blinds 150,000/300,000/50,000 ante
Total Entries: 2,108
Players Remaining: 17
18th Place John Alesi ($3,721)
19th Place Tyng Low ($3,149)
Tyng Low got his last 4,340,000 all in pre-flop holding 
against the 
of George Parublev. The dealer fanned the 
flop and Parublev improved to bottom set. Low was left drawing dead when the 
hit the turn and the meaningless 
completed the board.
John Alesi followed right behind falling at the hands of Nikolaos Platis and will take home $3,721 for his 18th place finish. The final 17 players are now re-drawing for seats and they will finish the 13 minutes left in Level 31 before the bagging process begins.
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Structure Sheet
Level 31: Blinds 150,000/300,000/50,000 ante
Total Entries: 2,108
Players Remaining: 19
We are down to the final 19 Almighty Stack players and we are just one elimination away from the end of Day 2. The pace of play has come to an absolute standstill as short stack after short stack continues to double up.
When we reach the final two tables the bagging process will begin and the players will return Saturday July 21 at 12 PM to play down to a winner.
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Structure Sheet
Level 30: Blinds 120,000/240,000/40,000 ante
Total Entries: 2,108
Players Remaining: 20
Eric Siegel
Eric Siegel was one of the shortest stacks in the field with 850,000. He told us his double up was right around the corner and he did one better. Siegel managed to triple up holding king jack on a high jack high flop.
He has since scooped a few more pots without showdown and is right back to a healthy stack of close to 4,000,000.
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Structure Sheet
Level 30: Blinds 120,000/240,000/40,000 ante
Total Entries: 2,108
Players Remaining: 23
Cody Wells
The Almighty Stack chip lead has changed hands plenty of times throughout Day 2 and once again we have a new chip leader. Cody Wells has caught fire after the dinner break and he is certainly no longer under the radar.
“I’ve just steadily chipped up” Wells says as he adds another pot to his mountain of chips. Wells is now playing close to 28,000,000 and he has distanced himself well out in front of the field with more than double his nearest competitor.
We are just five eliminations away from the end of Day 2 and Wells sits all alone at the top of the chip counts.
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Structure Sheet
End of Level 29: Blinds 100,000/200,000/30,000 ante
Total Entries: 2,108
Players Remaining: 23
The Event 9 Almighty Stack players are now on a 15-minute break. The has thinned at a staggering pace and we are already down to the final three tables. There’s no shortage of action and we will pick right back up on all of the live updates when play resumes.
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Structure Sheet
Level 29: Blinds 100,000/200,000/30,000 ante
Total Entries: 2,108
Players Remaining: 28
Eli Kalimi
The action folded around to Lee Kirsch on the button and he moved all in for 2,015,000. Frank Labate re-shoved all in from the small blind for just over 3,000,000. With the action on Eli Kalimi in the big blind he snapped called turning over 
putting both players at risk.
Labate showd 
and Kirsch turned over 
. The board ran out 
and with no player holding a heart Kalimi’s aces held up to earn him the pot and the double knockout.
Eli Kalimi- 10,900,000
Frank Labate- Eliminated
Lee Kirsch-Eliminated
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Structure Sheet
Level 28: Blinds 80,000/160,000/30,000 ante
Total Entries: 2,108
Players Remaining: 35
Satish Surapaneni
Andrew Klein raised to 400,000 from under the gun and it folded to Satish Surapaneni in the big blind who called. They went heads up to the 
flop and both players checked.
Andrew Klein
The dealer burned and turned the 
and Surapaneni checked to Klein who bet 1,125,000. Surapaneni called and the river was the 
. Surapaneni fired out a bet of 2,500,000 and Klein tossed out a single chip to signify the call.
Surapaneni turned over 
for queens full of jacks and Klein fired his hand face down into the muck.
Satish Surapaneni- 11,100,000
Andrew Klein- 2,600,000
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Structure Sheet
Level 27: Blinds 60,000/120,000/20,000 ante
Total Entries: 2,108
Players Remaining: 54
Po Ying
We are down to the final six Event 9 Almighty Stack tables and once again the chip lead has changed hands. Po Ying has been holding strong near the top of the chip counts for the better part of the day. He just dragged in a sizeable pot and is now back in front with 9,500,000.
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$500,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
Level 28: Blinds 80,000/160,000/30,000 ante
Total Entries: 2,108
Players Remaining: 42
Adam Goldberg
The action folded around to Adam Goldberg on the button and he raised. The player in the small blind moved all in for just over 1,000,000 and the big blind folded. Goldberg snap called turning over his 
and his opponent showed 
.
The board ran out 
and Goldberg’s aces held up to earn him the pot and the elimination.
Adam Goldberg- 4,500,000