Event 10
Jackob Datashvili – 1st Place – 2019 BSPO Championship
The $1 Million Guaranteed 2019 Borgata Summer Poker Open Championship fielded 514 entrants and created a prize pool in excess of $1.2 million. The final table was Live Streamed on Twitch TV and Borgata’s Facebook page and the audience watched as Jackob Datashvili made the right reads and caught the cards when he needed them. He went from next-to-last in the final table chip counts to taking home the 2019 BSPO trophy and $276,129* for 1st Place.
Edwin Ortiz – 1st Place – $1M GTD BSPO Kick-Off
The series started off with a bang with the $1 Million Guaranteed $540+$60 Deep Stack Kick-Off, which saw 1,925 entrants try their luck in six starting flights over three days. At the final table, Edwin Ortiz held the chip lead when the final seven players opted to call it a day. He took 1st place, the trophy, and $105,000* in a seven-way adjusted payout.
Adam Reese took 1st Place in both the Deeper Stack and Almighty Stack NLH events.
Now another Open Series is in the books and 19 Borgata Summer Poker Open trophies have new homes. In fact, two of them went to the same home. Adam Reese etched his name in the record books when he won two main events during this series, the $260+$40 Deeper Stack NLH ($14,805) and the $400+$50 Almighty Stack NLH ($68,806*). The poker dealer from Pennsylvania may be considering a new career.
Ari Engel – 1st Place – Black Chip Bounty post-lim
After earning nine WSOP Circuit rings, Ari Engel finally won his first WSOP bracelet this summer in the $2,500 NLH event. Now just a month later, Engel has added a third Borgata title to his extensive poker resume. He won the $500+60+$100 Black Chip Bounty Deep Stack post-lim event, earning $16,881 and pushing his lifetime earnings close to $6.7 million.
John McGuinness and Eric Siegel both claimed their fourth Borgata titles during this series, joining a very short list of players who can claim that honor. All guarantees were covered and millions in prize money was paid out to hundreds of participants! A complete list of Main Event winners is below.
*Indicates Adjusted Payout
Make plans now to join us for the World Poker Tour Borgata Poker Open, September 3rd – 20th. Until then, check out the Summer Heater, running August 12-17, and the next DeepStacks Challenge Series, running August 19-25.
This concludes our coverage of the 2019 Borgata Summer Poker Open! On behalf of the Borgata Poker family and our blog team, @Kaelaine, @TKBluffs, @AlCantHang, & @SandBarbour, Thank You!
$300+$40 Pot Limit Omaha
Structure Sheet
Level 26: Blinds 40,000/80,000
Total Entries: 117
Players Remaining: 1
Reed Orem
Event 10 of the Borgata Summer Poker was the $340 Pot Limit Omaha. There were 117 total entries and when the smoke cleared in the early morning hours Reed Orem was the last man standing.
It was a marathon final table and Reed Orem picked his spots all the way to victory taking home $10,042 along with his first Borgata Poker Open trophy.
Below is a look at the full Event 10 final table results.
1. Reed Orem ($10,042+Trophy)
2. Allen Granowski ($5,618)
3. Larry Gold ($3,405)
4. Joseph Bowles ($2,724)
5. Greg Koenig ($2,043)
6. Miguel Reyes ($1,702)
7. Nick Pepperone ($1,362)
8. Kevin Wolbach ($1,021)
9. Mike Linster ($766)
10. Alex Khanas ($681)
$300+$40 Pot Limit Omaha
Structure Sheet
Level 26: Blinds 40,000/80,000
Total Entries: 117
Players Remaining: 1
Allen Granowski
Allen Granowski got his last 300,000 all in on the 
flop holding 
against the 
of Reed Orem. The turn 
and river 
sealed the deal for Orem and Granowski is our Event 10 runner up earning $5,618 for his efforts.
$300+$40 Pot Limit Omaha
Structure Sheet
Level 25: Blinds 30,000/60,000
Total Entries: 117
Players Remaining: 2
Larry Gold
Larry Gold got the last of chips in on the 
flop holding 
against the 
of Allen Granowski. The turn brought the 
and the completed the board. Granowski improved to a straight sending Gold to the rail in third.
This is Gold second third place finish in this series and he will be taking home $3,405 for his efforts.
Allen Granowski- 1,500,000
$300+$40 Pot Limit Omaha
Structure Sheet
Level 25: Blinds 30,000/60,000
Total Entries: 117
Players Remaining: 3
Joseph Bowles
Joseph Bowles got the last of his chips in on the 
flop holding 
against the 
of Allen Granowski. The and 
completed the board and Granowski improved to straight on the turn to score the knockout.
Bowles is our 4th place finisher earning $2,724 for his efforts.
Allen Granowski- 1,100,000
$300+$40 Pot Limit Omaha
Structure Sheet
Level 24: Blinds 25,000/50,000
Total Entries: 117
Players Remaining: 4
There hasn’t been an elimination in nearly two hours here on the Event 10 final. The stalemate continues as the final four swap pots back and forth.
$300+$40 Pot Limit Omaha
Structure Sheet
Level 23: Blinds 20,000/40,000
Total Entries: 117
Players Remaining: 4
The pace of play has come to a crawl with four players remaining. The pots have been few and far between as they continue to swap here chips here at the final table.
Payouts
1st place: $10,042+Trophy
2nd place: $5,618
3rd place: $3,405
4th place: 2,724
$300+$40 Pot Limit Omaha
Structure Sheet
Level 20: Blinds 10,000/20,000
Total Entries: 117
Players Remaining: 4
Greg Koenig
Greg Koenig got his stack of about 175,000 all in on the 
flop holding 
against the 
of Allen Granowski.
The turn card improved Granowski to a flush and the completed the board. Koenig was eliminated in 5th place earning $2,043 and Granowski extends his chip lead to over a million with 4 players remaining.
$300+$40 Pot Limit Omaha
Structure Sheet
Level 20: Blinds 8,000/16,000
Total Entries: 117
Players Remaining: 5
Miguel Reyes
Miguel Reyes got his last 88,000 all in pre-flop holding against the 
of Greg Koenig. The board ran out 
improving Koenig to two pair to score the knockout.
Reyes is our 6th place Event 10 finisher taking home $1,702 for his efforts.
Greg Koenig- 525,000
$300+$40 Pot Limit Omaha
Structure Sheet
Level 20: Blinds 8,000/16,000
Total Entries: 117
Players Remaining: 6
Nick Pepperone
Nick Pepperone moved all in for about 200,000 on the board. Allen Granowski snap called turning over 
for the nut straight along with the nut flush draw. Pepperone showed and the 
river card was no help.
Pepperone is our 7th place finisher earning $1,362 and Granowski takes the chip lead with close to 800,000 and six players remaining.