Event 11
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!
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Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 20: 6,000/12,000/12,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 111
Mike Haberman
Mike Haberman – 1,120,000 (93 bb)
Ryan Dodd – 1,100,000 (92 bb)
After Rob Calabrese was eliminated, Mike Haberman and Ryan Dodd did not play another hand. They counted down the stacks and it was a virtual dead heat between them. They decided to end the tournament right there and split the remaining prize (practically) down the middle.
Dodd earned $24,500 for a runner-up finish while Haberman took home $24,561 along with his third Borgata title.
1st: Mike Haberman – $24,561
2nd: Ryan Dodd – $24,500
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Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 20: 6,000/12,000/12,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 111
Players Remaining: 2
Rob Calabrese
Rob Calabrese opened to 37,000 from the button, Ryan Dodd called in the small blind and Mike Haberman called in the big. The flop came 
followed by checks from Dodd and Haberman. Calabrese bet 50,000, Dodd folded, and Haberman check-raised all in. Calabrese would be the one at risk and he called all in for 405,000 after several minutes in the tank.
Calabrese: 
Haberman: 
Calabrese was ahead for a double with a pair of sevens but Haberman had 12 outs (flush draw and gutshot) to send him to the rail. It was the flush that got there on the 
turn and Calabrese was drawing dead to the 
river and third place.
Mike Haberman – 1,120,000 (93 bb)
Rob Calabrese – Eliminated in 3rd Place ($13,334)
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Level 20: 6,000/12,000/12,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 111
Players Remaining: 3
Mike Haberman opened the action from the button and Rob Calabrese moved all in for 263,000 from the small blind. Ryan Dodd folded his big and Haberman called.
Calabrese: 
Haberman: 
Haberman was ahead for the knockout and improved on the 
flop. Calabrese picked up an open-ended straight draw on the flop, missed the 
turn, but hit his ten-high straight on the 
river to double up.
Rob Calabrese – 550,000 (46 bb)
Mike Haberman – 657,000 (55 bb)
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Level 19: 5,000/10,000/10,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 111
Players Remaining: 3
Charley Furey
Mike Haberman and Charley Furey played a fairly tame heads up hand until the board was complete and reading 
. Furey was all in for his last 245,000 and Haberman had him at risk.
Haberman: 
Furey: 
Furey flopped top pair but Haberman rivered the heart flush to send him out in fourth place.
Mike Haberman – 920,000 (92 bb)
Charley Furey – Eliminated in 4th Place ($9,393)
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Level 19: 5,000/10,000/10,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 111
Players Remaining: 4
Michael Dichiaro
Michael Dichiaro opened the action to 25,000 from the cutoff and Charley Furey called on the button. Mike Haberman called in the big blind for three-ways to the 
flop. Haberman checked, Dichiaro bet 35,000 and Furey folded. Haberman check-raised Dichiaro all in and he called after a short tank.
Haberman: 
Dichiaro: 
Dichiaro was ahead with the paired nine but Haberman had a ton of outs with the heart draw and two overs. The 
turn put him in the lead and he pulled the pot after the 
river. The dealer counted down the stacks and Dichiaro was the one at risk for 254,000 to send him out in fifth place.
Mike Haberman – 690,000 (69 bb)
Michael Dichiaro – Eliminated in 5th Place ($6,868)
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Level 19: 5,000/10,000/10,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 111
Players Remaining: 5
Dawn Wilensky
Dawn Wilensky was on a little heater with any kind of queen and tried one more time. This time she was all in for 238,000 and Ryan Dodd was the one putting her at risk for the third time after the break.
Wilensky: 
Dodd: 
Wilensky was looking to pair one of her over cards against the nines, added a gutshot draw on the 
flop, but whiffed the turn and 
river. It was an impressive comeback but it fell short of the title.
Ryan Dodd – 560,000 (56 bb)
Dawn Wilensky – Eliminated in 6th Place ($5,221)
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Level 19: 5,000/10,000/10,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 111
Players Remaining: 6
On the first hand back from break, it folded to Dawn Wilensky in the small blind and she moved all in for 52,000. Mike Haberman gave a quick peek at his cards and called.
Wilensky:
Haberman:
Wilensky needed to dodge the two suited live cards and made a big improvement on the 
flop. Her trip queens were good after the turn and river for her first double.
Soon after, she moved all in for 114,000 and Charley Furey looked her up in the big blind.
“Ladies again!” Wilensky said.
Wilensky:
Furey:
This time she was behind but took the lead on the 
flop. She had to fade the overcard ace and gutshot draw and found another double after the turn and 
river.
Dawn Wilensky – 238,000 (24 bb)
Mike Haberman – 359,000 (36 bb)
Charley Furey – 339,000 (34 bb)
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Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 19: 5,000/10,000/10,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 111
Players Remaining: 6
After Robin James was eliminated in seventh place, the six remaining players took their first break of the day. Rob Calabrese bounced back from sending a double to Ryan Dobb while Dawn Wilensky continues to ladder up with her short stack.
Seat 1: Ryan Dodd – 326,000 (33 bb)
Seat 2: Dawn Wilensky – 52,000 (5 bb)
Seat 4: Mike Haberman – 421,000 (42 bb)
Seat 5: Rob Calabrese – 500,000 (50 bb)
Seat 6: Michael Dichiaro – 435,000 (44 bb)
Seat 7: Charley Furey – 463,000 (46 bb)
Remaining payouts:
1st: $29,436
2nd: $19,625
3rd: $13,334
4th: $9,393
5th: $6,868
6th: $5,221
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Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 18: 4,000/8,000/8,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 111
Players Remaining: 6
Robin James
Ryan Dobb limped from early position, Dawn Wilensky limped next act, and Mike Haberman raised to 40,000. Robin James cold four-bet shipped for 142,000 and only Haberman came along.
James: 
Haberman:
James was ahead but his pair dropped behind on the 
flop. The turn and 
river finished the board and James was sent out in seventh place.
Mike Haberman – 470,000 (59 bb)
Robin James – Eliminated in 7th Place ($4,133)