Event 14
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!
Sheree Bykofsky, Winner of Event 14
Sheree Bykofsky just took home her first Borgata trophy and added a third Ladies Event win to her resume after making a final two deal with Nan Min in Event #14: $230 Ladies No-Limit Hold’em. Bykofsky outlasted 68 players to make it to the top.
Bykofsky has an impressive poker resume with $98,835 in total earnings. Prior to today’s victory, she had won two ladies event, one of them being a World Series of Poker Circuit tournament. She also had a second-place finish in the $300 NLH Ladies Go First of the 2018 Borgata Summer Poker Open. Passionate about poker, Bykofsky has written four poker books and also teaches poker.
When asked how she felt about her victory, Bykofsky said:
“It’s very exciting. I’ve won several first places in Ladies event and several second. I’m really not sure how many. This is my first place at the Borgata.”
According to Bykosky, the stakes are high at the final tables of Ladies Events.
“Of all the tournaments, I feel like the final table of the Ladies is the hardest. The ladies who finish at the final table of the Ladies are top players.”
When asked what she thought about Nan Min, her heads-up opponent, Bykofsky said:
“She was incredible. When I saw her building chips, I said too myself: If I’m gonna end up heads-up at the final table it’s going to be against her.”
Final Table Results
1st: Sheree Bykofsky – $3,562 + Borgata trophy
2nd: Nan Min – $3,561
3rd: Melisa Singh – $1,583
4th: Connie Baker – $1,187
5th: Angelike Barkoutsis – $923
6th: Jasmine Leake – $792
7th: Liping Zhang – $660
8th: Alida Veliu – $528
9th: Susan Notte – $396
$200+$30 Ladies NLH
Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 20: Blinds 8,000/15,000/15,000 BB Ante
Entries: 68
Players Remaining: 2
The final two players have agreed to split the final two payouts evenly and to flip for the trophy.
Sheree Bykofsky: 
Nan Min: 
The runout was 
and Bykofsky flopped a pair of nines to claim the trophy. Bykosky will collect $3,562 and Min will take home $3,561.
$200+$30 Ladies NLH
Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 20: Blinds 8,000/15,000/15,000 BB Ante
Entries: 68
Players Remaining: 2
Nan Min
Sheree Bykofsky raised to 33,000 from the small blind and Nan Min called from the big blind.
A flop reading 
was dealt and Min checked. Bykofsky fired 35,000 and Min check-called. The turn came the 
and was checked through to the river. Min fired 60,000 and Byokofsky let it go.
Sheree Bykofsky – 520,000
Nan Min – 840,000
$200+$30 Ladies NLH
Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 20: Blinds 8,000/15,000/15,000 BB Ante
Entries: 68
Players Remaining: 2
Melisa Singh, Eliminated in 3rd place
Nan Min raised from the button and Melisa Singh three-bet shoved for about 215,000 from the big blind. Min made the call.
Melisa Singh: 
Nan Min: 
Min hit a pretty favorable flop of 
. The 
turn and 
river completed the board and Min raked in the pot with two pair, eliminating Singh in 3rd place for $1,583.
Nan Min – 820,000
Melisa Singh – Eliminated
$200+$30 Ladies NLH
Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 19: Blinds 6,000/12,000/12,000 BB Ante
Entries: 68
Players Remaining: 3
Connie Baker, Eliminated in 4th place
Connie Baker limped from the cutoff along with Sheree Bykofsky in the small blind. Melisa Singh, in the big blind, checked.
The dealer spread a flop of 
and action checked to Baker who moved all in for about 68,000. Bykofsky raised and Singh folded.
Connie Baker: 
Sheree Bykofsky: 
Baker had flopped a pair of deuces but Bykofsky had flopped two pair. The 
turn and 
river completed the board and Bykofsky won the pot, sending Baker to the exit in 4th place for $1,187.
Sheree Bykofsky – 450,000
Connie Baker – Eliminated
$200+$30 Ladies NLH
Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 18: Blinds 5,000/10,000/10,000 BB Ante
Entries: 68
Players Remaining: 4
Angelike Barkoutsis, Eliminated in 5th place
Angelike Barkoutsis moved all in for her last 13,000 from the cutoff and Melisa Singh called on the button along with Nan Min in the big blind.
The flop fell 
and Min checked. Singh bet 20,000 and Min check-called. The dealer burned and turned the and Min checked once more. Singh fired another bet of 10,000 and Min folded.
Angelike Barkoutsis:
Melisa Singh: 
The filled up the board and Singh took down the pot, eliminating Barkoutsis in 5th place for $923.
Melisa Singh – 215,000
Angelike Barkoutsis – Eliminated
$200+$30 Ladies NLH
Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 18: Blinds 5,000/10,000/10,000 BB Ante
Entries: 68
Players Remaining: 5
Jasmine Leake, Eliminated in 6th place
Nan Min raised to 26,000 under the gun and Jasmine Leake three-bet shoved for 92,000 from middle position. Action folded back to Min who tank-called.
Jasmine Leake: 
Nan Min: 
The runout was 
and Min made trips jacks to win the pot, sending Leake to the rail in 6th place for a nice $792 payday.
Nan Min – 740,000
Jasmine Leake – Eliminated
$200+$30 Ladies NLH
Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 17: Blinds 4,000/8,000/8,000 BB Ante
Entries: 68
Players Remaining: 6
Liping Zhang, Eliminated in 7th place
Liping Zhang moved all in for her last 32,000 from the small blind and Connie Baker made the call from the big blind.
Liping Zhang:
Connie Baker: 
The runout was 
and Baker won the pot with trip jacks, eliminating Zhang in 7th place for $660.
Connie Baker – 200,000
Liping Zhang – Eliminated
$200+$30 Ladies NLH
Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 16: Blinds 3,000/6,000/6,000 BB Ante
Entries: 68
Players Remaining: 7
Susan Notte, Eliminated in 9th place
Jasmine Leake raised to 19,000 under the gun and Susan Notte called from the cutoff putting at risk her last 18,500. Connie Baker also called on the button along with Alida Veliu in the big blind.
The flop fell 
and was checked through to the turn. Veliu moved all in for 55,500. Leake called and Baker folded.
Susan Notte: 
Alida Veliu: 
Jasmine Leake: 
Notte had a set of eights, Veliu had a pair of queens and a flush draw and Leake had a flush. The completed the board and Leake scooped the pot, eliminating Notte in 9th place and Veliu in 8th place.
Jasmine Leake – 370,000
Susan Notte – Eliminated
Alida Veliu – Eliminated
Alida Veliu, Eliminated in 8th Place