Event 15
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!
$500+$60+$500 Purple Chip Knockout Bounty NLH
Structure Sheet
Level 20: Blinds 8,000/15,000/15,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 117
Players Remaining: 2
Carlos Matos
The final two players were nearly even when they agreed to split the remaining prize pool evenly. Carlos Matos and the anonymous player will each be taking home $13,051 for their efforts.
Matos has been on fire this series and he takes home the second Borgata Poker trophy of his career.
$500+$60+$500 Purple Chip Knockout Bounty NLH
Structure Sheet
Level 20: Blinds 8,000/15,000/15,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 117
Players Remaining: 2
Arthur Schiavo
Arthur Schiavo got his last 350,000 in on the 
flop holding 
against the 
of Carlos Matos. He failed to improve on the 
turn and 
river and is our 3rd place finisher taking home $5,676.
$500+$60+$500 Purple Chip Knockout Bounty NLH
Structure Sheet
Level 20: Blinds 8,000/15,000/15,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 117
Players Remaining: 3
Gordon Levy
A short stacked Gordon Levy got the last of his chips all in pre-flop holding 
but was dominated by the 
of the anonymous player.
The board ran out 
and Levy was sent to the rail in 4th place earning $4,540 for his efforts.
$500+$60+$500 Purple Chip Knockout Bounty NLH
Structure Sheet
Level 19: Blinds 6,000/12,000/12,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 117
Players Remaining: 4
Mark Bayag
Mark Bayag got his last 153,000 all in pre-flop holding 
against the 
of the anonymous player. The board ran out 
and the anonymous player improved to a full house to score the knockout.
Bayag is our 5th place Event 15 finisher earning $3,405 for his efforts.
$500+$60+$500 Purple Chip Knockout Bounty NLH
Structure Sheet
Level 19: Blinds 6,000/12,000/12,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 117
Players Remaining: 5
Carlos Matos
We are down to the final five players here in the Purple Chip Knockout Bounty and Carlos Matos has taken the lead. Matos is sitting behind a monster stack of over 800,000 and closing in on his second Borgata Poker title.
Payouts
1. $16,739+BSPO Trophy
2. $9,363
3. $5,676
4. $4,540
5. $3,405
$500+$60+$500 Purple Chip Knockout Bounty NLH
Structure Sheet
Level 17: Blinds 4,000/8,000/8,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 117
Players Remaining: 9
Final Table Event 15
Seat 1: Mark Bayag – 220,000
Seat 2: Anonymous – 545,000
Seat 3: Maxwell Young – 40,000
Seat 4: Anonymous – 355,000
Seat 5: Giuseppe Macaro – 120,000
Seat 6: Anonymous – 190,000
Seat 7: Athur Schiavo – 350,000
Seat 8: Gordon Levy – 130,000
Seat 9: Carlos Matos – 268,000
$500+$60+$500 Purple Chip Knockout Bounty NLH
Structure Sheet
Level 11: Blinds 1,000/2,000/2,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 117
Players Remaining: 26
Event 15 of the Borgata Summer Poker Open is the $500+$60+$500 Purple Chip Bounty NLH. There were 117 total entries creating a prize pool of $56,745.
The final 18 players will all make the money and be guaranteed a minimum of $851 for their efforts.
We will be crowning our Event 15 Champion here tonight and the winner will take home $16,739 along with the BSPO trophy. Below is a full look at the final Event 15 tournament payouts.
1. $16,739+BSPO Trophy
2. $9,363
3. $5,676
4. $4,540
5. $3,405
6. $2,837
7. $2,270
8. $1,702
9. $1,277
10-12. $1,135
13-15. $993
16-18. $851
$500+$60+$500 Purple Chip Knockout Bounty NLH
Structure Sheet
End of Level 8: Blinds 500/1,000/1,000 BB Ante
Entries: 115
Players Remaining: 41
End of level 8 and Purple Chip Bounty players are off on a 45-minute dinner break. Play will resume at 9pm and at that time, registration will close.
As of the dinner break, Anonymous holds the chip lead with about 220,000.
$500+$60+$500 Purple Chip Knockout Bounty NLH
Structure Sheet
Level 8: Blinds 500/1,000/1,000 BB Ante
Entries: 114
Kat Khaterzai
The short-stack in Seat 1 was all-in for ~11,000, Carlos Matos called, then Kat Khaterzai moved in for 55,700. Anonymous (sb) gave it some thought, then folded, later saying he had the 
. Carlos called and the hands were tabled.
Seat 1: 
Carlos:
Kat: 
Board: 
With four spades on the board, Kat took the pot with her Queen-high flush, while Anonymous lamented that he would have won it all and collected 3 more bounties if he had called.
Kat chipped up to ~85,000 and collected $1,000 in bounties for busting both opponents.