Event 16 (Day 1B)
$2,500+$200 Championship NLH
$1,000,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
Level 8: Blinds 400/800/800 BB Ante
Total Entries: 449
Mike Smith, from Brooklyn, leads the Day 1B survivors with a stack of 231,400.
“I had a little bit of luck, kept grinding and took advantage.” Smith considers Borgata to be his home casino and plays here often.
A full list of chip counts will be posted upon availability.
Today’s 156 survivors will combine with Day 1A’s 48 to have a total of 204 going into the start of Day 2 tomorrow, July 23rd at Noon.
Registration will be open for the first two levels of the day with unlimited re-entry.
$2,500+$200 Championship NLH
$1,000,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
Level 8: Blinds 400/800/800 BB Ante
Entries: 344
The tournament staff has just announced that there will be only four more hands played in the night.
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Structure Sheet
Level 8: Blinds 400/800/800 BB Ante
Entries: 344
Maurem Kich was all in for 21,000 with pocket aces versus his opponents pocket queens. The flop came , clean for Kich. The turn brought a queen to change things around.
The river, however, was a lucky ace to give Kich a higher set and avoid a late night elimination. His table started clapping and pretty soon most of the room was cheering for Kich.
Maurem Kich – 43,000
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Structure Sheet
Level 8: Blinds 300/600/600 BB Ante
Entries: 344
Here’s a look at some counts from around the room as the night draws to an end:
Uriel Arnson – 160,000
Arthur Nelson – 155,000
Matt Brady – 93,000
Farid Jattin – 90,000
Dave Farah – 88,000
Jon Borenstein – 85,000
John Allen Hinds – 85,000
Joe McKeehen – 80,000
Will Failla – 75,000
Anna Antimony – 70,000
Mukul Pahuja – 70,000
Ben Morgan – 68,000
Rob Saladin – 65,000
Orson Young – 60,000
Moe Farah – 58,000
Sam Taylor – 56,000
Cathy Dever – 55,000
Brock Wilson – 53,000
Ryan Hohner – 50,000
Denis Gnidash – 40,000
Michael Rossito – 38,000
Mike Azzaro – 35,000
Ari Engel – 30,000
Mike Linster – 30,000
Adam Hendrix – 28,000
Darren Elias – 27,000
Jackie Liu – 20,000
Alex Jim – 15,000
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Structure Sheet
Level 8: Blinds 300/600/600 BB Ante
Entries: 337
A late night addition to the field, Colombian poker pro Farid Jattin, has gotten to work quickly amassing a stack of over 90,000.
His opponent opens to 2,000 from the cutoff and Jattin quickly three-bet to 8,000. After some teasing from the table Jattin flips over his pocket queens.
Farid Jattin – 95,000
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Structure Sheet
Level 7: Blinds 300/600/600 BB Ante
Entries: 324
Brock Wilson is all in from the big blind for his last 7,900 with and needs to get lucky against the hijack’s
.
The board comes giving Wilson a gutshot straight draw. The river,
, is a brick and Wilson is eliminated late in the day.
Brock Wilson – Eliminated
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Structure Sheet
Level 7: Blinds 300/600/600 BB Ante
Entries: 324
On a final board reading Dave Farah moves all in for 14,000 into a pot of around 40,000 from the cutoff.
His opponent goes into the tank for a few minutes before electing to lay it down. Farah tables for a busted straight draw and scoops the pot.
Dave Farah – 65,000
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$1,000,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
Level 6: Blinds 300/600/600 BB Ante
Entries: 314
Jackie Liu was all in for her last 11,000 with and called by Rob Saladin’s
.
The flop came , clean for Liu. The turn, however brought the
giving Saladin a higher two-pair.
The river was the , making it official as Liu was eliminated.
Rob Saladin – 70,000
Jackie Liu – Eliminated
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Structure Sheet
Level 6: Blinds 300/500/500 BB Ante
Entries: 315
Players are now gone on a 15-minute break.
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Structure Sheet
Level 6: Blinds 300/500/500 BB Ante
Entries: 308
The player under the gun opened to 1,300 and the hijack called along with Tony Chapman on the button.
The flop came and action checked to Chapman who bet 2,800. The player under the gun folded but the hijack called.
The dealer burned and turned the and the hijack checked. Chapman moved all in for 12,800 and his opponent went deep into the tank. Chapman started talking to him and after a minute of reflection the player in the hijack muttered: “He wants me to call…”
“I don’t want you to call. I want you to go away,” responded Chapman.
Eventually, the player in the hijack let it go and Chapman showed for a pair of queens before raking in the pot.
Tony Chapman – 24,000