Event 18
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!
$1,000+$60 + $500 Purple Chip Bounty 8-Max Semi-Turbo NLH
Structure Sheet
Payouts
Level 24: Blinds 20,000/40,000/40,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 90
Players Remaining: 1
Chris Sparks
On the first hand of heads up play Orson Young moves all in from the button for around 560,000 and Chris Sparks calls.
Sparks turns over 
is out in front against Young’s 
.
The board runs out 
and Sparks’s king high holds to eliminate Young and take the trophy.
Chris Sparks – Event 18 Champion ($25,072)
Orson Young – Eliminated in 2nd Place ($16,714)
$1,000+$60 + $500 Purple Chip Bounty 8-Max Semi-Turbo NLH
Structure Sheet
Payouts
Level 24: Blinds 20,000/40,000/40,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 90
Players Remaining: 2
Michael Rossitto
Michael Rossitto was all in for around 530,000 with 
and needed to get lucky against Chris Sparks’s 
.
The board ran out 
and Sparks wound up with two pair to eliminate Rossitto.
Chris Sparks – 1,550,000 (39 bb)
Michael Rossitto – Eliminated
$1,000+$60 + $500 Purple Chip Bounty 8-Max Semi-Turbo NLH
Structure Sheet
Payouts
Level 24: Blinds 20,000/40,000/40,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 90
Players Remaining: 3
Action is still three handed, with the stacks pretty close to even.
Michael Rossitto – 900,000
Orson Young – 720,000
Chris Sparks – 700,000
$1,000+$60 + $500 Purple Chip Bounty 8-Max Semi-Turbo NLH
Structure Sheet
Payouts
Level 24: Blinds 15,000/30,000/30,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 90
Players Remaining: 3
Average Stack: 582,500
Gary Tavella moved all in for around 160,000 on a flop of 
. Orson Young said “sure” as he put in the calling chips.
Tavella tabled 
and needed to improve against Young’s . The turn brought the 
giving Young his straight and the river was a meaningless .
Orson Young – 820,000 (27 bb)
Gary Tavella – Eliminated in 4th place $7,970
$1,000+$60 + $500 Purple Chip Bounty 8-Max Semi-Turbo NLH
Structure Sheet
Payouts
Level 24: Blinds 15,000/30,000/30,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 90
Players Remaining: 4
Average Stack: 582,500
Michael Rossitto
Michael Rossitto was all in for around 350,000 with 
and needed to hold against Gary Tavella’s 
.
The board ran out 
and Rossitto wound up with two-pair to avoid elimination.
Michael Rossitto – 685,000 (23 bb)
Gary Tavella – 255,000 (9 bb)
$1,000+$60 + $500 Purple Chip Bounty 8-Max Semi-Turbo NLH
Structure Sheet
Payouts
Level 22: Blinds 10,000/20,000/20,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 90
Players Remaining: 4
Average Stack: 582,500
Steve Marks, Eliminated in 5th Place
Steve Marks was all in for his last chips with 
against Chris Sparks’ .
The runout was 
and Sparks raked in the pot, eliminating Marks in 5th place for $5,823.
Chris Sparks – 680,000
Steve Marks – Eliminated
$1,000+$60 + $500 Purple Chip Bounty 8-Max Semi-Turbo NLH
Structure Sheet
Payouts
Level 21: Blinds 8,000/15,000/15,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 90
Players Remaining: 5
Average Stack: 300,000
Cori Citro, Eliminated in 6th Place
$1,000+$60 + $500 Purple Chip Bounty 8-Max Semi-Turbo NLH
Structure Sheet
Payouts
Level 21: Blinds 8,000/15,000/15,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 90
Players Remaining: 6
Average Stack: 350,000
Daniel Marino, Eliminated in 7th Place
$1,000+$60 + $500 Purple Chip Bounty 8-Max Semi-Turbo NLH
Structure Sheet
Payouts
Level 21: Blinds 8,000/15,000/15,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 90
Players Remaining: 7
Average Stack: 300,000
Chris Cash, Eliminated in 9th place
Gary Tavella limped from middle position and Chris Sparks raised to 55,000 from the hijack. Chris Cash three-bet shoved for 95,000 from the cutoff and Thomas La Mont moved all in as well for about 300,000 from the small blind. Tavella reshoved for 353,000 and Sparks let it go.
Chris Cash: 
Thomas La Mont: 
Gary Tavella:
The board ran out 
and Tavella scooped the pot with his set of kings, sending Cash and La Mont to the exit.
Gary Tavella – 730,000
Thomas La Mont – Eliminated
Chris Cash – Eliminated
Thomas La Month, Eliminated in 8th Place