Event 19
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!
$260+$40 Deep Stack NLH Re-Entry
$75,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
Payouts
Level 30: Blinds 100,000/200,000/200,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 537
Players Remaining: 4
Eric Siegel
Just as the final four players went on break they started to discuss a deal. Eric Siegel was holding a massive chip lead with close to 11,000,000 of the 16,100,000 chips in play.
They quickly struck a deal and Siegel will take first place earning $30,000 and his fourth Borgata Poker title. Siegel put on a dominant performance playing nearly perfect final table poker on his way to victory.
Paulo Silva who sat second in chips will take home $17,500 for his runner up finish. Nan Min and Freddy Srour were nearly even in chips and they will each be taking home $13,528 for their third and fourth place finishes.
(L to R) Freddy Srour, Eric Siegel, Nan Min, Paulo Silva
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Structure Sheet
Payouts
Level 29: Blinds 80,000/150,000/150,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 537
Players Remaining: 3
Eric Siegel
Eric Siegel raised to 450,000 and Paulo Silva called. They went heads up to the 
flop and Silva led out with a bet of 1,000,000.
Siegel called and the dealer burned and turned the 
. Silva fired out a bet of 1,200,000 and Siegel moved all in covering Silva who had 2,500,000 behind.
“Lay it down save your chips” said Siegel and Silva thought about his decision for quite some time. He eventually folded his 
face up and Siegel showed 
as he dragged in the sizeable pot to extend his chip lead.
Eric Siegel- 10,800,000
Paulo Silva
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Structure Sheet
Payouts
Level 29: Blinds 80,000/150,000/150,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 537
Players Remaining: 4
Melisa Singh
Melisa Singh moved all in for about 2,700,000 and Eric Siegel re-shoved all in from the button. The blinds quickly folded and the hands were shown.
Eric Siegel: 
Melisa Singh: 
The board ran out 
giving both players sets but Siegel’s top set was best. Singh was eliminated in 5th place taking home $7,584 for her efforts.
Eric Siegel- 7,800,000
$260+$40 Deep Stack NLH Re-Entry
$75,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
Payouts
Level 29: Blinds 60,000/120,000/120,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 537
Players Remaining: 5
Vitaly Kovyazin
Vitaly Kovyazin got his stack of 1,200,000 all in pre-flop holding 
against the 
of Nan Min. The board ran out 
and Min improved to a set of tens to score the knockout.
Kovyazin is our 6th place Event 19 finisher taking home $6,230 for his efforts.
Nan Min- 3,300,000
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Payouts
Level 28: Blinds 50,000/100,000/100,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 537
Players Remaining: 6
Paulo Silva
Mike Dobbs got his stack of 820,000 all in pre-flop holding against the 
of Paulo Silva. The board ran out 
and Silva spiked his flush on the river to send Dobbs to the rail.
Dobbs is our 7th place Event 19 finisher and will take home $4,943 for his efforts.
Paulo Silva- 3,700,000
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$75,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
Payouts
Level 28: Blinds 50,000/100,000/100,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 537
Players Remaining: 7
Mitchell Mantin
A short stacked Mitchell Mantin was the next player to fall from the Event 19 final table at the hands of Melisa Singh. Mantin is our 8th place finisher taking home $3,860 for his efforts.
Melissa Singh- 2,400,000
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Structure Sheet
Payouts
Level 28: Blinds 50,000/100,000/100,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 537
Players Remaining: 8
Brian Cancel
A short stacked Brian Cancel got his last 190,000 all in pre-flop holding 
against the 
of Eric Siegel. The board ran out 
and Siegel paired his eight in the window to score the knockout.
Cancel is our 9th place Event 19 finisher earning $2,709 for his efforts.
Eric Siegel- 3,700,000
$260+$40 Deep Stack NLH Re-Entry
$75,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
Payouts
Level 27: Blinds 40,000/80,000/80,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 537
Players Remaining: 9
Freddy Srour
Nan Min raised to 210,000 and Freddy Srour moved all in for 880,000. It folded to Melisa Singh in the big blind and she re-shoved all in for about 2,300,000. Min quickly folded and the hands were shown.
Freddy Srour:
Melisa Singh:
The board ran out 
and Srour improved to the nut flush to score the double up.
Freddy Srour- 1,880,000
Melisa Singh- 1,400,000
$260+$40 Deep Stack NLH Re-Entry
$75,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
Payouts
Level 26: Blinds 30,000/60,000/60,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 537
Players Remaining: 9
Frank Valdinoto
Frank Valdinoto got his last 475,000 all in pre-flop holding 
against the of Mike Dobbs. The board ran out 
and Dobbs improved to jacks full of tens to earn the knockout.
Valdinoto is our 10th place Event 19 finisher and will take home $1,761 for his efforts.
Mike Dobbs- 1,200,000