Event 2
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!
$350+$50+$100 Black Chip Bounty Deep Stack NLH
$150,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 27: 30,000/60,000/60,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 487
Players Remaining: 3
John McGuinness – Black Chip Bounty champion
The three remaining Black Chip Bounty players returned from break and never played another hand. They looked at ICM numbers and based off those came to an agreement on an adjusted payout deal. John McGuinness took the title, the trophy, and $31,000 as part of the day.
The agreement was based on the following numbers with the final results:
John McGuinness – 5,505,000
Pat McConnell – 4,865,000
Raul Fernandez – 1,815,000
1st: John McGuinness – $31,000
2nd: Pat McConnell – $30,000
3rd: Raul Fernandez – $21,514
Here are the rest of the Black Chip Bounty results:
4th: Jerry Drew – $11,987
5th: Anthony Pham – $9,424
6th: Derik Li – $7,854
7th: Matt Kirsch – $6,283
8th: Cemil Senler – $4,795
9th: Tom Gropf – $3,307
10th: Craig Feldherr – $2,149
11th: Rag Thiagarajah – $2,149
12th: Carl Pollard – $2,149
13th: Hal Rotholz – $1,653
14th: Francisco Leiva – $1,653
15th: Andrew Zhu – $1,653
16th: Alvin Vatanavan – $1,306
17th: Alberto Sabogali – $1,306
18th: Marcus Araujo – $1,306
19th: David Lu – $1,025
20th: Anthony Wong – $1,025
21st: Chadford Drummond – $1,025
22nd: Mark Turner – $1,025
23rd: Naichang Chen – $1,025
24th: Weize Lin – $1,025
25th: James Hatton – $1,025
26th: David Uber – $1,025
27th: Joseph Marci – $1,025
28th: Marc Piche – $909
29th: Melvin Gallien – $909
30th: Allen White – $909
31st: Thomas Miller – $909
32nd: Mitchell Mantin – $909
33rd: Nathan Ho – $909
34th: Daniel Nicklas – $909
35th: Jushua Sisak – $909
36th: Eric Henry – $909
37th: Sean Bishop – $827
38th: Yingchou Lin – $827
39th: Anthony Wing – $827
40th: Syed Habib – $827
41st: Jimmy Wong – $827
42nd: John DiMeglio – $827
43rd: Sameer Batra – $827
44th: Jason Velasco – $827
45th: Joseph Spicer – $827
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Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 27: 30,000/60,000/60,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 487
Players Remaining: 3
Seat 1: John McGuinness – 5,505,000 (92 bb)
Seat 5: Patrick McConnell – 4,865,000 (81 bb)
Seat 6: Raul Fernandez – 1,815,000 (30 bb)
Remaining payouts:
1st: $42,247 + Borgata trophy
2nd: $24,387
3rd: $14,880
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Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 26: 25,000/50,000/50,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 487
Players Remaining: 3
Jerry Drew
Pat McConnell opened to 115,000 from the cutoff and Jerry Drew called in the small blind. The flop came 
, Drew checked, McConnell bet 110,000 and Drew called. The turn was 
and both players checked.
The river was 
and Drew led out for 400,000. McConnell announced all in and Drew called.
McConnell: 
Drew: 
Drew made a queen-high club flush but McConnell was already sitting with a boat, sevens full of tens, to send Drew out in fourth place.
Pat McConnell – 4,650,000 (93 bb)
Jerry Drew – Eliminated in 4th Place ($11,987)
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Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 26: 25,000/50,000/50,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 487
Players Remaining: 5
Derik Li
Derik Li and John McGuinness were playing a pretty standard hand at this point until it reached the turn with the board reading 
. Li bet 200,000 and McGuinness put him all in with a bigger stack. Li double checked his cards and said: “I guess I have to call.”
Li: 
McGuinness: 
Li was in good shape with his wheel against McGuinness’ set of ducks but the dealer put the on the river to fill the boat. Li shook his head and made his way to the payout desk.
John McGuinness – 4,500,000 (90 bb)
Derik Li – Eliminated in 6th Place ($7,854)
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Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 26: 25,000/50,000/50,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 487
Players Remaining: 6
Pat McConnell
The blinds went up as Pat McConnell moves to the top of the counts with John McGuinness not far behind. They’ve both increased their stacks with timely aggression but no major pots. The average stack is 41 big blinds so we should see some action from the other four play back at them.
Seat 1: John McGuinness – 3,100,000 (62 bb)
Seat 2: Derik Li – 1,400,000 (28 bb)
Seat 5: Pat McConnell – 3,750,000 (75 bb)
Seat 6: Raul Fernandez – 950,000 (19 bb)
Seat 8: Anthony Lam – 1,050,000 (21 bb)
Seat 9: Jerry Drew – 1,915,000 (38 bb)
Remaining payouts:
1st: $42,247 + Borgata trophy
2nd: $24,387
3rd: $14,880
4th: $11,987
5th: $9,424
6th: $7,854
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Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 25: 20,000/40,000/40,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 487
Players Remaining: 6
Matt Kirsch
Derik Li opened to 100,000 from the hijack and Matt Kirsch moved all in from the cutoff. It folded to Anthony Lam in the big blind and he moved all in as well. Li asked for a count; Kirsch was all in for 515,000 and Lam for 460,000. Li called with a chance for the double knockout.
Li: 
Kirsch: 
Lam: 
Lam was in good shape to triple up and Kirsch needed help. The 
flop smashed Lam’s hand and he pulled his triple after the 
turn and 
river while sending Kirsch out in seventh place. Li picked up a little rebate from the remaining portion of Kirsch’s stack and he’s still in the safe zone.
Anthony Lam – 1,440,000 (36 bb)
Derik Li – 1,400,000 (35 bb)
Matt Kirsch – Eliminated in 7th Place ($6,283)
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Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 25: 20,000/40,000/40,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 487
Players Remaining: 7
Blinds are up with seven players remaining and the average stack at 43 big blinds. Jerry Drew continues to lead while Matt Kirsch and Anthony Lam are the two shorter stacks.
Seat 1: John McGuinness – 2,400,000 (60 bb)
Seat 2: Derik Li – 1,900,000 (48 bb)
Seat 3: Matt Kirsch – 440,000 (11 bb)
Seat 5: Patrick McConnell – 2,125,000 (53 bb)
Seat 6: Raul Fernandez – 2,350,000 (59 bb)
Seat 8: Anthony Lam – 560,000 (14 bb)
Seat 9: Jerry Drew – 2,400,000 (60 bb)
Remaining payouts:
1st: $42,247 + Borgata trophy
2nd: $24,387
3rd: $14,880
4th: $11,987
5th: $9,424
6th: $7,854
7th: $6,283
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Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 24: 15,000/30,000/30,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 487
Players Remaining: 7
Cemil Senler
Cemil Senler limped under the gun, Derik Li limped from the cutoff, Pat McConnell limped the small blind, and Raul Fernandez raised to 180,000 from the big. Senler moved all in for 495,000 to get folds until Fernandez quickly called.
Fernandez: 
Senler:
Senler was dominated and Fernandez took the pot after the 
runout. Senler collected $4,795 shortly after Tom Gropf was eliminated in ninth place.
Raul Fernandez – 2,195,000 (73 bb)
Cemil Senler – Eliminated in 7th Place ($4,795)
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Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 24: 15,000/30,000/30,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 487
Players Remaining: 9
Black Chip Bounty players grabbed their final table seats and cards are back in the air.
Seat 1: John McGuinness – 2,100,000 (70 bb)
Seat 2: Derik Li – 1,815,000 (61 bb)
Seat 3: Matt Kirsch – 640,000 (21 bb)
Seat 4: Tom Gropf – 320,000 (11 bb)
Seat 5: Patrick McConnell – 1,795,000 (60 bb)
Seat 6: Raul Fernandez – 1,575,000 (53 bb)
Seat 7: Cemil Senler – 550,000 (18 bb)
Seat 8: Anthony Lam – 1,135,000 (38 bb)
Seat 9: Jerry Drew – 2,325,000 (78 bb)
Remaining payouts:
1st: $42,247 + Borgata trophy
2nd: $24,387
3rd: $14,880
4th: $11,987
5th: $9,424
6th: $7,854
7th: $6,283
8th: $4,795
9th: $3,307