Event 5
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!
$300+$40 Seniors No Limit Hold’em
Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 22: Blinds 15,000/25,000/25,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 180
Players Remaining: 4
Sam Lamonto, Seniors Event champion
When the blinds went up after Angel Pagan was eliminated, the four remaining players decided to look at some ICM numbers. The stacks were counts down, the information was crunched, and they reviewed the adjusted payouts.
There was no drama and no muss and everyone was ready to call it a night. Sam Lamonto had the biggest stack of the four to earn him the title along with $10,286 and the Borgata trophy as the Seniors Event champion. Art Gauthier took him $9,075 for second place followed by Neil Finn with $8,178 for third and Ray Dever’s $5,980 for fourth.
Sam Lamonto – 1,430,000
Art Gauthier – 1,040,000
Neil Finn – 800,000
Ray Dever – 330,000
1st: Sam Lamonto – $10,286 + Borgata trophy
2nd: Art Gauthier – $9,075
3rd: Neil Finn – $8,178
4th: Ray Dever – $5,980
Rest of the Seniors Event results:
5th: Angel Pagan – $3,143
6th: Henry Porcaro – $2,619
7th: Elmo – $2,095
8th: Ilias Barkoutsis – $1,571
9th: Ronnie Coates – $1,179
10th: Dan Obiedzinski – $1,048
11th: Attilio Bitondo – $1,048
12th: Dominick Sannino – $1,048
13th: Allan Rosen – $917
14th: Jeff Niedelman – $917
15th: Peter Sennon – $917
16th: Benjamin DeLucia – $786
17th: Dennis Blinderman – $786
18th: John Letos – $786
$300+$40 Seniors No Limit Hold’em
Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 21: Blinds 10,000/20,000/20,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 180
Players Remaining: 4
Angel Pagan
In a battle of the blinds, Angel Pagan and Sam Lamonto saw a 
flop. Pagan bet 50,000 and Lamonto raised to 150,000. Pagan moved all in for ~270,000 total and Lamonto called.
Lamonto: 
Pagan: 
Pagan was at risk and badly outkicked. The 
turn and 
river finished the board and our former chip leader was eliminated.
Sam Lamonto – 1,225,000 (61 bb)
Angel Pagan – Eliminated in 5th Place ($3,143)
$300+$40 Seniors No Limit Hold’em
Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 21: Blinds 10,000/20,000/20,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 180
Players Remaining: 5
Henry Porcaro
Art Gauthier open-shoved from the hijack for 355,000 and Henry Porcaro called from the button at risk for less. Angel Pagan folded his small blind and Sam Lamonto sat back to check his cards.
“What the heck, I call too,” he said.
Gauthier: 
Lamonto: 
Porcaro: 
Three big hands but short-stacked Porcaro was in trouble. The 
flop changed nothing but Lamonto picked up a heart draw on the 
turn for a possible double knockout. The river was 
to send Porcaro out while Gauthier and Lamonto chopped up his stack.
Art Gauthier – 545,000 (27 bb)
Sam Lamonto – 895,000 (45 bb)
Henry Porcaro – Eliminated in 6th Place ($2,619)
$300+$40 Seniors No Limit Hold’em
Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 21: Blinds 10,000/20,000/20,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 180
Players Remaining: 6
Action folded around to Ray Dever in the small blind and he raised to 60,000 with 165,000 behind. Art Gauthier moved and all in and Dever called at risk.
“I want one of those black chips!” he said of the 100K chips.
Dever: 
Gauthier: 
Dever was dominated and in a lot of trouble. He found no help on the 
flop but took the lead on the turn. The board finished with 
river and Dever earned himself a couple of those black chips.
Ray Dever – 450,000 (23 bb)
Art Gauthier – 355,000 (18 bb)
$300+$40 Seniors No Limit Hold’em
Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 21: Blinds 10,000/20,000/20,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 180
Players Remaining: 6
The man known as “Elmo”
Angel Pagan opened to 50,000 from the cutoff and Elmo moved all in from the small blind for 138,000. Ray Dever folded his big blind and Pagan tossed in a call.
Elmo:
Pagan: 
Elmo was ahead but had to fade the two baby suited cards and the 
flop was safe. Elmo was still cool after the turn but the 
river sent him out in seventh place.
Angel Pagan – 775,000 (39 bb)
“Elmo” – Eliminated in 7th Place ($2,095)
$300+$40 Seniors No Limit Hold’em
Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 20: Blinds 8,000/15,000/15,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 180
Players Remaining: 7
Ilias Barkoutsis
Sam Lamonto opened to 30,000 from middle position, Neil Finn called in the small blind and Barkoutsis called in the big. The flop came 
, Finn checked, and Barkoutsis moved all in. Lamonto asked for a count and called when he heard 137,000. Finn folded and the hands were flipped up.
Barkoutsis: 
Lamonto: 
Barkoutsis was behind Lamonto’s flopped top pair but had a diamond and over card draw. The 
turn was a blank for Barkoutsis and he was eliminated after the 
river.
Sam Lamonto – 610,000 (41 bb)
Ilias Barkoutsis – Eliminated in 8th Place ($1,671)
$300+$40 Seniors No Limit Hold’em
Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 20: Blinds 8,000/15,000/15,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 180
Players Remaining: 8
Ronnie Coates
Angel Pagan opened to 30,000 from middle position, Ronnie Coates called in the cutoff, and Neil Finn called in the big blind. The flop was 
, Pagan bet 115,000 and Coates moved all in. Finn folded and Pagan called with a similar stack.
Pagan:
Coates: 
Coates was outkicked, Pagan made aces up on the turn, and the river gave Pagan the overkill flush. They counted down the stacks, Pagan was the all in player for 285,000 and Coates was left with a short stack.
Angel Pagan – 683,000 (46 bb)
Ronnie Coates – 70,000 (5 bb)
A few hands later, Coates moved all in for 70,000 and Art Gauthier called to put him at risk.
Gauthier:
Coates:
Coates needed to fade the two live cards but Gauthier took the lead on the 
flop. The turn and river finished the board and Coates hit the exit ninth place.
Art Gauthier – 715,000 (48 bb)
Ronnie Coates – Eliminated in 9th Place ($1,179)
$300+$40 Seniors No Limit Hold’em
Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 20: Blinds 8,000/15,000/15,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 180
Players Remaining: 9
Seat 1: Art Gauthier – 773,000 (52 bb)
Seat 2: Neil Finn – 866,000 (58 bb)
Seat 3: Ilias Barkoutsis – 220,000 (15 bb)
Seat 4: Henry Porcaro – 303,000 (20 bb)
Seat 5: Angel Pagan – 315,000 (21 bb)
Seat 6: Sam Lamonto – 469,000 (31 bb)
Seat 7: Elmo – 213,000 (14 bb)
Seat 8: Ronnie Coates – 312,000 (21 bb)
Seat 9: Ray Dever – 180,000 (12 bb)
Remaining payouts:
1st: $15,449 + Borgata trophy
2nd: $8,643
3rd: $5,238
4th: $4,190
5th: $3,143
6th: $2,619
7th: $2,095
8th: $1,571
9th: $1,179
$300+$40 Seniors No Limit Hold’em
Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 19: Blinds 6,000/12,000/12,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 180
Players Remaining: 9
Seniors Event final table
Since the Ray Dever double at the end of Leve 18, there’s been very little action over the next. The occasional three-bet or short stack shove, no major stack changes.
They will take a break at the end of the level and we will update the current counts.