Event 5
$300+$40 Seniors No Limit Hold’em
Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 18: Blinds 5,000/10,000/10,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 180
Players Remaining: 9
Ray Dever
Sam Lamonto opened to 25,000 from middle position, Ronnie Coates called, and Ray Dever moved all in for 67,000 from the hijack. The rest of the table folded, Lamonto surrendered, and Coates called.
Coates: 
Dever: 
Dever found a short stack monster and it held as the board ran 
for the needed double up.
Ray Dever – 184,000 (18 bb)
Ronnie Coates – 315,000 (32 bb)
$300+$40 Seniors No Limit Hold’em
Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 18: Blinds 5,000/10,000/10,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 180
Players Remaining: 9
Dan Obiedzinski
Neil Finn opened to 25,000 in early position and it folded around to Dan Obiedzinski in the big blind. He was the short stack at the table and had exactly 25,000 total (including his 10K big blind). He called and was in trouble.
Obiedzinski: 
Finn: 
Obiedzinski caught a gutshot draw on the 
flop but could not improve on the 
turn or 
river to exit in the final table in tenth place.
Neil Finn – 255,000 (26 bb)
Dan Obiedzinski – Eliminated in 10th Place ($1,048)
$300+$40 Seniors No Limit Hold’em
Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 18: Blinds 5,000/10,000/10,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 180
Players Remaining: 10
Just like the money bubble, the final table bubble was done in the blink of an eye. A bust out happened on each table at the same time and it was a quick end for the former big stacked Attilio Bitondo. He hit the exit in 11th place to set up the 10-handed final table.
Seat 1: Art Gauthier
Seat 2: Neil Finn
Seat 3: Ilias Barkoutsis
Seat 4: Henry Porcaro
Seat 5: Angel Pagan
Seat 6: Sam Lamonto
Seat 7: Elmo
Seat 8: Dan Obiedzinski
Seat 9: Ronnie Coates
Seat 10: Ray Dever
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
10th: $1,048
11th: Attilio Bitondo – $1,048
12th: Dominick Sannino – $1,048
$300+$40 Seniors No Limit Hold’em
Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 18: Blinds 5,000/10,000/10,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 180
Players Remaining: 12
Jeff Nieldelman burst the bubble and finished in 14th place
They are cruising right along after the dinner break and on the verge of hitting the final table. They are wasting no time mixing it up and wheeling themselves to the payout desk.
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 17: Blinds 4,000/8,000/8,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 180
Players Remaining: 17
Dinner break is complete and the Seniors Event is back underway with 17 players already in the money. They will player three more levels before their next break and we should be down to the final table by then.
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
10th-12th: $1,048
13th-15th: $917
16th-17th: $786
$300+$40 Seniors No Limit Hold’em
Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 17: Blinds 4,000/8,000/8,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 180
Players Remaining: 17
Angel Pagan
With only 17 players remaining, it was pretty easy to pick out the two biggest stacks remaining and they are the same two from earlier.
Angel Pagan leads the field after dinner break with 543,000 and Attilio Bitondo is second with 476,000. There are some short stacks in the mix who will have to pick up the pace when they get back.
Attilio Bitondo
$300+$40 Seniors No Limit Hold’em
Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 16: Blinds 3,000/6,000/6,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 180
Players Remaining: 17
The Borgata Marketplace, a perfect spot for dinner break
Level 16 wrapped itself up and the 17 remaining players can enjoy a nice 45-minute dinner break. Tournament staff are pulling the purple chips out of play and put the 25K chips into action.
They are scheduled to resume play at 7:45pm and continue playing until we have a champion.
$300+$40 Seniors No Limit Hold’em
Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 16: Blinds 3,000/6,000/6,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 180
Players Remaining: 18
Jeff Nieldelman helped take care of a quick money bubble
Action slowed down for a few minutes and it looked like the money bubble would survive the dinner break. Then we had a burst of activity that saw the Seniors Event make the money long before the dinner break and without the necessity of hand-for-hand.
With 20 players remaining and 18 getting paid, we had an all-in at both Tables 1 and 2.
On Table 1, a player moved all in for 38,000 from middle position and Jeff Niedelman called next to act with a covering stack. The rest of the table folded and the hands were tabled.
Niedelman: 
Opponent: 
Niedelman was ahead for the knockout but his opponent hit one of his live cards on the 
flop. The save was short-lived when the dealer put the out there on the turn. The 
finished the board and Niedelman had the KO.
On Table 2 while that was going on, big stacked Attilio Bitondo took care of the money bubble when he sent an opponent out at the same time.
No plodding hand-for-hand needed, the Seniors Event hit the money well before the 45-minute dinner break.
Seniors Event 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
10th-12th: $1,048
13th-15th: $917
16th-18th: $786
$300+$40 Seniors No Limit Hold’em
Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 16: Blinds 3,000/6,000/6,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 180
Players Remaining: 23
Attilio Bitondo
The pace slowed a bit as the Seniors Event nears the money bubble. The blinds went up along with level times increasing to 40 minutes, so they are under no pressure so far.
Borgata regular Attilio Bitondo is the latest player to push up a big stack. Angel Pagan still leads with more than 400,000 but Bitondo is closing with 360,000.
$300+$40 Seniors No Limit Hold’em
Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 15: Blinds 2,500/5,000/5,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 180
Players Remaining: 25
Barry Leventhal was unable to defend his 2018 title
Barry Leventhal has a full trophy case after eight Borgata titles and four Borgata Seniors titles, but he will not be adding to the collection. After the field dropped down to three tables, Leventhal was seen rolling out of the poker room after busting from the Seniors. That means we will have a new Borgata Summer Poker Open Seniors winner as the defending champs takes his leave.
In other news, tournament staff adjusted the plans and they will take a 45-minute dinner break after Level 16. It looks like they should get to the money bubble before that happens or be real close.