Event 9 (Day 1A)
$400+$50 Almighty Stack NLH
$500,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
Level 14: Blinds 2,500/5,000/5,000 ante
Total Entries: 213
Players Left: 130
Abraham Korotki
Abraham Korotki currently leads the way with an impressive stack of 525,000. Korotki has $1,889,400 in earnings on his poker resume and is the owner of two WSOP Circuit rings and multiple tophies. Korotki has taken down 9 tournaments at the Borgata and will be looking to add more trophies to his collection. He is followed closely by Kat Khaterzai with 510,000.
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Structure Sheet
Level 13: Blinds 2,000/4,000/4,000 ante
Total Entries: 211
Players Left: 130
Late registration has closed for the first flight of Event 9: $450 Almighty Stack No-Limit Hold’em. The tournament clock shows 211 entries creating a total prize pool of $82,644 for this first flight but these are not the official numbers yet.
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Structure Sheet
Level 12: Blinds 1,500/3,000/3,000 ante
Total Entries: 208
Matthew Daddario
Matthew Daddario was all in for his last 83,800 from the small blind against the player in the big blind.
Matthew Daddario: 
Opponent: 
The board ran out 
and Daddario doubled up with jacks and threes.
Matthew Daddario – 170,000
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Structure Sheet
Level 11: Blinds 1,200/2,500/2,500 ante
Total Entries: 201
Joe Murphy
Joe Murphy was all in for about 77,000 from the small blind against the player in mid-position.
Joe Murphy: 
Opponent: 
Murphy hit a pretty favorable flop of 
. The 
turn and 
river completed the board and Murphy doubled up.
Joe Murphy – 152,000
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Structure Sheet
Level 10: Blinds 1,000/2,000/2,000 ante
Total Entries: 199
Michael Muniz
There was about 40,000 in the middle when the dealer fanned a flop of
, Michael Muniz moved all in from middle position for about 80,000 and the player on the cutoff snap-called for less.
Opponent: 
Michael Muniz:
The player on the cutoff held aces but Muniz had flopped a flush draw. The 
turn and 
filled up the board and Muniz rivered his flush to win the pot and send his opponent the rail.
“Finally something goes my way!” commented Muniz while raking in the pot.
Michael Muniz – 199,000
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Structure Sheet
Level 9: Blinds 800/1,600/1,600 ante
Total Entries: 187
Michael Alosco currently leads the way with a stack of 380,000. Alosco, from Milltown, New Jersey has been quietly building throughout the first nine levels and is currently leading with a stack of 380,000.
Alosco has three cashes on his resume including a deep run at the Borgata in the $5,200 No-Limit Hold’em of the 2008 Borgata Winter Open. He will try to get closer to the final table in this event, and take home the first-place prize and the trophy.
Michael Alosco
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$500,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
Level 8: Blinds 600/1,200/1,200 ante
Total Entries: 181
The player under the gun opened to 3,500 and the player in middle position called. Kat Khaterzai, three-bet to 12,000 from the small blind and the player under the gun four-bet shoved for about 30,000. The player in mid-position called and Khaterzai reshoved for about 135,000. The player in middle position made the call, putting at risk his last 60,000.
Player under the gun: 
Player in middle position: 
Kat Khaterzai: 
The dealer spread a flop of 
giving Khaterzai a set of jacks. The turn and river completed the board, and Khaterzai scooped the pot, sending both of her opponents to the exit.
Kat Khaterzai – 230,000
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Structure Sheet
Level 8: Blinds 600/1,200/1,200 ante
Total Entries: 175
The tournament has attracted 175 entrants already and late registration remains opens for another four levels. Kat Khaterzai is in the field. Khaterzai is a familiar face in the poker world with over $300,000 in total earnings on her poker resume including three victories.
Khaterzai secured most of her cashes at the Borgata, and was the champion of the $400 No-Limit Hold’em of the Borgata $100K Guaranteed Saturday Series in 2013. She will try to claim another win to add to her resume.
Kat Khaterzai
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$500,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
Level 2: Blinds 100/200/200 BB
Entries: 72
Mohammad Saadeghvaziri – 1st Place – 2018 BSPO Almighty Stack
In 2018, one year ago, Civil Engineering professor Mohammad Saadeghvaziri took 1st place and $84,000*, plus the BSPO trophy, in his first-ever live tournament win. More than 2,100 entrants created a prize pool in excess of $715,000.
About 5 hours into Day 3, the final three players reached an adjusted payout agreement and called it a night.
*Indicates Adjusted Payout
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$500,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
Level 1: Blinds 100/100
The first of five starting flights of the Almighty Stack $500,000 GTD is underway in the Signature Room. Players get 100,000 chips to play with and all levels today are 30 minutes long. They’ll play 17 levels, then remaining players will bag their chips for the night (about 8:30pm).
Registration is open until the start of level 13 (about 5:45pm) and this event features both Best Stack Forward and Unlimited Re-entries.
Flights B & C take off tomorrow at 11am and 5pm, respectively. Two more flights, D & E, run Thursday at 10am and 5pm.