Event 10
$500+$60 Super Stack Elevator NLH
Level 21: Blinds 6,000/12,000/2,000 (60 minutes)
Entries: 290
Players Remaining: 16
Average Stack: 725,000
Two players have hit the rail since the redraw.
Justin Daley (Pittsburgh, PA) – 18th Place ($1,407)
James Lillie (Robbinsville, NJ) – 17th Place ($1,407)
$500+$60 Super Stack Elevator NLH
Level 21: Blinds 6,000/12,000/2,000 (60 minutes)
Entries: 290
Players Remaining: 18
Average Stack: 644,000
Earning $1,266
19 – Adam Agaev (Brooklyn, NY)
20 – David Choe (Rutherford, NJ)
21 – Sean Lango (Harrison, NJ)
With 18 players remaining, they did a redraw for seats and moved to the final two tables.
Adam Agaev was the last to depart before the redraw. He got his short-stack in with A5 offsuit and ran into David Grandieri’s pocket Aces.
Adam Agaev (Brooklyn, NY)
$500+$60 Super Stack Elevator NLH
End of Level 20: Blinds 5,000/10,000/1,000 (55 minutes)
Entries: 290
Players Remaining: 21
Average Stack: 552,000
The Elevator has stopped for a break with 22 players still in action. They’re on a break and will return shortly.
The bubble broke in the Elevator event in brutal fashion. William Krooss-Tadas (Astoria, NY) was kind enough to send us the action, since we missed the hand. He opened for 25,000 and Steve Euashachai flatted from the big blind. On the A 5 3 flop, William bet 50,000 and Steve shoved. William called all-in for his last 100,000 holding {ah}{7h} for top pair. Steve had {5c}{4c} for middle pair with gutshot. The turn changed nothing, but the 4 on the river gave Steve two pair and the pot. William bubbled, finishing in 28th place.
David Feldman got his last chips in holding {td}{8d} against Michael Tomic, who had {ad}{qc}. The board of {8h}{3c}{2s}{4h}{kc} missed both players, so Michael took the pot with nut-no-pair. David finished in 27th place, earning $1,266. He was the first player to cash out of the Elevator.
Then the dam broke and five more players hit the rail before the end of Level 20.
Earning $1,266
22 – Lyle Diamond (Brick, NJ)
23 – Robert Elias (Seaford, NY)
24 – David Karlin (Scarsdale, NY)
25 – Lawrece Paden (Chester Springs, PA)
26 – Vimy Ha (Brooklyn, NY)
27 – David Feldman (Milburn, NJ)
Thanks to getting pocket Aces twice in the last level, Allan Rosen is the chip leader with more than 1.2 million.
Allan Rosen (Robbinsville, NJ)
Event 10 – ‘Super Stack Elevator’
Level 21 (6,000/12,000/2,000)
Entries: 290
Players Remaining: 27
Chip Average: 429,000
Andrew Lauer is coming off a WSOP Circuit double at Foxwoods, where he won two rings in the span of a few days. Those victories brought with them nearly over $30,000 in earnings and were career best results, meaning he’s entering the ‘money’ portion of Event 10 on a white hot tear.
After close to an hour and a half of play, the ‘Super Stack Elevator’ is officially in the money. The majority of the big stacks have held their place near the top of the leaderboard and while he’s not near the top just yet, Andrew Lauer might be the dark horse of Event 10.
The Connecticut native is coming off a double ring performance in the last WSOP Circuit stop at Foxwoods, winning the opening event for $17,000 and following that up with a Turbo victory for another $14,000 score. Those results were both career bests and with nearly $40,000 up top in this event, Lauer will hope to continue his recent stretch of results through the final weekend of the Borgata Poker Open.
Updates from this event will continue up to and through the final table, with more in depth coverage coming when we are down to our final ten.
As mentioned before, the main focus of the BPO blog over the next few hours will be on the ‘Almighty Million’, as that field plays down to a live streamed final table. That coverage will be handled by Matt Clark, with the rest of the BPO blog team splitting up the rest of the action, which includes the other two 12 PM restarts.
As promised, the payout structures of both Event 10 ‘Super Stack Elevator’ and Event 11 ‘HORSE’ are provided below and the BPO blog will track both of those events into the money, before crowning champions later tonight.
Event 10 – ‘Super Stack Elevator’
Level 20: (5,000/10,000/1,000)
Entries: 290
Players Remaining: 31
Chip Average: 341,000
Pittsburgh’s Justin Daley has done most of his damage in Western Pennsylvania and Las Vegas, amassing over $110,000 in career earnings. The four-time Rivers Poker Open champion finds himself in a great spot to earn his first Borgata Poker Open title tonight, as he’s near the top of the Event 10 charts heading into today’s restart.
Unfortunately for this Day 2 field, a few players will return and then leave without a payday. 290 players began this event and 31 have just taken their seats to resume play, with only 27 scheduled to cash in this event. Those players will split up just over $140,000, with the complete Event 10 pay scale provided below:
- $39,380
- $23,207
- $13,362
- $10,830
- $8,439
- $7,033
- $5,626
- $4,220
- $2,813
10-12. $1,828
13-15. $1,547
16-18. $1,407
19-27. $1,266
Event 11 – HORSE
Level 16 (2,500/5,000)
Total Entries: 72
Players Remaining: 33
Chip Average: 43,000
Chris Kusha might fancy himself a better ‘mixed game’ player than pure No Limit player but a career best score in the WSOP Main Event might say otherwise. The New Yorker made the final three tables of that event in July, finishing 27th for a nearly $270,000 score and while the stakes might be a little lower today, Kusha will attempt to show his prowess in all the games, as he goes for his first BPO title.
The path to pay dirt is going to be a much longer journey in Event 11, as 33 horses return with just the final table set to get paid. That means that the bubble likely won’t burst for a few hours, although play could be expedited with the blinds and limits making some big jumps over the next few levels.
Regardless, the BPO blog will be here to follow all the HORSE action, with the official payouts posted below:
- $10,616
- $6,146
- $3,352
- $2,235
- $1,956
- $1,676
- $1,117
- $838
Event 10 – ‘Super Stack Elevator’
Level 20: (5,000/10,000/1,000)
Entries: 290
Players Remaining: 31
Chip Average: 341,000
The second of the three 12 PM restarts taking place in the Event Center will be the Day 2 restart of Event 10 ‘Super Stack Elevator’. 31 players bagged in that event and when play does resume, Steve Euashaci will control the chip lead as this field looks to play into the money, with 27 players eventually cashing.
That’s good for over double the chip average, with Maryland’s Chris Grove working just shy of 785,000. Pittsburgh’s Justin Daley comes back over 600,000 and World Series of Poker bracelet winner Jack Duong will return over a half-million.
While this event started with a fast paced structure, levels will continue to escalate until the final table, where they’ll top off at 75 minutes in length. That should give this event tons of play and the BPO blog will be providing updates once cards get in the air at 12 PM.
A complete list of the Day 2 seating assignments is provided below:
| First | Last | City | State | Chip Count | Table | Seat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROBERT | ELIAS | SEAFORD | NY | 162,000 | 1 | 1 |
| CHRISTOPHER | CHATMAN | STONE RIDGE | VA | 416,000 | 1 | 2 |
| MICHAEL | TOMIC | MAHOPAC | NY | 252,000 | 1 | 3 |
| DAVID | CHOE | EDGEWATER | NJ | 364,000 | 1 | 4 |
| SHADRACH | TERCY | JONESBORO | GA | 239,000 | 1 | 5 |
| VIMY | HA | BROOKLYN | NY | 122,000 | 1 | 6 |
| ANDREW | LAUER | GRANBY | CT | 425,000 | 1 | 7 |
| DAVID | FELDMAN | MILLBURN | NJ | 137,000 | 1 | 8 |
| ADAM | AGAEV | BROOKLYN | NY | 179,000 | 2 | 1 |
| JUSTIN | DALEY | PITTSBURGH | PA | 625,000 | 2 | 2 |
| DANIEL | LOBEL | KATONAH | NY | 173,000 | 2 | 3 |
| MIN | WANG | PLYMOUTH MEETING | PA | 220,000 | 2 | 4 |
| CHRISTOPHER | GROVE | BROOKLYN PARK | MD | 783,000 | 2 | 5 |
| SEAN | LANGO | HARRISON | NJ | 305,000 | 2 | 6 |
| DAVID | GRANDIERI | DANBURY | CT | 559,000 | 2 | 7 |
| JOSEPH | GALDIERI | NANUET | NY | 543,000 | 2 | 8 |
| LYLE | DIAMOND | BRICK | NJ | 595,000 | 3 | 1 |
| LAWRENCE | PADEN | CHESTER SPRGS | PA | 239,000 | 3 | 2 |
| MARC | GOLDHABER | MOUNT SINAI | NY | 108,000 | 3 | 3 |
| STEVE | EUASHACHAI | ELMHURST | NY | 793,000 | 3 | 4 |
| SAM | HO | MORROW | GA | 507,000 | 3 | 5 |
| WILLIAM | KROOSS-TADAS | ASTORIA | NY | 242,000 | 3 | 6 |
| JEREMY | PEREZ | BRONX | NY | 393,000 | 3 | 7 |
| JACK | DUONG | SOUTH PLAINFIELD | NJ | 517,000 | 4 | 1 |
| STUART | GELWARG | NEW YORK | NY | 581,000 | 4 | 2 |
| SPENCER | CHAMPLIN | SCARBOROUGH | ME | 132,000 | 4 | 3 |
| JEFFREY | PRINGLE | 420,000 | 4 | 4 | ||
| JAMES | LILLIS | ROBBINSVILLE | NJ | 360,000 | 4 | 5 |
| ALLAN | ROSEN | ROBBINSVILLE | NJ | 512,000 | 4 | 6 |
| DAVID | KARLIN | SCARSDALE | NY | 135,000 | 4 | 7 |
| ELAN | BRANAS | HADANA | 617,000 | 4 | 8 |
$500+$60 Super Stack Elevator NLH
End of Level 29: (4,000/8,000/1,000)
Entries: 290
Players Remaining: 34
Day 1 of Event 10 The Super Stack Elevator is in the books. Steve Euashacai leads the final 34 players with 793,000. The players will return Friday September 16 at 12 PM noon to resume Day 2 play.
$500+$60 Super Stack Elevator NLH
End of Level 12: Blinds 800/1,600/200 (35 minutes)
Entries: 278
The Elevator has stopped at the end of level 12 for a one hour dinner break. Play will resume at about 8:15pm.
When play resumes, registration will close, so players have one more hour to late register or re-enter.
$500+$60 Super Stack Elevator NLH
Level 1: Blinds 25/50 (10 minutes)
The Super Stack Elevator event is underway! The Super Stack is 40,000 chips and the Elevator refers to the duration of levels. They start at 10 minutes and increase by 5 minutes every two levels.
The Super Stack Elevator first appeared during the 2015 Summer Poker Open and was won by Kevin Grabel ($21,915). When the event finally ended, the levels were 70 minutes long!
Kyle Bowker – 1st Place
2015 BPO Elevator NLH
One year ago, during the 2015 Borgata Poker Open, Kyle Bowker took down the SS Elevator, collecting $50,808 for the win. When the Elevator finally stopped in that event, levels were 75 minutes long.
Late registration and re-entry are available until the start of Level 13. This is a two-day event, so they’ll play until about 2am, then bag up for the night. Day 2 is set for 12 noon on Friday.
The Elevator is on the way up, so jump on!