Event 8 (Day 2)
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End Of Level 31: Blinds 80,000/160,000/20,000 ante
Total Entries: 726
Players Remaining: 9
1st Place- Ephraim Uzan ($21,851)
Event 8 of the Borgata Poker Open drew a total of 726 entries creating a prize pool of over $211,000. 136 players started Day 2 play and the eliminations were fast and furious.
The final table was reached just after 7 P.M. and Joseph Nicaj was the player to exit in 1oth place. The final nine players began to discuss a deal before taking a 30 minute dinner break
When the players returned the discussions continued and the stacks were counted down. An ICM agreement was quickly made and Ephraim Uzan who was in the lead will take first and $21,851 along with the BPO title while Satish Surapaneni takes home the trophy.
Below is a full list of the chip counts at the time of the deal and what each player will be earning.
2nd Place- Jeff Trudeau ($19,629)
3rd Place- Jason Park ($17,518)
Ephraim Uzan- 5,435,000 ($21,851)
Jeff Trudeau- 4,395,000 ($19,629)
Jason Park- 3,525,000 ($17,518)
Satish Surapeneni- 3,350,000 ($17,059+BPO trophy)
Mohammed “M.D”- 3,190,000 ($16,627)
Omu Suzuki- 3,140,000 ($16,490)
Josias Santos- 2,410,000 ($14,331)
Schuyler Twaddle- 2,250,000 ($13,732)
Frank Bellino- 1,385,000 ($10,645)
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End Of Level 31: Blinds 80,000/160,000/20,000 ante
Total Entries: 726
Players Remaining: 9
Ephraim Uzan
The Event 8 players are now on an unscheduled 30 minute dinner break. Ephraim Uzan is leading the final nine players with approximately 5,700,000. When they return they will continue to battle it out for the $49,009 first prize and the BPO trophy.
Below is a full list of updated chip counts from the final nine.
Ephraim Uzan- 5,700,000
Jeff Trudeau- 3,900,000
Satish Surapaneni- 3,200,000
Omu Suzuki- 3,150,000
Jason Park- 2,950,000
Mohammed “M.D”- 2,875,000
Josias Santos-2,550,000
Schuyler Twaddle- 2,450,000
Frank Bellino- 1,400,000
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Total Entries: 726
Players Remaining: 9
Joseph Nicaj
The action folds to Ephraim Uzan in the cutoff and he raises to 450,000. Joseph Nicaj moves all in from the button for about 1,100,000. With the action on Jeff Trudeau in the small blind he reshoves all in for about 2,000,000. Uzan quickly folds and the hands are shown.
Trudeau: 
Nicaj: 
The board runs out 
and Trudeau’s kings hold up to earn him the pot and the knockout. Nicaj is our 10th place Event 8 finisher earning $2,641.
Jeff Trudeau- 3,600,000
Joseph Nicaj- Eliminated in 10th Place $2,641
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Level 30: Blinds 60,000/120,000/20,000 ante
Total Entries: 726
Players Remaining: 10
Steph Johnston
Omu Suzuki raises to 320,000 from under the gun and it folds to Steph Johnston on the button. Johnston moves all in for about 600,000 and it folds back to Suzuki who quickly calls.
Johnston: 
Suzuki: 
Johnston is in great shape to double up but the dealer spreads a flop of 
. Suzuki pairs his jack in the window to take control of the hand and the 
river is no help to Johnston.
Johnston is our 11th place finisher earning $2,641 for her efforts. The Event 8 final table is now set and it’s Jason Park in the lead with 4,635,000. Below is a full list of the final table chip counts and seating assignments.
- Josias Santos – 3,450,000
- Ephraim Uzan – 2,530,000
- Joseph Nicaj – 2,340,000
- Jeffrey Trudeau – 1,680,000
- Omu Suzuki – 3,475,000
- Mohamed MD – 2,475,000
- Frank Bellino – 1,240,000
- Satish Surapaneni – 4,015,000
- Jason Park – 4,635,000
- Schuyler Twaddle – 2,620,000
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Level 29 (50,000/100,000/10,000)
Total Entries: 726
Players Remaining: 11
Average Stack: 2,640,000
Jason Park is the new chip leader and the first player to hit 4,000,000 in Event 8.
The final table is a single elimination away and Jason Park is the new chip leader after taking two pots at the end of the level. Steph Johnston is short as the result of one and Ragavan Thiagarajah on the rail from the other.
Johnston limped in and Park raised to 400,000. Johnston called and checked the 
flop. Park bet 750,000 and Johnston called to the 
turn. She checked once more and Park moved all-in for 485,000 total. Johnston tanked as the shove represented most of her stack but eventually folded.
In the last hand of the level, Thiagarajah limped in early position and Johnston completed the small blind. Park checked and the flop came down 
. Johnston checked and Park bet 150,000. Thiagarajah raised to 415,000 and Park shoved behind. Thiagarajah called off for 575,000 more with . Park was ahead with 
and Thiagarajah missed his two outs to bust.
Park is playing 4,800,000 with the blinds about to go up. On the other table, Schuyler Twaddle busted Matthew Sullivan, putting the field down to 11.
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Level 28 (40,000/80,000/10,000)
Total Entries: 726
Players Remaining: 13
Average Stack: 2,235,000
The turbo-paced action in Event 8 continues in the latter stages of play with the field three players away from the final table. Schuyler Twaddle found a sizable double through Matthew Sullivan to put Sullivan on the edge and Josias Santos played crypt keeper for Omar Ocampo.
Satish Surapaneni opened to 180,000 and Twaddle three-bet to 400,000. Sullivan jammed for 980,000 and Surapaneni folded. Twaddle called with and led the 
of Sullivan. The 
board was all good for Twaddle and he is up to 1,700,000. Sullivan is in trouble with only 585,000.
The next hand, Ocampo was all-in for 855,000 with versus Santos’s 
. The board ran 10-high and Santos took the pot to move into the chip lead with 3,850,000.
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Level 28 (40,000/80,000/10,000)
Total Entries: 726
Players Remaining: 14
Average Stack: 2,070,000
Deepest Stack two tables
After the two-table redraw, tournament staff restarted the clock and there were three quick bustouts before they warmed up their new seats.
On Table 2, Mario Concepcion lost most of this stack when he had Ragavan Thiagarajah all in and at risk. Thiagarajah was dominated with against before he flopped an open-ended straight draw on the 
board. It filled on the turn and Concepcion was down to crumbs. He was all in on the next hand but his could not catch against Jeffrey Trudeau’s to send him out in 17th place.
At the same time on Table 1, Mohamed MD opened to 205,000 from under the gun and Pofuk Ying moved all in from middle position for 970,000. Action folded back around the Mohamed MD and he called after thinking it through for a few minutes. Mohamed MD had a huge lead with 
against 
and nothing on the 
board could save Ying’s tournament, dropping him out in 16th place.
Not to be left out of the fun, Table 2 had another all in on the next hand when Jim Lai open-shoved for ~400,000 from early position and Ephraim Uzan called from the big blind without asking for a count. Lai turned over and groaned when he saw Uzan’s 
. The small pair was in trouble against the slightly bigger pair and Lai never caught a sweat as the board came to knock him out in 15th place.
15th: Jim Lai – $1,901
16th: Pofuk Ling – $1,310
17th: Mario Concepcion – $1,310
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Level 28 (40,000/80,000/10,000)
Total Entries: 726
Players Remaining: 17
Average Stack: 1,710,000
Event 8 is down to two tables with the dual eliminations of Michael Shaw and Justin Finberg in 19th and 18th place, respectively. Satish Surapaneni is still in front with 3,600,000 and there are a few players with 2,000,000 anxious to catch him before the final table. Once the field is down to 10 players, they will redraw once more. Below is a look at the updated table draw and chip counts for the remaining field.
- Matthew Sullivan – 825,000
- Omar Ocampo – 420,000
- Josias Santos – 2,200,000
- Joseph Nicaj – 1,850,000
- Satish Surapaneni – 3,600,000
- Schuyler Twaddle – 850,000
- Mohamed MD – 1,420,000
- Jason Park – 1,150,000
- Pofuk Ying – 860,000
- Jim Lai – 825,000
- Frank Bellino – 2,300,000
- Omu Suzuki – 1,420,000
- Ragavan Thiagarajah – 965,000
- Mario Concepcion – 710,000
- Jeffrey Trudeau – 2,550,000
- Ephraim Uzan – 2,225,000
- Steph Johnston – 1,950,000
| Place | Payout |
| 1 | $49,009 |
| 2 | $28,521 |
| 3 | $17,429 |
| 4 | $14,366 |
| 5 | $11,620 |
| 6 | $9,507 |
| 7 | $7,606 |
| 8 | $5,810 |
| 9 | $4,014 |
| 10 – 12 | $2,641 |
| 13 – 15 | $1,901 |
| 16 – 18 | $1,310 |
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Level 27 (30,000/60,000/5,000)
Total Entries: 726
Players Remaining: 21
Average Stack: 1,385,000
Josias Santos found a double and is playing 2,000,000 after being down to 10 big blinds in Level 24.
Josias Santos was the chip leader near the bubble in Event 8 but took a hit at the hands of Jon Borenstein to fall to 10 big blinds. Since then, Santos has been gradually rebuilding and is now up to 2,000,000 after winning an all-in against Ragavan “Rags” Thiagarajah.
Santos was all-in for roughly 1,000,000 with 
and had an 80 percent chance of surviving against the 
of Thiagarajah. The 
board was a clean one for Santos and he is up to second in chips behind Satish Surapaneni.
Thiagarajah is down to eight big blinds and has to rebuild once again near the two table redraw.
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Total Entries: 726
Players Remaining: 24
Average Stack: 1,210,000
Satish Surapaneni won a crucial flip against Jon Borenstein and is the first player to hit 3,000,000.
The wait for a true chip leader in the latter stages of Event 8 is over as Satish Surapaneni flipped better than Jon Borenstein to eclipse the 3,000,000 mark.
Surapaneni opened in middle position to 130,000 and Borenstein moved all-in for 1,400,000 on his direct left. Surapaneni called with and was a slight underdog to Borenstein’s . The flop brought Surapaenin trip aces and Borenstein failed to catch a two-outer on the turn or river.
The start of day chip leader exits with a relative min-cash and Surapaneni holds slightly over 10 percent of the chips in play.