Event 10 (Day 1B)
$260+$40 Deepest Stack NLH
$200,000 Guaranteed
Structure
End of Level 16: 2,500/5,000/5,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 925
Day 2 Players Remaining:~200
Chris Kennedy
Day 2 of Event 10 drew a total of 463 entries brining the combined Event 10 total to 925 entries. There are approximately 110 players from this flight advancing and it’s Chris Kennedy bagging the overall chip lead with 697,000.
A combined total of approximately 200 Day 1A-B survivors will return on Tuesday September 11 at 12 P.M. to resume Day 2 play.
Below is a look at some of the big stacks and players from this flight that be moving on to Day 2. A full list of Day 2 chip counts and seating assignments will be posted as soon as they’re available.
Chris Kennedy- 685,000
Satish Surapaneni- 450,000
Lili Tran- 391,000
Noel Alicea- 367,000
Daniel Pinnola- 363,000
Dennis Zollo- 286,000
Soukha Kachittavong- 115,000
Dan Dizenzo- 113,000
Men Nguyen- 113,000
Mark Perry- 89,000
$260+$40 Deepest Stack NLH
$200,000 Guaranteed
Structure
Level 15: 2,000/4,000/4,000 BB Ante
Day 1B Entries: 463
Day 1B Players Remaining: 150
Lili Tran
Lili Tran just sent Mike Azzaro to the rail in a more than 200,000 chip pot. She has since added a few more pots to her stack and is in contention for the Day 1B chip lead.
Tran is quickly closing in on the half a million chip mark with about 460,000. She’s not alone at the top of the chip counts as Satish Surapaneni is playing a nearly identical chip stack.
There are less than two levels of play left in the night for a clear cut Day 1B chip leader to emerge.
$260+$40 Deepest Stack NLH
$200,000 Guaranteed
Structure
Level 14: 1,500/3,000/3,000 BB Ante
Day 1B Entries: 463
Day 1B Players Remaining: 170
Men “The Master” Nguyen
Men “The Master” Nguyen got his stack of 30,800 all in pre-flop holding 
. Unfortunately for Nguyen he ran right into the 
of Ron Alina.
The dealer spread the 
flop and it was no help to Nguyen. The 
hit the turn improving Alina to a set of kings and it looked like the end of the road for Nguyen.
Ron Alina
The 
hit the river and Nguyen vaulted out of his seat in celebration as the table erupted. Nguyen improved to Broadway to earn the double up and he breathed a sigh of relief.
“I’ll remember that one if I win this tournament” said Nguyen. Alina took the brutal beat in stride and is still behind a healthy chip stack.
Men “The Master” Nguyen- 67,800
Ron Alina- 180,000
$260+$40 Deepest Stack NLH
$200,000 Guaranteed
Structure
Level 13: 1,200/2,500/2,500 BB Ante
Day 1B Entries: 463
Day 1B Players Remaining: 190
The players have returned from break and the cards are back in the air. There were 463 entries here in our second flight bringing the combined Event 10 total to 925 entries.
Approximately 100 players from Day 1A will be moving on to Day 2 and Tom Gottlieb is leading the way with 533,000.
The Event 10 tournament payouts are being finalized and will be posted here on the Borgata Poker blog as soon as they’re available.
$260+$40 Deepest Stack NLH
$200,000 Guaranteed
Structure
End of Level 12: 1,000/2,000/2,000 BB Ante
Day 1B Entries: 450
The Event 10 players are now on a 15-minute color up break. Tournament registration and re-entry will be closing when play resumes.
There’s already over 900 total entries and more than $225,000 in the prize pool so don’t miss your very last chance to get in on the Event 10 action.
$260+$40 Deepest Stack NLH
$200,000 Guaranteed
Structure
Level 12: 1,000/2,000/2,000 BB Ante
Day 1B Entries: 445
Satish Surapaneni
Satish Surapaneni is starting to heat up as we approach the break. After raking in his latest pot Surapaneni is now sitting behind one of the biggest stacks in the room with 250,000.
He is no stranger to the Deepest stack tournament format as Surapaneni took down the 2014 Borgata Fall Poker Open NLH Deepest stack event earning more than $18,000 and the trophy.
$260+$40 Deepest Stack NLH
$200,000 Guaranteed
Structure
Level 11: 800/1,500/1,500 BB Ante
Day 1B Entries: 420
Stanley Lee
The players continue to file into the Signature Room and Stanley Lee was among the latest wave of players to take their seats.
Lee’s poker resume is a lengthy one that boasts a Borgata Poker title, a Venetian Poker title and more than $1,200,000 in live career tournament earnings.
He certainly wasted no time putting his starting stack to work here tonight. Lee is off to a red hot start and in less than one orbit of play he has already more than double his starting stack.
He is now playing over 80,000 and will look to continue his upward trend throughout the night.
$260+$40 Deepest Stack NLH
$200,000 Guaranteed
Structure
Level 10: 600/1,200/1,200 BB Ante
Day 1B Entries: 400
Tyreem Williams
Tyreem Williams and Zara Jackson were heads up on the turn on the 
board. Williams checked and Jackson bet 3,000 into a main pot of about 10,000.
Williams called and the 
completed the board. Williams checked and Jackson threw out a bet of 9,000.
“I have a king” said Williams as he quickly called turning over 
for trip kings. Jackson flashed her 
before tossing it into the muck and Williams took the pot.
Tyreem Williams- 90,000
Zara Jackson- 105,000
Zara Jackson
$260+$40 Deepest Stack NLH
$200,000 Guaranteed
Structure
Level 9: 500/1,000/1,000 BB Ante
Day 1B Entries: 370
Rafael Reis
There are now more than 800 Event 10 entries and the field is still growing fast. Two more former Borgata Poker champions have just taken their seats.
Rafael Reis earned his Borgata title by winning the massive 2,370 entry field $600 NLH $1,000,000 guarantee in April’s Borgata Spring Poker Open. Reis took home his largest career score of $216,010 along with the miniature Borgata Hotel trophy.
Nick Pupillo’s Borgata title also came during the Borgata Spring Poker Open. He took down this very event earning nearly $48,000 and his first Borgata Poker title.
Nick Pupillo
$260+$40 Deepest Stack NLH
$200,000 Guaranteed
Structure
End of Level 8: 400/800/800 BB Ante
Day 1B Entries: 345
The Day 1B Event 10 players are now on a 15-minute break. It’s a full house here in our second flight with nearly 350 entries and counting.
This bringing the combined Event 10 title to more than 800 entries and there’s still plenty of time to get in on the action.
We’ve already cruised right past the $200,000 guarantee and tournament registration and re-entry will remain open until the start of Level 13 (Approx 11:45 P.M.).