Event 16
$200+$30 +$100 Black Chip Bounty Deep Stack NLH
$25,000 Guaranteed
Level 28: 40,000/80,000/10,000 ante
Total Entries: 207
Players Remaining: 1
Josias Santos
Spencer Champlin raises to 160,000 and Josias Santos calls. They see a flop of 
and both players check. The turn is the 
and Santos leads out with a bet of 310,000. Champlin calls and the 
hits the river.
Santos moves all in for his last 1,215,000 sending Champlin deep into the tank. Champlin eventually makes the call and hears “good call” immediately from Santos who shows 
for just eight high.
Champlin turns over his 
and he is our Event 16 BPO champion. Santos who is having quite the BPO series of his own is our Event 16 runner up and takes home $6,626.
$200+$30 +$100 Black Chip Bounty
$25,000 Guaranteed
End Of Level 18: 4,000/8,000/1,000
Total Entries: 207
Players Remaining: 19
Spencer Champlin
Kenny Han has held the Event 16 chip lead for much of the night but that is no longer the case. Spencer Champlin is now playing over 800,000 with just 19 players left in the hunt.
Champlin has been making plenty of deep runs and has seemingly been in the money in nearly every BPO event this series.
The players are now on a 15 minute break and Champlin will look to continue trending upward when play resumes with his sights set on his first BPO title and the $11,247 up top.
$200+$30 +$100 Black Chip Bounty
$25,000 Guaranteed
End Of Level 15: 2,000/4,000/400
Total Entries: 207
Players Remaining: 34
The Event 16 players are now on a 60 minute dinner break and we will pick back up on the action when play resumes. There are now just 34 players remaining and the money bubble is looming ast he final 27 will all make the cash and be guaranteed at least $361.
We will be crowning our newest Borgata Poker Open champion here tonight and one lucky player will take home the $11,247 first prize money and the BPO trophy.
$200+$30 +$100 Black Chip Bounty
$25,000 Guaranteed
Level 15: 2,000/4,000/400
Total Entries: 207
Players Remaining: 45
Josias Santos
While the WPT BPO Championship and the Super Knockout Bounty have been the main focus on the blog Event 16 is now nearing the money. Just 45 players remain and the final 27 will all make the money and be guaranteed a minimum of $361.
There are plenty of big stacks emerging and Josias Santos is once again at the top. Santos has made his presence known this series with a final table appearance in Event 8 in which he finished 7th for over $14,000.
He followed that up with a deep run in the Almighty Stack finishing in 38th for over $2,800. Santos is now playing about 285,000 and looks to be the Event 16 chip leader. Other big stacks include Kenny Han (250,000), Eric Siegel (220,000) and Larry Murphy (215,000).
Eric Siegel
Kenny Han
2014 BPO H.O.R.S.E Champion – Kevin Nettles
Despite coming into the final table as the short stack, Kevin Nettles refused to give up. He eventually made it to heads up against Nicolas Scafidi as a 2-1 dog in chips. One hand of razz turned the entire tournament around for Kevin though as he made a 7 low and Scafidi made an 8 low. On the last hand of Hold’em Nettles would make quad fives to earn him the first place prize of $14,514 and the Borgata trophy.
2nd Place – Nicolas Scafidi
On a board reading {2c}{2h}{5s}{Qc} Nicolas Scafidi opened the action with a bet. This initiated a raising war between Scafidi and Nettles that eventually led to all the chips in the middle. Scafidi tabled {Ad}{Qd} for a pair of queens, but he was way behind the {5h}{5c} of Kevin Nettles. He would be drawing to only a queen to remain in the tournament but the dealer peeled off the {5d} on the river to give Kevin Nettles quads and the title.
Scafidi will take home $7,879 for his second place finish here in event 16!
Level 23 (Limits 15,000/30,000)
Total Entries: 95
Players Remaining: 2
Seven Card Stud
3rd Place – Stuart Rotter
With three players remaining, Kevin Nettles had a 5-to-1 chip lead over Stuart Rotter, and decided to use that edge to chase an open-ended straight.
Showing a {10d}, Rotter completed for 25k and Nettles made the call showing a {3s}. With Nicolas Scafidi also showing a {3x} before folding, Nettles said, “It’s a strange call, but I’m gonna call.”
They got it all-in on 5th street with Nettles making the first bet.
Nettles: {3s}{6h}{Ks} / {5d}{4s} (open-ended straight) 6th street: {7h} 7th street: {Qh}
Rotter: {10d}{2h}{9c} / {2s}{2c} (three of a kind) 6th street: {4d} 7th street: {Jd}
Nettles made his straight and Rotter was unable to pair any of his first six cards on 7th street and was eliminated with three deuces.
Rotter takes home $4,976 for the 3rd-place finish, and leaves Scafidi and Nettles battling for the H.O.R.S.E. trophy.
Level 22 (Limits 12,000/24,000)
Total Entries: 95
Players Remaining: 3
Bo Toft (Yardley, PA)
Bo Toft (Yardley, PA) would make his second final table of the series, finishing third in the Limit Omaha Hi/Lo 8B event earlier in the series ($2,933). He would come to the final table as one of the chip leaders, but as the blinds grew higher, they just caught up to him.
This would be Toft’s 83rd career cash, and while it may not have been the largest on his resume, he did enjoy his time playing with good friend James Woods. Woods was unable to reach Day 2, but the two players spent a lot of time chatting it up during the early stages of the event last night.
Nicholas Scafidi has now eliminated each and every player from the final table, and now has over 620,000.
Level 22 (Limits 12,000/24,000)
Total Entries: 95
Players Remaining: 4
Craig Fleischman (New York, NY)
Craig Fleischman’s final hand came in the “S”-tud high portion of the tournament, as he would be all-in against Nicholas Scafidi after the initial deal. The cards would be immediately turned over, and it would be the {qd} {9d} {8h} of Fleischman against the {as} {ad} {4h} of Scafidi.
The runout would bring no improvement to Craig’s hand, and he would be eliminated in fifth place ($2,903). This would be Fleischman’s third tournament cash in his career, and his largest to date. He does have one no limit hold’em cash and one mixed cash, but this is his first at Borgata.
Level 22 (Limits 12,000/24,000)
Total Entries: 95
Players Remaining: 5
Russell Clayton (Huntington Valley, PA)
“So I’m all-in now,” Russell Clayton (Huntington Valley, PA) as players were in the “O”-maha portion of the tournament. His chips were in the middle against three other players (Nettles, Scafidi, Rotter). The board would run out {9s} {2c} {4c} {4s} {js}, with Nettles betting the flop and turn (getting called by Scafidi), and the river going check-check.
Nicholas would turn over {ac} {5s} {5c} {4h}, having turned trips, with no low possible on the board. Russell would wait for Kevin to fold his hand before turning over {ah} {6h} {10c} {7d}, which would offer no resistance against Scafidi’s trips.
Clayton had eight career results before this sixth place finish, and all but one have come in mixed events (we are seeing a pattern here). This is Russell’s first ever cash at Borgata, and he will end up taking home $2,488 for the final table finish.