Olivier Busquet Among Final 18 in Borgata Poker Open $1,090 6-Max; Almighty Stack Down to 21

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Tim Kelliher
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Day 1 of the 2019 Borgata Poker Open Event #12: $1,090 Six-Max NLH drew 244 entries and surpassed the $150,000 GTD by creating a prize pool of $236,680. The final 24 players will all make the money and be guaranteed a minimum of $1,775 for their efforts. The eventual winner will take home $62,718 and the Borgata Poker Open trophy.

Leading the final 18 players with 541,000 was Chris O'Neil followed closely by Jeff Trudeau (535,000). Others still in contention are Hamid Izadi (339,000), Olivier Busquet (303,0000, Greg Fishberg (289,000), Christian Harder (277,000), and bracelet winners Justin Liberto (138,000) and Jessica Dawley (114,000).

The players will return on Saturday, September 14 at 12 p.m. with 5:05 left in level 17 (3,000/6,000/6,000 BB Ante) to play down to a winner.

Top 10 End-of-Day-1 Chip Counts

PlacePlayerCount
1Chris O'Neil541,000
2Jeffrey Trudeau535,000
3Shiraz Hasan447,000
4Hamid Izadi339,000
5Kevin Javier335,000
6Michael Dichiaro305,000
7Olivier Busquet303,000
8Gregory Fishberg289,000
9Christian Harder277,000
10Kee Fredkove261,000

Dean Curreri Leads the Final 21 Almighty Stack Players

Dean Curreri
Chip leader Dean Curreri.

Day 2 of Event #10: $400 Almighty Stack NLH came to an end with Dean Curreri leading the the surviving 21 players with 25,050,000. Curreri took the lead in the last of level of play after flying under the radar for much of the day.

Yingxin Chen sits in second with 22,600,000 and Patrick Ibrahim rounds out the top three chip stacks with 20,965,000.

The final 21 players will return on Saturday, September 14 at 12 p.m. local time to level 33 (200,000/400,000/400,000 BB Ante). Day 3 will play down to a winner.

Someone will take home $163,004 and the Borgata Poker Open Trophy.

Top 10 Almighty Stack Day 3 Chip Counts

PlacePlayerCount
1Dean Curreri25,050,000
2Yingxin Chen22,600,000
3Patrick Ibrahim20,965,000
4Arnaldo Gordon19,045,000
5Harry Korotki18,775,000
6Lucas Braga17,810,000
7John McGuinness17,695,000
8Charles Kassin17,520,000
9Eric Siegel16,265,000
10Lunique Petiote13,205,000

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