Championship: Day 2 Recap

$2500 + $200 Championship Deep Stack Double Play NLH

Chip Leader Wach (right) & Orson Young, 

Who Bagged a Top 5 Stack

Day 2 of the Borgata Summer Poker Open ended the way it began, with Dan Wach (Boonton, NJ) in the chip lead.  The Borgata regular, who already has a $200,000 Borgata cash on his resume, had a roller coaster day before he ended with 578k.

"Very swingy day," said Wach, who began with 152k, "I chipped up early, but they knocked me down to 130(k). "I only had 200 at dinner, so it was a nice last two levels."

Second in chips is Chalie Hook (Philadelphia, PA), who was also up and down the chip counts before he finished with 409k.

"I want to take advantage of those trying to squeak into the money and then go deep," said Hook as he looked ahead to Day 3 and the money bubble.

45 players return looking for a piece of the $740,000 total buy-in and are just 18 spots from the money.

The top prize is $198,186 and 27 players earn a min cash of $6,370.

Wach (Jan. 2012) and Hook (June 2009) both have won Borgata trophies, but Wach's largest live cash was a runner-up finish. He earned $201,000 in the opening event of the (Sept.) 2012 WPT Borgata Poker Open.

Play resumes with Day 3 noon Wednesday.

Mike & Mike Show

Schoultz (left) & Dentale,

Both Return for Day 3