Event 1: Perez Doubles Before Dinner

$350 + $50 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) 

Manny Perez

Just a couple of hands before the end of level 24:

In a battle of the blinds, Manny Perez (Rego Park, NY) was the big blind.  They got to the river with a board of 5♦3♠4♣J♠A♠ and Manny was all-in for his last 305k.

His opponent in seat 1 (small blind) had rivered the straight, but Manny had K♠4♠ and had rivered the flush.  He doubled up to ~700k.

At the end of the level, the remaining 43 players took off for a one hour dinner break.

Play will resume at 7:55 pm.

Event 1: 44th Place - Schutte

$350 + $50 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) 

Jason Loehrs (Drexel Hill, PA) opened for 50k and then Eric Schutte (Lockbourne, OH) jammed for 202k.

Jason Loehrs

Jason was ahead with pocket Queens.  Eric held A9 of diamonds.

The flop was 4 3 2 with two clubs, which gave Eric four more outs with a straight draw.

An Ace came on the turn, giving Eric the lead with a pair of Aces and it looked like he was due a double-up.

Then a two-outer Queen landed on the river, giving Jason a set of Queens and the pot.  He chipped up to 1.05 million.

Eric Schutte busted out in 44th place, earning $1,502.

43 players remain.  Average stack is 804k.

Event 1: Sykes-ing Them Out

$350 + $50 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) 

 Michailidis (left) Looks Up 
While (r-l) Sykes & Edwards Wait

While players are on break, Table 6 works overtime in a huge pot.

We pick up the action with the board showing K♦ 4♠ 3♠ K♠ 6♣, 1.2 million in the pot and three players in the hand.

With 500k in his remaining stack, Said Michailidis (Montreal, Canada) checks as does Luke Edwards (Mansfield, OH) who has 660k left.  After going in the tank, Mark Sykes (Margate, NJ) moves all in for 500k and it creates a buzz.

A crowd gathers around the table as the hand goes well into the break.  Michailidis eventually tank-folds, while Edwards acts more quickly and shows the K♣ for trip Kings before folding.

Sykes lets out a big laugh as the railbirds beg him to show a bluff. He doesn't give up any information as he rakes the pot and is now the chip leader with 1.5 million.

Once everything settles down the 50 remaining players are back in action with an average stack of 692k (29 BB) and blinds at 12k/24k/3k ante.

Event 2: It's 50/50 Time

$350 + $50 + $100 Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)

Level 13:  Blinds 1,200/2,400 with 300 ante.

The remaining 54 players have returned from a break and are back in action.

They're at the 50/50 point, since only 27 will get paid.  Half the remaining players will leave with nothing (unless they picked up some bounties).  The other half will get paid.

Matt Milliken (New York, NY) is still the chip leader with ~234k.

Average stack is 79k.

Event 1: Tweet You Very Much

$350 + $50 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

@pierredeissler @tabduchateau Thank you and congrats! Mini Cheese Steak #OnTheHouse #BSPO
— BorgataPoker (@BorgataPoker) June 6, 2013

Event 2: Synchronized Thinkers

$350 + $50 + $100 Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry) 

Rapoport & Heck

Jack Rapoport (Brooklyn, NY) and David Heck (Colt's Neck, NJ) are deep in thought as two of the remaining players in the 11 am field.

Event 2: 11 am Chip Leaders

$350 + $50 + $100 Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)

Milliken & Eid

The 11 am trophy event continues at a steady clip as the field is down to 76 players of the original 285 entries.

The big stack is Matt Milliken (New York, NY) who is just over 200k, while there's a host of players in the 125k to 150k range including Mo Eid (Attleboro, MA).

The average stack is 65k with blinds at 800/1,600/200 ante.

The top 27 players make the money ($871 min cash) with first place paying $27,091.

Event 2: Payouts

Borgata Summer Poker Open
Event 2: $350+$50 + $100 Black Chip Bounty NLH
June 6, 2013

Entries:  285
Total Buy-In:  $99,750

PAYOUTS:
1:          $27,091
2:          $15,965
3:            $9,192
4:            $7,450
5:            $5,805
6:            $4,838
7:            $3,870
8:            $2,903
9:            $1,935
10 - 12:  $1,258
13 - 15:  $1,064
16 - 18:     $968
19 - 27:     $871

Event 1: Great Escape From Table 8

$350 + $50 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

(r-l) Sykes, Loehrs and Farley

5th from the right is Altman

Table 8 is by far the deepest with more than 4 million chips total and most of them belong to four players.

Chris Farley (West Deptford, NJ) has been one of the big stacks all day with 1.1 million. On his direct left is Jason Loehrs (Drexel Hill, PA) who has 1 million, while two to Farley's left is Mark Sykes (Margate, NJ) who has 800k.

Also at the table is Baruch Altman (Monsey, NY) who is at 900k.

The short stacks are looking to hang on as they'll be breaking in the next few minutes, while the big stacks are playing it cautiously as they too don't want to get involved in a 2 million chip pot unnecessarily.

**** 4:55 update****

The broken table has Sykes and Farley flipping spots after moving to table 6; Farley is now on Sykes left as we're now down to seven tables.

Event 1: Millionaire's Club

$350 + $50 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Rick Hovanec

The biggest stacks are in the 1 to 1.1 million chip range and include the following players:

Chris Farley 1.1 million
Joe Ramsaroop 1.1 million
Rick Hovanec 1.1 million
Khoi Ta 1 million
Jason Loehrs 1 million

Currently 72 players remain with an average stack of 480k (30 BB) as blinds are now 8k/16k/2k ante.

 Joe Ramsaroop

Event 1: Min Tweets

$350 + $50 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Borgata.Busto event 1.103th.Mini cheesesteak money lol. On to Vegas in two weeks #tpedge
— Pierre Deissler (@PierreDeissler) June 6, 2013

Out. 102/1383. Queen of the min cash. JJ < AQ. #nexttime #yahtzee
— Alyson MC Parker (@MotherCrusherAP) June 6, 2013

Borgata Poker Headlines

Event 1: 
$350 + $50 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

• Bubble breaks and 130 players are in the money ($737 min cash)
• 100 player remain with a 346k avg. stack (29 bb)
• Big stacks with 1 million+ chips (83 bb); blinds 6k/12k/2k ante
• First Prize: $98,502

Event 2:  
$350 + $50 + $100 Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)

• Registration closed with 285 entries
• 161 players remain with 27k avg. stack  (34 bb)
• Current blinds: 400/800/75 ante
• First Place: ~$27,000, paying 27 spots

3 PM (Event 24):  
$150 + $30 Deep Stack Semi-Turbo NLH (Re-Entry)

•  Tournament underway in Poker Room
•  25k chips, 20 min. levels
•  Re-entry open through Level 7 (~ 5: 30 pm)    

7 PM (Event 25): 
$100 + $20 + $100 Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)

• 12k chips
• Levels 1-12 will last 20 min. each (13+ / 25 min.)
• Re-entry open through Level 7 (~ 9:30 pm)

Event 1: First Piece of the Prize Pool

$350 + $50 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Walking the Greenfield Mile

Just after the bubble breaks Adam Greenfield (Bayside, NY) is the first to cash for $737 with his 130th place finish.

Greenfield's pocket Kings don't hold for his last 70k when two players chop the pot while each holding an ace.

Level 21 (6k/12k/2k ante) is underway and there's now a steady stream of bustouts.

Event 1: Bubble Boy Gets Paid

$350 + $50 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Richard Leach

In a weird twist of fate, the bubble boy is Richard Leach (Washington, D.C.) and is the first player to get paid today.

Leach busts with KK against Jerry Stecher (Elmhurst, NY) who hit a wheel on the river while holding AK.  Leach heads straight to the pay window for his consolation prize of $1,000 for finishing second in chips at the end of Day 1A.

Leach spirits lift just a bit as he realizes the bonus money is better than a 64th place finish.

On his elimination hand, Leach calls a preflop raise with pocket Kings and then calls a 3-bet to 55k (blinds 5k/10k/1k ante).

On the flop of Q 7 5, Stecher open shoves 500k and covers Leach, who snap calls with 300k.

After a 3 on the turn, Stecher has the winning straight when a 5 hits the river.

"I wouldn't have done it, if I didn't have chips," says Stecher who is now close to 900k.

Leach's elimination sends the remaining 130 players into the money as they earn $737, but Leach takes home a bit more than that.

Stecher Stacks Chips

Event 1: Millionaire Maker

$350 + $50 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) 

Chris Farley

As the short stacks hang on for the $737 min cash, the big stacks are approaching the 1 million chip mark.

Chris Farley (West Deptford, NJ) and Khoi Ta (Greenbelt PG, MD) are both at ~950k. The big stacks looking to take advantage of some tight play as no one wants to go out as the bubble boy (or gal).

 Khoi Ta

Event 1: Hand-for-Hand

$350 + $50 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Floor Director Ryan helps Josh Miller Color-up as 
Santos Caminiti Watches; Miller & Santos are 
both from Albany, NY

Shortly after coming back from the color-up break, play moves hand-for-hand as 131 players remain, one spot from the money.

Level 20 (6k/12k/2k ante) is underway.

Here's a reminder of what they're playing for:

Entries:  1,383
Total Buy-In:  $484,050

PAYOUTS:
1:          $98,502
2:          $57,943
3:          $36,157
4:          $30,363
5:          $25,263
6:          $20,395
7:          $15,755
8:          $11,588
9:            $8,344
10 - 12:   $5,493
........
........
121 - 130:  $737

 Purple Mountain Majesty

Event 1: Buzzing Along, Bubble Watch

$350 + $50 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

It doesn't take long for the field to shrink from 180 players to 133 as we're now three spots from the money.

Play is now 9-handed on 15 tables and will go hand-for-hand with two more eliminations.

Levels are now 50 minutes long as Level 19 (4k/8k/1k ante) is winding down and we approach our first break of the day.

Event 2: Brooklyn on Brooklyn Crime

$350 + $50 + $100 Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)

 Lopez, Nothing I Can Do

"I warned her," says Junior Lopez (Brooklyn, NY) after he takes most of Guyana Petrossian's (Brooklyn, NY) chips.

Petrossian doesn't get any help when she's all in preflop with QQ vs Lopez's KK and is left with crumbs after the hand.

"I told her I would show, but she didn't believe me," says Lopez who is happy to double his stack to 30k. 

"I didn't know you were from Brooklyn," says Petrossian, a friendly Borgata regular, "you shouldn't have done that to me," she laughs.

Players are back from their first break of the day as Level 4 (100/200) is underway.

 Petrossian (2nd from left) Says, "talk to the hand," 

After Getting a Needed Double-up

Event 1: Day 2 Numbers at Restart

$350 + $50 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) 

Number of Entries: 1,383  
Players Remaining:  180
Chips in Play:  34.58 million

Big Stack:  711k (119 bb)
Average Stack:  192k (32 bb)

Blinds: 3k/6k/500 ante

Total Buy-In:  $484,050
First Prize:  $98,502
Places Paid: 130
Min Cash: $737

Zlatislav Komisarchik (Brooklyn, NY) begins as the chip leader with 711k (119 bb), while Jerry Scotto (Cherry HIll, NJ) returns as the short stack with 27k (5 bb).

Play resumes with Level 18 and is the last 40 minute level before the time moves up to 50 minute levels for the duration of the tournament.

Event 1: Day 2 Underway

$350 + $50 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

While Nancy Martin (Washington Crossing, PA) plays in Event 2 she still has her eye on Chad Power (Atlantic City, NJ via Pittsburgh) who starts Day 2 third in chips (534k).

His new found "Pinky Power" is in full effect as Martin gives him the bottle of nail polish to use as a card protector.  The full story is here as we take a look at some early images.

Nancy Martin & Chad Power with Pinky Power

Greg Whiting (Philadelphia, PA) Starts 12th in Chips (439k)

 Players Checking Their Seat Assignments

Event 1: Day 2 Chirp Counts

$350 + $50 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

As players file into the back of the Poker Room, here's a look some of the early tweets as the remaining players play for the $98,502 first place prize:

Glgl to all the Kool Kidz playin "the poker"at @borgatapoker & @wsop & Venetian #runpure&clean
— Pierre Deissler (@PierreDeissler) June 6, 2013

my goal for today - yell "PRESTO" after river card is dealt on final hand of tournament to give me the win. #presto
— brahmabull58 (@brahmabull58) June 6, 2013

Day 2 #BSPO with not a lot of ships, but some heart and fight to even things out. # teamonetime #yahtzee
— Alyson MC Parker (@MotherCrusherAP) June 6, 2013

Event 2: Faces in the Crowd

$350 + $50 + $100 Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)

Here are some of the familiar faces in the Poker Room:

Matt Maccaroni
Stephanie Hubbard
Coleem Chestnut
Taya Kuznetsova
Nancy Martin
Guyana Petrossian
Junior Lopez
Alan Kraut
Bob Haavind
Greg Pogarsky
Thi Dang

Event 2: Another Day, Another Trophy

$350 + $50 + $100 Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)

The calm before the storm has trophy hunters at the tables with a fresh start.

Many of the players are Event 1 casualties, and while disappointed they aren't playing in the noon restart with a chance to win nearly $100,000, they're pleased that there's always another Borgata tournament. 

Coleem Chestnut (Brooklyn, NY) is one of those who is licking his wounds after he watched his chip lead go to Emmanuel Perez (Rego Park, NY) who enters Day 2 second overall.

"That's poker," says Chestnut who is ready to hit the reset button. He's a Borgata cash game regular and works in the computer industry.

Today's bounty tournament will be a one-day grind with 15k in chips and 30 minute levels to start (Levels 16+ / 40 min.). 

Event 2 of the Borgata Summer Poker Open is underway.

Event 1: Start of Day 2 Table Assignments and Chip Counts

Borgata Summer Poker Open
Event 1: $350 + $50 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em
June 4 - 6, 2013

Entries:  1,383
Total Buy-In:  $484,050

Players Remaining:  180
Average Chip Stack:  192,000

START OF DAY 2 TABLE ASSIGNMENTS & CHIP COUNTS:
T01 | S01 -  ROLAND ROLLINS (WILMINGTON, DE):  345,000
T01 | S02 -  YAO WU (JERSEY CITY, NJ):  41,000
T01 | S03 -  CHRISTOPHER FILETI (BAY SHORE, NY):  243,500
T01 | S04 -  DANILO NENEZIC (WOODSIDE, NY):  155,500
T01 | S05 -  ANTHONY CALDEIRA (WEST ISLIP, NY):  97,500
T01 | S06 -  ANDREW JEFFREY (MANSFIELD, OH):  471,500
T01 | S07 -  CHRISTINE BREWER (PORT MONMOUTH, NJ):  282,000
T01 | S08 -  JOHN PARISI (BROOKLYN, NY):  111,500
T01 | S09 -  KHOI TA (GREENBELT PG, MD):  318,000
T01 | S10 -  ILMI MILOVIC (ROCKAWAY, NJ):  307,500

T02 | S01 -  ANTHONY GELFEN (REISTERSTOWN, MD):  64,000
T02 | S02 -  DONALD MERCER (SNEADS FERRY, NC):  231,000
T02 | S03 -  RONALD GERVASI (MELMAR, NJ):  244,000
T02 | S04 -  MICHAEL GOLDBERG (NEWTOWN, PA):  203,500
T02 | S05 -  XIAOJIE ZHANG (WHITESTONE, NY):  152,000
T02 | S06 -  ADRIAN CORONA (FLORAL PARK, NY):  109,000
T02 | S07 -  KEVIN MASON (LONG BRANCH, NJ):  130,500
T02 | S08 -  ADRIAN NAGGY (ASTON, PA):  45,500
T02 | S09 -  KEVIN ZULAUF (ATLANTIC CITY, NJ):  193,500
T02 | S10 -  ROCCO LUCIANO (PHILADELPHIA, PA):  76,000

T03 | S01 -  GEORGE GRABE (HAUPPAUGE, NY):  188,500
T03 | S02 -  ALYSON PARKER (PLAINSBORO, NJ):  101,000
T03 | S03 -  MARINKO MATURA (FRANKLIN SQUARE, NY):  113,500
T03 | S04 -  RUIHAO WU (BROOKLYN, NY):  180,000
T03 | S05 -  ERIC SIEGEL (BELLMORE, NY):  121,000
T03 | S06 -  DAN COTTO (CAMDEN, NJ):  111,000
T03 | S07 -  YUAN GAO (SHANTON GUANGDONG, CHI):  45,500
T03 | S08 -  DINESH RAMNAUTH (BRONX, NY):  81,000
T03 | S09 -  MICHAEL SHASHO (RAMSEY, NJ):  233,500
T03 | S10 -  ALAN BECKER (STAMFORD, CT):  95,000

T04 | S01 -  DAVE SCHLETTER (SUCCASUNNA, NJ):  143,500
T04 | S02 -  GRAESON BURNETTE-PEAKE (PHILADELPHIA, PA):  181,000
T04 | S03 -  MICHAEL LIND (MANTUA, NJ):  152,500
T04 | S04 -  ADAM CHAVIS (REISTERTOWN, MD):  114,500
T04 | S05 -  JERRY SCOTTO (CHERRY HILL, NJ):  26,500
T04 | S06 -  THOMAS MCGARRY (ATLANTIC CITY, NJ):  217,000
T04 | S07 -  GEORGE DUFFIELD (SALINA, KS):  380,000
T04 | S08 -  DAVID KLEIN (MORRISTOWN, NJ):  48,500
T04 | S09 -  JOSEPH RAMSAROOP (ROCKAWAY, NJ):  268,500
T04 | S10 -  STEVEN LERNER (BROOKLYN, NY):  79,500

T05 | S01 -  MICHAEL STURM (WEST HEMPSTEAD, NY):  236,000
T05 | S02 -  DAVID KLEIMANN (ROCKVILLE, MD):  208,000
T05 | S03 -  JIMMY BORN (CLARKSVILLE, MD):  420,500
T05 | S04 -  JASON HABINSKY (NEW YORK, NY):  448,000
T05 | S05 -  DYLAN SMITH (BRICK, NJ):  495,500
T05 | S06 -  JOSE CAYETANODELAROSA (WOODBRIDGE, VA):  306,500
T05 | S07 -  EDWARD BOYCE (SILVER SPRING, MD):  212,000
T05 | S08 -  MIKHAIL ZEMLYANSKY (HEWLETT, NY):  215,000
T05 | S09 -  ERIC MILLER (HICKSVILLE, NY):  196,000
T05 | S10 -  BENJAMIN LAVES (SOMERSET, NJ):  342,000

Thursday, June 6

TODAY'S EVENTS (Poker Room) 

11AM: Event 2 - $350 + $50 + $100 Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

• Players start with 15,000 in tournament chips 
• This is a Bounty tournament.  Players must have their Bounty chip clearly displayed on table in order to remain active in tournament.
• Levels 1-15:  will last 30 minutes each | Levels 16+:  will last 40 minutes each
• Players may Re-Enter through Level 6 
• 1-Day event  

3 PM: Event 24 - $150 + $30 Deep Stack Semi-Turbo NLH (Re-Entry)

• Players start with 25,000 in tournament chips 
• Levels will last 20 minutes each
• Players may Re-Enter through Level 7
• 1-Day event

7 PM: Event 25 - $100 + $20 + $100 Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry) 

• Players start with 12,000 in tournament chips 
• This is a Bounty tournament.  Players must have their Bounty chip clearly displayed on table in order to remain active in tournament.
• Levels 1-12: will last 20 minutes each | Levels 13+: will last 25 minutes each
• Players may Re-Enter through Level 7 
• 1-Day event