December 2019
$200+$30 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Total Entries: 345
Players Remaining: 18
Moshe Bernstein
Another level down and another table broken. Event 1 is quickly down to the last two tables of the tournament after the fast pace continued. Tournament staff paused the clock after Rafik Takla was eliminated and performed a complete redraw. The next major milestone will be the ten-handed final table redraw.
19th: Rafik Takla – $469
20th: Marco Grasso – $469
21st: Charles Smith – $469
22nd: Rafael Camejo – $469
23rd: Michael O’Brien – $469
24th: Ricardo Garza – $469
25th: Joseph Pilone – $469
26th: Moshe Bernstein – $469
27th: Angel Gallo – $469
$200+$30 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Total Entries: 345
Players Remaining: 27
Event 1 is moving. The 36 remaining players took a break after the bubble burst and returned to see the first nine hit the rail before the next level was complete. That leaves only three tables left in the tournament and everyone is now guaranteed at least a $469 payouts.
28th: Peter Bae – $415
29th: Joseph Iannacone – $415
30th: John Ciavarella – $415
31st: Michael Quinn – $415
32nd: Dennis Wilber – $415
33rd: Carlos Cadena – $415
34th: Mo Hossain – $415
35th: David Horn – $415
36th: Kyle Buckberg – $415
$200+$30 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20: 8,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Total Entries: 345
Players Remaining: 36
John Cipriano
It did not take long to pop the money bubble. Once everyone was settled and the rules were issues, there was an all-in called on Table 5 in a snap. An early position player open-shoved for 35,000 and it folded to John Cipriano in the big blind. With 700,000 in his stack, it was an easy call.
Then they sat back and waited for the other four tables to complete their action. One they were done, the hands were tabled.
Cipriano: 
Early Position: 
Cipriano had two live cards for the knockout and nailed the 
flop. His two pair, eights and fives, was ahead and he faded the gutshot draw on the 
turn and 
river to send one player out while putting the rest of the field into the money.
1st: $18,068
2nd: $10,040
3rd: $6,245
4th: $5,020
5th: $3,949
6th: $3,246
7th: $2,610
8th: $1,974
9th: $1,339
10th-12th: $870
13th-15th: $719
16th-18th: $572
19th-27th: $469
28th-36th: $415
$200+$30 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20: 8,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Total Entries: 345
Players Remaining: 37
The race between the money and the break was won by the bubble. With only a few minutes remaining before the color up break, one player went out when his 
was outflopped by 
on a 
run out.
The clock was paused and they will continue playing hand-for-hand until one player is eliminated with two minutes coming off the clock for each hand. If they break rolls around while still on the bubble, they will continue to play until making the money.
$200+$30 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Total Entries: 345
Players Remaining: 52
Michael O’Brien (left) and Jose Malave (right)
It didn’t take long for the post-dinner field to drop lower and only 52 remain after a level or so. Tournament staff are reconfiguring the tables for nine-handed play and they will be very close to the money, if not in it, by the time they hit another break.
Michael O’Brien and Jose Malave, two Borgata regulars, are still are still grinding away and looking to add another score.
$200+$30 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Total Entries: 345
Players Remaining: 69
The dinner break is complete and cards are in the air. After running a stack count while they were gone, the exact number sits at 69 players remaining. They will go into hand-for-hand mode when 37 remain and pay the last 36.
$200+$30 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Total Entries: 345
Players Remaining: 71
Tournament staff sent Event 1 players on a 40-minute dinner break after Level 16 with 71 players remaining. That means they need to lose less than half of the field before players begin picking up a payday with 36 getting in the money.
While they are gone, the 500 denom chips are coming out of play and the 25k are being introduced.
$200+$30 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Total Entries: 345
Players Remaining: 230
The numbers are in and Event 1 officially torched the $30,000 guaranteed prize pool. The 345 entries combined to put $66,920 up for grabs later this evening with the top 36 spots earnings some cash. A min-cash is worth $415 but everyone’s eyes are on the $18,068 top prize along with the mini-Borgata trophy.
1st: $18,068
2nd: $10,040
3rd: $6,245
4th: $5,020
5th: $3,949
6th: $3,246
7th: $2,610
8th: $1,974
9th: $1,339
10th-12th: $870
13th-15th: $719
16th-18th: $572
19th-27th: $469
28th-36th: $415
$200+$30 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Total Entries: 345
Players Remaining: 230
The first tournament of the series had a huge turnout this afternoon. It kicked off at 11 am and by the time registration closed at the start of Level 9, there were 345 entries signed up to completely blast the $30,000 guaranteed prize pool. They more than doubled it and there will be a lot of money awaiting the winner later this evening.
Tournament staff is verifying the numbers and we will post the prize pool and payout information as soon as it is official.
$200+$30 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100
Borgata Poker is closing out the year with a nice five-tournament series, a Deep Stacks Challenge to finish the decade. The series features $160,000 in guaranteed prize money and kicks off with a $200+$30 Deeper Stack tournament this morning at 11 am. Event 1 has a $30,000 guaranteed prize pool and it will draw a great post-holiday crowd.
Players will sit down to 35,000 starting stacks and all levels will last 25 minutes from start to finish. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 around 3:05 pm with unlimited re-entries available during that time. There is a dinner break later in the evening and we will crown our first DSC champ before the night is through.
It should be a great start to the series with the crowds and money building throughout the weekend.
We will pick up the live coverage once registration is closed and the payouts are posted.
- $30,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
- Players start with 35,000 in chips
- Levels last 25 minutes
- Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
- Event 1 Structure Sheet