The first event at the Borgata Poker Open (BPO) was the $600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’ Em event which saw a field of 3,106 players compete over five flights and the prize pool of $1,626,932 exceeded the original guarantee of $1.5 million.
The event was a great way to start the tournament and four players cashed out with over 6 figures.
Poker pros Daniel Park, Justin Leeds, Jacob Naumann and Donny Maloney were the last players left standing when they decided to cut a deal instead of playing it out.
All four took home $170,000 in cash while Justin Leeds was officially named the champion. It is quite a feather in Leeds’ cap as he had just $5,216 in tournament winnings when he entered the event.
After the final table convened, Pierre Deissler became the first to get knocked out when he called Naumann’s all-in bet. With his ace-six suited, Deissler nailed his ace for a pair but the board also had four clubs aboard. Naumann just happened to have a club which sent Deissler packing with $22,777. Naumann then took his king-ten against Mike Lavenburg’s ace-jack suited and ended up with a full house. Lavenburg’s 8th-place finish resulted in a payday of $31,725. Doug Shirk then picked the wrong time to bluff and ended up losing to Maloney’s pocket queens. Shirk finished with $47,181 in his pockets.
Dustin Lee was bounced next when he took his ace-jack against Kevin Lutz’s ten-nine. The board gave Lutz a straight and Lee was gone with $64,263 for his troubles. The last man to get sent to the curb was Kevin Lutz who pushed his stack with a six-five. Naumann called with his king-jack and spiked a set after jacks came on the turn and river. Lutz ended up with $81,753 in winnings.
Blake Whittington, who is an MSPT champ and a WSOP bracelet winner, outlasted a field of 781 players to win the $500 Black Chip Bounty Deep Stack. He capped off his tournament run by collecting his last of 10 bounties from Jackie Liu who ended up with $35,795 in winnings. Whittington’s first-place finish netted him $61,518.
The Borgata Poker Open will run until September 21. The grand finale will be the World Poker Tour Borgata Open Championship which has a $3,500 buy-in and features $3 million in guarantees. The event kicks off on September 16th and will be live streamed.
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