Event 20
$200+$30 Deepest Stack NLH
$35,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
Level 8: Blinds 400/800/800
Entrants: 215
On outer table 15, Wooyang now shoved his last 8 or so blinds with 
, igniting a firestorm that ended with four players out.
flatted behind, A.S. took a flyer with 
, the chip leader Dzurenda got in with 
, and a player with 
liked the spot as well.
On the flop 
, the players managed to get everything in and into a slew slew of sidepots for the dealer to sort out.
Sorting out the carnage.
For everyone’s convenience, Trevor, the chip leader already, covered them all and drilled the 
on the river after the turn brought the super blank 
.
It was Trevor’s turn to celebrate a straight, and slapped his hands. Four players knocked out in a single pot, including Wooyang and A.S.
The chip leader now rises to over 340,000.
Yum yum.
Wooyang reregisters, and is now seated next to Trevor.
$200+$30 Deepest Stack NLH
$35,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
Level 7: Blinds 300/600
Entrants: 198
Trevor Dzurenda laughs despite losing this one to A.S.
Trevor has the early lead with over 220,000.
Filletti stands, all-in, and dodges the Straight Man’s outs. “I was about to stand up and yell,” he reports.
Baitai the Bounty Killer is on three, here collecting his due.
We take a short break at the end of this level.
$200+$30 Deepest Stack NLH
$35,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
Level 6: Blinds 200/400
Entrants: 178
A player on table 2 or 3 leapt up in celebration. He had made a straight, and shouted across the room in excitement.
Victory.
The shock of the tournament ending so soon reverberated through the room. The Pokermantis asked if he could get his buy-in back.
However, it was established that this pot was not the end, to everyone’s relief.
Play goes on here in the early levels, still with registration open.
Wooyang Lin on table 15, with his trademark kidney card protector.
Abraham Korotki, northeast tournament legend, was willing to play on, just for fun, on table 6.
$200+$30 Deepest Stack NLH
$35,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
Level 2: Blinds 75/150
Last November, this event had a higher buy-in and lower guarantee, but still drew 196 entrants. It was shortly after 4am when the final four players agreed on to adjusted payouts. Katie Stone was the chip leader and took 1st place along with $9,484*.
2017 FPO Deepest Stack Final Four: (Seated L to R) Katie Stone, Jaye Morris (Standing L to R) Mike Marder, Mike Fiorito
*Indicates Adjusted Payout
$200+$30 Deepest Stack NLH
$35,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
Level 1: Blinds 50/100
The final trophy event of the 2018 Fall Poker Open is underway here in the Temporary Tournament Area, at the extra-early hour of 10am.
Players get 35,000 chips to start and all levels are 30 minutes long. Players can also opt for the $5 dealer toke add-on, which gets them an extra 5,000 chips.
Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of level 11, which should fall at about 3:45pm. This is a one-day event, so they’ll play until a winner is determined.
Cards are in the air!
The 2018 Fall Poker Open will begin on Election Day, Tuesday, November 6th, with the first two trophy events. Event 1 (Kick-Off Flight A) and Event 2 (Omaha/Stud High/Low Mix) begin at 11am and 3pm, respectively.
The Kickoff event carries a $500,000 Guarantee on total buy-ins and will surely draw a big crowd with five starting flights, which are spread over the first three days of the series:
Flight A: Tuesday, Nov. 6th, 11am
Flight B: Wednesday, Nov. 7th, 11am
Flight C: Wednesday, Nov. 7th, 5pm
Flight D: Thursday, Nov. 8th, 10am
Flight E: Thursday, Nov. 8th, 6pm
Days 2 and 3 will follow at 12 noon Friday and Saturday.
John Lytle – 1st Place – 2017 FPO Kick-Off
John Lytle took 1st place in this event last year, besting a field of 1,618 runners to claim $114,833 in a four-way adjusted payout agreement.
The Omaha/Stud High/Low Mix event has become a staple of the Open Series and has locked up the #2 slot on the series schedule since the 2018 Spring Poker Open last April. It was Event 13 during last year’s Fall Open, when Nate Parenti beat out Chris Reslock for the OE H/L title. That’s just the start of the 16-day series, which runs through Thanksgiving Eve. The Almighty Stack headlines the second week with a $300,000 Guarantee.
The final week will see a shortened Fall Poker Open Championship with a $1 Million Guarantee. It starts with Flight A on Saturday, one day earlier than usual, and the finale will be live-streamed on Wednesday, November 21st.
Darren Elias – 1st Place – 2017 Fall Poker Open Championship
Last year’s FPO Championship title and more than $293,000 was claimed by three-time World Poker Tour Champion Darren Elias, who joined the short-list of players who hold two Borgata Open Series Championship wins. The field of 473 entrants created a prize pool in excess of $1.1 million.
Eighteen trophy events will take place during the series with all the best events returning this year. The Black Chip Bounty is in the #3 slot at the end of the first week, a Saturday Series takes place each weekend, and the $1,000 SixMax NLH wraps up the second week of the series. Each of these events carries a $100,000 Guarantee on total buy-ins.
The first Sunday of the series, November 11th, will start off with the always-popular Seniors Event at 10am. Since that also happens to be Veterans Day, at 12 noon there is a special Veteran’s Day Charity Event benefiting the Disabled American Veterans, (DAV) Atlantic City Chapter 10. The $200+$30+10 Deeper Stack has a $25,000 Guarantee and the $10 donation goes to the DAV, fulfilling our promises to the men and women who served.
The Old School Freeze-Out (no re-entry) event, which debuted during the Borgata Poker Open in September, returns this series as a two-day event. There’s also a HORSE-ament, which hasn’t been held in November since the 2015 FPO. Click here for the full schedule of Main Events.
The FPO will take place in the temporary Tournament Area, (TTA) which worked out well as a substitute for the Event Center during September’s Borgata Poker Open. If needed, tables in the Poker Room will also be used.
The Fall Poker Open microsite has links to all the info you need for the series, including links to main and secondary event schedules, links to FPO tournament results, and other exclusive offers for tournament participants. Check out the information page and don’t forget to click the link and enter the drawing for a free Championship entry!
BorgataPoker.com will be running online qualifiers starting Sunday October 28th. Click here for details.
Hope to see you next month for the Fall Poker Open!
@Kaelaine