2020 Borgata Winter Poker Open

Event #25: $300 Deepest Stack NLH
Day: 1
Event Info

2020 Borgata Winter Poker Open

Event Info
Buy-in
$300
Prize Pool
$135,179
Entries
536
Players Left
6
Average Chip Stack
3,126,667
Total Chips
18,760,000
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
120,000
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Dodd Shoots Down Press' Ducks

Kaelaine Minton
Kaelaine Minton
Level 10 : 800/1,500, 1,500 ante
Jonathan Press
Jonathan Press

Jonathan Press got all-in for 35,200 preflop from the small blind holding pocket deuces against Ryan Dodd, who had him covered and smothered with pocket sixes.

The board came {a-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{j-Clubs}{8-Diamonds} and was no help to Press, who was busted. He re-entered and was seated at a new table before the end of the level. Dodd's chipping up nicely as the end of registration approaches.

Press cashes in Deep Stack post-lim and made the final table of the Almighty Stack earlier in this series, so he's been running well. Dodd also has two cashes this series, in Events #1 and #4.

Player Chips Progress
Ryan Dodd us
Ryan Dodd 		220,000
Jonathan Press us
Jonathan Press 		40,000

Tags: Ryan DoddJonathan Press

An Assortment of Chip Counts

Kaelaine Minton
Kaelaine Minton
Level 10 : 800/1,500, 1,500 ante
Player Chips Progress
Diane LePera us
Diane LePera
166,000
166,000
 166,000
Andrew Klein us
Andrew Klein 		152,000
152,000
 152,000
Maurice Hawkins us
Maurice Hawkins 		135,000
135,000
 135,000
Joseph Cappuccio us
Joseph Cappuccio 		125,000
125,000
 125,000
StakeKings
Xiang Lin cn
Xiang Lin 		105,000
105,000
 105,000
Michael Bonita us
Michael Bonita 		101,000
101,000
 101,000
Jamie Giunta us
Jamie Giunta 		75,000
75,000
 75,000
Laurence Ohalloran us
Laurence Ohalloran 		70,000
70,000
 70,000
Ryan Eriquezzo us
Ryan Eriquezzo 		67,000
27,000
 27,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Sean Barringer us
Sean Barringer 		66,000
66,000
 66,000
Sundiata DeVore us
Sundiata DeVore 		60,000
60,000
 60,000
John Hinds us
John Hinds 		57,000
57,000
 57,000
Marguerite Spagnuolo us
Marguerite Spagnuolo 		51,000
51,000
 51,000
Eric Rivera us
Eric Rivera 		48,000
48,000
 48,000
Josias Santos br
Josias Santos 		42,000
42,000
 42,000
Johanssy Joseph us
Johanssy Joseph 		36,000
36,000
 36,000
Daniel DaConti us
Daniel DaConti 		33,000
-7,000
 -7,000
Judith Bielan us
Judith Bielan 		30,000
30,000
 30,000
Jaka Coaching
Wooyang Lin us
Wooyang Lin 		26,000
26,000
 26,000
Bobby Cheung us
Bobby Cheung 		25,400
Michael Lydon us
Michael Lydon 		Busted

Level: 10

Blinds: 800/1,500

Ante: 1,500

McGuinness Building Early

Kaelaine Minton
Kaelaine Minton
Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
John McGuinness
John McGuinness

Another player climbing in the counts early today is John McGuinness, up to ~185,000.

McGuinness notched his best live cash of $176,080 right here in this room back in September during the 2019 Borgata Poker Open Event #1: $600 Deep Stack NLH Kick-Off. A heads-up deal with winner Benson Tang earned McGuinness second place a lot of cash.

He's gone on to cash several more times since then, including twice during this series, earning $5,000 in one of the Super Survivors and another cash in one of the Saturday Series events.

Player Chips Progress
John McGuinness us
John McGuinness 		185,000

Tags: John Mcguinness

Rossetti Coolered by The Master

Kaelaine Minton
Kaelaine Minton
Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Men "The Master" Nguyen
Men "The Master" Nguyen

Rick Rossetti was all-in preflop holding pocket queens, only to run into the pocket aces of Men "The Master" Nguyen. The board was useless for Rossetti and he was felted.

Nguyen is building a big stack early here in the final trophy event of the 2020 BWPO. He already has one trophy from this series, from Event #4: $400 Saturday Series Deep Stack NLH, where he earned $50,000 for first place in a three-way deal at the final table. This is his first Borgata Open Series title.

Nguyen has more than $11 million in reported tournament earnings and currently ranks fourth on California's all time money list. He's apparently decided he's conquered the west coast and now he's come east to make his mark on this side of the country. He has several wins in Connecticut and at the US Poker Championships in Atlantic City back in the day, but this is his first win east of the Mississippi since 2008.

Player Chips Progress
Men Nguyen us
Men Nguyen 		226,000
226,000
 226,000
WSOP 7X Winner
Rick Rossetti us
Rick Rossetti 		Busted

Tags: Men NguyenRick Rossetti

Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

Adams and Lydon Battling on Table 13

Kaelaine Minton
Kaelaine Minton
Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Ron Adams & Michael Lydon
Ron Adams & Michael Lydon

Ron Adams and Michael Lydon are seated in adjacent seats on Table 13 and thanks to MyStack, we know that Adams' stack has been on a bit of a rollercoaster ride from the start, up to 80,000 and back down to 42,500.

He's got a tough opponent on his left, as Lydon has won an Open Series title here at Borgata (2011 Fall Poker Open) and has nearly $320,000 in reported tournament earnings.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Lydon us
Michael Lydon 		71,000
71,000
 71,000
Ron Adams us
Ron Adams
42,500

Tags: Michael LydonRon Adams

Amjadi Doubles Up Before Break

Kaelaine Minton
Kaelaine Minton
Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Dan DiZeno & Max Amjadi
Dan DiZeno & Max Amjadi

Just before the end of Level 7 and the break, [Removed:321] "Max" Amjadi doubled up through Dan DiZenzo. The action was over and only the aftermath and stacking of chips remained, so the details were missed.

Both players are still below the starting stack size, but with blinds of 400/800, they've still got plenty of chips with which to work.

Amjadi cashed in the BWPO Kick-Off (32nd for $6,302) but DiZenzo has yet to get on the tournament scoreboard for 2020.

Player Chips Progress
Mohammad Amjadi us
Mohammad Amjadi 		28,000
28,000
 28,000
Daniel DiZenzo us
Daniel DiZenzo 		10,000
10,000
 10,000

Tags: Daniel DeZenzoMohammad Amjadi

Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

$100,000 Guarantee Covered before Second Break

Kaelaine Minton
Kaelaine Minton
Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante
Stacks of Cash
Stacks of Cash

End of Level 7 and time to take another 15.

With 430 entrants before the second break of the day, the $100,000 guarantee on this event has already been covered.

After the break, another three levels remain in the late registration and re-entry phase, so plenty of time to add more icing to this nice, big cake!