Three players got their stacks all in pre-flop in a massive pot following the break and the hands were shown.
Player One: 
Player Two: 
Player Three: 
The 
runout put a straight on the board and three players took back their stacks and chopped the pot.
The players have returned from break and the money bubble has burst.
There are just 37 players remaining and they are now all guaranteed a minimum of $480 for their efforts.
The Event #23 players are now on a 15-minute color up break.
We will pick back up on the live tournament action when play resumes.
Level: 19
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
There are just 43 players remaining here in Event #23 and we are inching closer to the money.
The final 36 players will all make the cash and be guaranteed a minimum of $480 for their efforts.
We will be crowning our final BPO Champion of the series in the late night hours and the winner will be taking home $20,904 along with the BPO trophy.
Ryan Dodd burst onto the Borgata live poker scene during the Summer winning two Borgata trophies in less than two months.
The Event #23 field is thinning down and Dodd is still in the hunt with a healthy stack of 200,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
200,000 |
Level: 17
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Carlos Matos and his opponent were heads up on the 
flop when a raising war broke out.
The end result was Matos moving all in and his opponent snap calling. Matos turned over but he was in bad shape against the 
of his opponent.
Matos would need a miracle to stay alive and he found it when the 
and completed the board.
The table erupted as Matos hit runner runner to improve to a full house and vault to the top of the chip counts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
500,000 |
Level 15 is done and players have been rewarded with a dinner break. Play will resume at 8:30pm.
Just before dinner, Andrew Klein jammed over the top of a 16,000 bet by Charles Kassin on a flop of 
. After Kassin folded, Klein showed his pocket queens.
John McGuinness is the chip leader as of the dinner break. "I won three flips in a row," he said, explaining how he's got nearly 500,000. His brother Mike is out, however.
Carlos Alvarado is climbing rapidly, already up to 348,000. "It's all for her," he says, showing a photo of his newborn baby girl Lily.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
493,000
113,000
|
113,000 |
|
348,000
348,000
|
348,000 |
|
270,000
270,000
|
270,000 |
|
Busted |
The numbers are official and with 307 entrants, the Deepest Stack prize pool comes to $77,425. The final 36 players will get paid as shown below.
Of course the eventual winner will also take home the final 2019 Borgata Poker Open trophy!
| Place | Payout |
|---|---|
| 1 | $20,904 |
| 2 | $11,614 |
| 3 | $7,224 |
| 4 | $5,807 |
| 5 | $4,568 |
| 6 | $3,755 |
| 7 | $3,020 |
| 8 | $2,284 |
| 9 | $1,549 |
| 10 - 12 | $1,007 |
| 13 - 15 | $832 |
| 16 - 18 | $662 |
| 19 - 27 | $542 |
| 28 - 36 | $480 |