We are down to the final three tables here in the Saturday Series NLH and the players are falling fast.
Steve Molokovich is pacing the field with a massive stack of 1,200,000 and the players will battle into the late night hours.
The Event 14 champion will be crowned tonight and the winner will be taking home $31,502 along with the Borgata Poker Open trophy.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,200,000 |
Level: 22
Blinds: 15,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
Level: 18
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
The Event #14: $400 Saturday Series NLH money bubble has burst and there are just 49 players remaining.
They are now all in the money and guaranteed a minimum of $682 for their efforts.
We will be crowning our Event 14 champion here in the late night hours and the winner will take home $42,437 along with the BPO trophy.
Level: 17
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
The remaining Saturday Series players are on dinner break until 8:40pm.
The official entry count was 502 for a total prize pool of $170,429, and the final 54 will get paid as shown below.
| Place | Payout |
|---|---|
| 1 | $42,437 |
| 2 | $23,860 |
| 3 | $15,339 |
| 4 | $12,186 |
| 5 | $9,544 |
| 6 | $7,840 |
| 7 | $6,221 |
| 8 | $4,857 |
| 9 | $3,409 |
| 10 - 12 | $2,216 |
| 13 - 15 | $1,704 |
| 16 - 18 | $1,278 |
| 19 - 27 | $937 |
| 28 - 36 | $852 |
| 37 - 45 | $767 |
| 46 - 54 | $682 |
Saturday Series players are down to only 19 tables as play resumes following the break.
Registration has closed with an unofficial count of 502 entrants, crushing the $100,000 guarantee and creating a prize pool of more than $170,000. The final 54 will get paid and we'll get the prize pool information posted when released by the house.
Today's first one-day trophy event is another Saturday Series Deep Stack! Players get a 25,000-chip Deep Stacks and all levels are 30 minutes long. PokerNews will be offering periodic updates from this event.
The $100,000 guarantee on this event always brings out a big crowd and today should be no different. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are allowed until the start of level 11 (about 4:45pm). Play will continue until a winner is determined and another Borgata Open trophy finds a new home.
Last year, this event saw 511 entries creating a prize pool of $173,485. The final 54 players earned a share and it played to completion, which took until about 6am Sunday morning. Adam Pepper bested Keiko Lim in a short heads-up match, taking first place and $43,201 for his efforts. Lim earned $24,288 for her runner-up finish.
Here's a look at the structure:
| Level | Big Blind Ante | Blinds |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | 100-100 |
| 2 | 100 | 100-100 |
| 3 | 200 | 100-200 |
| 4 | 300 | 200-300 |
| 5 | 400 | 200-400 |
| 6 | 600 | 300-600 |
| 7 | 800 | 400-800 |
| 8 | 1,000 | 500-1,000 |
| 9 | 1,200 | 600-1,200 |
| 10 | 1,500 | 800-1,500 |
| 11 | 2,000 | 1,000-2,000 |
| 12 | 2,500 | 1,500-2,500 |
| 13 | 3,000 | 1,500-3,000 |
| 14 | 4,000 | 2,000-4,000 |
| 15 | 5,000 | 2,500-5,000 |
| 16 | 6,000 | 3,000-6,000 |
| 17 | 8,000 | 4,000-8,000 |
| 18 | 10,000 | 5,000-10,000 |
| 19 | 12,000 | 6,000-12,000 |
| 20 | 15,000 | 8,000-15,000 |
| 21 | 20,000 | 10,000-20,000 |
| 22 | 25,000 | 15,000-25,000 |
Event #14: $400 Saturday Deepstack NLH
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