The $650 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship is officially underway, with players taking their seats for the first of two opening flights.
Early registration has already pushed the field to 23 entries, with blinds at 100/200 and a 200 big blind ante in Level 1. There's still plenty of time for the numbers to climb, with the first break coming in just under two hours.
Players who don't make it through Day 1A will have another shot this evening when Day 1B gets underway at 5:15 p.m.
The surviving players from both flights will return on Tuesday for the final day, where PokerNews will provide live reporting all the way through to the crowning of the champion and the distribution of the $75,000 guaranteed prize pool.
The $365 Seniors Championship is underway, with players now into Level 2.
Blinds are 100/200 with a 200 big blind ante, and there's still plenty of time for players to join the field, with the first break coming in 90 minutes.
The event carries a $50,000 guaranteed prize pool and is the first tournament to kick off today's action at the Borgata Summer Poker Open.
The Borgata Summer Poker Open has another packed day in store, headlined by the conclusion of the $600 Deep Stack Kick Off, where the festival's first major champion will be crowned.
Alongside the final table, players can jump into the $650 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship, the Seniors Championship, H.O.S.E., and a pair of evening tournaments.
Today's Schedule
Time
Event
Guarantee
10:15 a.m.
$365 Seniors Championship
$50,000
11:15 a.m.
Day 1A - $650 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship
$75,000
12:00 p.m.
Deep Stack Kick Off Final Table (Live Stream)
$1,000,000
12:15 p.m.
$450 True Triple Stack Turbo
$15,000
1:15 p.m.
$500 H.O.S.E.
$15,000
5:15 p.m.
Day 1B - $650 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship
$75,000
7:15 p.m.
$250 $2K Turbo Survivor
$5,000
Six Remain in the Deep Stack Kick Off
Borgata Branding
Six starting flights, more than 2,000 entries and two days of poker have all led to this.
Just six players remain in the $600 Deep Stack Kick Off, with $195,925 and the first major title of the series up for grabs when cards are back in the air at 12 p.m.
Coleem Chestnut returns with the chip lead, but Derek Childress, Lingyu Zen, Jordan Williamson, Craig Robertson and Leo Saiag are all still in contention for the trophy.
Final Table Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Coleem Chestnut
19,725,000
66
2
Derek Childress
15,750,000
53
3
Lingyu Zen
13,450,000
45
4
Jordan Williamson
13,375,000
45
5
Craig Robertson
6,100,000
20
6
Leo Saiag
2,975,000
10
Remaining Payouts
Place
Prize
1
$195,925
2
$133,055
3
$90,775
4
$60,205
5
$40,975
6
$31,260
Defending champion James Lauer saw his title defense end in eighth place yesterday, while Robert Hwang was eliminated in seventh to set today's official final table.
PokerNews' primary focus will be on the Deep Stack Kick Off finale, with live updates from the final six throughout the day, while also keeping tabs on the opening flights of the Pot-Limit Omaha Championship and the rest of the festival action.
Day 2 of the $600 Deep Stack Kick Off had occupied the Borgata Conference Centre floor for some time; but that space is now taken up by the $350 Borgata Sunday Series.
The $100,000 guarantee attracted 470 entries - paying 29 places, with 23 players still in contention for victory.
Elsewhere in the room, Event 6 is underway. The $350 buy-in $3K Second Chance Turbo Survivor shows 17 entrants at the start of Level 3, and will see approximately one in every ten players win $3,000 in cash.
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The field continues to grow in the $350 Borgata Sunday Series ($100K GTD), with 272 entries on the board as play reaches the end of Level 4.
Blinds are now 200/400 with a 400 big blind ante, and players have just 11 minutes until the first break of the day. Registration remains open, so expect the field to climb steadily over the next several levels.
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