$2,500+$200 BSPO Championship NLH Re-Entry
$1,000,000 Guaranteed
Level 26: Blinds 25,000/50,000/50,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 519
Players Remaining: 6
Average Stack: 3,460,000
Richard Pachoca
Richard Pachoca is a big unknown, coming in to this final table with 3,850,000 (77 big blinds). He began Day 2 below average in chips but ended the day well above average. He also flew under the radar during playdown on Day 3, picking his spots and staying out of the fray while other players did battle.
He’s only got one reported tournament cash, so he’s already locked up his best life cash no matter where he finishes today. Richard is 3rd in chips at the start of play, but has the much more experienced Farid Jattin sitting on his left with the chip lead.
$2,500+$200 BSPO Championship NLH Re-Entry
$1,000,000 Guaranteed
Level 26: Blinds 25,000/50,000/50,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 519
Players Remaining: 6
Average Stack: 3,460,000
Almedin Imsirovic
Third in chips at the start of play is Almedin Imsirovic with 4,445,000 (89 big blinds). He’s relatively unknown around here, but over the last two and a half years he has booked more than $452,000 in tournament earnings. His best live cash was $160,000 for a win at the PCA back in January. He also has two Borgata cashes which were during the Winter Poker Open, in the Almighty Stack and the Championship.
Almedin was a Day 2 entrant, so he started with 40,000 chips and by the end of the day he had run that up to 503,000, putting him in the upper half of the 48 players returning for Day 3. Today he’s second in chips with only Farid Jattin holding more chips. He’s got Farid two seats to his left, so will be out of position most of the time.
$2,500+$200 BSPO Championship NLH Re-Entry
$1,000,000 Guaranteed
Level 26: Blinds 25,000/50,000/50,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 519
Players Remaining: 6
Average Stack: 3,460,000
David Mock
Seat 3 is occupied by David Mock, who enters the day dead last in chips with 1,275,000 (25.5 big blinds). He mostly flew under the radar the first three days of this event and quietly slid into the final table. He had an average stack at the start of Day 2 and was close to the average at the start of Day 3.
He has lifetime earnings of $127,741 and $20,411 of that came from a deep run in last Summer’s WSOP Main Event. He finished 647th out of 7,221 entrants.
David is already guaranteed at least $57,894 today, which will be his best live cash and a nice boost to his earnings total.
$2,500+$200 BSPO Championship NLH Re-Entry
$1,000,000 Guaranteed
Level 26: Blinds 25,000/50,000/50,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 519
Players Remaining: 6
Average Stack: 3,460,000
Nick Salimbene
Nick Salimbene is next-to-last in chips, starting the day with 1,835,000, or about 37 big blinds. Still plenty of ammo with which to work. He started Day 2 near the top of the counts, 12th of the 215 returning players. By the end of the day, he was slightly off the pace, 14th out of 48 remaining players.
Nick’s accumulated more than $118,000 in reported tournament cashes over the last eight years, but has yet to book a win in a major event. His best finish here at Borgata was a 2nd place in the 2012 Summer Poker Open Black Chip Bounty, good for $14,509.
$2,500+$200 BSPO Championship NLH Re-Entry
$1,000,000 Guaranteed
Level 26: Blinds 25,000/50,000/50,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 519
Players Remaining: 6
Average Stack: 3,460,000
Nick Palma
Nick Palma leads off the final table lineup and enters the final table 4th in chips out of the final six, but his 3,410,000 chips represent just over 68 big blinds, so he’ll be very deep at the start of play.
He’s got more than $1.2 million in reported tournament earnings with one Borgata Open title from the 2015 Fall Poker Open. The Almighty Stack drew 1,362 entrants and Nick earned $98,261 for 1st place. That remains his best live cash.
At the start of Day 2, Nick was in the bottom quarter of the chip counts with a below average 51,000 chips, but by the end of Day 2, he was near the top of the counts, 4th out of 48 remaining players. He’s still 4th, but has proven that he knows how to accumulate chips. In addition, he has position on the chip leader, sitting to the left of Farid Jattin in seat 6.
$2,500+$200 BSPO Championship NLH Re-Entry
$1,000,000 Guaranteed
Level 26: Blinds 25,000/50,000/50,000 BB Ante (24:30 remaining)
Total Entries: 519
Players Remaining: 6
Average Stack: 3,460,000
The final table of the 2018 Borgata Spring Poker Open Championship will get underway at 2pm in the Signature Room.
Live Streaming of the final table will be available on both TwitchTV and Borgata Facebook Live, with hole cards, commentary, and a 30-minute delay.
Here’s how the final six players will set up for the start of play.
$200+$30 Deeper Stack NLH Re-Entry
$30,000 Guaranteed
Level 2: Blinds 75/150
Eric Samra – 1st Place – 2017 SPO Deeper Stack NLH
Last year’s Deeper Stack drew 130 entries and the eventual winner was Eric Samra. After about 15 hours of play, he had all the chips and took home $9,669 for 1st place, along with the Borgata Spring Poker Open trophy.
This year the buy-in has dropped and the guarantee has been increased, so this should draw a big crowd.
$200+$30 Deeper Stack NLH Re-Entry
$30,000 Guaranteed
Level 1: Blinds 50/100
Today’s post-lim is a Deeper Stack, which starts players with 35,000 chips. All levels are 30 minutes long.
Late arrivals can get in the action as late as 4:45pm (start of level 11) and unlimited re-entries are available for the same time until registration closes. Play is underway in the Signature Room.
This is a one-day event, so they’ll play until a winner is determined.
$260+$40 DeepStack NLH Re-Entry
$75,000 Guaranteed
Level 25: 20,000/40,000/40,000 BB ante
Entries: 398
Remaining: 10
Average chips: 995,000
“Just hold, just hold!” cried Corey Bierria.
He’d gotten it – the aces – in against The Dude.
The Dude made a set of tens on the flop, naturally.
Bierria slammed the table – he’d wanted this one, especially after his final table the night before also ended abruptly.
Still, 11th place for $1,305 for his efforts.
Almost immediately as the final ten sat down in their new seats at table 1, they came to an agreement for an adjusted payout.
Michael Haberman of Brick, NJ took 1st in cash for $11,500.
Joe Musngi took technically 4th for $9500 in cash – but also earned the trophy for a great run.
An anonymous player – The Dude – took second for for 10,000.
Thomas Paxton, Las Vegas, NV 3rd – $10,000. His big pot against the open overbet shove clinched his high place.
Jack Barnes, Dong Ji, Michel Trimarco, Victor Filletti, Yan Wang, and Michael Dansky also took part in the chop.
Congrats to the final table!
The final six of the Championship play later today, and the $30,000 GTD Event 21 runs as well.
$2,500+$200 BSPO Championship NLH Re-Entry
$1,000,000 Guaranteed
Level 26: Blinds 25,000/50,000/50,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 519
Players Remaining: 6
Average Stack: 3,460,000
Farid Jattin
With the elimination of Natale Kuey in 7th the BSPO Championship final table is now set. Farid Jattin came in to Day 3 as the overall chip leader and never relinquished his lead.
Almedin Imsirovic
Jattin will return to the final table at the top of the chip counts with 5,905,000. Almedin Imsirovic steadily chipped up throughout the night and sits in second with 4,445,000.
The final six players will return to the Signature Room on Thursday April 26 at 2 P.M. with 24:30 left in level 26 to resume Day 4 play and play down to a winner.
You can follow along with all of the action on here on the Borgata Poker Blog and you can also to tune into the Final Table livestream on Twitch.tv/BorgataAC and Facebook.com/BorgataAC.
Below is a list of the final table chip counts and seating assignments as well as what’s at stake.
Seat 1. Nick Palma- 3,410,000
Seat 2. Nick Salimbene- 1,835,000
Seat 3. David Mock- 1,275,000
Seat 4. Almedin Imsirovic- 4,445,000
Seat 5. Richard Pachoca- 3,850,000
Seat 6. Farid Jattin- 5,905,000
Payouts
1. $313,386
2. $176,201
3. $113,272
4. $89,988
5. $70,480
6. $57,894