Welcome to Day 2 of Event #1: $600 Deepstack Kick Off
After the completion of five starting flights over the previous three days, the 2020 Borgata Winter Poker Open continues today with 754 returning players from a 4,375-entry field in Event #1: $600 Deepstack Kick Off. Official prize pool and payout information are expected to be released at the start of play.
Beginning the day on the big stack is Joseph Rich, who led the Day 1e flight with 528,000. Other flight chip leaders coming back are Manny Gugliuzza, who bagged the biggest stack Tuesday on Day 1a (419,000); Day 1b's William Siegel, who bagged 461,000; and 1c's Rajasekar Govidan, who locked up 456,000. For 1d, Douglas Hamshaw found the largest stack with 446,000. The average stack for players advancing to Day 2 is about 145,000.
Other returning players include Rob Calabrese (399,000), Dan Walsh (325,000), Charlie Marchese (269,000), BorgataPoker.com sponsored pro Dan Buzgon (246,000), Michael Marder (246,000), Asher Conniff (187,000), Leonard "LJ" Sande (154,000), Mukul Pahuja (129,000), Vinny Pahuja (127,000), Ryan Hohner (107,000), Soukha Kachittavong (101,000), Stephen Song (82,000), and David Jackson (77,000).
PokerNews will be on-site reporting the Day 2 action starting at 11 a.m. local time, so be sure to join us then.