EVENT #1 DAY 2 READY TO KICKOFF

We're just a few minutes from restarting the 2009 Borgata Poker Open Event #1. 70 players come back today and we'll be playing down to our champion. That will complete filling up the tournament area as we have two other events going at the same time. Event #2 ($600+$60 No Limit Hold'em) kicked off at 11am and Event #3 ($350+$50 Pot Limit Omaha) at 1pm.

The floor staff have the bags of chips out on the tables ready for the players. They are starting the day 10-handed at 7 tables. Chris Lyon will start the day as our chip leader (587,000) and Thomas Kracinovich is our short stack (8,500). Day 2 will start in Level 16 with blinds at 4,000-8,000 500 ante, average chipstack is around 121,000. Full chip counts are listed further below are you can click here.

Notables:

Chris Lyon - 587,000
Mike Linster - 372,500
Matt "All in at 420" Stout - 234,000
Gene Castro - 198,500
Mike Kalfa - 121,000
Alvin Delgado - 68,000
Will "The Thrill" Failla - 60,000
John Barbieri - 46,500

Event #1 chipleader Chris Lyon