THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS

WPT BORGATA POKER OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

With some big hands of late, we are now just 9 eliminations from wrapping things up for the evening. Allen Bari was the big bustout of the level when he lost an 800,000 pot in a preflop battle. His AK lost the coinflip to Frank Calos' pocket jacks. The four remaining tables are up against the rail and it's packed with family and friends. Players have moved up in the pay scale once again and we're running again. Every is now guaranteed at least $10,750.

Update: Before I even had a chance to finish this post, we've lost another 7 players, just 2 from ending the day about four hours quicker than expected.

Big chip stacks remaining:

Maurice Hawkins - 2,000,000
Ray Henson - 1,700,000
Ivan Mamuzic - 1,700,000
Frank Calo - 1,560,000
Mike Brown - 1,450,000
Yanick Brodeur - 1,360,000
Matt Brown - 1,200,000
Jeremy Brown - 1,100,000
Keith Crowder - 1,010,000
Mike Summers - 1,000,000
Steve Brecher - 990,000
Ron McGinnity - 895,000

Recent elimination all making $9,406:

37th - Saturnino Rodriguez
38th - Gholam Fakhimi
39th - Allen Bari
40th - Sean Knitter
41st - Curt Kohlberg
42nd - David Anderson
43rd - Stephen Brite
44th - Steven Karp
45th - Tony Moussa