Event 8 Recap

$400 + $50 Deep Stack

The second deep stack of the Borgata Winter Poker Open brought another strong field as 619 players entered the two day tournament. Play was stopped at 2 am with 71 players remaining including some of the usual suspects.

Borgata regulars Mike "The Nose" Castaldo (Palisades, NY) and "Muffins" Mazzeo (East Williston, NY) are still in the running for the top prize of $57,665 as 63 players will cash in the event. Newbies in the mix include Christine Nelson (West Norriton, PA) and Matt Kalinowski (Westampton, NJ).

Payman Azizoghli (Freehold, NJ) returns as the big stack with 627k, but players like Mike Ord (Elkridge, MD - 558k) and Mazzeo (406k) are within striking distance as both have top 5 stacks.

Play resumes Monday at high noon as the field chases its piece of the $336,000 total buy-in.