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Alan “Bodog Ari” Engel currently sits in fifth place heading into the Borgata Final Table. (Bodog Beat Image)

The final table of $2,000 Borgata Deep Stack tournament goes down today with Bodog’s own Bodog Ari sitting in fifth place with $1,809,000 in chips.

The tournament, which guaranteed a $500,000 prize pool, ended up with a gigantic field of 775 that generated a $1,550,000 prize pool. First place will receive $395,095.

The final table with players’ places and chip counts is as follows:

1. Matthew Milliken Madison, $3,578,000
2. Kambiz Behbahani, $2,773,000
3. Harry Frankel, $2,112,000
4. Mark Reynolds, $1,866,000
5. Alan Engel, $1,809,000
6. Hamid Michael Hakami, $1,745,000
7. Eric Siegel, $1,004,000
8. Mihail Stoykov, $935,000
9. Steve Ryan, $800,000
10. Jin Chung, $785,000

We don’t recognize any of the other names at final table except Eric Seigel who has had several decent cashes in live games but no final tables since his fifth place finish at the 2007 Borgata Poker Open for $35,550.

Play will resumed at 11:00 a.m. ET so stay tuned to Bodog Beat for more updates.

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