2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open

Event 13: $300 Deeper-Stack NLHE
Day: 1
Event Info

2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
$17,092
Event Info
Buy-in
$260
Prize Pool
$61,033
Entries
242
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000

Resurrection Redux

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Elia Ahmadian
Elia Ahmadian

Just before the recent break we watched Elia Ahmadian double up to push his stack up above the 230,000 mark - but according to Ahmadian and his tablemate John Hall, he had recently risen from the dead.

Ahmadian had previously owned a big stack of about 360,000, but he was nailed to the cross when his {A-}{k-} was run down by {A-}{10-} when a ten hit the board.

That loss had sent Ahmadian to the brink with just 23,000 left to his name, but he then got the last of it in with {A-}{8-} and found no less than four callers. Facing {A-}{10-} yet again - in addition to a motley crew of competing hands - Ahmadian made two pair on the river after flopping an ace, with fifth street falling {8-}.

On the very next deal, sitting in the big blind, Ahmadian watched the action fold around to the small blind, and that player shove all in for 115,000 effective. With {A-Hearts}{q-Hearts} in the hole Ahmadian's decision was easy enough, and the final board rolled out {7-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{a-Spades}{9-Hearts}{5-Hearts} to bring him all the way back from the dead on a day dedicated to the original master of that very same feat.

Player Chips Progress
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Elia Ahmadian
234,000
24,000
24,000

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