2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open

Event 14: $15,400 $5 Million Guaranteed WPT World Championship
Day: 3
Event Info

2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a8
Prize
$1,350,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$15,000
Prize Pool
$4,852,400
Entries
328
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
25

Dever Enjoying the Friendly Confines

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Cathy Dever
Cathy Dever

Cathy Dever is a Borgata regular who has accumulated $135,984 in live earnings, with the bulk of her cashes coming right here in the friendly confines of the Borgata Poker Room.

Today, Dever has survived through the money bubble despite riding a short stack all day, and after clashing with the tournament's overwhelming chip leader Eric Afriat, she can stick around to enjoy this experience a little longer.

By making the money in the WPT World Championship - something many of the game's greatest players failed to do on Day 3 - Dever has already earned more than she ever has before for a live cash, but she has her sights set on something special. A recent double just might give her the momentum she needs to reach another goal: the final table.

Dever got her last 142,000 into the middle by three-bet shoving, coming over the top of Curt Kohlberg's open to 24,000, and Afriat's flat. Kohlberg got out of the way but Afriat called her down with {K-Hearts}{q-Diamonds} while saying "I'll give you action."

Action was right, as Dever held {j-Hearts}{j-Clubs} and made top set on the {j-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{3-Diamonds} flop. The sweat continued though, with Afriat flopping an open-ended straight draw, but the turn ({6-Clubs}) and river ({2-Diamonds}) missed his hand, sending the pot to the Borgata's newest local hero.

Player Chips Progress
Eric Afriat ca
Eric Afriat
1,820,000
70,000
70,000
WPT 3X Winner
Cathy Dever us
Cathy Dever
309,000
66,000
66,000

Tags: Cathy DeverCurt KohlbergEric Afriat