2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open

Event 2: $550 Black-Chip Bounty NLHE Reentry
Day: 1
Event Info

2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open

Final Results
Winner
Prize
$28,420
Event Info
Buy-in
$450
Entries
299
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
4,000

Breaking Even

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

Jason Zausner just went from short stack to breaking even in the blink of an eye.

When we arrived at the table, three players were already all in, including Zausner who had both of the players barely covered, and Ian O'Leary was in the tank. O'Leary commands one of the larger stacks in the room with a quarter of a million, but he decided not to gamble, folding {j-Clubs}{8-Hearts}.

Zausner: {a-Hearts}{q-Clubs}
Opponent 1: {a-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}
Opponent 2: {a-Clubs}{10-Hearts}

Zausner's hand held up as the board came {7-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{2-Spades}{4-Hearts}, and he earned two bounty chips to give him a total of five. Ironically enough, if O'Leary wanted to gamble a bit, he would've won the whole kit-n-kaboodle.

Player Chips Progress
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Ian O'Leary
260,000
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Jason Zausner
85,000

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Level: 14

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 300

More for Nguyen

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Phong "VIP" Nguyen
Phong "VIP" Nguyen

Phong "VIP" Nguyen just knocked out another player, adding another $100 bounty chip to his pocket and pushing his stack to well over 100,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Phong "VIP" Nguyen
125,000
30,000
30,000

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Oops

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Three players took a flop of {a-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{a-Spades}, including Craig Feldman. One player checked, Feldman checked as well, and a third player bet 4,000. The first player called, Feldman check-raised to 12,900, and the bettor moved all in for effectively 54,200. The first player folded and Feldman snap-called with {a-Diamonds}{7-Spades}.

The shover tabled {k-Diamonds}{q-Clubs} for an air ball.

The turn and river bricked {8-Clubs}, {3-Hearts} respectively, and Feldman doubled.

Player Chips Progress
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Craig Feldman
125,000

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Level: 13

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300

Breaking Bad

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

The remaining 70 or so players in Event 2 have stood to stretch, and play will resume in 15 minutes.

Level: 12

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

Black Chip for "Uncle" Marv

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

"Uncle" Marv Siegel was faced with an all-in bet of 20,000 from an opponent, and tanked for a bit before making the call with {a-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}. The player showed {4-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}.

Siegel paired his nine on the {10-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{9-Clubs} flop, and held as the turn and river bricked off {8-Spades}, {q-Hearts} respectively.

"Uncle" Marv picked up the pot, pushing his stack to 60,000 chips, and he also snagged the black $100 value chip.

Player Chips Progress
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Marv Siegel
60,000

Welch Wants a Call

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Charles Welch has been grinding both the tournament and our MyStack App, and recently posted the following hand:

Get KK in my BB(500-1000) First to act makes it 2500, mid position flats, SB flats- I shove - folds around to SB who tanks and folds AQ.. Might of saved me but I would of loved a call.

Welch would've liked a call, but is still happy to be up to 33,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Charles Welch
33,000

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