Level: 16
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 0
2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open
Event 8: $450 Big-Stack PLO Reentry
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open
Buy-in
$400
Prize Pool
$36,084
Entries
93
Level
21
Blinds
10,000 / 20,000
Ante
0
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Level 15
: 2,500/5,000, 0 ante
The remaining eight players are back in their seats and play has resumed.
Level 15
: 2,500/5,000, 0 ante
The tournament is now on a 10-minute break.
Level 15
: 2,500/5,000, 0 ante
Arthur Shap was riding a short stack and when he looked down to see a bevy of big cards with 
in the hole, he made his stand with a preflop shove.
Both Marc Goldsmith and Emad Alabsi called to put Shap at risk, and the flop came down 
. Goldstein then made his own all-in wager, this one for 52,000 and Alabsi quickly called while asking "do you have aces?"
Goldsmith quickly replied in the affirmative and revealed his 
happily, and while we couldn't catch Alabsi's hand in the frenzy of four-card reveals, his query suggested he held 
and two other cards. Shap, for his part, was left to call for eights hoping to make complete his gutshot straight draw.
The turn (
) and river (
) changed nothing and Goldsmith's aces held up, eliminated Shap in the process.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
245,000 | |
|
Busted |
Here is a photo gallery showing the nine members of the final table - all of whom made the money in this Big Stack Pot-Limit Omaha tournament.
Level 15
: 2,500/5,000, 0 ante
The flop fell 
with Danny Chang a three-way pot against one opponent and Emad Alabsi. After the small blind checked, Chang fired out for 38,000 and only Alabsi called.
The turn brought the 
to the table and Chang quickly moved all in for his last 73,000. After a minute of tanking, Alabsi asked "will you show?" and when Chang nodded in the affirmative, Alabsi's cards went into the muck.
Chang showed he was a man of his word and he revealed the 
for a flopped flush draw which improved to a set of kings on fourth street.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
230,000
-95,000
|
-95,000 |
|
195,000 |
Level 15
: 2,500/5,000, 0 ante
After seeing a flop of 
heads up against the table captain and chip leader in Emad Alabsi, Joseph Michael showed no fear.
He led into Alabsi for a pot-sized bet of 30,000 and after a quick call produced the on the turn, he fired a second barrel of 50,000.
Alabsi tanked for about two minutes, saying "I know what you have" and rechecking his own cards, before finally finding the fold button.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
325,000
-29,000
|
-29,000 |
|
260,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 0
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 0 ante
With the final board reading 
we saw Joseph Michael fire a bet of 40,000 into the middle.
His opponent agonized over his decision for upwards of two minutes, before finally announcing the call.
Michael rolled over the 
for a straight to the queen, as one of his many draws had come through on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
205,000
205,000
|
205,000 |
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 0 ante
Emad Alabsi just returned from a bathroom break to find that yet another short stack had gone broke.
"We're all in the money now?" he asked with a wide grin. "I leave and we make the money!"
Since then, Alabsi has been rolling over the table, taking down pot after pot to build his already massive stack.
On a recent hand he potted preflop and found two callers, before betting 26,000 on the 
flop. Both opponents quickly threw their hands away, and yet another pot was dragged in by Alabsi.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
354,000 |