Level 25
: 15,000/30,000, 4,000 ante
The final 18 players are combining to two tables following a redraw.
2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open
Event 17: $100,000 Guarantee Big Stack NLHE Re-Entry
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Next Payout
Level Info
2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open
Buy-in
$350
Prize Pool
$247,835
Entries
730
Place 2
$33,456
Level
29
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Level 25
: 15,000/30,000, 4,000 ante
Chad Eveslage just busted out in a hand we didn't see.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
||
Level 25
: 15,000/30,000, 4,000 ante
As we turn our attention back to Event 17, here are some notable counts with three tables left.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,725,000 | |
|
1,340,000
710,000
|
710,000 |
|
|
1,000,000 | |
|
900,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
780,000 | |
|
|
340,000 | |
|
|
||
Level 25
: 15,000/30,000, 4,000 ante
William Givens just took the last of Lee Childs' chips with 
against a short-stacked Childs' 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
950,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 25
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 4,000
Level: 24
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 3,000
Level 23
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Players are on a 10-minute break.
Level 23
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Stephen Press just eliminated KJ Jones when his 
held up against her 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
810,000 | |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 23
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
Level 22
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Dave Brady just ended quite the drought.
By making the final table of Event 18: $560 Omaha Eight-or-Better Semi-Turbo here at Borgata Winter Poker Open, he notched his first top-10 finish in a recorded poker tournament since November 2006. He remembers his other deep runs well, and his enthusiasm is clear when he mentions them.
"My first final table was 10 years ago in Foxwoods," he said. "I had Charlie 'Scotty Warbucks' Shoten to my left. In 2006, I was facing off with Chris Reslock at the Taj."
So anonymous is Brady in the poker world that he doesn't even have a page in the Hendon Mob database. His profile on Card Player's database has some of his cashes and some cashes from another David Brady from Nebraska.
That's just the way the Roseland, N.J., native likes it at the poker table. He said he finished in the top half in the $1,000 six-max tournament yesterday despite playing with tables populated by tough professionals. His strategy? Play on his image.
"I actually wore a suit yesterday so I could get that image going," he said of looking like a well-off amateur. "I want them to think I'm a rock, then when there's a raise and a call and I come in for six-times that, they give me credit.
"It's almost like that 'Kill Phil,'" he said, referencing the famous poker book in which Blair Rodman and Lee Nelson advocated extremely aggressive play to increase variance when playing against expert opponents.
Brady isn't able to play many tournaments due to his work as an actuary for AIG. He said he only plays about three tournaments per year. He's trying to make a splash here and follow in the footsteps of co-worker Josh Spiegleman, who finished fifth in the main event here at Borgata Winter Poker Open in 2006.
Pot-Limit Omaha Eight-or-Better is his favorite game, Brady said. He also enjoys PLO and H.O.R.S.E. He'll have to focus on his limit game right now, but he does get one added bonus tonight.
"I'm driving Allen Kessler bonkers," he said with a laugh.