Level 20 (Blinds 6,000/12,000/2,000)
Total Entries: 152
Players Remaining: 12
Chip Average: 190,000
The series will be capped by the World Poker Tour Winter Poker Open Championship, January 27-31. On behalf of Borgata Poker Staff and bloggers Tim Kelliher, Chris Murray, and myself, thank you to all the players who participated and make Borgata tournament poker great. And thank you to the staff for the best-run events on the East Coast. The Borgata has partnered with bar poker leagues from region to host the first annual Bar Poker Open, a five-day, ten-tournament series with over $100,000 in guaranteed prize pools; culminating with the Bar Poker Open Invitational National Championship, which will boast a live streamed final table, just like the WPT events hosted this past.
Steve NachtSteve Nacht found an interesting route to knocking the tournament down by one player. He was all-in against Edward Betlow and dominated with {Kh}{Jh} versus [Ah}{Jd}.
The 2019 Borgata Spring Poker Open came to a close in the early morning hours of Saturday, April 20th and it was a terrific series all around. Between Main and Secondary events, millions in prize money was won and 19 Borgata Open trophies awarded. A complete list of Main Event winners is below. Then in 2011, he took home his second Borgata trophy when he won the Fall Poker Open Seniors event ($15,175). Just yesterday, Arthur booked another cash in the BPO Seniors event, finishing 12th in a field of 108 entrants, proving he's still got what it takes to compete on the green felt.
That changed in a hurry when the dealer rolled out {Kc}{Jc}{3h} on the flop and a bonus {Ks} on the turn to leave Betlow drawing dead to the river.
Betlow picked up $774 for his efforts along with our 'birthday boy' Neal Vital who was knocked out at the exact same time on Table 1.
It was just over six hours ago that Woo Yang Lin was being crowned the first champion of the Bar Poker Open series, when he outlasted a massive field of 175 players, to win the $15,000 GTD Event 2. It's a quick turn around for tournament staff, Bar Poker Open staff and the blog team, as we are back in the Signature Room for the first Day 1.
Level 17 (Blinds 3,000/6,000/500)
Total Entries: 211
Players Remaining: 36
Chip Average: 205,000
As we were posting the hand with 'X-Factor,' a crowd was hanging around Table 5, watching the final hand at the table before it broke. The board would read {9c} {10c} {js} {6d}, and James Woods would be in the tank, deciding whether to call the all-in bet of Storm Leroy (over James's bet of 65,000). It was a total of 150,000 for Woods to call, and he'd stand for a few moments…sit back down…talk to himself…all before laying down the hand.
The crowd that surrounding the table could only wonder was Storm's hand was, with Leroy shaking James's hand and saying, 'You made a good fold, it was a pleasure playing with you.' Leroy would chip up over 250,000 with the pot, and racked up his chips to go find his new table.
Level 19 (Blinds 5,000/10,000/1,000)
Total Entries: 152
Players Remaining: 15
Chip Average: 152,000
The Seniors Event players seem to be having more fun than your average No Limit Hold'em affair. Plenty of jokes and stories and 'will you show if I fold' laughter.
The biggest laugh came from all 15 remaining when someone realized what is playing on one of the many TVs in the Borgata Poker Room.
It was a Life Alert commercial during a Columbo TV marathon.
The 50+ year old players then had plenty of traction with 'I've fallen and I can't get up' cracks.
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Level 17 (Blinds 3,000/6,000/500)
Total Entries: 211
Players Remaining: 39
Chip Average: 164,000
We just witnessed the largest pot of the tournament, opened by an unknown player to 6,000. After one fold, a player who wants to be mentioned as Joseph 'Mush' Galazzo's relative 'X-Factor' three-bet to 13,000, with Jonathan Borenstein then four-betting to 28,000. Action folded around to the original raiser, who put together a five-bet to 55,000, and pushed it across the line.
With action once again on 'X-Factor,' he went the six-bet route, pushing across a stack that made it 123,000 to go. Borenstein released his hand, and the player we will call 'Y-Factor' announced himself all-in (having everyone covered). The call was made by 'X' and the cards were turned over, with the pot at hand worth over 550,000:
X-Factor: {ah} {ad}
Y-Factor: {kh} {kc}
Runout: {jh} {8s} {7h} {qc} {10c}
'Can we change that seven to a nine,' the losing player asked the dealer. X-Factor pushed his remaining chips across the line, and his 253,000 was to be matched. After the chips were shipped his way, he became the chip leader with 575,000.
Level 19 (Blinds 5,000/10,000/1,000)
Total Entries: 152
Players Remaining: 15
Chip Average: 152,000
There is usually a lot of post-bubble action once a tournament is in the money as the short-stacks trying to get back in the game and the big stacks try to build higher. They didn't have that chance in this event since they went on dinner immediately after the bubble.
They came back and jumped right into the fray with three quick eliminations and Neal Vital was almost the fourth. He was all-in and in trouble with {5h}{5c} against Bret Painter's {Ks}{Kc} for 159,000.
Vital quickly came from behind when they both saw the {5s} right in the window on the {Qh}{Qs}{5s} flop.
The turn and river ran clean and the 'birthday boy' jumped up among the leaders. He's celebrating his birthday today and a title would be a nice way to finish it off.
Level 17 (Blinds 3,000/6,000/500)
Total Entries: 211
Players Remaining: 41
Chip Average: 164,000
Players are finishing the hand they are on, and will be posting new blinds afterward, as Level 17 sees those left posting blinds of 3,000/6,000/500. We mentioned Brian O'Donoghue moving to Table 5 in our last post, joining the likes of James Woods and Sean Barringer. It would be the latter that eliminated Brian on the final hand of Level 16, making Sean the current chip leader with over 450,000.
Level 16 (Blinds 2,500/5,000/500)
Total Entries: 211
Players Remaining: 45
Chip Average: 164,000
James Woods (Los Angeles, CA) has received a ton of blog love here at Borgata, but opposed to discussing his famed career and budding poker resume, this time it's about his chip stack. James is one of the only players in the field over 400,000, and is likely our chip leader after scooping his most recent pot.
'What's a guy gotta do to get on the blog with over 300,000 in chips,' Woods jokingly asked the media while waiting for play to begin after dinner. Woods would of been one of our notables stacks on break had he not disappeared from his seat before we could catch whose stack it was.
Woods may be the chip leader at the moment, but things just got a little harder for him, as Table 6 breaks, and notable tournament professional Brian O'Donoghue joins the table. Also seated to Woods's direct left is former chip leader Sean Barringer.
Level 18 (Blinds 4,000/8,000/1,000)
Total Entries: 152
Players Remaining: 18
Chip Average: 130,000
The Seniors Event players had to wait a little while for their dinner break but they all left knowing they were already in the money.
There are about five minutes remaining on the clock before things get back underway but it will take a little longer to kick things off with the redraw at 18 players.
They'll be here for the long haul and won't stop (besides breaks) until the champion is crowned.
Level 16 (Blinds 2,500/5,000/500)
Total Entries: 211
Players Remaining: 51
Chip Average: 144,000
Players are seated once again in the Signature Room, and the cards are in the air for the post-dinner break portion of Event 7. The levels have transitioned to (40) minutes in length, and will stay that way until the tournament's conclusion. The payouts were handed to the media during break, and can now be found posted below:
Event 7 ($350 + 50 Deeper Stack No Limit Hold'em Re-Entry)
Total Entries: 211
Total Prize Fund: $71,635
Payouts:
- $20,057
- $11,820
- $6,805
- $5,516
- $4,298
- $3,582
- $2,865
- $2,149
- $1,433
10-12. $931
13-15. $788
16-18. $716
19-27. $645
Level 18 (Blinds 4,000/8,000/1,000)
Total Entries: 152
Players Remaining: 18
Chip Average: 130,000
We knew that the dinner breaks for Event 6 and Event 7 would likely occur around the same time, so once the players from Event 7 left the Signature Room, we headed over to the poker room. To our surprise, the Seniors field that remained was still playing Level 18. 'Are they on dinner after this level,' we asked the tournament supervisor, who told us that they would be breaking once the bubble burst.
The turbo-ish type structure of the tournament had the 152 entry field on the stone bubble before the dinner break somehow, with all eyes on Ed Prindiville (Brick, NJ). Prindiville was letting himself blind down, trying to somehow find a hand to get it in with, or hope that another player at one of the three tables put themselves at risk. The was an all-in about (7) hands into hand-for-hand play, but players held the same hand and things would end in a chop.
It would then be Prindiville's big blind, and he would have to commit 9,000 of his 15,000 stack. Hollywood casino in west va. Rob Muzzio limped UTG (with 160,000 behind), and to everyone's surprise, the player UTG +2 shoved for 20,400. Action folded around (including Prindiville) and Muzzio would make the call of 12,400 more:
Muzzio: {ah} {9d}
Player X: {kc} {ks}
Flop: {6h} {8c} {jd}
Turn: {ac}
River: {2s}
'Put an ace out there,' Prindiville said after the flop, and just like that, the dealer granted his wish. The unknown player would walk away as the bubble boy, shaking his head while he talked to himself all the way out of the Poker Room. The remaining (18) players are all in the money, and are now on their (60) minute dinner break. Dinner will taste a little bit better for Prindiville, who somehow managed to make it into the money.
$400+$50 Super Stack Elevator NLH
Level 20: Blinds 5,000/10,000/1,000 ante (55 minutes)
Total Entries: 97
Players Remaining: 8
Average Stack: 485,000
In a battle of the blinds, Zhaoxing Wang opened for 25,000 from the small. James Lillis (bb) 3-bet to 85,000. Wang 4-bet to 190,000, James shoved for 503,000, and Wang snapped, showing pocket Kings. James had pocket Queens and appeared to be destined for 8th place.
Then the board came and the river saved James. He doubled up to 1,014,000 and is our new chip leader. Zhaoxing Wang saw his stack cut down to ~480,000.
$400+$50 Super Stack Elevator NLH
Buy zynga poker chips turkey. Level 20: Blinds 5,000/10,000/1,000 ante (55 minutes)
Total Entries: 97
Players Remaining: 8
Average Stack: 485,000
On a flop of , Anthony Antico (bb) checked, James Lillis shoved, and Anthony snapped, showing pocket Aces for top set and the current nuts. James rolled over for the open-ended straight-draw.
The on the turn completed the straight for James. Anthony needed the board to pair on the river to survive, but the was not one of the cards he was looking for. James took the pot, stacking up to about 480,000.
Anthony Antico finished in 9th place, earning $1,129.
$400+$50 Super Stack Elevator NLH
Level 20: Blinds 5,000/10,000/1,000 ante (55 minutes)
Total Entries: 97
Players Remaining: 9
Average Stack: 431,000
Zhaoxing Wang has been punishing the table. The last two hands pushed his stack up to ~1.1 million.
Aimon Abbassi limped, Anthony Antico limped the cutoff, Noemi Saleh limped the button, then Daniel Park made it 55,000 from the small blind.
Wang 4-bet to 147,000 from the big blind and one by one, then fell like dominoes, surrendering the pot to him.
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On the next hand, Daniel Park opened for 22,000 on the button, Wang (sb) made it 70,000, Park hit it again for 172,000 total, and Wang shoved. Park gave it some thought, then opted to fold. He was left about 370,000.
$350+$50 Pot Limit Omaha
Level 5: Blinds 150/300
Total Entries: 54
Pot Limit Omaha player recently returned from their first break of the day with more than 50 entries in the game so far. It's still a little off of last year's two-day event numbers but there's still time to get in the game with late registration available for the next four levels plus the break.
$400+$50 Super Stack Elevator NLH
Level 19: Blinds 4,000/8,000/1,000 ante (55 minutes)
Total Entries: 97
Players Remaining: 9
Average Stack: 431,000
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On the last hand of this level, Zhaoxing Wang dragged another big pot without a showdown.
Michael Bonita opened for 18,000, Yannis Vitsentzos 3-bet to 50,000, Wang called from the small blind and Michael called as well.
The flop fell and they checked to Yannis, who fired 125,000. Wang called and Michael folded. The landed on the turn and this time both players checked. The completed the board and Wang announced he was allin (about 375,000).
Yannis tanked for a couple of minutes, then eventually surrendered the pot. No amount of begging could get Wang to show even one card. He's now up to ~680,000 while Yannis is no longer the chip leader. He's down to ~650,000.
Yannis Vitsentzos began Day 2 as the chip leader and held that lead until this hand.
$300+$40 Mike Sica Memorial Seniors NLH
Level 9: Blinds 500/1,000/100 ante
Total Entries: 109
Players returned from their second break of the day and the Mike Sica Memorial Seniors Event drew 109 entries to the Sunday morning/afternoon game today. That puts more than $30,000 up for grabs and we expect the last 18 players to take home some money. We will post the official numbers, prize pool, and payout information as soon as it is available.
We found defending champ TJ Shulman in the early field. He outlasted most of the field in this tournament last September and took home the biggest piece of a five-way adjusted payout deal then generously handed over the trophy to the family of Mike Sica.
$400+$50 Super Stack Elevator NLH
Level 19: Blinds 4,000/8,000/1,000 ante (55 minutes)
Total Entries: 97
Players Remaining: 9
Average Stack: 431,000
Daniel Park (bb) and Zhaoxing Wang (utg) were looking at a board of and Park bet 52,000. Wang gave it some thought, then called. River was the and Park checked.
Wang moved all-in for his last 83,000 and after taking a minute to consider it, Park let it go. 'Did you have a deuce?' asked Wang, as he collected the pot. 'If I had a deuce, I would have called' replied Park. A lot of table chatter ensued, speculating who had what, but we'll never know.
Wang chipped up to ~365,000 while Park's stack dropped to ~660,000.
$400+$50 Super Stack Elevator NLH
Level 19: Blinds 4,000/8,000/1,000 ante (55 minutes)
Total Entries: 97
Players Remaining: 9
Average Stack: 431,000
Noemi Saleh limped early, was followed by Daniel Park, then Michael Bonita (cutoff) 3-bet to 28,000. Michael Cisco flatted the 3-bet from the button, then Aiman Abbassi (bb) jammed. One by one they released their hands and the pot was pushed to Aiman.
The other players enticed him to show his hand and he obliged, showing pocket Kings. Michael Cisco said he folded AQ suited.
All that dead money brought Aiman's stack up to about 625,000.
$260+$40 Deeper Stack NLH Re-Entry
$50,000 Guaranteed
That changed in a hurry when the dealer rolled out {Kc}{Jc}{3h} on the flop and a bonus {Ks} on the turn to leave Betlow drawing dead to the river.
Betlow picked up $774 for his efforts along with our 'birthday boy' Neal Vital who was knocked out at the exact same time on Table 1.
It was just over six hours ago that Woo Yang Lin was being crowned the first champion of the Bar Poker Open series, when he outlasted a massive field of 175 players, to win the $15,000 GTD Event 2. It's a quick turn around for tournament staff, Bar Poker Open staff and the blog team, as we are back in the Signature Room for the first Day 1.
Level 17 (Blinds 3,000/6,000/500)
Total Entries: 211
Players Remaining: 36
Chip Average: 205,000
As we were posting the hand with 'X-Factor,' a crowd was hanging around Table 5, watching the final hand at the table before it broke. The board would read {9c} {10c} {js} {6d}, and James Woods would be in the tank, deciding whether to call the all-in bet of Storm Leroy (over James's bet of 65,000). It was a total of 150,000 for Woods to call, and he'd stand for a few moments…sit back down…talk to himself…all before laying down the hand.
The crowd that surrounding the table could only wonder was Storm's hand was, with Leroy shaking James's hand and saying, 'You made a good fold, it was a pleasure playing with you.' Leroy would chip up over 250,000 with the pot, and racked up his chips to go find his new table.
Level 19 (Blinds 5,000/10,000/1,000)
Total Entries: 152
Players Remaining: 15
Chip Average: 152,000
The Seniors Event players seem to be having more fun than your average No Limit Hold'em affair. Plenty of jokes and stories and 'will you show if I fold' laughter.
The biggest laugh came from all 15 remaining when someone realized what is playing on one of the many TVs in the Borgata Poker Room.
It was a Life Alert commercial during a Columbo TV marathon.
The 50+ year old players then had plenty of traction with 'I've fallen and I can't get up' cracks.
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Level 17 (Blinds 3,000/6,000/500)
Total Entries: 211
Players Remaining: 39
Chip Average: 164,000
We just witnessed the largest pot of the tournament, opened by an unknown player to 6,000. After one fold, a player who wants to be mentioned as Joseph 'Mush' Galazzo's relative 'X-Factor' three-bet to 13,000, with Jonathan Borenstein then four-betting to 28,000. Action folded around to the original raiser, who put together a five-bet to 55,000, and pushed it across the line.
With action once again on 'X-Factor,' he went the six-bet route, pushing across a stack that made it 123,000 to go. Borenstein released his hand, and the player we will call 'Y-Factor' announced himself all-in (having everyone covered). The call was made by 'X' and the cards were turned over, with the pot at hand worth over 550,000:
X-Factor: {ah} {ad}
Y-Factor: {kh} {kc}
Runout: {jh} {8s} {7h} {qc} {10c}
'Can we change that seven to a nine,' the losing player asked the dealer. X-Factor pushed his remaining chips across the line, and his 253,000 was to be matched. After the chips were shipped his way, he became the chip leader with 575,000.
Level 19 (Blinds 5,000/10,000/1,000)
Total Entries: 152
Players Remaining: 15
Chip Average: 152,000
There is usually a lot of post-bubble action once a tournament is in the money as the short-stacks trying to get back in the game and the big stacks try to build higher. They didn't have that chance in this event since they went on dinner immediately after the bubble.
They came back and jumped right into the fray with three quick eliminations and Neal Vital was almost the fourth. He was all-in and in trouble with {5h}{5c} against Bret Painter's {Ks}{Kc} for 159,000.
Vital quickly came from behind when they both saw the {5s} right in the window on the {Qh}{Qs}{5s} flop.
The turn and river ran clean and the 'birthday boy' jumped up among the leaders. He's celebrating his birthday today and a title would be a nice way to finish it off.
Level 17 (Blinds 3,000/6,000/500)
Total Entries: 211
Players Remaining: 41
Chip Average: 164,000
Players are finishing the hand they are on, and will be posting new blinds afterward, as Level 17 sees those left posting blinds of 3,000/6,000/500. We mentioned Brian O'Donoghue moving to Table 5 in our last post, joining the likes of James Woods and Sean Barringer. It would be the latter that eliminated Brian on the final hand of Level 16, making Sean the current chip leader with over 450,000.
Level 16 (Blinds 2,500/5,000/500)
Total Entries: 211
Players Remaining: 45
Chip Average: 164,000
James Woods (Los Angeles, CA) has received a ton of blog love here at Borgata, but opposed to discussing his famed career and budding poker resume, this time it's about his chip stack. James is one of the only players in the field over 400,000, and is likely our chip leader after scooping his most recent pot.
'What's a guy gotta do to get on the blog with over 300,000 in chips,' Woods jokingly asked the media while waiting for play to begin after dinner. Woods would of been one of our notables stacks on break had he not disappeared from his seat before we could catch whose stack it was.
Woods may be the chip leader at the moment, but things just got a little harder for him, as Table 6 breaks, and notable tournament professional Brian O'Donoghue joins the table. Also seated to Woods's direct left is former chip leader Sean Barringer.
Level 18 (Blinds 4,000/8,000/1,000)
Total Entries: 152
Players Remaining: 18
Chip Average: 130,000
The Seniors Event players had to wait a little while for their dinner break but they all left knowing they were already in the money.
There are about five minutes remaining on the clock before things get back underway but it will take a little longer to kick things off with the redraw at 18 players.
They'll be here for the long haul and won't stop (besides breaks) until the champion is crowned.
Level 16 (Blinds 2,500/5,000/500)
Total Entries: 211
Players Remaining: 51
Chip Average: 144,000
Players are seated once again in the Signature Room, and the cards are in the air for the post-dinner break portion of Event 7. The levels have transitioned to (40) minutes in length, and will stay that way until the tournament's conclusion. The payouts were handed to the media during break, and can now be found posted below:
Event 7 ($350 + 50 Deeper Stack No Limit Hold'em Re-Entry)
Total Entries: 211
Total Prize Fund: $71,635
Payouts:
- $20,057
- $11,820
- $6,805
- $5,516
- $4,298
- $3,582
- $2,865
- $2,149
- $1,433
10-12. $931
13-15. $788
16-18. $716
19-27. $645
Level 18 (Blinds 4,000/8,000/1,000)
Total Entries: 152
Players Remaining: 18
Chip Average: 130,000
We knew that the dinner breaks for Event 6 and Event 7 would likely occur around the same time, so once the players from Event 7 left the Signature Room, we headed over to the poker room. To our surprise, the Seniors field that remained was still playing Level 18. 'Are they on dinner after this level,' we asked the tournament supervisor, who told us that they would be breaking once the bubble burst.
The turbo-ish type structure of the tournament had the 152 entry field on the stone bubble before the dinner break somehow, with all eyes on Ed Prindiville (Brick, NJ). Prindiville was letting himself blind down, trying to somehow find a hand to get it in with, or hope that another player at one of the three tables put themselves at risk. The was an all-in about (7) hands into hand-for-hand play, but players held the same hand and things would end in a chop.
It would then be Prindiville's big blind, and he would have to commit 9,000 of his 15,000 stack. Hollywood casino in west va. Rob Muzzio limped UTG (with 160,000 behind), and to everyone's surprise, the player UTG +2 shoved for 20,400. Action folded around (including Prindiville) and Muzzio would make the call of 12,400 more:
Muzzio: {ah} {9d}
Player X: {kc} {ks}
Flop: {6h} {8c} {jd}
Turn: {ac}
River: {2s}
'Put an ace out there,' Prindiville said after the flop, and just like that, the dealer granted his wish. The unknown player would walk away as the bubble boy, shaking his head while he talked to himself all the way out of the Poker Room. The remaining (18) players are all in the money, and are now on their (60) minute dinner break. Dinner will taste a little bit better for Prindiville, who somehow managed to make it into the money.
$400+$50 Super Stack Elevator NLH
Level 20: Blinds 5,000/10,000/1,000 ante (55 minutes)
Total Entries: 97
Players Remaining: 8
Average Stack: 485,000
In a battle of the blinds, Zhaoxing Wang opened for 25,000 from the small. James Lillis (bb) 3-bet to 85,000. Wang 4-bet to 190,000, James shoved for 503,000, and Wang snapped, showing pocket Kings. James had pocket Queens and appeared to be destined for 8th place.
Then the board came and the river saved James. He doubled up to 1,014,000 and is our new chip leader. Zhaoxing Wang saw his stack cut down to ~480,000.
$400+$50 Super Stack Elevator NLH
Buy zynga poker chips turkey. Level 20: Blinds 5,000/10,000/1,000 ante (55 minutes)
Total Entries: 97
Players Remaining: 8
Average Stack: 485,000
On a flop of , Anthony Antico (bb) checked, James Lillis shoved, and Anthony snapped, showing pocket Aces for top set and the current nuts. James rolled over for the open-ended straight-draw.
The on the turn completed the straight for James. Anthony needed the board to pair on the river to survive, but the was not one of the cards he was looking for. James took the pot, stacking up to about 480,000.
Anthony Antico finished in 9th place, earning $1,129.
$400+$50 Super Stack Elevator NLH
Level 20: Blinds 5,000/10,000/1,000 ante (55 minutes)
Total Entries: 97
Players Remaining: 9
Average Stack: 431,000
Zhaoxing Wang has been punishing the table. The last two hands pushed his stack up to ~1.1 million.
Aimon Abbassi limped, Anthony Antico limped the cutoff, Noemi Saleh limped the button, then Daniel Park made it 55,000 from the small blind.
Wang 4-bet to 147,000 from the big blind and one by one, then fell like dominoes, surrendering the pot to him.
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On the next hand, Daniel Park opened for 22,000 on the button, Wang (sb) made it 70,000, Park hit it again for 172,000 total, and Wang shoved. Park gave it some thought, then opted to fold. He was left about 370,000.
$350+$50 Pot Limit Omaha
Level 5: Blinds 150/300
Total Entries: 54
Pot Limit Omaha player recently returned from their first break of the day with more than 50 entries in the game so far. It's still a little off of last year's two-day event numbers but there's still time to get in the game with late registration available for the next four levels plus the break.
$400+$50 Super Stack Elevator NLH
Level 19: Blinds 4,000/8,000/1,000 ante (55 minutes)
Total Entries: 97
Players Remaining: 9
Average Stack: 431,000
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On the last hand of this level, Zhaoxing Wang dragged another big pot without a showdown.
Michael Bonita opened for 18,000, Yannis Vitsentzos 3-bet to 50,000, Wang called from the small blind and Michael called as well.
The flop fell and they checked to Yannis, who fired 125,000. Wang called and Michael folded. The landed on the turn and this time both players checked. The completed the board and Wang announced he was allin (about 375,000).
Yannis tanked for a couple of minutes, then eventually surrendered the pot. No amount of begging could get Wang to show even one card. He's now up to ~680,000 while Yannis is no longer the chip leader. He's down to ~650,000.
Yannis Vitsentzos began Day 2 as the chip leader and held that lead until this hand.
$300+$40 Mike Sica Memorial Seniors NLH
Level 9: Blinds 500/1,000/100 ante
Total Entries: 109
Players returned from their second break of the day and the Mike Sica Memorial Seniors Event drew 109 entries to the Sunday morning/afternoon game today. That puts more than $30,000 up for grabs and we expect the last 18 players to take home some money. We will post the official numbers, prize pool, and payout information as soon as it is available.
We found defending champ TJ Shulman in the early field. He outlasted most of the field in this tournament last September and took home the biggest piece of a five-way adjusted payout deal then generously handed over the trophy to the family of Mike Sica.
$400+$50 Super Stack Elevator NLH
Level 19: Blinds 4,000/8,000/1,000 ante (55 minutes)
Total Entries: 97
Players Remaining: 9
Average Stack: 431,000
Daniel Park (bb) and Zhaoxing Wang (utg) were looking at a board of and Park bet 52,000. Wang gave it some thought, then called. River was the and Park checked.
Wang moved all-in for his last 83,000 and after taking a minute to consider it, Park let it go. 'Did you have a deuce?' asked Wang, as he collected the pot. 'If I had a deuce, I would have called' replied Park. A lot of table chatter ensued, speculating who had what, but we'll never know.
Wang chipped up to ~365,000 while Park's stack dropped to ~660,000.
$400+$50 Super Stack Elevator NLH
Level 19: Blinds 4,000/8,000/1,000 ante (55 minutes)
Total Entries: 97
Players Remaining: 9
Average Stack: 431,000
Noemi Saleh limped early, was followed by Daniel Park, then Michael Bonita (cutoff) 3-bet to 28,000. Michael Cisco flatted the 3-bet from the button, then Aiman Abbassi (bb) jammed. One by one they released their hands and the pot was pushed to Aiman.
The other players enticed him to show his hand and he obliged, showing pocket Kings. Michael Cisco said he folded AQ suited.
All that dead money brought Aiman's stack up to about 625,000.
$260+$40 Deeper Stack NLH Re-Entry
$50,000 Guaranteed
Level 8: Blinds 400/800/75 ante
Total Entries: 193
They didn't hit the $50,000 Guarantee before the first break but they got there before the second one. The Deeper Stack event officially pushed the prize pool over that mark at the start of Level 8 and now they have four more levels of late registration to run it higher.
Jeffrey Trudeau Jr isn't using the re-entry option today unless things go sideways. The Florida grinder is sitting in good shape at the moment as he tries for his third career Borgata cash. Trudeau has dozens of tournament results on his résumé with most of them coming before the age of 21, when he was unable to mix it up outside his home state. Since he expanded his reach from the Sunshine State, he has tournament wins in Biloxi and New Orleans but still waiting for his first Borgata title.
$400+$50 Super Stack Elevator NLH
Level 19: Blinds 4,000/8,000/1,000 ante (55 minutes)
Total Entries: 97
Players Remaining: 9
Average Stack: 431,000
Short-stack Michael Cisco got his last 154,000 all-in, getting action from chip leader Yannis Vitsentzos on his left. Michael's was dominating Yannis' .
The board whiffed it all as it came . Michael's kicker played and he took the pot with nut-no-pair. He doubled up to 329,000. Yannis' stack dropped to ~710,000.
