Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open
Event 1: $560 $1 Million Guaranteed Deep-Stack NLHE Reentry
Day: 1d
Thompson "Shoves" With Bottom Pair
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Level 3
: 100/200, 0 ante
When we arrived at the table, it looked like Chris Thompson was faced with a four-bet (it could've been a three-bet) of 3,500. He made the call, then check-called another 3,000 on a flop of 
. The turn was the 
, both players knuckled, and the 
completed the board.
Thompson led out for 14,100 - leaving a single black T100 chip behind - and his opponent tank-folded. Thompson showed 
for bottom pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
28,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
Ace from Space
Level 3
: 100/200, 0 ante
A player opened to 550 in the cutoff, a second player called out of the small blind, and Brett Richey re-raised to 2,500 from the big blind. Only his neighbor called.
The dealer spread 
, the player check-called a bet of 2,700, and the turn was the prettiest card in the deck; the 
. Both players checked.
The river was the 
, the pair knuckled again, and the player in the small blind took the pot with 
for a pair of aces.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
21,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
Kerstetter Back at Home
Level 3
: 100/200, 0 ante
Jamie Kerstetter is a local player gone good. A member of the all female poker player group "The Grindettes", the New Jersey native is here today taking part in the poker festivities. The former attorney has an impressive poker resume that includes $520,360 in confirmed online tournament winnings and $373,379 in reported live winnings. This includes a 12th place finish at the WPT Borgata Poker Open in 2012.
She finds herself at the same table as her roomie, Patricia Haggerty. Usually the odds against that happening are pretty slim but as Kerstetter explained "they go up when you late reg together." Jamie had been living in Mexico in order to play online poker but since she signed a sponsorship deal with Party Poker has been back representing the site here in New Jersey and the United States. "It's going good," she said, a smile on her face as she plays the game she loves.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
24,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
Day 1d Photos
Break Time
Level 3
: 100/200, 0 ante
Players are on their first break of the day - 10 minutes until they return. The tournament staff is going around all the tables verifying the new chips with a blue light.
Level: 4
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
Counts
Level 4
: 150/300, 25 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
42,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
35,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
29,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
23,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
22,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
18,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
9,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
MyStack App Available for 2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open
Level 4
: 150/300, 25 ante
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Level 4
: 150/300, 25 ante
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