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Level 26
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
The dinner break is over, and the cards are back in the air.
2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open
Event 1: $560 $1 Million Guaranteed Deep-Stack NLHE Reentry
Day: 2
Rylkov on Better end of Cooler - Takes Chip Lead
Level 26
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
It's always good to get Aces late in a tournament. Even better when someone else picks up a big hand. Such was the case moments ago when Sergei Rylkov found 
and his opponent looked down to see 
. The two would get it all in pre-flop with Sergei's opponent having him covered. Rylkov was at risk for 1.775 million in chips.
The flop came 
keeping Sergei in the lead and no need to worry about getting flushed out since he had the . The turn was the 
and the river was the 
and Rylkov doubles to 3.6 million in chips, which is good for the chip lead.
To say he was excited is an understatement:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,600,000
3,335,000
|
3,335,000 |
Aces for Fido
Level 26
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Sergei Rylkov's stint as chip leader was short lived, as Zbigniew Fido is our new chip leader with over four million.
Fido had an opponent all in and at risk preflop with 
against 
. He added a wheel draw on a flop of 
, and completed the straight on the turn. The player could actually chop the pot with an ace on the river, but the 
bricked off.
Fido now sits with what looks like 4.2 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,200,000
3,000,000
|
3,000,000 |
Sykes Sent Packing
Level 26
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Mark Sykes moved all in for around 10 big blinds or so on the button, Stephanie Hubbard re-shoved from the small blind, and the player in the big blind folded.
Sykes: 
Hubbard:
Hubbard improved to a pair of aces on the flop of 
, but Sykes could survive with running cards to make trips, two pair, or a straight.
It was all over for Sykes when the 
bricked off on the turn, however, and the 
completed the board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,800,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
|
Busted |
Yanni in Concert
Level 26
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Matt Cooper opened the action to 155K and John Yanni upped it to 350K. Cooper moved all in for just over two million in chips and Yanni made the easy call with 
. Cooper was in bad shape with his 
.
The board ran out 
and John wins the massive pot to move to the top of the leader board and Cooper, who was barely covered by Yanni, was eliminated.
Meanwhile, well known professional poker player Brett Richey has been eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,400,000
2,250,000
|
2,250,000 |
|
3,000,000
1,170,000
|
1,170,000 |
|
2,850,000
-70,000
|
-70,000 |
|
|
2,000,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
1,025,000
-375,000
|
-375,000 |
|
675,000
-525,000
|
-525,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 27
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 5,000
Last Four Tables (full)
Level 27
: 30,000/60,000, 5,000 ante
| Table | Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Dmitriy Khavko | 950,000 |
| 1 | 2 | Yevgeni Rapoport | 3,175,000 |
| 1 | 3 | Stephanie Hubbard | 1,900,000 |
| 1 | 4 | Phil Neiman | 700,000 |
| 1 | 5 | Thomas Schenck | 500,000 |
| 1 | 6 | Sahu Habibi | 1,200,000 |
| 1 | 7 | Chad Rosow | 1,050,000 |
| 1 | 8 | Zbigniew Fido | 4,100,000 |
| 1 | 9 | Sergei Rylkov | 3,500,000 |
| 2 | 1 | Kim Noun | 2,500,000 |
| 2 | 2 | Michael Rea | 1,700,000 |
| 2 | 3 | Kenny Nguyen | 2,300,000 |
| 2 | 4 | Mitchell Mantin | 1,700,000 |
| 2 | 5 | Michael Klein | 600,000 |
| 2 | 6 | Tim Mullen | 1,100,000 |
| 2 | 7 | Ibraim Ibraimovic | 1,700,000 |
| 2 | 8 | Kevin Grabel | 2,100,000 |
| 2 | 9 | Christian Vizcaino | 450,000 |
| 3 | 1 | Carlos Alvarado | 1,125,000 |
| 3 | 2 | Marcus Cohen | 900,000 |
| 3 | 3 | Alex Apostol | 400,000 |
| 3 | 4 | Noah Rothman | 1,030,000 |
| 3 | 5 | Demetrious Georgous | 430,000 |
| 3 | 6 | Adam Foster | 550,000 |
| 3 | 7 | Mark Donly | 600,000 |
| 3 | 8 | John Yanni | 3,200,000 |
| 3 | 9 | Matthew Itkin | 4,400,000 |
| 4 | 1 | Adam Pace | 2,600,000 |
| 4 | 2 | Tony Hall | 1,900,000 |
| 4 | 3 | Christopher Leong | 1,000,000 |
| 4 | 4 | Tim Kelliher | 1,500,000 |
| 4 | 5 | Mikhail Mironenko | 1,500,000 |
| 4 | 6 | Barry Leventhal | 750,000 |
| 4 | 7 | Sean Wallace | 1,000,000 |
| 4 | 8 | Trevor Deeter | 1,050,000 |
| 4 | 9 | Hiem Tran | 2,200,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,400,000
4,310,000
|
4,310,000 |
|
|
4,100,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
|
|
3,500,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
|
|
3,200,000
-1,200,000
|
-1,200,000 |
|
3,175,000
-125,000
|
-125,000 |
|
2,600,000
2,403,500
|
2,403,500 |
|
|
2,500,000
-500,000
|
-500,000 |
|
|
2,300,000
1,625,000
|
1,625,000 |
|
|
2,200,000
-650,000
|
-650,000 |
|
2,100,000
-400,000
|
-400,000 |
|
|
1,900,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
|
|
1,900,000
1,900,000
|
1,900,000 |
|
1,700,000
1,610,000
|
1,610,000 |
|
1,700,000 | |
|
1,700,000
1,569,000
|
1,569,000 |
|
1,500,000
1,377,000
|
1,377,000 |
|
1,500,000
900,000
|
900,000 |
|
|
1,200,000
929,500
|
929,500 |
|
1,125,000
425,000
|
425,000 |
|
1,100,000
840,000
|
840,000 |
|
1,050,000
899,500
|
899,500 |
|
1,050,000
956,500
|
956,500 |
|
|
1,030,000
819,000
|
819,000 |
|
|
1,000,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
|
1,000,000
-90,000
|
-90,000 |
|
||
Donnly and Schenck Bust
Level 26
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Mark Donnly was all in and at risk with 
, but he was crushed by Matthew Itkin's 
. The board came 
, and Donnly was eliminated.
On an adjacent table, Stephanie Hubbard busted Thomas Schenck with a dominating ace all in preflop.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,400,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Recent Bustouts
Level 26
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Adam Pace Eliminated Barry Leventhal
Level 26
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Adam Pace and Barry Leventhal got it all in pre-flop with Pace having Leventhal covered. Adam held and Leventhal had 
.
The flop came 
to give Leventhal some straight outs but the turn and river came running Queens with the to send Barry off to the cashier to collect his winnings.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,400,000
800,000
|
800,000 |
|
Busted |