2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open

Event 14: $15,400 $5 Million Guaranteed WPT World Championship
Day: 1a
Event Info

2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a8
Prize
$1,350,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$15,000
Prize Pool
$4,852,400
Entries
328
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
25

Count Your Blessings

Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante

Some are building while others have dipped below their starting stacks. Check out the score:

Player Chips Progress
Micah Raskin us
Micah Raskin
82,000
28,000
28,000
Scott Seiver us
Scott Seiver
74,000
24,000
24,000
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
David "ODB" Baker us
David "ODB" Baker
63,000
13,000
13,000
WSOP 3X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Tony Dunst us
Tony Dunst
62,000
12,000
12,000
WSOP 2X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
James Carroll us
James Carroll
55,500
5,500
5,500
WPT 2X Winner
Jonathan Little us
Jonathan Little
48,500
-1,500
-1,500
WPT 2X Winner
Shannon Shorr us
Shannon Shorr
48,500
-1,500
-1,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Matt Glantz us
Matt Glantz
45,000
-750
-750
Anthony Zinno us
Anthony Zinno
44,500
-5,500
-5,500
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 3X Winner
Shawn Cunix us
Shawn Cunix
39,000
-11,000
-11,000
WPT 1X Winner
Paul Spitzberg us
Paul Spitzberg
12,000
-38,000
-38,000

Glantz Doesn't Give One Up

Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante

With approximately 12,000 in the pot and the board showing {9-Clubs}{7-Spades}{3-Clubs}{4-Hearts}, Guillaume Darcourt bet 5,400 and was raised by Matt Glantz to 12,500. The one other player in the middle of the two folded and after a few moments of contemplation, Darcourt made the call.

The river was the {6-Hearts} and the pink-haired Darcourt checked. Glantz did not think long before announcing that he was all in. Darcourt would take a bit longer before making his decision, taking his headphones off and pushing his glasses up while he mulled it over, but would in the end decide to err on the side of caution and fold.

Player Chips Progress
Matt Glantz us
Matt Glantz
64,000
19,000
19,000
Guillaume Darcourt fr
Guillaume Darcourt
29,000
-21,000
-21,000
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Matt GlantzGuillaume Darcourt

All In and Call Preflop

Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante

After a series of preflop bets and raises, Tony Cousineau moved all in. Roland Israelashvili made the call, and Cousineau tabled {a-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}.

"I've got you out-suited," Israelashvili chuckled before tabling the remaining two aces in the deck; {a-Hearts}{a-Spades}.

The two players pulled their bets back as the board came {j-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}, and chopped the remainder of the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Tony Cousineau us
Tony Cousineau
56,000
6,000
6,000
Roland Israelashvili us
Roland Israelashvili
53,000

Tags: Tony CousineauRoland Israelashvili

Madsen Snags a Sizable Pot

Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante

The board showed {5-Spades}{q-Hearts}{q-Spades}{3-Hearts} when we caught the action, with Jeff Madsen contesting a pot against Lily Kiletto - who turned heads in 2013 by reaching two televised WPT final tables.

Kiletto checked to Madsen - who turned heads himself this past week by winning the Borgata Spring Poker Open's Six-Max event - and the three-time WSOP bracelet winner fired out a bet of 3,100.

Kiletto quickly called to see the {3-Spades} complete the board on the river, and when Madsen bet out for 8,175, her call was made without hesitation.

Madsen tabled the {q-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} for queens full, and Kiletto's hand was slid into the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Jeff Madsen us
Jeff Madsen
44,500
WSOP 4X Winner
Lily Kiletto us
Lily Kiletto
36,000

Tags: Jeff MadsenLily Kiletto

Level: 3

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 50

A Sing Along Song

Level 3 : 150/300, 50 ante
Barry Hutter
Barry Hutter

We got to the table with 5,000 in the pot and Kevin Song facing a 10,000 check-raise of his original 3,000 bet from Barry Hutter on a {10-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{2-Clubs}{6-Hearts} turn. Song made the call and off to the river we went.

It was the {Q-Hearts} and Hutter announced that he was all in, for approximately 16,000. Song called, not instantly as his hands seemed to stick to his cards, and when he turned over {9-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} for the turned nuts to eliminate Hutter and his {A-Spades}{7-Clubs}, Tony Cousineau joked "Kevin, next time turn that hand over a little quicker, that was kind of a slow roll."

Song is off to a good start with nearly 2.5 times the starting stack.

Player Chips Progress
Kevin Song us
Kevin Song
120,000
120,000
120,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Barry Hutter us
Barry Hutter
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Kevin SongBarry Hutter

Krunk Purified in the Waters of Lake Minnetonka

Level 3 : 150/300, 50 ante
Robert "Uncle Krunk" Panitch - Eliminated
Robert "Uncle Krunk" Panitch - Eliminated

During the recent break Robert "Uncle Krunk" Panitch stopped by to inform us about the "worst beat I ever took in my life."

According to the man they call Krunk, he held {q-}{q-} in the hole and found a set on the {q-}{7-}{9-} flop.

Jean "Prince" Gaspard called a bet of 1,500 on the flop holding {5-}{6-} for a gutshot straight draw, which he filled when fourth street came {8-}.

Krunk says the money went soon went into the middle on the turn, and after the river failed to pair the board he was forced to ship about half his stack to the newly doubled Gaspard. Krunk was left with 20,000 or so after the bad beat, and within an orbit he was done and dusted, with poker's Prince beginning his descent.

Player Chips Progress
Jean Gaspard us
Jean Gaspard
63,000
10,500
10,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Robert Panitch
Robert Panitch
Busted

Tags: Jean GaspardRobert Panitch