Take Ten (and Five More Too)
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Level 4
: 200/400, 50 ante
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2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open
Event 14: $15,400 $5 Million Guaranteed WPT World Championship
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open
Buy-in
$15,000
Prize Pool
$4,852,400
Entries
328
Level
31
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
25
Take a Tour Around the Signature Room
A few images for you to soak in the scene here at the WPT World Championship.
King of the Poker!
Level 4
: 200/400, 50 ante
Four players were battling it out on a board of 
with around 5,000 in the middle. Faraz Jaka checked, Jared Jaffee fired out 2,025, Bryn Kenney called, and "King" Dan Smith raised to 7,500 on the button.
Jaka quickly mucked, Jaffe tank-folded, and Kenney sweated his cards one last time before tossing them into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
57,000
12,000
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12,000 |
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50,000
-4,000
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-4,000 |
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43,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
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41,000
-2,500
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-2,500 |
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Check-Raise Works For Jaffee
Level 4
: 200/400, 50 ante
Jared Jaffee opened the action to 1,100 and was re-raised to 2,700 by an opponent in late position. Jaffee made the call and then checked when the flop came 
.
His opponent bet 2,500 and Jaffee raised it up to 6,000. His opponent folded with just some slight hesitation. Jaffee, who is sitting with 43,500 in chips now, finished 4th at the World Poker Tour Borgata Winter Poker Open for $258,590 which was his best ever live tournament score. He could top that finish with a deep run here.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
43,500
12,500
|
12,500 |
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Kuether KO's Mosseri
Level 4
: 200/400, 50 ante
Abe Mosseri was all in and at risk preflop for around 11,000 or holding 
, and Joe Kuether had him at risk with 
.
Both players flopped a pair when the dealer spread 
, and neither player held a spade. The turn was the 
, changing nothing, and Mosseri was eliminated when the 
completed the board.
Kuether is up to 81,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
81,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
Busted | |
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Bryn and Bear It
Level 4
: 200/400, 50 ante
The flop fell 
and Jared Jaffee led into fellow pro Bryn Kenney with a 2,400 wager.
Kenney responded with a raise to 7,100 and the pressure forced Jaffee to release, sending the small pot to his neighbor in the next seat to the left.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
54,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
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31,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
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A Round of Counts on Us
Level 4
: 200/400, 50 ante
See where they stand with a round of updated chip counts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
140,000
66,000
|
66,000 |
|
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110,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
||
|
95,000
48,000
|
48,000 |
|
82,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
77,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
68,000
23,500
|
23,500 |
|
|
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|
67,000
18,500
|
18,500 |
|
|
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64,800
-20,200
|
-20,200 |
|
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|
49,000
-14,000
|
-14,000 |
|
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|
|
47,500 | |
|
44,900
-8,100
|
-8,100 |
|
43,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
|
|
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|
42,500
-7,500
|
-7,500 |
|
|
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|
19,600
-23,425
|
-23,425 |
|
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Marchese Gets Value From Josephy
Level 4
: 200/400, 50 ante
With a board of 
, Tom Marchese made a large bet of approximately 15,000 and was called by Cliff Josephy. Marchese tabled for the nut straight and Josephy mucked his hand. Josephy is down to approximately 15,000 after the hand while Marchese moved up to 71,000. Here are a few more counts from two tables in that corner of the Signature Room:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
72,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
71,000
24,500
|
24,500 |
|
|
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|
71,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
|
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|
66,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
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|
52,000
12,925
|
12,925 |
|
48,500
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
|
|
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|
48,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
40,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
27,000
-21,000
|
-21,000 |
|
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|
15,000
-29,000
|
-29,000 |
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Only the Good Die Young
Level 4
: 200/400, 50 ante
After seeing the flop fall 
New Jersey-based grinder Orson Young led out for 11,000, only to see his opponent raise it up to 23,000.
Young thought things through for about thirty seconds, before announcing himself all in for 48,000 effective. His opponent winced at the sight of the bright red "All-In" button hitting the felt, and he quickly laid down to send a sizable pot over to Young.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
112,000 |
Serock Six-Bet Shoves
Level 4
: 200/400, 50 ante
Dan Perper started things off with a raise to 1,025 in middle position. Chris Moorman, winner of the Season XII WPT L.A. Poker Classic, three-bet to 2,500 in the cutoff, and Joe Serock, the Season X Player of the Year, cold four-bet to 6,100 on the button.
The action folded to Perper, who folded as well, and Moorman tanked for a bit before five-betting to 13,500. Serock six-bet shoved, and there was a beat before Moorman folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
63,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
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32,500
-15,500
|
-15,500 |
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