2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open

Event 14: $15,400 $5 Million Guaranteed WPT World Championship
Day: 3
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

Polychronological

Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Athanasios Polychronopoulos' recent win took longer than it takes to write his name
Athanasios Polychronopoulos' recent win took longer than it takes to write his name

After the action folded around to Athanasios Polychronopoulos in the small blind, he waited for 30 seconds or so before making his move. That move happened to be a limp into the pot, and Mike Leah exercised his big blind option by tapping the table, with his check preceded by a half minute of thought as well.

The flop came down {8-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{7-Spades} and Polychronopoulos froze at the sight, waiting good and long before flicking out a 7,000 c-bet. Leah looked over at Polychronopoulos and stared him down, covering his own mouth with his hoodie and reflecting on the things one reflects over when faced with a bet of one big blind. Finally, he tossed out the requisite calling chips to see the {2-Diamonds} fall on the turn.

Polychronopoulos studied the baby card board and stared into the ether, waiting for more than a minute before moving a 16,000 wager into the middle. Leah responded with his own tank job, sitting still as a stone and moving his gaze back and forth from the board to his opponent's eyes. Finally, he flatted and fifth street fell {j-Diamonds}.

More than 35 seconds passed before a 35,000 bet was made, with Polychronopoulos firing his third barrel at Leah. Another minute or two later, the hand finally ended with a crying call by Leah, who even waited a while to muck his cards after Polychronopoulos tabled {q-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} for a runner-runner flush catch.

Player Chips Progress
Athanasios Polychronopoulos us
Athanasios Polychronopoulos
703,000
110,500
110,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Mike Leah ca
Mike Leah
199,000
-62,500
-62,500
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Athanasios PolychronopoulosMike Leah

David Farah Eliminated

Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Leonardo Palermo
Leonardo Palermo

After being crippled earlier, David Farah put the rest of his short stack in with {A-Hearts}{2-Hearts} and was up against Leonardo Palermo and his {A-Diamonds}{K-Spades}. The flop would come {8-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{3-Clubs}.

Farah had already grabbed his things and was walking away from the table. He slowed down for a moment while saying "five".

The dealer put out the {10-Clubs} and Farah took another step while saying "five" one more time.

The dealer put out the {8-Spades} and Farah turned and walked off. Not slow any longer.

Player Chips Progress
Leonardo Palermo us
Leonardo Palermo
80,000
-67,500
-67,500
David Farah us
David Farah
Busted

Tags: David FarahLeonardo Palermo

Herm Heads Home

Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Mark Herm - Eliminated
Mark Herm - Eliminated

Mark Herm open shoved for his last 100,000 or so, and next to act Ray Qartomy peeked down at the prettiest sight in poker: {a-Spades}{a-Hearts} in the hole.

With bullets in the hole and a big enough stack to isolate, Qartomy shoved for 325,000 and folded the rest of the table, finding himself well out in front of Herm's {A-Clubs}{6-Clubs}.

The flop came {6-Spades}{j-Clubs}{k-Hearts} to give Herm a glimmer of hope, and he made two pair on the {a-Diamonds} turn, but unfortunately for him improving his hand actually left him drawing dead. The {2-Clubs} completed the board on the river to send Herm out, while Qartomy chipped up in style.

Player Chips Progress
Ray Qartomy us
Ray Qartomy
435,000
100,000
100,000
Mark Herm us
Mark Herm
Busted

Tags: Mike HermRay Qartomy

Allard Broedelet Doubles Up

Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Allard Broedelet
Allard Broedelet

All the chips went into the middle on a {J-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{3-Clubs} flop with Allard Broedelet holding {K-Spades}{J-Clubs} and David Farah holding {Q-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}. Broedelet was holding his breath as his tournament life was on the line, but he was able to exhale when the turn came the {K-Diamonds}. A quiet fist pump and then another fist pump as the river of {4-Hearts} meant the pot was going to be pushed his way.

Broedelet is perhaps best known for being the chip leader of Event One of the Borgata Winter Poker Open before the event was suspended due to the counterfeit chip scandal. It'd be quite the story if he could make a deep run here.

Player Chips Progress
Allard Broedelet
Allard Broedelet
175,000
72,500
72,500
David Farah us
David Farah
40,000
-85,500
-85,500

Tags: Allard Broedelet

Sylvia Wins Big Pot Off of Eugene Todd

Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Jesse Sylvia
Jesse Sylvia

We get there and the action is on the river with 70,000 already in the pot and the board showing {Q-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{7-Hearts}. Eugene Todd has checked and Jesse Sylvia, as is his custom, is being very deliberate before taking any action. He makes a bet finally of 53,000. Todd is a bit quicker, but still thinks for awhile before making the call. He mucks when he sees Sylvia's {A-Hearts}{A-Diamonds}.

Player Chips Progress
Jesse Sylvia us
Jesse Sylvia
215,000
5,000
5,000
WPT 1X Winner
Eugene Todd us
Eugene Todd
205,000
-123,500
-123,500

Short Stack, Shorter Day

Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Brandon Steven - Eliminated
Brandon Steven - Eliminated

Brandon Steven entered Day 3 riding the shortest stack in the room, and just one orbit into the proceedings he has hit the rail.

We caught the showdown of an all-in confrontation involving Steven and Corey Hochman, with the latter wielding {a-Spades}{a-Hearts} to dispatch the former's {J-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}.

The final board ran out {2-Hearts}{j-Spades}{2-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{6-Diamonds} to leave Steven with the second-best hand, and with that he headed for the exits.

Player Chips Progress
Corey Hochman (Cory Hochman)
Corey Hochman (Cory Hochman)
297,000
58,000
58,000
Brandon Steven us
Brandon Steven
Busted

Tags: Brandon StevenCorey Hochman

Level: 15

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 500

Day 3 Set to Begin

WPT Champions Cup
WPT Champions Cup

Day 3 of the Season XII WPT World Championship is set to begin in a few minutes, and the players are starting to file into the Poker Room at Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa. The overall chip leader is Eric Afriat, who enters the day with 1,003,000, which is nearly double that of the player sitting in second, Athanasios Polychronopoulos, who sits with 592,500. Rounding out the top five are Anthony Gregg (567,000), Scott Seiver (539,500), and Ryan D'Angelo (519,500).

In addition to those five there are still plenty that return looking to etch their name on the WPT Champions Cup including Jason Koon, Jonathan Tamayo, Justin Young, Byron Kaverman, Eugene Todd, Jeff Maddsen, Matt Stout, Jordan Cristos, Loni Harwood, Jeff Gross, Erich Buchman, Matt Waxman, Jesse Sylvia, and Phil Hellmuth who will come in with the 3rd smallest stack of the day at 54,000.

The cards are about to be in the air, so be sure to stay tuned for all of your live updates straight from the tournament floor here on PokerNews!

Day 3 Table Draw

TableSeatPlayerChips
11Matt Stout274,000
12Byron Kaverman347,500
13Matt Waxman160,000
14Michael Lavoie314,500
15Catherine Dever117,500
16Ariel Albilia67,500
17Tom Dobrilovic261,500
18Jordan Cristos267,500
19--Empty-- 
    
21Keven Stammen56,000
22Bobby Oboodi301,000
23David Daggett368,500
24Miles Austin74,500
25Loni Harwood225,500
26Orson Young217,000
27George Kelly182,000
28Jonathan Tamayo411,000
29Roland Israelashvili206,000
    
31Abraham Korotki324,500
32Maurice Hawkins433,500
33Steven Silverman200,500
34Nick Schulman128,500
35Garrett Greer330,000
36Scott Eskenazi168,000
37Malkiel Berlianshik282,500
38Eugene Todd328,500
39Jesse Sylvia115,500
    
41Amit Makhija76,000
42Jason Koon500,500
43Glenn Lafaye423,500
44Jeff Gross221,500
45David Tuthill147,500
46Daniel Sparacino52,500
47Chris O'Rourke158,500
48Justin Young372,000
49--Empty-- 
    
51Tony Dunst143,500
52Ryan D'Angelo519,500
53Jeremy Kottler117,000
54David Grandieri199,500
55Athanasios Polychronopoulos592,500
56Mike Leah261,500
57Eric Buchman173,500
58Blake Bohn340,000
59--Empty-- 
    
61Lee Markholt270,500
62Leonardo Palermo147,500
63She Lok Wong206,500
64Alex Condon69,000
65Allard Broedelet102,500
66Brock Parker237,000
67David Farah125,500
68Tony Cousineau62,000
69Jeff Madsen281,000
    
71Hans Winzeler397,000
72Scott Matte67,000
73Brian Yoon158,500
74Phil Hellmuth54,000
75Joseph Wertz174,000
76Tony Gregg567,000
77Scott Seiver539,500
78Curt Kohlberg143,000
79--Empty-- 
    
81Brandon Steven47,500
82Corey Hochman239,000
83Mark Herm117,000
84Ray Qartomy335,000
85Eric Afriat1,003,000
86Simon Lam80,500
87Yuval Harosh193,000
88Daniel Walsh160,000
89Vimy Ha147,500

Event 14: $15,400 $5 Million Guaranteed WPT World Championship

Day 3 Started