2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open

Event 2: $550 Black-Chip Bounty NLHE Reentry
Day: 1
Event Info

2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open

Final Results
Winner
Prize
$28,420
Event Info
Buy-in
$450
Entries
299
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
4,000

Wight Out

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 400 ante

Faced with a raise to 10,000 and a call from Herald Barber, Pauline Wightman moved all in for 22,000. The original raiser re-raised to 50,000, and Barber folded.

Wightman: {a-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}
Opponent: {7-Hearts}{7-Clubs}

The flop fell {10-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}, giving Wightman a gut-shot straight draw to go with her two overs, and the {k-Spades} on the turn gave her a leading pair of kings. The {4-Clubs} on the river was an insignificant card, and Wightman more than doubled to 60,000 chips.

Barber has chipped up recently, and has 216,000.

Player Chips Progress
Herald Barber
Herald Barber
216,000
30,000
30,000
Pauline Wightman
Pauline Wightman
60,000

Tags: Herald BarberPauline Wightman

Hip-Hip Ho-ran!

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 400 ante
Bart Dowling - Eliminated
Bart Dowling - Eliminated

After winning what appears to be a 300,000-chip pot, eliminating Bart Dowling, Bob Horan is far and away our chip leader here in Event 2: $550 Black-Chip Bounty NLHE Reentry.

When we arrived at the table, Horan was scooping the pot and the dealer was washing the board. According to the players at the table, Horan flopped a set of threes against Dowling's top pair with a flush draw.

Horan was apologizing to the table for tanking even though he had a very strong hand.

"I thought he had a set of eights," he admitted.

Dowling was unable to complete his flush draw or hit running cards, and is eliminated shy of the money. Horan has what looks like 370,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
Bob Horan
Bob Horan
370,000
Bart Dowling
Bart Dowling
Busted

No Bounty for Shiva This Time

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 400 ante
Olivier Correge
Olivier Correge

We get to the table with over 175,000 in the pot and the board reading {J-Clubs}{5-Spades}{3-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}. Olivier Correge from France is all in for 67500 and Shiva Ramnath is contemplating whether to call or not. Olivier is looking directly at Shiva, with a very confident look and posture. Ramnath makes the call with {Q-Clubs}{10-Clubs} for an open ended straight draw and a flush draw. A grimace came over Correge's face despite having the best of it with {K-Hearts}{J-Spades} as he knew Shiva had a ton of outs to send him to the rail.

The river was the {4-Hearts} and Olivier scores a huge double up to move over 300,000 in chips while Ramnath takes a big hit and is down to 139,000.

Player Chips Progress
Olivier Correge
Olivier Correge
316,000
316,000
316,000
Shiva Ramnath
Shiva Ramnath
139,000
-176,000
-176,000

Tags: Olivier CorregeShiva Ramnath

Prize Pool

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 400 ante

The prize pool information has been released. The 299 entrants generated a total prize pool of $101,511, and the top 27 players will earn a minimum of $914 along with their $100 bounty chips.

The top nine players will walk away with $2,030, while the winner will pocket $28,420. For a full list of information, click the Payouts tab above.

Level: 17

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 500

A Few Counts

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Player Chips Progress
Bob Horan
Bob Horan
330,000
-40,000
-40,000
Ian O'Leary
Ian O'Leary
305,000
55,000
55,000
Greg Ostrander us
Greg Ostrander
210,000
-41,000
-41,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Craig Feldman
Craig Feldman
210,000
120,000
120,000
Herald Barber
Herald Barber
180,000
-36,000
-36,000
Kal Alwan
Kal Alwan
95,000
-100,000
-100,000
Phong "VIP" Nguyen
Phong "VIP" Nguyen
80,000
10,000
10,000
Rick Ruffman
Rick Ruffman
77,000
4,000
4,000
Jason Zausner
Jason Zausner
60,000
-25,000
-25,000
Robert Miguel
Robert Miguel
55,000
-25,000
-25,000

Barry Greenstein

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Craig Feldherr
Craig Feldherr

All of the money went in preflop between Herald Barber, Craig Feldherr and a third opponent. Barber had both players covered, and was in great shape to take downa double bounty.

Barber: {q-Diamonds}{q-Spades}
Feldherr: {a-Hearts}{q-Clubs}
Opponent: {k-Spades}{j-Spades}

The shortest player took the lead when the flop fell {4-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}{7-Spades}, making a pair of kings, and remained ahead after the turn produced the {4-Hearts}.

The {a-Clubs} spiked onto the felt on the river, however, and Feldherr shot out of his seat excitedly. He earned a bounty for busting the short-stacked player and received a full double through Barber, bringing his stack to around 190,000.

Barber fell to 165,000.

Player Chips Progress
Craig Feldherr us
Craig Feldherr
190,000
Herald Barber
Herald Barber
165,000
-15,000
-15,000

Tags: Herald BarberCraig Feldherr

Level: 18

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 500

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