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Card will be in the air in thirty minutes as Event 3 kicks off
With the weekend now upon us, the third event of this Borgata Spring Poker Open will be underway in just under 30 minutes, with the $560 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold'em Reentry tournament expected to attract a packed house.
The first two events on the series schedule have been hits, drawing huge turnouts, exceeding guarantees and providing the perfect platform for the Borgata to showcase the East Coast's premier poker operation.
Event 3 is scheduled to be a two-day tournament, with late registration and reentries available through Level 6 today. Judging by the bevy of bullets fired by players in Event 1 (which attracted more than 2,400 entries and reentries over four starting flights), we wouldn't be surprised to see at least 500 entries tallied when its all said and done.
Plenty of big name pros and local heroes have been in attendance thus far at the series, so we expect to see Victor Ramdin, Micah Raskin, James Woods, Timothy Little, Joseph Stiers, Kenneth Lind, Cherish Andrews, Anna Khait and all the rest take their shot at a score here today.
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Lind is a gregarious fellow prone to backclaps and banter, and his genuine interest in the players he meets during his tournament travels is evident in every exchange.
Like Barry Greenstein before him, this WSOP champion has taken to giving a gift to players who bust him from a tournament, and while Lind's calling card is not as flashy as an autographed copy of Ace on the River, it holds a certain meaning nonetheless.
We just saw Lind handing out another of these tokens of appreciation, with young grinder Pete Tarsiewicz the recipient of the unusual gift. Although Tarsiewicz did not dispatch Lind from the tournament (in actuality, Tarsiewicz himself went bust and Lind offered the card as a memento), he was appreciative of the curio given by a poker champion.
He was a little curious as well, heading over to the PokerNews Live Reporting desk to inquire about the mysterious handout, before chuckling when he heard the backstory. Tarsiewicz then headed to the registration desk to reenter, and if he plays his cards right on the felt and eventually busts Lind, he very well may have a pair of calling cards to call his own.
Phong "VIP" Nguyen, who finished runner-up in Event 2 earlier this morning, was just eliminated holding the best hand in poker.
Nguyen was at risk with on a flop of , and Bernard Liberati was drawing with . The turn was the , giving him a diamond flush, and the bricked off on the river.
"Where can I rebuy?" Nguyen asked the table after the hand.
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It's always nice to get pocket Aces. It's even nicer when another player at the table picks up pocket Kings. Usually this means one thing - all the chips are going in the middle. This is precisely what happened moments ago when Sivolella picked up the bullets and a young lady across the table from him had the misfortune of finding Cowboys. To top things off, an Ace hit the board and Sivolella would hit a full house to send his opponent home with nothing to show for her efforts.
A short stacked Anna Antimony moved all in when it was folded to her in late position. The player to her immediate left also moved all in. The last two players left to act folded and the cards were turned over... for Antimony and for her opponent.
"Can I get an Ace," she asked. Ask and ye shall receive. The dealer put out a flop.
"There you go," said one of her table mates.
The turn was the and the river was the and Antimony scored the double up.
"The best hand doesn't win here," she said, almost not believing her luck.
We catch up to the action with the following board:
She Lok Wong placed out an 80,000 bet. It's a large bet relative to the pot - more than half the pot size. His opponent thought for a moment and tossed out a call. He could only mutter under his breath when he saw Wong's unbeatable hand... for the nut straight. That hand moved Wong well above the half million mark in chips which is good enough for the chip lead with 40 players remaining.
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on a flop of 
, and Bernard Liberati was drawing with 
. The turn was the 
, giving him a diamond flush, and the 
bricked off on the river.
for Antimony and 
for her opponent.
flop.
and Antimony scored the double up.
for the nut straight. That hand moved Wong well above the half million mark in chips which is good enough for the chip lead with 40 players remaining.
flop with 
and the river was 
to give me a straight."
