2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open

Event 5: $340 Seniors NLHE Reentry
Day: 1
Event Info

2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
66
Prize
$14,656
Event Info
Buy-in
$300
Entries
197
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
4,000

Huge Hand Results in Two Eliminations

Level 23 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
Papa Levy after winning huge pot
Papa Levy after winning huge pot

We just had a monster pot go down here in the Seniors Event. The action started with Bruce Benedict moving all in for 95,000. Addison Alston made it 200,000 to go and Khaled Alwan called, curiously leaving himself with 2,000 behind. Papa Levy in the big blind announced that he was all in for 205,000 total. Alston and Alwan both made the call and we turned over four pocket pairs:

Bruce Benedict {Q-}{Q-}
Addison Alston {10-}{10-}
Khaled Alwan {J-}{J-}
Papa Levy {A-}{A-}

A crowd gathered around the table, the excitement in the air obvious. Would Levy's Aces be able to hold up against three pocket pairs?

The first card in the window was paint, but fortunately for Levy it was not a Jack or Queen - it was a King as the flop came {K-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}.

The turn was another safe card... the {3-Clubs} and when the river came {3-Hearts} Levy started with his trademark shout "SEND IT TO PAPA!" and yelled it at least ten times while half running around the room in excitement. Benedict was the shortest stack and finished in 8th place while Alwan finished in 7th.

Player Chips Progress
Papa Levy
Papa Levy
850,000
422,000
422,000
Addison Alston
Addison Alston
490,000
-210,000
-210,000
Bruce Benedict
Bruce Benedict
Busted
Khaled Alwan
Khaled Alwan
Busted

Tags: Papa LevyBruce BenedictKhaled Alwan

Level: 24

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 4,000

Robert Toft Eliminated in 6th Place ($2,866) (full)

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 4,000 ante
Robert Toft
Robert Toft

Robert Toft moved all in from the small blind for 275,000 and Papa Levy in the big blind looked down and found yet another big pair and made the call with {Q-}{Q-}. Toft was in trouble with {4-}{4-}. Levy would end up hitting a full house and Toft was eliminated in 6th place.

Player Chips Progress
Papa Levy
Papa Levy
1,100,000
250,000
250,000
Johannes Mueller us
Johannes Mueller
730,000
409,000
409,000
Dean DelleDonne
Dean DelleDonne
350,000
130,000
130,000
Lou Manges
Lou Manges
325,000
-35,000
-35,000
Addison Alston
Addison Alston
225,000
-265,000
-265,000
Robert Toft
Robert Toft
Busted

Tags: Robert Toft

DelleDonne Doubles Through Levy To Take Chip Lead

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 4,000 ante
Dean DellaDonne
Dean DellaDonne

Easy come, easy go.

Papa Levy just doubled up Dean DellaDonne when he called DellaDonne's all in re-raise with {K-Clubs}{9-Clubs}. He was crushed as DellaDonne had {K-Spades}{K-Diamonds} and no miracle came for Levy and DellaDonne has moved slightly ahead of Levy in the chip counts.

Player Chips Progress
Dean DelleDonne
Dean DelleDonne
785,000
435,000
435,000
Papa Levy
Papa Levy
715,000
-385,000
-385,000

Tags: Dean DellaDonnePapa Levy

Addison Alston Eliminated in 5th Place ($3,440)

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 4,000 ante
Addison Alston
Addison Alston

Dean DelleDonne opened to 90,000 and Addison Alston moved all in for his last 220,000. DelleDonne made the call and turned over {8-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}. We were off to the races as Alston had {A-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}. The flop came {Q-Spades}{Q-Hearts}{6-Hearts} and it was all over when the {8-Spades} came on the turn. The river was an irrelevant {J-Clubs} and DelleDonne clapped his hands and exclaimed "Yes!" before shaking Alston's hand.

Player Chips Progress
Dean DelleDonne
Dean DelleDonne
625,000
145,000
145,000
Addison Alston
Addison Alston
Busted

Tags: Addison Alston

Level: 25

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 4,000

Lou Manges Eliminated in 4th Place ($4,586)

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 4,000 ante
Lou Manges
Lou Manges

After Papa Levy doubled through Johannes Mueller with {4-}{4-} against {A-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}, he would then knock out Lou Manges after Manges moved all in with {J-Clubs}{9-Clubs} and Levy woke up with {K-Clubs}{K-Hearts}. After the board ran out {Q-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{K-Spades}{7-Diamonds}, Levy let out his trademark "send it to Papa!" yell and clapped his hands in jubilation. Manges said "good game guys" and it was for him with his excellent 4th place finish.

Player Chips Progress
Papa Levy
Papa Levy
1,350,000
992,000
992,000
Johannes Mueller us
Johannes Mueller
1,162,000
-358,000
-358,000
Lou Manges
Lou Manges
Busted

Tags: Johannes MuellerLou MangesPapa Levy

Dean DelleDonne Eliminated in 3rd Place ($5,446)

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 4,000 ante
Dean DelleDonne
Dean DelleDonne

Dean DelleDonne got the last of his chip in ahead of his opponent, Johannes Mueller, with {A-Spades}{4-Spades} as Mueller had {K-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}. That lead did not last long though as the flop came {K-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}{5-Hearts} and when the turn and river came running {10-}{10-} we were down to our final two.

Player Chips Progress
Johannes Mueller us
Johannes Mueller
1,605,000
443,000
443,000
Dean DelleDonne
Dean DelleDonne
Busted

Tags: Dean DelleDonne