Hello and welcome back to Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa for the final table of the 2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open Championship Event. Of the 414 entries only 10 players remain, all of whom would like to take home the trophy and the first-place prize of $256,508.
In pole position is Philadelphia's Chalie Hook, who enters the final table with over 2.5 million chips. Hook is no stranger to success at Borgata - he won the 2013 Summer Poker Open Championship Event for $198,186.
The only other player at the final table with over two million chips is Laurence Wolf. Wolf won a $500 buy-in event during the 2007 Borgata Winter Poker Open, earning $63,275.
Of the remaining eight players, three others - Jake Toole, Paul Spitzberg, and Abraham Korotki - have over a million chips, while the other five players are all in six figures. Robson Barbosa has the shortest stack (185,000/11.5 big blinds), and will be looking to spin it up once the cards are in the air.
The final table is set to start in a few minutes, so be sure to stay tuned for all of the action right here on PokerNews!
Abraham Korotki popped it to 42,000 from under the gun, and Robson Barbosa, who took the pot down preflop in the previous hand with an all in, moved all in for 164,000 on his direct left. The action folded back to Korotki, who called.
Korotki:
Barbosa:
The flop came , giving Korotki an open-ended straight draw, and the turn was a meaningless . Barbosa would be eliminated if he didn't receive an ace or queen on the river.
The river was a queen - the - giving Barbosa a winning pair and the double up.
Chalie Hook raised to 50,000 in early position, Paul Spitzberg called on his left, Bryan Choi called in the hijack, and Laurence Wolf defended his big blind.
The flop fell , Wolf checked, and Hook continued for 75,000. Spitzberg folded, Choi snap-raised to 150,000, and only Hook called.
The turn was a repeat five - the - and Hook check-called another 150,000. The completed the board, and Hook moved all in for effectively 550,000 or so. Choi quickly called, revealing , but his top pair was no good against Hook's for the wheel.
Frank Toscano open-shoved from early position, Jewook Oh re-shoved on his direct left, and the rest of the players folded.
Toscano:
Oh:
The flop came , prompting Oh to jump out of his seat and celebrate, but the on the turn gave Toscano a Broadway draw.
"Not over yet," Chalie Hook said.
The completed the board, giving Toscano a pair of queens, but it wasn't enough to survive the all in. He hit the rail, whole Oh is up to about a million chips.
Andy Spears open-shoved for around 300,000 in early position, and Chalie Hook looked him up in the big blind.
Spears:
Hook:
The flop produced all blanks, but the on the turn gave Hook a leading pair of aces. The turn was not the jack Spears was looking for, and he was eliminated.
Jewook Oh three-bet all in for around 550,000 over an under-the-gun raise from Jake Toole. The action folded to Toole, who called, and the cards were on their backs.
Oh:
Toole:
The flop was extremely interesting; . Toole made a pair of aces, but Oh made a set of kings and remained in the lead.
The pendulum swung back to Toole when the fell on the turn, giving him Broadway, and unfortunately for Oh the board did not pair on the river. After the meaningless hit the felt, Oh shook some hands before exiting the tournament area.
Laurence Wolf raised to 90,000 on the button, Chalie Hook called in the small blind, and Paul Spitzberg moved all in for 600,000 out of the big blind. Wolf folded, and Hook called.
Hook:
Spitzberg:
The board rolled out , and Spitzberg was eliminated.
Jake Toole raised to 75,000 out of the small blind, Laurence Wolf called in the big blind, and both players checked on a flop of . The turn was the , Toole led out for 50,000, and Wolf called.
The river was the , Toole checked, and Wolf bet 150,000. Toole tank called, lifting off of the felt, but he then mucked when Wolf showed for a straight.
The very next hand, Robson Barbosa raised to 75,000 in the cutoff, Toole moved all in for 235,000 on the button, and Chalie Hook cold-called in the big blind. Barbosa called as well.
The flop fell , Hook check-called a bet of 225,000, and the duo checked it down as the board completed , .
"Ace-king," Toole announced.
Hook showed for a pair of eights, and Barbosa had him pipped with for a pair of nines.
While we were writing the last post, Chalie Hook was eliminated in fourth place. Without an "all-in and a call" from the dealer we were unable to turn and catch the full details, but according to the dealer and Laurence Wolf, Wolf moved all in from the small blind with and Hook called with .
Hook failed to connect with the board - Wolf made kings and fives - and was eliminated in fourth place, earning $72,786.
The three remaining players are taking an unscheduled break.
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, giving Korotki an open-ended straight draw, and the turn was a meaningless 
. Barbosa would be eliminated if he didn't receive an ace or queen on the river.
- giving Barbosa a winning pair and the double up.
, Wolf checked, and Hook continued for 75,000. Spitzberg folded, Choi snap-raised to 150,000, and only Hook called.
- and Hook check-called another 150,000. The 
completed the board, and Hook moved all in for effectively 550,000 or so. Choi quickly called, revealing 
for the wheel.
. Toole made a pair of aces, but Oh made a set of kings and remained in the lead.
fell on the turn, giving him Broadway, and unfortunately for Oh the board did not pair on the river. After the meaningless 
hit the felt, Oh shook some hands before exiting the tournament area.
, and Spitzberg was eliminated.
. The turn was the 
off of the felt, but he then mucked when Wolf showed 
and Hook called with 
.
, Barbosa led out for 400,000, and Korotki called.