2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open

Event 7: $2,700 Spring Poker Championship
Day: 1a
Event Info

2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
94
Prize
$256,508
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$1,003,950
Entries
414
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000

Gags' River Raise

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

Matt Levine fired out a bet of 1,600 into a pot of around 3,000 on a board of {4-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{7-Diamonds}. His opponent, Mike Gagliano, called, and the {3-Hearts} completed the board.

Levine led out again - this time for 2,000 - and Gagliano put in a raise, making it 7,200 to go. Levin shifted in his seat, tanked for nearly two minutes, then folded.

Player Chips Progress
Mike Gagliano
Mike Gagliano
36,500
5,000
5,000
Matt Levine
Matt Levine
18,000
-2,000
-2,000

Tags: Matt LevineMike Gagliano

Alwan Folds

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

Anthony Garofalo moved all in for 18,200 into a pot of around 50,000 on a board of {2-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{9-Spades}. Khaled Alwan tanked for a considerable amount of time, so long that Melanie Weisner opted to call the clock.

Alwan wasted little time after that, folding {a-Hearts}{q-Hearts} face up. Garofalo send his cards into the muck facedown.

Player Chips Progress
Anthony Garofalo us
Anthony Garofalo
68,200
Khaled Alwan
Khaled Alwan
23,000

Tags: Melanie WeisnerAnthony GarofaloKhaled Alwan

Two Old Nits

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante
Kevin Saul
Kevin Saul

Kevin Saul has exited the tournament at the hands of Jonathan Little who joked after the hand "we're just two old nits". Saul immediately went to re-enter, something we'll be seeing a lot of as players have until the end of Level 6 to re-enter today and can fire as many bullets as they wish. There is another flight tomorrow as well.

The players at Little's table might have thought their table would get a little easier with Saul's elimination but his empty seat was filled by Paul Volpe.

Player Chips Progress
Jonathan Little us
Jonathan Little
55,000
29,000
29,000
WPT 2X Winner
Kevin Saul us
Kevin Saul
30,000
11,000
11,000
WPT 1X Winner
Paul Volpe us
Paul Volpe
30,000
30,000
30,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 3X Winner

Little and Volpe Add Some

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

In what looked to be a three-bet pot preflop, Jonathan Little and Peter Ippolito were heads up on a flop of {9-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{6-Spades}. Little check-called a bet of 2,200, both players knuckled after the {k-Hearts} came on the turn, and the {7-Spades} completed the board.

Little led out, bombing 13,400, and Ippolito opted to fold.

The next hand, Paul Volpe raised in middle position, Brett Richey called on his direct left, and the rest of the players folded. Volpe tossed out a continuation bet of 700 on a flop of {8-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{6-Spades}, Richey called, and the pair checked on the turn ({k-Clubs}).

Volpe fired another 3,000, Richey called, and Volpe took the pot with {a-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}.

Player Chips Progress
Peter Ippolito us
Peter Ippolito
64,500
-7,500
-7,500
Jonathan Little us
Jonathan Little
58,000
3,000
3,000
WPT 2X Winner
Paul Volpe us
Paul Volpe
32,000
2,000
2,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 3X Winner
Brett Richey us
Brett Richey
11,000
-8,500
-8,500

Tags: Brett RicheyJonathan LittlePaul VolpePeter Ippolito

Level: 5

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 50

Chip Counts

Level 5 : 150/300, 50 ante

Here's a bevy of chip counts from around the room.

Player Chips Progress
Junayed Khan us
Junayed Khan
125,000
5,000
5,000
Matt Affleck us
Matt Affleck
70,000
10,900
10,900
Dan Wach us
Dan Wach
70,000
Jeff Madsen us
Jeff Madsen
70,000
23,000
23,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 4X Winner
Jonathan Little us
Jonathan Little
63,000
5,000
5,000
WPT 2X Winner
Mike Jarvela
Mike Jarvela
59,000
-3,000
-3,000
Steve Happas
Steve Happas
52,000
23,000
23,000
Matt Brady us
Matt Brady
48,000
-6,000
-6,000
Aaron Massey us
Aaron Massey
44,000
14,000
14,000
Alex Rocha us
Alex Rocha
42,000
22,500
22,500
Alex Queen us
Alex Queen
41,000
-1,000
-1,000
Mike Gagliano
Mike Gagliano
40,000
3,500
3,500
Dan Heimiller us
Dan Heimiller
35,000
9,000
9,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Johannes Mueller us
Johannes Mueller
35,000
9,000
9,000
Joe McKeehen us
Joe McKeehen
34,000
4,000
4,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 3X Winner
Joe Liberta us
Joe Liberta
32,000
2,000
2,000
Paul Volpe us
Paul Volpe
31,000
-1,000
-1,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 3X Winner
Eric Baldwin us
Eric Baldwin
28,000
500
500
WSOP 2X Winner
Kevin Saul us
Kevin Saul
28,000
-2,000
-2,000
WPT 1X Winner
Anthony Zinno us
Anthony Zinno
26,500
2,000
2,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 3X Winner
Brock Parker us
Brock Parker
22,000
1,500
1,500
She Lok Wong us
She Lok Wong
21,000
-39,000
-39,000
Brett Richey us
Brett Richey
17,000
6,000
6,000
Greg Ostrander us
Greg Ostrander
17,000
-17,000
-17,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Melanie Weisner us
Melanie Weisner
15,000

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