Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open
Event 7: $2,700 Spring Poker Championship
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$1,003,950
Entries
414
Level
27
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000
Burr Drags One
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Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
Melissa Burr and two other players were in contention for what looked like a 4,000-chip pot or so on the river of a 
board. The action checked to a player who tossed out a single yellow T1,000 chip, and Burr raised to 3,500.
The raise got through as the bettor thought better of it, and mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
47,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
Kostelac KO's Dowling
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
Bart Dowling fired out a half-pot bet of 5,000 on a board of 
, and his opponent, John Kostelac, went into the tank.
"What?" Dowling said abruptly. "On a flush draw?"
Kostelac remained silent, before finally moving all in for around 8,000 more. There was a beat, and Dowling committed the remainder of his stack.
Kostelac: 
Dowling: 
The 
bricked off on the river, and Dowling hit the rail. Kostelac is up to 35,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
35,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Patterson Hits River
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
The pre-flop action between Tyler Patterson and an unnamed opponent went Patterson raise and his opponent re-raising out of the small blind. Patterson called and the flop came 
. The player from the small blind led out for 3,100 and Patterson made the call.
The turn was the 
and both players checked.
The river was the and the player in the small blind led out for 5,000. Patterson raised it to 15,000 after looking like he was going to just call. His opponent grabbed a bit of his food, looked at his cards, and then called. He mucked when Patterson showed for a rivered two pair.
Patterson has over a million in live lifetime tournament winnings, including an 11th place finish at the World Poker Tour Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship Event this past January.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
||
Counts
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
88,000
58,000
|
58,000 |
|
|
||
|
61,000
-26,000
|
-26,000 |
|
|
||
|
57,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
|
||
|
57,000 | |
|
||
|
53,000
-27,000
|
-27,000 |
|
||
|
51,000
-21,000
|
-21,000 |
|
43,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
||
|
32,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
||
|
26,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
|
||
|
24,000
-11,000
|
-11,000 |
|
18,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
|
||
|
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
|
|
Busted | |
Tony Dunst Wants to Punch Someone
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
Tony Dunst opened from the hijack to 800 and received three callers, including Sean Wallace out of the big blind. The flop came 
and it was checked to Dunst who made it 2,000 to go. The players sitting on the button and small blind called while Wallace folded.
The turn was the and the player in the small blind checked, as did Dunst. The player on the button was having none of it and bet 4,300 leading to two folds.
Besides being a part of the World Poker Tour broadcast team, Dunst is also an accomplished poker player with over one million dollars in reported live tournament winnings as well as being very successful online prior to Black Friday. Dunst tweeted earlier a reminder about today being the anniversary of Black Friday:
Just realized it's the three year anniversary of Black Friday and immediately felt like punching someone/anyone.Follow @Bond_18
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
26,700
700
|
700 |
|
|
||
|
9,500
-14,500
|
-14,500 |
Toscano Takes Out Kerstetter
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
Frank Toscano was assembling chips to fire out a bet on a flop of 
, and he was literally beaten into the pot by his opponent, partypoker Team Pro Jamie Kerstetter. She tossed out 2,500 before he could even drop it in front of him, and he awkwardly returned the chips to his stack. He then brought them forward once more, dropping them down.
The turn was the , Toscano fired another 2,500, and Kerstetter moved all in for 10,075. Toscano fumbled a few more chips, then called.
Toscano: 
Kerstetter: 
Both players held flush draws, but Kerstetter had the ace and a meaningless pair of sixes and Toscano also had a straight draw. The river didn't give Toscano a straight, but the 
gave him a pair of jacks to win the hand and eliminate Kerstetter.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000 | |
|
Busted |
Poker Faces
"Hitt"ing Runner Runner
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
There was a commotion going on right in front of the PokerNews Live Reporting table and when we go to check it out we hear one player saying "Oh my God, are you ****ing kidding me?" while another player is saying "sorry buddy."
The board showed 
and sitting in front of the OMG player is 
for a flopped set that turned into 9's full of Queens. Chris Hitt was the other player... the one saying "sorry buddy"... and he had 
for flopped top pair that turned into two pair on the turn and improved to a full house on the river.
"I felt it coming," the excited Hitt said as he stacked his chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
80,000 |
Lind Cracks Six Figures
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
Kenneth Lind fired out a bet on a flop of 
, an opponent called, and the 2013 WSOP Seniors Championship Winner led out for another 15,000 after the turn produced the 
. Without much thought, his opponent reached for three blue T5,000 chips and flicked them forward.
The river was the man with the ax (
), and Lind tanked for a bit.
"OK," he sighed. "I check."
His opponent opened his cards, signifying a check, and revealed for two pair. Lind showed 
, pipping the player, and raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
100,000
39,000
|
39,000 |
|
|
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