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Allen Kessler and Cherish Andrews have both been eliminated. Cherish took to Twitter for her bust out.
And busto jj to aa for my last 25 bigs. Ran big hands into bigger hands all day. Best of luck to friends still in. #tillnexttimeFollow @CherishAndrews
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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The official number of entrants was 414 creating a prize pool of $1,003,950. The top 45 finishers will make the money with first place receiving over a quarter million dollars - $256,508 to be precise. Here are the full payouts:
| Place | Payout |
|---|---|
| 1 | $256,508 |
| 2 | $148,083 |
| 3 | $90,356 |
| 4 | $72,786 |
| 5 | $57,225 |
| 6 | $47,688 |
| 7 | $38,150 |
| 8 | $29,115 |
| 9 | $20,079 |
| 10-12 | $13,051 |
| 13-15 | $10,040 |
| 16-18 | $7,931 |
| 19-27 | $6,224 |
| 28-36 | $5,522 |
| 37-45 | $5,020 |
Here's a slew of chip counts grabbed off of the player bags. We'll have full chip counts and seating assignments for Day 2 as soon as they become available. 142 players survived today according to Tab Duchateau making it a total of 199 that will return tomorrow.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
239,500
14,500
|
14,500 |
|
205,400
60,400
|
60,400 |
|
|
178,900
178,900
|
178,900 |
|
171,200
121,200
|
121,200 |
|
168,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
165,600
108,600
|
108,600 |
|
||
|
139,400
64,400
|
64,400 |
|
138,400
-1,600
|
-1,600 |
|
103,800
61,800
|
61,800 |
|
||
|
101,800
49,800
|
49,800 |
|
91,200
11,200
|
11,200 |
|
|
||
|
81,500
21,500
|
21,500 |
|
||
|
81,200
10,200
|
10,200 |
|
77,300 | |
|
75,500
37,500
|
37,500 |
|
||
|
68,500
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
67,800
22,800
|
22,800 |
|
64,100
-15,900
|
-15,900 |
|
|
||
|
62,700
62,700
|
62,700 |
|
|
52,700
31,700
|
31,700 |
|
47,700
15,700
|
15,700 |
|
46,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
|
|
||
|
45,900
-11,100
|
-11,100 |
|
|
||
|
39,300
26,300
|
26,300 |
|
||
|
|
37,300
37,300
|
37,300 |
The second flight for the 2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open Championship concluded with 142 players joining the 57 from the first flight to return tomorrow at noon for Day 2. The chip leader at the end of the day, and for the tournament thus far, is Alan Wentz who won a massive pot against past World Poker Tour Borgata Poker Open winner Anthony Zinno to surge into the chip lead. Wentz finished the day with an impressive 239,500 in chips which is 32,900 more than what Day 1a chip leader Paul Volpe finished with.
Wentz is a virtual unknown with only one listed live cash for $32,724. That was only a month ago so he could be on to the start of something great with a deep run here.
There were plenty of players taking part in the action today as 299 entrants took part. Joining Wentz at the top of the leader board are Andy Spears (205,400), Kevin Grabel (168,000), Matt Giannetti (165,600), Daniel Buzgon (138,400), Mike Leah (103,800), and Brett Richey (101,800). Buzgon won a big pot off of Tony Dunst to eliminate the WPT commentator and build himself a top stack.
Other notables that will return for Day 2 include Brian Lemke, Andy Frankenberger, Darren Elias, David Tuthill, Corrie Wunstel, Amnon Filippi, Adam Friedman, Matt Affleck, and a short stacked Melanie Weisner who opted to forfeit her Day 1a stack and try again. She would get off to a hot start but would falter at the end of the day to end with just 20,000 in chips.
For all those that made it through, there were as many that would go home disappointed including the likes of Men Nguyen, James Woods, Jamie Kerstetter, Cherish Andrews, and Allen Kessler.
The total prize pool for the tournament just met the $1 million guarantee with it reaching $1,003,950. First place will take home $256,508. Tomorrow players will play another 8 levels and play will start at noon local time. PokerNews will be back here from the start to bring you all the exciting flops, turns, and rivers.
Event 7: $2,700 Spring Poker Championship
Day 1b Completed
