Event 7: $2,700 Spring Poker Championship
Day 1b Started
Event 7: $2,700 Spring Poker Championship
Day 1b Started
Good morning, and welcome back to the wonderful Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa for Day 1b of the 2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open Championship Event!
Day 1a attracted a total of 115 entries - 57 of which bagged and tagged - and the chip leader when the dust settled was Paul Volpe. Volpe bagged 206,600, and was the only player in the room to crack the 200,000-chip threshold.
Other players who finished the first flight with six-figure stacks include Jeff Madsen, Dan Heimiller, and Greg Ostrander.
Some players, like Melanie Weisner, bagged very small stacks and have a tough decision to make; reenter and forfeit their stack, or come back on Day 2 and try to run it up. Others who busted during Day 1a have no choice but to reenter if they want to compete for the 2014 BSO Championship.
Like yesterday, we will be playing eight 75-minute levels with a 75-minute dinner break after Level 6. With 115 entries on Day 1a, the magic number today is 285 to reach the $1 million guarantee.
Be sure to stay tuned to PokerNews for live coverage of this and every main event at the 2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open.
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
The cards are in the air for Day 1b of Event 7: $2,700 Spring Poker Championship.
There are a few players already trickling in for Day 1b of the 2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open Championship Event, including Event 3 winner Tom Dobrilovic.
Dobrilovic, a New York native, earned just under $40,000 for the victory, and also won a Black Chip Bounty event here at Borgata in January of 2013.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Tom Dobrilovic |
30,000
23,150
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23,150 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Men Nguyen | 30,000 | |
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Cherish Andrews | 30,000 | |
Stanley Graham
|
30,000 | |
Chris Tryba | 30,000 | |
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Matt Affleck |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Brett Richey |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
2012 World Series of Poker bracelet winner Andy Frankenberger has just taken his seat on Day 1b of the 2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open Championship Event.
Frankenberger of course defeated Phil Ivey heads up in the $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em World Championship, earning $445,899 and the hardware.
Also joining us are Bart Dowling, Tony Sinishtaj, Johannes Mueller, and Bernard Liberati.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Andy Frankenberger |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
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Johannes Mueller |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Bernard Liberati |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Bart Dowling
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Tony Sinishtaj |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
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Sean Wallace fired out a bet of 550 on a flop of , and only one of two opponents called. The pair checked after the fell on the turn, and the completed the board. The two knuckled again, and Wallace's opponent earned the pot with for a pair of threes.
A few hands later, Wallace check-called a bet of 1,900 on a flop of from another opponent. The turn was the , the two checked, and the river was the . Wallace led out for 3,500, his opponent called, and Wallace dragged the pot with for trip jacks.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Sean Wallace |
34,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
Partypoker Pro Jamie Kerstetter just took her seat over on Table 1 here in the Signature Room at Borgata. This is Kerstetter's first bullet in the 2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open Championship Event, and she is looking to have more success here in South Jersey. Back in 2012, Kerstetter finished 12th in the WPT Borgata Poker Open Main Event, earning $44,937.
We've also spotted DJ MacKinnon, Kevin Grabel, Ryan Olisar, and Brian Lemke in the field.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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DJ MacKinnon |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Jamie Kerstetter |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Brian Lemke |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
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Ryan Olisar |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Kevin Grabel |
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Kevin Grabel was all in and at risk for 25,500 holding against an opponent's on a flop of . Grabel, who chopped the $1 Million Guarantee, avoided the one-outer and the runner-runner flush, doubling to over 50,000 chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Kevin Grabel |
55,000
25,000
|
25,000 |