Final Break of the Night
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Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Players are on their last break of the evening - 15 minutes. 57 players remain.
2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open
Event 7: $2,700 Spring Poker Championship
Day: 2
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
Dodging Bullets
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
The board was 
and Keven Stammen was in the pot with another player with a good sized pot in the middle. Stammen's opponent had checked and it was on Stammen who had only 56,000 behind. Stammen looked at his cards several times and then checked.
"Showdown," said the dealer.
Stammen's opponent turned over 
. Stammen could only breathe a sigh of relief as he flashed 
for a smaller flush.
"Lots of hearts," he said. "Lots of hearts."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
56,000
-84,000
|
-84,000 |
|
||
Table 5 Counts
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
475,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
|
285,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
140,000
-90,000
|
-90,000 |
|
136,000
-54,000
|
-54,000 |
|
125,000
63,000
|
63,000 |
|
|
||
|
112,000
77,000
|
77,000 |
Tuthill Coolers Leah
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
"I can breath," David Tuthill said, exhaling heavily minutes after a near 500,000-chip pot to eliminate Mike Leah.
According to both players, the two engaged in a preflop raising war which led to an all-in pot. Leah revealed 
, but he was up against the best hand in poker; 
.
The two aces held up, and Leah grabbed his backpack and headed to the exit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
470,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
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Matt Brady Getting Tricky
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
With 140,000 in the pot and a board of 
, Matt Brady checked and after staring down Brady's stack, Paul Spitzberg moved all in and was snap-called by Brady.
Brady turned over 
for a flopped set.
"Nice check," said Spitzberg, who would moments later said he had . Spitzberg is down to approximately 200,000 while Brady is at a new high point for the tournament at close to 270,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
270,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
200,000
-189,000
|
-189,000 |
"I Feel Like We're Even"
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Charlie Hook raised to 6,500 in early position, Keven Stammen three-bet to 15,000 on his direct left, and the action folded back to Hook, who called.
The flop fell 
, Hook checked, and the 2014 Global Poker Index Player of the Year leader continued for 20,000. Hook check-raised to what looked like 55,000, and Stammen snap-mucked.
The very next hand, Hook raised to 6,500 from under the gun, and Stammen almost beat him into the pot, three-betting to 15,000. The action folded back to Hook, who was grinning as soon as Stammen put in the re-raise, and he folded.
"I feel like we're even," Stammen said to Hook, smiling.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
365,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
|
140,000
-70,000
|
-70,000 |
|
|
||
A Few Counts
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
505,000
245,000
|
245,000 |
|
460,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
|
397,000
-43,000
|
-43,000 |
|
||
|
|
389,000
49,000
|
49,000 |
|
342,000
-18,000
|
-18,000 |
|
|
285,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
280,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
|
275,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
|
||
|
170,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
85,000
-58,000
|
-58,000 |
|
75,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
||
Level: 15
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 500
Value Bet or Bluff?
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Christian Harder raised it up from early position, Abraham Korotki called out of the small blind, and the dealer fanned 
. Korotki checked, Harder continued for 6,000, and Korotki called.
The turn was the , the pair knuckled, and the 
completed the board. Korotki opted to lead out for 10,000, flicking forward two blue T5,000 chips, and Harder went into the tank.
He eventually matched the bet, prompting Korotki to reveal his hand.
"Pair of fives," he said, showing 
.
Harder sighed, picked up his cards, and chucked them into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
535,000
195,000
|
195,000 |
|
|
230,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
Affleck's Aces Cracked
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Matt Affleck and Paul Spitzberg saw a 
flop and Affleck got the rest of his stack in with but was in bad shape as Spitzberg had flopped a set with 
. The turn was the meaning Affleck needed a Queen or Ace on the river to stay alive but it was the and Affleck's day is done.
Spitzberg, who had his own Aces cracked a while ago according to him, is at 340,000 after winning that pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
340,000
-65,000
|
-65,000 |
|
Busted |