2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open

Event 7: $2,700 Spring Poker Championship
Day: 2
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

#SonicsGate

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Matt Affleck (Day 1a) doubles
Matt Affleck (Day 1a) doubles

"All in and a call," we heard a dealer say over on Table 1.

When we arrived, Matt Affleck was at risk with {5-Spades}{5-Clubs}, but he wasn't really "at risk" because the board was {j-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{5-Hearts} and James Campbell was drawing dead holding {q-Hearts}{q-Spades}.

According to Affleck, the money went in on the flop, and after a meaningless {7-Hearts} completed the board, he doubled to 142,000 chips. Campbell fell to 41,000.

Player Chips Progress
Matt Affleck us
Matt Affleck
142,000
80,000
80,000
James Campbell us
James Campbell
41,000
-85,600
-85,600

Tags: Matt AffleckJames Campbell

Chip Counts

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Some chip counts (approximate) from around the room...

Player Chips Progress
Andy Spears us
Andy Spears
265,000
15,000
15,000
Alan Wentz us
Alan Wentz
205,000
7,000
7,000
Izzet Burak Temel
Izzet Burak Temel
195,000
16,100
16,100
Paul Volpe us
Paul Volpe
190,000
-16,600
-16,600
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 3X Winner
Kevin Grabel us
Kevin Grabel
175,000
7,000
7,000
Jeff Madsen us
Jeff Madsen
165,000
29,500
29,500
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 4X Winner
StakeKings
Taylor Von Kriegenbergh us
Taylor Von Kriegenbergh
135,000
53,500
53,500
WPT 1X Winner
Paul Spitzberg us
Paul Spitzberg
135,000
-4,400
-4,400
Matt Giannetti us
Matt Giannetti
135,000
-30,600
-30,600
WPT 2X Winner
Andy Frankenberger us
Andy Frankenberger
130,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP 2X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Tom Dobrilovic
Tom Dobrilovic
100,000
100,000
100,000
Brett Richey us
Brett Richey
95,000
-20,000
-20,000
Corrie Wunstel us
Corrie Wunstel
95,000
30,900
30,900
WSOP 1X Winner
Christian Harder us
Christian Harder
85,000
20,100
20,100
$25K Fantasy
Emad Alabsi
Emad Alabsi
77,000
10,500
10,500
Mike Leah ca
Mike Leah
75,000
-28,800
-28,800
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Keven Stammen us
Keven Stammen
70,000
38,900
38,900
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Kevin Saul us
Kevin Saul
65,000
29,600
29,600
WPT 1X Winner
Maurice Hawkins us
Maurice Hawkins
58,000
-10,500
-10,500
Adam Foster us
Adam Foster
55,000
600
600
Kenny Nguyen us
Kenny Nguyen
55,000
-12,000
-12,000
Ravi Raghavan us
Ravi Raghavan
50,000
-1,500
-1,500
WPT 1X Winner
Tyler Patterson us
Tyler Patterson
50,000
17,600
17,600
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Matt Salsberg ca
Matt Salsberg
45,000
10,000
10,000
Joe McKeehen us
Joe McKeehen
45,000
21,700
21,700
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 3X Winner

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Bowker Bounces Little

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Jonathan Little (Day 1a)
Jonathan Little (Day 1a)

Jonathan Little was all in and at risk for what looked like 15,000 preflop. Kyle Bowker had already called, and Kenneth Lind, the original raiser, was in the tank.

After well over a minute, he folded {2-}{2-} face up.

Little: {10-Hearts}{9-Hearts}
Bowker: {8-Spades}{8-Hearts}

Little was eliminated as the board came {6-Spades}{8-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{6-Hearts}, and Bowker chipped up to 55,000.

Player Chips Progress
Kyle Bowker us
Kyle Bowker
55,000
28,000
28,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Jonathan Little us
Jonathan Little
Busted
WPT 2X Winner

Tags: Kyle BowkerKenneth LindJonathan Little

Orgil Out

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Richard Rossetti raised to 2,300 from under the gun, Daniel Orgil called all in, having exactly 2,300, and Frank Toscano re-raised, making it 12,000 to go on the button. Rossetti folded.

Orgil flashed the {a-Diamonds}, keeping the other card behind it, and Toscano refused to show the rest of his hand at first. Finally, he tabled his cards.

"You're going to need two," he said, showing {q-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}.

Orgil didn't have two, revealing the {7-Clubs}, and hit the rail when the flop, turn, and river came {2-Spades}{8-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}.

Toscano chipped up to 135,000.

Player Chips Progress
Frank Toscano us
Frank Toscano
135,000
8,900
8,900
Daniel Orgil us
Daniel Orgil
Busted

Tags: Richard RossettiDaniel OrgilFrank Toscano

Pillai Climbing

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Shankar Pillai and Daniel Buzgon were just entangled in a heads-up pot with the board reading {6-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{5-Spades}, and Pillai bombed 45,000 on the river. Buzgon went into the tank for a bit before committing the necessary chips to make the call, and Pillai showed {3-Spades}{3-Clubs} for a full house.

Buzgon hung his head, then flicked his cards into the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Shankar Pillai us
Shankar Pillai
270,000
126,000
126,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Daniel Buzgon us
Daniel Buzgon
46,000
-92,400
-92,400

Tags: Daniel BuzgonShankar Pillai

Level: 11

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 200

Showers for Salsberg

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante
Matt Salsberg
Matt Salsberg

Matt Salbserg has been eliminated and is in line for Event 9, which has a few minutes left to register. Here's Salbserg telling the Twitter world how it went down:

matt salsbergBusto Borgata. Hj opens 2800 I flat KK on button bb calls. Flop K95cc opener c bets 5200 me all in for 36k bb calls with QTcc. 3c river.

matt salsbergGot KOd by same guy who busted me on my first bullet cracking my AA there. Funny how that happens.
Player Chips Progress
Matt Salsberg ca
Matt Salsberg
Busted

Tags: Matt Salsberg

Izzet Hot in Here

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante
Izzet Temel
Izzet Temel

Izzet Temel is off to a good start today to say the least and he made it look easy in his most recent hand when he opened the action and a player three to his left re-raised him. Temel took one look at his opponent's stack and announced that he was all in, easily having him covered. His opponent made the mistake of calling with {A-}{Q-} as Temel had woken up with a legitimate hand, the good old {A-}{A-}.

After the board ran out safe for Temel, table mate Alex Rocha said to him "so that's how you do it".

Temel is the current chip leader with 380,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Izzet Burak Temel
Izzet Burak Temel
380,000
46,000
46,000

Tags: Izzet Temel