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

Novak Shoves, Madsen Folds

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Valerie Novak
Valerie Novak

With 65,000 already in the middle, Valerie Novak moved all in over the top of Jeff Madsen. From the size of the pot and Madsen's position on the button it was an obvious four bet. Madsen tanked long and hard before folding and Novak was gracious and showed Madsen her hand... {K-}{K-}. Novak has had a good day thus far and is up to 185,000. Madsen is still looking good with 270,000.

Player Chips Progress
Jeff Madsen us
Jeff Madsen
270,000
-30,000
-30,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Valerie Novak us
Valerie Novak
185,000
149,700
149,700

Tags: Jeff MadsenValerie Novak

Volpe Showered

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Paul Volpe (Day 1a) - Showered
Paul Volpe (Day 1a) - Showered

Paul Volpe was all in and at risk with {8-}{8-} moments ago, according to Jeff Papola. He was racing against Abraham Korotki's {k-}{q-}, and there was a queen on the flop. Volpe failed to improve on the turn or river, and was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Abraham Korotki us
Abraham Korotki
340,000
Paul Volpe us
Paul Volpe
Busted
WSOP 3X Winner

Tags: Paul Volpe

Counts

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Player Chips Progress
Shankar Pillai us
Shankar Pillai
440,000
10,000
10,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Andy Spears us
Andy Spears
360,000
-15,000
-15,000
Abraham Korotki us
Abraham Korotki
340,000
189,700
189,700
Scott McClean
Scott McClean
330,000
Jeff Madsen us
Jeff Madsen
300,000
85,000
85,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Alan Wentz us
Alan Wentz
285,000
-20,000
-20,000
Christian Harder us
Christian Harder
280,000
-90,000
-90,000
Greg Himmelbrand us
Greg Himmelbrand
270,000
30,000
30,000
Paul Spitzberg us
Paul Spitzberg
265,000
105,000
105,000
Richard Rossetti us
Richard Rossetti
210,000
65,600
65,600
Keven Stammen us
Keven Stammen
210,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Frank Toscano us
Frank Toscano
205,000
65,000
65,000
Bryan Choi
Bryan Choi
205,000
70,000
70,000
David Tuthill us
David Tuthill
185,000
-37,000
-37,000
Jack Schanbacher
Jack Schanbacher
180,000
152,800
152,800
Taylor Von Kriegenbergh us
Taylor Von Kriegenbergh
170,000
35,000
35,000
WPT 1X Winner
Leonardo Palermo us
Leonardo Palermo
143,000
61,200
61,200
William Bariban
William Bariban
140,000
-215,000
-215,000
Miguel Borrero
Miguel Borrero
135,000
-5,000
-5,000
Mike Leah ca
Mike Leah
125,000
-7,000
-7,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Matt Brady us
Matt Brady
125,000
15,000
15,000
Matt Affleck us
Matt Affleck
100,000
-27,500
-27,500
Greg Ostrander us
Greg Ostrander
90,000
4,000
4,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Mike Jarvela
Mike Jarvela
85,000
28,000
28,000
Chalie Hook us
Chalie Hook
85,000
28,700
28,700

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Parisi Doubles

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Two players, including John Parisi, checked to Frank Toscano on a board of {10-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{9-Clubs}, and he tossed out a bet. Parisi moved all in for 28,000, a third player re-shoved for 55,600, and Toscano called.

Parisi: {q-Hearts}{j-Hearts}
Re-Shover: {k-Clubs}{q-Clubs}
Toscano: {a-Hearts}{10-Spades}

The {5-Diamonds} bricked off on the river, and Parisi scooped the main pot. Toscano fell to 140,000, and tablemate Shankar Pillai has all of the chips; 430,000.

Player Chips Progress
Shankar Pillai us
Shankar Pillai
430,000
160,000
160,000
WSOP 2X Winner
John Parisi
John Parisi
150,000
8,200
8,200
Frank Toscano us
Frank Toscano
140,000
-60,000
-60,000

Tags: Frank ToscanoShankar PillaiJohn Parisi

Oh, No

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Kevin Grabel (Day 1a) - Eliminated
Kevin Grabel (Day 1a) - Eliminated

With around 20,000 in the middle, Kevin Grabel fired out a bet of 14,200 on a flop of {10-Spades}{3-Spades}{j-Diamonds}. Jewook Oh raised to around 40,000, a third player folded, and Grabel moved all in for effectively 113,200. Oh snap-called.

Grabel: {7-Spades}{6-Spades}
Oh: {10-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}

Grabel was on a draw, and unfortunately for him neither the {k-Hearts} on the turn nor the {9-Hearts} on the river improved his hand, crippling him to 30,000 chips. He was eliminated with unknown action soon after.

Oh more than doubled to around 260,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
Jewook Oh us
Jewook Oh
260,000
199,500
199,500
Kevin Grabel us
Kevin Grabel
Busted

Tags: Jewook OhKevin Grabel

Brady Makes Gutsy Call to Double Up

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

With the board showing {A-Hearts}{9-Spades}{7-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{J-Clubs} and approximately 40,000 in the pot already, Matt Brady faced an all in bet from Kevin Grabel.

Brady peeked at his cards, wondering if his {10-Hearts}{9-Hearts} was any good. He took his time, thinking through the hand in his head, and made the call.

"You're good," said Grabel, mucking his hand and while pointing to this PokerNews reporter said "it's all your fault. He wanted to make the hero call to get on the blog."

Brady joked "it's already printed up". Both players had about 110,000 after the hand.

Player Chips Progress
Matt Brady us
Matt Brady
110,000
50,000
50,000
Kevin Grabel us
Kevin Grabel
110,000
-30,000
-30,000

Tags: Kevin GrabelMatt Brady

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300

Christian Harder Doubles Up

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante
Christian Harder
Christian Harder

Shortly before the break with a flop of {Q-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} and a good sized pot already in the middle of the table, Christian Harder checked. His opponent made it 17,000 to go and Harder check-raised to 47,000. His opponent put in a large stack of blue 5,000 chips and Harder didn't think too long before announcing he was all in for 152,400 total. He was quickly called by his opponent who held a monster with {A-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds} for top pair with the nut flush draw. Harder had a bigger hand, {Q-Clubs}{Q-Hearts} for top set but would have to fade the flush draw to stay alive.

The turn was the {3-Clubs} changing nothing and the river was another safe card for Harder as it was the {5-Spades}. Harder moves to the top of the leader board with the pot. With a good score here, Harder could move above six million in total lifetime winnings (online and live combined).

Player Chips Progress
Christian Harder us
Christian Harder
370,000
210,000
210,000

Tags: Christian Harder

Break/ Some More Chip Counts

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Players are on a 15 minute break - here are a few more updated chip counts:

Player Chips Progress
Alan Wentz us
Alan Wentz
305,000
David Tuthill us
David Tuthill
222,000
32,000
32,000
Keven Stammen us
Keven Stammen
210,000
55,000
55,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Paul Spitzberg us
Paul Spitzberg
160,000
25,000
25,000
Mike Leah ca
Mike Leah
132,000
-28,000
-28,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Matt Affleck us
Matt Affleck
127,500
52,500
52,500
She Lok Wong us
She Lok Wong
125,000
10,000
10,000
Greg Ostrander us
Greg Ostrander
86,000
8,000
8,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Joe McKeehen us
Joe McKeehen
85,000
8,000
8,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 3X Winner
Emad Alabsi
Emad Alabsi
80,000
3,000
3,000
Matt Brady us
Matt Brady
60,000
6,000
6,000
Alex Rocha us
Alex Rocha
35,000
-5,000
-5,000
Kevin Saul us
Kevin Saul
Busted
WPT 1X Winner
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