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Alex Queen won 2-1 against Adam Gerber. He'll face off with the winner of Aaron Massey versus Michael Shklover.
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Busted |
With the board reading 
and facing a 0-1 hole in his match against Matt Stout, Scott Baumstein needed to make a move, and boy did he ever.
Baumstein held the 
and bet out for 1,250, only to see Stout respond with a raise to 3,400. After a lengthy tank to assess the spot he had put himself in, Baumstein decided to make his stand and he shoved all in. Stout snapped him off with the 
for a turned two pair, and when the board brought a brick on the river, he advanced to the Round of 32 to compete against either Joe Tracy or Shankar Pillai.
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20,000
20,000
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Greg Fishberg and Steve Sarmiento have started their second-round match.
Christian Harder raised to 1,200 after Torrey Korsog bet 400 on a board of 
. Korsog made the call, and the river was a 
. Korsog check-called 3,000, and Harder showed him 
for a straight. Stacks are about even now.
Kevin Eyster just dodged the deck to even up his match against Jake Schwartz, fading flush and straight draws on two streets to win a huge pot.
The flop came 
to give Schwartz a huge drawing hand with his . Eyster held just the bottom pair and no kicker with his 
, but in heads-up play any pair on the flop is considered to be a strong holding.
The money went in and Schwartz could hit any five, eight, nine or diamond to take it on the turn, but the improved Eyster's hand and not his.
When the 
missed him entirely on the river, the pot and the game went to Eyster, who moved to 1-1 in this best of three heads-up contest.
Dan Buzgon just finished off a 2-0 victory over Tyler Short. He'll play the winner of Jared Jaffee versus James Ruszkiewicz.
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20,000 | |
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Busted |
Greg Fishburn claimed all of Corrie Wunstel's chips and is the fifth player to advance into the Round of 32, where he will square off against Steve Sarmiento.
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Busted | |
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We missed the bustout hand that eliminated Caufan Talley from the tournament, but he has departed the room.
Adams will play whomever advances from the match between James Anderson and David Einhorn.
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20,000 | |
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Busted |
After taking down the first huge score of the series here at the Borgata Winter Poker Open by winning Event 5, Joe Mckeehen had momentum on his side entering his match against Dan Wach.
As they say though, every ride must come to an end, and Mckeehen's just did when Wach got there on the river.
Mckeehen was already in a one-match hole and needed to win two in a row to advance, something that looked likely when the money went in on the turn with the board reading 
. Mckeehen had a flopped set of sevens with , but Wach was still drawing live with 
for an open-ended straight draw.
River: 
The straight was made and Mckeehen was sent packing, with Wach becoming the third player to advance into the Round of 32.
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Busted | |
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Aaron Steury limped the button, and Chad Eveslage shipped it. Steury was waiting for just that, and he made the call.
Steury: 
Eveslage:
Steury's hand held up, and he's up a match on Eveslage.