Torrey Korsog check-called a bet of 2,200 with a board of . The river was the , and Korsog checked once more. Ryan D'Angelo fired 5,200 this time. Korsog thought for about 30 seconds before making the call.
"You haven't folded once all day," D'Angelo said. "I don't know why I tried to bluff you."
He turned over for king-high, while Korsog showed for a pair of eights.
We have our Elite Eight here at the $1,500+150 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em event at the Borgata Winter Poker Open: Brian Hewitt, James Routos, Matt Stout, Steve Sarmiento, Adam Shulman, Ernie Lewis, Torrey Korsog, and Joseph Stiers. Each won three matches against tough players to get here. Their victims, in ascending order:
Hewitt: Matt Matros, Dan Wach, Mike Malinconico
Routos: Alex Rocha, Eric Fields, Tai Yuen
Stout: Scott Baumstein, Joe Tracy, Alex Queen
Sarmiento: John Holley, Greg Fishberg, James Anderson
Shulman: Charlie Hook, Paul Cheung, Josh Templeton
Lewis: Ian Davis, Kevin Eyster, James Ruszkiewicz
Korsog: Christian Harder, Mickey Appleman, Ryan D'Angelo
Stiers: Nick Guagenti, Anthony Zinno, Andy Hwang
Each of the final eight will score at least $4,656, but the winner will take home $37,248. Players return at noon to commence the Elite Eight. Be sure to tune in to PokerNews for play-by-play.