2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open

Event 14: Heads-Up NLHE
Day: 1
Event Info

2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open

Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
64
Players Left
2

Ronald Lemkin Gets Value With Nines

Both Ronald Lemkin and Paul Cheung checked the {5-Spades}{4-Spades}{8-Clubs} flop and the {j-Diamonds} hit the table on the turn.

After checking a second time, Lemkin called Cheung's 1,000 feeler bet and the {3-Clubs} came on the river.

This time Lemkin opted to bet out and made it 1,700 to go. Cheung thought it over for thirty seconds or so, but he eventually made the crying call, only to muck when Lemkin rolled over {9-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}.

Joe Wurtz Defeats Adam Friedman

Adam Friedman just walked over to Nick Guagenti and announced that he's out of the tournament.

Joe Wurtz did the deed, and he will play in the Round of 32 against the winner of the match between Mike Malinconico and Sean Winter.

Player Chips Progress
Joe Wurtz
Joe Wurtz
20,000
Adam Friedman us
Adam Friedman
Busted
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 5X Winner

Dan Wach Defeats Joe Mckeehen

Joe Mckeehen is Done and Dusted Courtesy of Dan Wach
Joe Mckeehen is Done and Dusted Courtesy of Dan Wach

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 {10-}{7-}{5-}{q-}. Mckeehen had a flopped set of sevens with {7-}{7-}, but Wach was still drawing live with {8-}{9-} for an open-ended straight draw.

River: {6-}

The straight was made and Mckeehen was sent packing, with Wach becoming the third player to advance into the Round of 32.

Player Chips Progress
Dan Wach us
Dan Wach
20,000
Joe Mckeehen us
Joe Mckeehen
Busted
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 3X Winner

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