A Total of 373 Entries and Re-Entries Were Recorded for Event 15 ($250,000 Guarantee Six-Max NLHE Re-Entry)
There were a total of 373 entries and re-entries recorded for Event 15 ($200,000 Guarantee Six-Max NLHE Re-Entry), and at $1,090 a bullet a sizable prize pool of more than $350,000 was generated.
There are only 170 players left in contention, and the current average stack sits just over 43,000 at the moment.
Official prize pool information will be released shortly, so stay tuned to see what's at stake for this star-studded six-handed event.
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Everyone's a Critic... Especially Allen Kessler
Allen "The Chainsaw" Kessler is well-known on the professional poker circuit for telling it like it is... or at least telling everybody in earshot how he thinks it should be.
The man affectionately known as "Complainsaw" due to his propensity for speaking his mind just showed why, no matter what you think about his views on the world, you should probably consider them to be honest to a fault.
"Look at this thing..." he told a friend during a recent break in today's Pot-Limit Omaha tournament. "This sweater's got my name on it."
"Who would buy this?"
As Jules once told Jimmie in the classic film Pulp Fiction, "they're you're clothes," but one must admire Kessler for keeping it real nonetheless... even if his T-shirt is also an "Allen Kessler" branded swag bag item.
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Jacob Bazeley (Seen Here Playing in Another Tournament Series) is Off and Running Here at the Borgata Winter Poker Open's Six-Max Event
We noticed a table with longtime pros Matt Affleck and Keven Stammen had been joined by fellow tournament grinder Jacob Bazeley, so we stopped by to see what might happen.
Sure enough, Bazeley soon played a sizable pot and managed to extract significant value despite missing his flush draw. Confused? So was Bazeley's opponent.
The flop came down and two bets of 1,300 or so went into the middle, while both players checked the on the turn.
When the completed the board on the river Bazeley's opponent fired away with a 3,200 wager, only to see the young pro with more than $1.2 million in live tournament earnings raise the action to 10,600. The man appeared to be pained at the sight of such a large raise, but he soon paid the bet off with a crying call, only to peer across the table in surprise when Bazeley tabled the for a rivered wheel straight.
"Ahhhh...." cried the man when he saw the bad news. "Knew ya missed the flush draw. Nice hand."
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Fred Kulikowski (Seen Here Playing Event 14 at the Borgata Winter Poker Open)
Three-way all-in pots are typically contested by huge hands that hit the flop, turn or river hard, and in this case it was fourth street which connected perfectly with three players.
With the board reading by the turn, Fred Kulikowski was all in for his last 12,800 or so, and not one but two opponents called to put him at risk. One opponent held a stack just shorter than that, while the second caller had both Kulikowski and the first caller covered.
Showdown:
Kulikowski:
First Caller:
Second Caller:
The queen on the turn gave the first caller top two pair, and the second caller found top-top with a Broadway draw, but it was Kulikowski who liked the lady best with his up-and-down straight draw now complete.
The river card would decide things though, and Kulikowski was fading all the paint cards to avoid elimination.
As they say though, what a difference a day makes. Stout cruised through yesterday's 64-player bracket on Day 1 of the heads-up event, sweeping every best-of-three match he played to go 6-0 on the day.
Stout appeared to be in a groove after his romp to the quarterfinals, but today the wheels came off and he found himself on the wrong end of a sweep, falling 0-2 to Steve Sarmiento. In today's $1,090 Six-Max NLHE Re-Entry event, Stout's tough day continued, and he was recently seen heading out of the tournament area in a hurry, having busted shortly after the re-entry period came to a close.
Snuffer let us know that his last 10,000 or so went into the middle when his connected for top pair on the flop. His opponent connected a little better though, and with a seven in the hole he sent Snuffer to the registration desk for a re-entry ticket.
"Gonna shoot another bullet at 'em..." said Snuffer as he shuffled past us once again. "Time for a table change!"
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Natale Kuey Has Built Another Big Stack Here in the Six-Max, Just Days After Finishing as the Runner-Up in the Seniors Event
During any coverage of an ongoing event like the Borgata Winter Poker Open, certain storylines seem to emerge from the ether, as formerly strange faces become more familiar as they make multiple deep runs.
Kuey currently sits on a stack of 48,450, good for more than double the starting stack midway through the day. Having already proven himself capable of outlasting the competition, Kuey is definitely a threat to put those chips to good use here today.
Matt Affleck is playing today's six-max event while sporting a fresh #3 Russell Wilson jersey. After his last hand moved him to more than double the starting stack, Affleck is emulating another Seattle Seahawk superstar in running back Marhsawn Lynch- powering through the competition and refusing to be taken down.
We watched Affleck open the pot for a raise to 700 holding the button, with the big blind the lone player to come along. On the flop both players tapped the table, but when the turn card came Affleck fired out a 1,000 bet after another check to him. His opponent flatted and the river came , prompting a third check to Affleck, who responded with a bet of 2,200.
His opponent tanked for thirty seconds before ultimately making the crying call, but Affleck tabled to take the pot down. We watched Affleck earn two or three more uncontested pots with preflop raises, and he now sits with more than 46,000 for a great start to his first tournament of the Borgata Winter Poker Open.
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and two bets of 1,300 or so went into the middle, while both players checked the 
on the turn.
completed the board on the river Bazeley's opponent fired away with a 3,200 wager, only to see the young pro with more than $1.2 million in live tournament earnings raise the action to 10,600. The man appeared to be pained at the sight of such a large raise, but he soon paid the bet off with a crying call, only to peer across the table in surprise when Bazeley tabled the 
for a rivered wheel straight.
by the turn, Fred Kulikowski was all in for his last 12,800 or so, and not one but two opponents called to put him at risk. One opponent held a stack just shorter than that, while the second caller had both Kulikowski and the first caller covered.
connected for top pair on the 
flop both players tapped the table, but when the turn card came 
Affleck fired out a 1,000 bet after another check to him. His opponent flatted and the river came 
, prompting a third check to Affleck, who responded with a bet of 2,200.
to take the pot down. We watched Affleck earn two or three more uncontested pots with preflop raises, and he now sits with more than 46,000 for a great start to his first tournament of the Borgata Winter Poker Open.