Breaking Through
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Level 7
: 250/500, 50 ante
The players are back from break and Level 9 is upon us, meaning blinds are now set at 400-800 with a 75 ante.
2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open
Event 15: $200,000 Guarantee Six-Max NLHE Re-Entry
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$361,810
Entries
373
Level
26
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
4,000
Notable Counts From Around the Room
Here are some of the big stacks and big names still alive in the Six-Max event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
194,700
146,250
|
146,250 |
|
116,800
96,800
|
96,800 |
|
66,000
46,000
|
46,000 |
|
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|
48,200
28,200
|
28,200 |
|
39,750
19,750
|
19,750 |
|
36,500 | |
|
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|
17,400
-2,600
|
-2,600 |
|
|
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Entrant Information Announced
Level 8
: 300/600, 75 ante
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.
Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
The Cutting Truth
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.
Reinventing the Wheel
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."
Level: 7
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
The Notables
Below is a selection of photos from the Six-Max Event:
Right Said Fred
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.
River: 
Fifth street was safe for Kulikowski - who played in yesterday's $1,650 Heads-Up event - and he managed to triple up to keep himself in contention.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
41,350
41,350
|
41,350 |
Friday Night Lights (Out)
After bowing out in the Elite Eight of today's $1,650 Heads-Up event - and taking home $4,656 in the process - Matt Stout dove right in the six-handed event for a shot at another score.
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |