2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open

Event 17: $100,000 Guarantee Big Stack NLHE Re-Entry
Day: 1
Event Info

2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aa
Prize
$57,486
Event Info
Buy-in
$350
Prize Pool
$247,835
Entries
730
Next Payout
Place 2
$33,456
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Press Wins Blind Battle

Level 27 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Stephen Press pushed all in for just over 600,000 when action folded to his small blind. The big blind asked for a count, then called fairly quickly.

Press: {a-Diamonds}{10-Spades}
Big blind: {k-Spades}{q-Hearts}

Press asked for low cards, and he got them when the runout came {4-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}{3-Spades}{10-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
Stephen Press us
Stephen Press
1,300,000
490,000
490,000

Tags: Stephen Press

Galazzo Mushes Another

Level 27 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Joseph Galazzo is on a roll.
Joseph Galazzo is on a roll.

Joseph "Mush" Galazzo woke up with {a-Hearts}{q-Hearts} and in the big blind and called the shove of a short-stacked opponent in the cutoff.

Galazzo: {a-Hearts}{q-Hearts}
Cutoff: {k-Hearts}{10-Hearts}

Things were all but over rather quickly when the {7-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{2-Hearts}. An {a-Diamonds} and {q-Diamonds} finished out the board.

Player Chips Progress
Joseph Galazzo us
Joseph Galazzo
2,100,000
600,000
600,000

Tags: Joseph Galazzo

Level: 27

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 5,000

Levy Ships on Last Hand Before Break

Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 4,000 ante
Steven Levy shoved the turn.
Steven Levy shoved the turn.

A player fired 200,000 into Steve Levy went into the tank with the board reading {5-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{10-Clubs}. Finally, he announced all in for 597,000. His opponent thought for about a minute.

"Nice hand," he said softly, folding. The player asked how big Levy's pair was, saying he had a pair.

Was Zeebo's Theorem not in effect? We'll never know.

Players are now on a 15-minute color-up break.

Player Chips Progress
Steve Levy
Steve Levy
1,375,000
595,000
595,000

Tags: Steve Levy

Coward Wakes Up

Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 4,000 ante

A player jammed for about 300,000 under the gun, and every player folded immediately upon looking at their cards until it got to Chris Coward in the big blind.

"Call," he said the instant he squeezed out his holdings.

Under the gun: {9-Hearts}{8-Hearts}
Coward: {a-Clubs}{a-Hearts}

The dealer rolled out the {3-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{q-Hearts} for the flop, and we had a sweat. Perspiration increased on the {6-Spades} turn, but the {9-Diamonds} river gave Coward's opponent only a pair, and he was done.

Player Chips Progress
Chris Coward us
Chris Coward
1,100,000

Tags: Chris Coward

Level: 26

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 4,000

Rawlins Triples

Level 25 : 15,000/30,000, 4,000 ante

Moshe Yehoshua raised to 150,000 under the gun, and a player in middle position jammed for just over 400,000. Don Rawlins got all in as well for about the same amount from the cutoff, and Yehoshua called when action folded back to him.

Yehoshua: {a-Hearts}{k-Clubs}
Rawlins: {q-Spades}{q-Hearts}
Middle position: {a-Clubs}{k-Spades}

"Yes!" Rawlins exclaimed, seeing how good of a spot he had found. Sure enough, the board came {2-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{6-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}, and he tripled up after stacks were counted down and he had just 3,000 more than the other all in player.

Player Chips Progress
Don Rawlins
Don Rawlins
1,300,000
633,000
633,000
Moshe Yehoshua
Moshe Yehoshua
520,000
-480,000
-480,000

Tags: Don RawlinsMoshe Yehoshua