2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open

Event 5: $100,000 Guaranteed Big Stack NLHE Re-Entry
Day: 1
Event Info

2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aq
Prize
$63,882
Event Info
Buy-in
$350
Prize Pool
$277,711
Entries
818

Brown Enduring Swings

Chad Brown won a pot, then lost one.
Chad Brown won a pot, then lost one.

A player checked to Chad Brown on the end with the board reading {3-Spades}{9-Clubs}{8-Spades}{a-Spades}{7-Diamonds}. Brown fired 25,000, and his opponent snap-called. Brown showed him {a-}{3-} for two pair, and his opponent rapped the table and mucked.

The next hand, Brown opened for 11,000 from late position, and one player called. The loser of the previous hand jammed for 46,800 from the big blind. Brown made the call, and the first caller folded.

Brown: {3-Spades}{3-Clubs}
Opponent: {5-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}

Both player got help on the {5-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} flop, but the player with fives filled up when the {4-Spades} came on the turn. A {10-Clubs} completed the board, and Brown was forced to give his opponent from the previous hand a refund.

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Chad Brown
157,000
18,000
18,000

"Heisenberg" Takes a Beat

Iverson Cotton "Heisenberg" Snuffer limped from an early position, and the big blind ended up pushing all in over the top of a raise. Snuffer moved in as well, and the other player folded.

Snuffer: {9-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}
Big blind: {k-Clubs}{7-Spades}

Snuffer was well ahead, but the {2-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} flop gave his opponent a pair. The {k-Hearts} turn improved that to two pair, and the {6-Diamonds} river didn't save Snuffer.

The big blind apologized profusely for the beat.

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Iverson Cotton Snuffer
55,000

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Weintraub Sets the Trap

Ian Weintraub called a button raise out of the small blind, and he checked the {2-Clubs}{q-Hearts}{j-Hearts} flop. He called his opponent's bet, and the {7-Diamonds} turned. Weintraub checked once more, and his opponent pushed all in. Weintraub called.

Weintraub: {a-Clubs}{q-Clubs}
Opponent: {q-Spades}{10-Hearts}

Both had top pair, but Weintraub had his unfortunate opponent outkicked. The river was the {j-Clubs} and Weintraub is now over 200,000.

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Ian Weintraub
217,000

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Snowmen Hold for Weasen

After a flop of {j-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}, Matt Weasen raised to 21,000 after an initial bet. A player who had checked out of the blinds moved all in for about 45,000, and the original bettor folded. Weasen made the call.

Weasen: {8-Diamonds}{8-Spades}
Opponent: {7-Hearts}{9-Hearts}

"That's not what I wanted to see," Weasen said of his opponent's double-gutshot plus flush draw.

The {j-Diamonds} on the turn was exactly what he wanted to see, however, as it cut his opponent's outs down to the {10-Hearts}. The river was a heart, but it was the deuce, and Weasen's opponent hit the rail.

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Matt Weasen
159,000

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Brown Gets Value

Chad Brown's ladies were good.
Chad Brown's ladies were good.

Chad Brown raised from the button and an opponent in middle position who had either raised or limped (we didn't see) made the call.

The flop came {7-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}{4-Spades}, and Brown fired 4,000 when checked to. The middle-position player called. Both players checked the {k-Diamonds}, and action checked to Brown once more on the {2-Hearts}. Brown bet 6,000, and his opponent called without much deliberation. Brown showed {q-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}, and his opponent rapped the table and mucked.

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Chad Brown
139,000
104,000
104,000

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Gardocki Spikes Gin

Lou Gardocki shoved all in for 42,000 in a three-handed pot with the board reading {4-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}. The player in the cutoff called, and the big blind called as well. The dealer burned and turned the {10-Hearts}, leading both active players to check.

"Ship it," Gardocki said, turning over {j-Clubs}{7-Clubs}. He'd held a double-gutshot straight draw, and gotten there on the river.

The big blind showed down {10-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} for a missed combo draw, and the cutoff showed {a-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds} for another missed draw that was actually best on the turn.

"God, I had him smashed with ace-high," the cutoff said. "I didn't even need to hit anything."

Gardocki did hit something, though, and he's now sitting with over 100 big blinds at 600-1,200.

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Lou Gardocki
136,000

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