2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open

$3 Million Guaranteed WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship
Day: 2
Event Info

2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q3
Prize
$842,379
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,300
Entries
1,229
Level Info
Level
39
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
75,000

Major Payne

Level 9 : 300/600, 75 ante
Andrew Kelsall Just Won a Battle of Premium Pocket Pairs
Andrew Kelsall Just Won a Battle of Premium Pocket Pairs

We saw two players with all-in buttons in front of them, as both David Fox and Jerry Payne had put the last of their chips into the middle.

When Payne's all-in move was announced, Andre Kelsall snap-called and tabled {a-Spades}{A-Clubs} to find himself in a fortuitous position against Payne's {k-Clubs}{k-Diamonds} and the {q-Diamonds}{q-Spades} held by Fox.

The final board ran out {8-Spades}{6-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{5-Spades}{9-Spades} to keep Kelsall out in front, and with the double-knockout he climbed to more than 120,000 to start Day 2 off in style. After heading into Day 2 of the Six-Max event earlier this week as the overall chip leader, Kelsall knows how to use chips when he gets them, and he just took the rest from two players to make himself a force going forward.

Kelsall also let us know that he made another score before the encounter with aces, hitting the {a-}{a-}{6-}{j-}{6-} board perfectly with his {a-}{j-} to felt a player who held a futile full house with {a-}{q-}. Anytime a skilled player starts running the way Kelsall is today, we pay attention, knowing that a huge chip lead could be built and lengthened in just a level or two of play.

Player Chips Progress
Andrew Kelsall us
Andrew Kelsall
249,000
166,625
166,625
WSOP 1X Winner
Jerry Payne us
Jerry Payne
Busted
David Fox us
David Fox
Busted

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