$3 Million Guaranteed WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship Day 2 | 2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open

01-28-2014 15:49 UTC-4

Linster Folds for a Fraction

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Level 10 : 400/800, 100 ante

Mike Linster folded for just 25 on the river.

Anthony Gurciullo just took the post-oak bluff to new heights.

He check-raised for 11,300, leaving himself 25 behind, on a board of .

"There's too much out there," Mike Linster, who had fired 3,300, said. He called.

"Hold on, he's not all in," Linster said after someone asked them to table their hands. "I could still fold on the river."

The dealer burned and turned the , and Gurciullo tossed his last green chip out there.

"I fold," Linster said immediately.

"Really?" someone asked.

"Yes, I fold," Linster said with a laugh. He showed the , saying he had missed a combo draw. Gurciullo showed for a pair of nines, taking the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Linster	191,000 -24,000	-24,000

Anthony Gurciullo	34,000 14,975	14,975

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01-28-2014 15:34 UTC-4

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Kelsall	310,000 8,000	8,000

Lazaro Hernandez	265,000 45,000	45,000
Mike Linster	215,000 215,000	215,000

Matt Haugen	184,000 7,000	7,000
Noah Schwartz	155,000 30,675	30,675

Steven Levy	153,000 8,750	8,750
Todd Rebello	140,000 -104,000	-104,000
Brian Lemke	136,000 1,250	1,250

Jeff Gross	135,000
John Dibella	130,000 30,650	30,650

Ravi Raghavan	123,000 12,975	12,975

Aaron Massey	121,000 15,775	15,775
Christian Harder	97,000 3,400	3,400

Jon Aguiar	93,000 93,000	93,000
David Paredes	84,000 -18,150	-18,150

Greg Merson	73,000 73,000	73,000

Jamie Kerstetter	59,000 14,150	14,150
DJ Mackinnon	50,000 50,000	50,000
Kyle Bowker	43,000 -9,000	-9,000

Isaac Baron	32,000 -63,975	-63,975

Kelsall Climbing Higher

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Level 10 : 400/800, 100 ante

Andrew Kelsall on Day 2 of the Borgata Winter Poker Open WPT Main Event

Andrew Kelsall just crossed the 300,000 plateau and the experienced tournament player may just have the biggest stack in the room.

Kelsall is no stranger to building big leads here at the Borgata Winter Poker Open, after taking the Day 2 chip lead in the Six-Max event earlier in the week.

Although Kelsall fell short of the final table in that event, finishing in 12th place for a $4,324 score, he showed that he knows how to use an early lead to make a deep run. We'll see if he can do the same here today, against a stacked field filled with top flight pros.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Kelsall	302,000 53,000	53,000

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01-28-2014 15:02 UTC-4

Baldwin Takes Beat for Big Pot

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Level 10 : 400/800, 100 ante

Eric Baldwin in the Borgata Winter Poker Open Six-Max Event

Eric Baldwin opened for 1,700 in the cutoff, and the next two players called. Corrie Wunstel popped it to 7,000 from the big blind, and Baldwin came back with a four-bet to 16,200. The button and small blind got out of the way, and Wunstel jammed for 34,725 more. Baldwin tanked for a couple of minutes before making the call.

Wunstel:
Baldwin:

Baldwin had made the right read, but things quickly turned sour when the dealer rolled out the flop. Baldwin was rewarded for his play by drawing dead on the turn, and a completed the board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Corrie Wunstel	105,000 47,500	47,500

Eric Baldwin	48,000 -45,850	-45,850

Tags: Corrie Wunstel Eric Baldwin

01-28-2014 14:26 UTC-4

Gordon Busts Appleman

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Level 10 : 400/800, 100 ante

Mickey Appleman in Event 14: Heads-Up NLHE at the 2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open

John Gordon got Mickey Appleman to put all his chips in the middle preflop with against Gordon's .

Appleman flopped a king, but he found no further improvement, and Gordon's up over 140,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Gordon	142,000 18,500	18,500
Mickey Appleman	Busted

Tags: John Gordon Mickey Appleman

01-28-2014 14:20 UTC-4

Major Payne

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Level 9 : 300/600, 75 ante

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 to find himself in a fortuitous position against Payne's and the held by Fox.

The final board ran out 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 board perfectly with his to felt a player who held a futile full house with . 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	249,000 166,625	166,625

Jerry Payne	Busted
David Fox	Busted

Tags: Andrew Kelsall

01-28-2014 14:05 UTC-4

The Riskiest Play in All of Poker

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Level 9 : 300/600, 75 ante

Danny Warchol on Day 2 of the 2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open WPT Main Event

After arriving midway through Level 9, Danny Warchol immediately tried to run the most unconventional, risky play in all of poker: betting with no hand.

We don't mean Warchol missed his draw and fired out, or floated with air to make a move... he literally played a pot to the river without a hand to play.

We caught the tail end of a heated discussion between Warchol and the floor staff, and after the commotion died down one of Warchol's tablemates filled us in on the drama. Apparently Warchol was dealt and he opened for a raise from early position, with two players flatting to see a flop which was checked down. A heart hit the board on the turn - giving Warchol a four-flush - and he led out for a bet of 2,200. His two opponent's called and the river card was produced (no fifth heart was found) with a round of checks following fifth street.

When the showdown occurred, Warchol went to table his hand (which would not have been the winner anyway), only to discover that his cards were already in the muck. Arriving late meant Warchol was unbagging his chips to start the hand, and the dealer collected his cards while dragging the rest of the folds into the muck. There was nothing to be done at that point, and the chips Warchol bet remained in the pot, leaving him exasperated with the decision.

Compounding Warchol's misery, on the very next deal he picked up , only to hear the dreaded words "misdeal" ring out as the button had never moved during the previous hand's delay. Warchol's queens went sailing toward the muck when he heard a misdeal had occurred, but a tournament official countermanded the dealer's decision while ruling that significant action had already occurred.

The pot was played out to completion, and for the second time in two deals, Warchol was left empty handed.

Tags: Danny Warchol

01-28-2014 13:14 UTC-4

Day 2 of the Borgata Winter Poker Open WPT Main Event Championship Starts Now

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The World Poker Tour Champion's Cup is Up For Grabs Here at the Borgata Winter Poker Open WPT Main Event

After nearly two weeks of relatively anonymous fields dotted by the occasional well-known pro, a slew of notable names and faces descended on the Borgata for the $3 Million Guaranteed WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship. Ironically, at the end of Day 1a, it's one of the anonymous faces who bagged up a massive chip lead.

A total of 422 entrants paid up the $3,500 to register the main event yesterday here at the Borgata Winter Poker Open, and nearly double that amount ponied up the cash today. That brought the total entries to 1,229, creating a first-place prize of $842,379, more than $100,000 better than last year's $730,053 pocketed by Andy Hwang.

A total of 807 runners packed the house yesterday for Day 1b, and Todd Rebello bagged up the top stack with 229,825. Closely trailing him was Rob Boyko with 209,500. Rebello will come back to Day 2 trailing only Laz Hernandez, who bagged more than 258,000 on Day 1a. As a reward for their chip accumulation, Rebello and Boyko pocketed $5,000 and $3,000, respectively.

Other notable stacks heading into Day 2 include John Racener (186,250), Calvin Lee (169,050), Mike Linster (160,225), Randy Pfeifer (150,100), George Lampert (146,000), Matt Brady (145,200), Steve Levy (144,250), Bob "Uncle Krunk" Panitch (140,000), Jordan Cristos (125,000), Noah Schwartz (124,325), Todd Terry (98,550), Isaac baron (95,975), Eric Baldwin (93,850), Blake Bohn (86,825), Faraz Jaka (82,200) and Jeff Madsen (79,650).

Players swinging and missing on Day 1b included Vanessa Selbst, Chino Rheem, Ryan Eriquezzo, Jonathan Tamayo, Jonathan Little, Phil Collins, and Bryn Kenney.

The field is stacked from the start here on Day 2, so keep it here with PokerNews throughout the day for continuous coverage live from the floor.

Tags: Adam Levy Andy Hwang Bryn Kenney Chino Rheem Eric Baldwin Faraz Jaka John Racener Jeff Madsen Isaac Baron Jonathan Little Ralph Schwartz Jordan Cristos Laz Hernandez Mike Linster Noah Schwartz Phil Collins Ryan Eriquezzo Robert Panitch Todd Rebello Vanessa Selbst Todd Terry