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 |
|---|---|---|
|
142,000
18,500
|
18,500 |
|
Busted | |
|
||
We found Kirron Chan all in for 45,675 against an opponent who was tanking on a board of 
. The pot was about 25,000, and Chan had called a raise out of the big blind and then check-raised the flop, he said.
"You'll show me if I fold?" his opponent asked.
"I'll let you pick one," Chan said, borrowing his neighbor's sunglasses to perhaps cut a more intimidating figure.
"If I knew how to pick, I'd play the lottery," Chan's opponent responded. After another minute or so, he called.
Chan:
Opponent: 
Chad needed only to dodge a queen, and the river was a 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
120,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
105,000
47,500
|
47,500 |
|
||
|
48,000
-45,850
|
-45,850 |
|
||
Here are a few of the bigger stacks in the room as Level 10 continues.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
244,000
14,175
|
14,175 |
|
220,000
-38,175
|
-38,175 |
|
210,000
74,025
|
74,025 |
|
||
|
195,000
8,750
|
8,750 |
|
||
|
177,000 | |
|
170,000
67,225
|
67,225 |
|
||
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
302,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
|
|
||
Notable names and their chip counts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
310,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
265,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
215,000
215,000
|
215,000 |
|
||
|
|
184,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
155,000
30,675
|
30,675 |
|
|
||
|
153,000
8,750
|
8,750 |
|
|
140,000
-104,000
|
-104,000 |
|
136,000
1,250
|
1,250 |
|
|
||
|
135,000 | |
|
|
||
|
130,000
30,650
|
30,650 |
|
||
|
123,000
12,975
|
12,975 |
|
|
||
|
121,000
15,775
|
15,775 |
|
97,000
3,400
|
3,400 |
|
|
||
|
93,000
93,000
|
93,000 |
|
84,000
-18,150
|
-18,150 |
|
|
||
|
73,000
73,000
|
73,000 |
|
||
|
59,000
14,150
|
14,150 |
|
|
||
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
43,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
|
|
||
|
32,000
-63,975
|
-63,975 |
|
|
||
The tournament is now on a 15-minute break, during which the green T25 chips will be colored up and removed from play.
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
|
191,000
-24,000
|
-24,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
34,000
14,975
|
14,975 |
Here are a few choice selections from the stream of tweets being issued from the Borgata, as the WPT Main Event Championship continues.
I am rarely the guy who busts reentry tournaments 3 times w/o making day 2. It is kinda fun. I will be at Borgata until 2/1. Come say Hi!Follow @JonathanLittle
Break time at Borgata. Little over 50K. I have 2 really tough players to my left. Career winnings over 2.75Mill between them. #toughseatdrawFollow @DoinSumThings
As card dead as could possibly be first two levels. Have 18k at break going to 500/1000.Follow @JBrikis
Courtesy of a tweet issued by Borgata tournament director Tab Ducheteau, here is a link to the Day 2 roster of players, including the chip counts they brought to bear here today.
