Level: 12
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open
$3 Million Guaranteed WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open
Buy-in
$3,300
Entries
1,229
Level
39
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
75,000
A Round of Updated Chip Counts
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Level 12
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
The chips are moving and so are the counts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
208,000
208,000
|
208,000 |
|
160,000
-49,500
|
-49,500 |
|
130,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
130,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
125,000
73,500
|
73,500 |
|
||
|
118,000
118,000
|
118,000 |
|
110,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
|
108,000
108,000
|
108,000 |
|
106,000
106,000
|
106,000 |
|
||
|
84,000
84,000
|
84,000 |
|
79,000
23,675
|
23,675 |
|
70,000
-8,250
|
-8,250 |
|
55,000
8,350
|
8,350 |
|
||
|
53,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
|
|
||
|
48,000
14,475
|
14,475 |
|
47,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
|
|
||
|
17,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
The Agony of Defeat
Level 12
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Jeff Madsen just suffered the indignity all poker players fear most: having 
cracked by an underpair for a huge pot. In this case Madsen's bullets were made blanks by 
when the flop rolled out 
. Madsen took to Twitter to vent after the brutal beat, and although we'd love to share all of his thoughts on the hand, this profanity-free tweet directly after he busted will have to suffice.
Altomonte, Olisar Employing Aggression
Level 12
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Two young players just pushed opponents out of the pot by firing multiple streets at nearby tables.
In one pot, Ryan Olisar watched an opponent check-call his 5,000 bet on a flop of 
. When the player checked fourth street (
), Olisar turned up the heat for 17,500. His opponent tanked for about two to three minutes before folding.
At a table caddy-corner from Olisar's, Joe Altomonte check-raised to 18,500 after his opponent bet 6,500 on with a community of 
. The player made the call, and Altomonte bet 22,000 on the end when the 
fell. His opponent thought for a bit before folding his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
135,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
|
101,000
34,850
|
34,850 |
Reslock Makes Big Call
Level 12
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Andrew Kelsall checked the turn with the board reading 
, and Chris Reslock fired 8,000. Kelsall raised to 22,500, and Reslock quickly made the call. The two took in a river of 
, and Reslock watched his opponent fire 44,000. Reslock went into the tank for about three minutes, and he finally decided to make the call.
"Nice hand," Kelsall said. Reslock revealed 
, and Kelsall slid his cards to the dealer.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
193,000
142,150
|
142,150 |
|
|
||
|
170,000
-140,000
|
-140,000 |
|
|
||
Chipping Away
Level 12
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Here is the latest round of updated counts from around the room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
240,000
205,300
|
205,300 |
|
235,000
235,000
|
235,000 |
|
|
||
|
130,000
79,775
|
79,775 |
|
|
||
|
121,000
18,500
|
18,500 |
|
||
|
|
120,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
76,000
36,250
|
36,250 |
|
64,000
64,000
|
64,000 |
|
|
||
|
47,000
16,875
|
16,875 |
|
||
|
46,000
-12,350
|
-12,350 |
|
||
|
43,000
-11,000
|
-11,000 |
|
|
||
|
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
39,000
-11,625
|
-11,625 |
|
||
|
38,000
16,700
|
16,700 |
|
|
||
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Haugen May Be Leader
Level 12
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Matt Haugen bet 4,000 after an opponent checked to him on a flop of 
. The player, who was in the small blind, check-raised to 10,000. Haugen made the call, and the small blind pushed all in for about 36,000 on the 
turn. Haugen once again called, this time after thinking for a few minutes.
Haugen: 
Small blind: 
The small blind had been purely speculating on the flop, but turned a diamond flush draw and decided to try to force Haugen out. Unfortunately for him, Haugen wasn't folding his overpair, and a 
river meant Haugen got all of his opponent's chips.
Haugen has cleared the 400,000 mark, and he appears to be the chip leader.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
411,000
227,000
|
227,000 |
Hernandez Still On the Rise
Level 12
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Laz Hernandez, who notched the overall chip lead coming into Day 2, hasn't slowed down much, if at all, in his efforts to accumulate chips. In a recent hand we witnessed, he busted an opponent who held 
when Hernandez's 
held up all in before the flop.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
325,000
325,000
|
325,000 |
The Best of it With the Worst
Level 12
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
In many of the lively home games played on kitchen tables across America, players liven up the game by awarding a bounty to anyone who wins a pot after tabling deuce-seven. A one dollar chip or a free beer are the usual prizes pocketed for dragging a pot with the 
, but for K.C. Nam, a 110,000 chip pot and a chance at a life-changing six-figure score.
After an opponent opened for 2,600, Nam looked down to find the 
in the hole. A holding that would ordinarily be mucked without a second thought was a weapon to be wielded for Nam, and rather than folding he three-bet to 7,600. His opponent flatted the reraise and the flop fell 
to give Nam bottom pair, bottom kicker.
Nam then led into his opponent for a 15,000 wager, and after the other player called the turn card came 
to pair the board and bring flush possibilities to bear.
Reading his opponent for a drawing hand, Nam went with his instinct and shoved all in for about 38,000, with his opponent rising from his chair to make the call. Nam was covered by his opponent's stack, so this all-in move was made with his tournament life on the line.
When the other player tabled 
, Nam discovered his read to be spot on, but he was still fading nearly half of the deck considering his opponent's array of outs. Any eight or nine would hit his overcards, any ten filled in the gutshot straight, any jack would double-pair the board to counterfeit Nam's pair of sevens, and of course a spade on the river would flush Nam's chances away. With many players at the table now standing in awe to await the river card's arrival, the dealer burned and turned.
River:
"What is going on here?" asked one of Nam's tablemates as the river bricked off. "What just happened here?"
Nam's response to the sight of a safe river card was a pump of the fist and a quick "yes!" to congratulate himself. The other player took the loss like a pro and never said a word about playing the worst hand in poker, while Nam quietly stacked his new chips to put himself in strong position midway through the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
114,000
114,000
|
114,000 |
Field Update
Level 12
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
With the second break of the day quickly approaching, we thought you'd like to know that just 396 players are still in contention for this Borgata Winter Poker Open WPT Main Event Championship.