Level: 24
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open
$3 Million Guaranteed WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship
Day: 3
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
Parry, Merulla Go to War on River
Level 23
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Robert Merulla, on the button, bet 120,000 after two players checked to him on the end. The board was 
, and Matthew Parry raised to 300,000. The other player got out of the way, and Merulla tanked for a couple of minutes before raising to 540,000.
We thought Merulla thought hard, but Parry took it to new heights, thinking aloud to himself as he tanked well into the start of the break. After about six minutes, with most of the remaining players cleared out of the area, Parry called. Merulla tabled 
for a turned full house.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,100,000
1,108,000
|
1,108,000 |
|
510,000
410,000
|
410,000 |
|
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They Gone
Level 23
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Matthew Mendez (45th), Harrison Gimbel (44th) and John Myung (43rd) have all hit the rail, taking home $13,125 for their impressive performances.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
The Fallen
Level 23
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Matt Haugen (49th), Ronald Lee (48th), Wade Woelful (47th), and John Moore (46th) all busted recently, but each earned a payday of $11,323 for the deep run.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
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Busted | |
|
Busted |
Elimination Autopsy
Level 23
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Harrison Gimbel was the latest casualty as the field continues to pare down, and although we missed his path to the rail, he was kind of enough to relay the grisly details via Twitter:
Gg 44th. Utg 113k makes it 38k, mp big stack calls, I jam 88 bb for 400k, utg calls, mp folds. I lose to 96ss. Few hands later utg2 40k,Follow @Harrison_Gimbel
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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Busted | |
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Kunal Calls Down
Level 23
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
The final board showed 
and a large pot chock full of baby blue T5000 chips was up for grabs.
Justin Luninpack fired out a bet of 95,000 to try and take it down, and Kunal Patel went into the tank to figure things out. Eventually, after a lengthy period of deliberation, Patel looked Luninpack up and tabled 
for ace-high and the winner.
Luninpack could only offer a sincere "nice call" to Patel, who just moved into the chip lead by making an excellent lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,430,000
-70,000
|
-70,000 |
|
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745,000
497,500
|
497,500 |
Myung Calls it Off
Level 23
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
We found John Myung tanking on the river, with the community having come 
. He had checked, and Kalyan Gullapalli had put him all in for his last 400,000 or so. After a few minutes of tanking, Myung made the call. Gullapalli rolled over 
for a flush, and Myung was busto.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,400,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
|
|
Busted |
King Kicker Plays for Katayon Khaterzai
Level 23
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Wade Woelful needed to make a move riding his short stack and 
seemed like a decent shot to score the double. He moved all in over the top of Anthony Maio's 33,000 open, only to see Katayon Khaterzai reshove to isolate.
Maio obliged and folded away, leaving Khaterzai to show down her . She had Weolful dominated and the lead held up through the 
board. Woelful hit the rail in 49th place and pocketed $11,323 for a deep WPT Main Event run.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
810,000
475,000
|
475,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Merulla Doubles With Pocket Jacks
Level 23
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
After Matthew Mendez opened for 34,000 and Ronit Chamani called from the hijack, Robert Merulla moved all in for his last 466,000.
Mendez reshoved for his last 575,000 or so and Chamani got out of the way.
Showdown:
Merulla:
Mendez:
The two were flipping for what amounted to the entire tournament for both players, as Merulla would be eliminated with a loss, while Mendez would be crippled if his big cards failed to come.
The final board ran out clean for Merulla, coming 
to keep the fishhooks out in front, and he pushed to nearly 1 million in chips. Mendez failed to mount the comeback and he hit the rail shortly after this huge hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
992,000
697,000
|
697,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Reslock Loses the Minimum
Level 23
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Chris Reslock raised to 100,000 from the cutoff after Eric Wasserson bet 37,000 on the turn with the board reading . Wasserson made the call, and the two watched the 
fall on the river. Wasserson checked once more, and Reslock decided to check back.
Wasserson:
Reslock: 
Wasserson had rivered a boat to outdraw Reslock's turned flush.
"Nice check, sir," Wasserson said.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,000,000
595,000
|
595,000 |
|
500,000
-150,000
|
-150,000 |
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