2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open

Event 1: $560 $1 Million Guaranteed Deep-Stack NLHE Reentry
Day: 1a
Event Info

2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open

Final Results
Winner
Carlos Alvarado
Prize
$127,652
Event Info
Buy-in
$500
Entries
2,482
Level Info
Level
35
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
40,000

Official End-of-Day Counts (full)

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 400 ante

Tommy Martone took top honors after 15 levels of play, accumulating 366,500 chips to give himself a wide lead over John Gulino (267,000) and the rest of the field.

Player Chips Progress
Tommy Martone
Tommy Martone
366,500
106,500
106,500
John Gulino us
John Gulino
267,000
-49,000
-49,000
Lewis Saxon
Lewis Saxon
249,000
249,000
249,000
Karl Held us
Karl Held
248,000
55,000
55,000
Bill Harding
Bill Harding
237,500
78,500
78,500
Joseph Cutler us
Joseph Cutler
225,500
225,500
225,500
Dan Wach us
Dan Wach
225,000
161,000
161,000
Harold Vasquez
Harold Vasquez
210,500
210,500
210,500
Svetlana Gromenkova us
Svetlana Gromenkova
192,500
192,500
192,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Gennadiy Peselev
Gennadiy Peselev
186,000
186,000
186,000
Frank Vulpis
Frank Vulpis
186,000
186,000
186,000
James Governa
James Governa
184,000
184,000
184,000
Chris Tryba us
Chris Tryba
174,500
68,500
68,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Charles Furey us
Charles Furey
174,500
174,500
174,500
Kenneth Natal us
Kenneth Natal
174,500
123,500
123,500
Tyng Low us
Tyng Low
173,000
173,000
173,000
Ernie Rosado
Ernie Rosado
173,000
173,000
173,000
Besnik Ziba
Besnik Ziba
171,500
171,500
171,500
Christopher Leong us
Christopher Leong
170,000
170,000
170,000
WPT 1X Winner
Arthur Peters
Arthur Peters
169,000
169,000
169,000
Kow Hua
Kow Hua
160,000
160,000
160,000
Frank Rasile
Frank Rasile
155,500
155,500
155,500
Jane Stanton Hitchcock
Jane Stanton Hitchcock
147,000
82,000
82,000
Joseph Agron us
Joseph Agron
138,000
138,000
138,000
Diane Boulanger
Diane Boulanger
134,500
134,500
134,500

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Tommy Martone Leads After Day 1

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 400 ante
Tommy Martone
Tommy Martone

The 2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open is officially underway at Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, Tommy Martone is the chip leader after Day 1a of Event 1 with 366,500. John Gulino, who finished the day at Martone’s table, also finished with a large stack; 267,000.

Marton rocketed above 200,000 chips in the penultimate level of the evening, eliminating three players in a four-way all in. The last player to go all in committed the remainder of his stack with {q-Clubs}{4-Clubs}, and Marton showed {9-Spades}{9-Clubs}. The other two players held {a-Clubs}{k-Diamonds} and {a-Spades}{10-Hearts}, and Marton extended his lead with a set of nines on the flop. He filled up on the turn, and after a brick completed the board, he was up to 260,000.

Gulino chipped up through the entire day, but he too secured a large knockout during the final hours of Day 1a. An opponent moved all in preflop for 30 big blinds or so holding {a-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}, and Gulino had him crushed with {a-Clubs}{a-Spades}. The black aces held up as the board rolled out {7-Clubs}{2-Spades}{k-Hearts}{5-Spades}{2-Hearts}, and Gulino found himself was over 200,000 chips. He added a few more pots during the final level of the evening, and bagged the largest stack in the room.

Registration for the first flight closed after Level 9, and the total number of entries was 359. Activity is expected to pick up later in the week, particularly on Thursday, when the property will host both Day 1c and Day 1d.

Other survivors of Day 1a include Jane Stanton Hitchcock, Joe McKeehen, and Chris Tryba. Tryba steadily climbed the ranks all day, and bagged 174,500 chips. Tryba has pledged to donate 10 percent of his potential winnings at Borgata to help his cousin Peter fight chronic kidney disease.

Several player were unable to survive the first flight, including Micah Raskin, Maureen Merdinger, Jim Boyd, Robert Hwang, and Meir Yedid.

Raskin had a turbulent day, making a flush and nearly doubling on one of the first hands he played only to bust his first bullet shortly thereafter. He later reentered and dipped below the starting stack of 25,000, then tripled up in a preflop, three-way all in. Raskin was at risk with {k-Spades}{q-Spades} against {10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}, and {a-Clubs}{x-}, and he flopped a pair of kings. The turn and river both produced blanks. With three hands remaining, Raskin was eliminated in a 180,000-chip, blind vs. blind pot with {a-}{k-} against {a-}{q-}. The flop produced a queen, and Raskin will have to reenter tomorrow.

Day 1b kicks off at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, and even players who bagged stacks will be allowed to reenter if they choose. PokerNews will be on hand to bring you live updates straight from the tournament floor.

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Event 1: $560 $1 Million Guaranteed Deep-Stack NLHE Reentry

Day 1a Completed