Matt O'Flynn Tops the Counts After Day 1c
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After another starting flight saw 15 levels fly by, a total of 885 entries and recorded during Day 1c of Event 1 here at the Borgata Spring Poker Open. Sporting a $560 buy-in and a $1 million guaranteed prize pool, this tournament attracted 359 entries for Day 1a, while yesterday's second starting flight brought 469 more. With 1,713 entries recorded thus far, and the Borgata Poker Room swelling with additional tournament tables to accommodate overflow, the guarantee is sure to be smashed within the next few hours, as Day 1d runs throughout the rest of this evening.
By the time chips were bagged and tagged it was Matt O'Flynn who topped the counts with 315,500, while Philip Neiman ran a close second with 282,500. Other players to bag big stacks after 15 levels of play include Max Anjadi (276,000), Krzysztof Perka (268,500), Melissa Burr (266,000), Sergei Rylkov (265,000), Walt Jones (259,000), and Matt Cooper (250,000).
Notable players, local legends and touring pros who ended the night with a Day 2 stack include Darren Elias (199,000), Paris Borden (199,000), Kenny Nguyen (132,000), and Ted Goldbergh (91,000).
Unfortunately for players like Micah Raskin, Cherish Andrews, Joseph Stiers, Anna Khait, Jason Rivkin, Brian Ali and Timothy Little, the day was not as kind and they hit the rail after firing one or more bullets. Raskin in particular suffered through yet another rough patch, recording at least three reentries to bring his total above 10 for the entire tournament.
Along the way a true chip-and-a-chair story developed, as Gerard Kane (114,500) managed to mount a furious comeback after falling all the way to 1,200 chips midway through the day.
With Day 1d now underway and running through the wee hours of the morning, be sure to follow all of the action as PokerNews proudly reports live from the floor of the Borgata Spring Poker Open.
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, and in a flash the dealer was burning and turning.
it appeared Fishman would be heading home with a disappointing exit late in the day. That's when the fireworks started.
. His opponent then check-raised to try and force Cooper off the hand, but the aggressive table captain simply three-bet to put the pressure back on the other player.
on board, giving Cooper a gutshot straight draw with his 
. The small blind check-called a bet by Cooper, who found his gin card when a 
showed up on fifth street to complete his straight. The small blind then check-called a big 25,000 bet from Cooper, thus explaining the abundance of baby blue T5000 chips in the huge haul.
in a commanding position against the short-stack's 
the hand's drama came to an end rather quickly, as both of Spence's opponent's were now essentially drawing dead. When the 
arrived on the turn Spence's set of aces were the winner, and he tripled up to push above the 100,000-chip plateau.