Level: 11
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open
Event 1: $560 $1 Million Guaranteed Deep-Stack NLHE Reentry
Day: 1c
Various Counts
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Level 10
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
146,000 | 41,000 |
|
115,000 | |
|
83,000 | |
|
73,000 | 48,000 |
|
68,000 | 43,000 |
|
66,000 | |
|
48,000 | -7,000 |
|
42,000 | |
|
18,000 | -5,500 |
|
Busted |
You Trippin'
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Four players took a flop of 
, including John Lakatosh. He fired out 3,000, two opponents called, and the turn was the 
. Lakatosh bet another 9,000, the field thinned to only one caller, and a second nine - the 
- completed the board.
Lakatosh emptied the chamber, firing another 10,000, and his opponent tank-called. Lakatosh showed 
for trip nines, and his opponent flashed 
for the same hand with an inferior kicker.
Lakatosh dragged in the pot, and is now flirting with 200,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
175,000 |
Charge it to the Ex(Spence) Account
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
A huge pot just went down involving three players, two of which were all in for their tournament lives. While we caught the board cards being revealed, the following rundown of the action was provided by Nick Spence, who ended up on top in this three-way clash.
Spence opened for 2,800 to begin the action and two players opted to flat before a short-stack moved all in for his last 20,000. The action returned to Spence, who shoved all in for 34,400 more, while the first flatter did the same for his last 45,000 or so. The final player in the hand agonized over his decision, before laying down what he claimed to be a "good suited connector."
The three remaining combatants then showed down, with Spence's 
in a commanding position against the short-stack's and the bigger stack's 
.
When the flop rained down 
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
104,000 | 104,000 |
T-Bone Steak, Cheese Eggs, and Welch's Grape
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
No luck in 1C ... 77>Ak suited - see ya at Seven for 1D...prize pool is too nice to give up now !!! #SpringPokerOpen #BorgataPokerFollow @CamIsTheMan718
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
The Silent Killer
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Darren Elias doesn't say much. If you're lucky, he'll flash a smile once in a blue moon, but for the most part he keeps to himself, dissecting his opponents with an icy, Phil Ivey-like stare.
2012 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Greg Merson told us on the PokerNews Podcast last summer that he thinks Elias is one of the best tournament players in the game. In fact, he was the original "End Boss" before Tony Gregg stormed onto the scene and started making every final table under the sun.
Elias has just over $1.6 million in career live tournament earnings, including a fifth place finish in the 2011 WPT Borgata Poker Open for $230,610. The first time we spotted him today, he was already up to 75,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
75,000 |
Raskin Relentlessly Reentering
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
We just saw Micah Raskin stride past the PokerNews Live Reporting desk, and judging by the stern look of consternation on his face - along with the orange seat card clenched tightly in his hand - he had just reentered yet again.
Raskin has been dogged in pursuit of a big stack during the first three starting flights of this $560 buy-in, $1 million guaranteed prize pool event. Despite his perseverance though, Raskin has been engaged in Sisyphean struggle of sorts, starting with 25,000 chips at one table and struggling to push forward, before inevitably plummeting back to where he began.
By our rough count Raskin has fired anywhere between six and eight bullets at this event, and while the veteran of Europe's high-roller circuit can certainly afford the expenditure of funds, he will likely have to make a very deep run simply to earn a profit.
With Level 9 recently concluded the reentry period for Day 1c has officially ended, so this will be Raskin's last bullet of this starting flight. But with Day 1d set to start at 7 p.m. local time, Raskin could very well be rolling that onerous rock up the same hill later this evening.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
25,000 |
Level: 10
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
Break
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
The players are on another 15-minute break.
You're Not My Buddy Guy
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Matt Cooper just played a big hand against Guy Maxtone-Graham, with the latter's 
coming out on top.
Maxtone-Graham limped in with his ladies, and according to him the play was designed to induce a shove from a short-stacked player next to act. The ploy worked to perfection and that player did shove, with Cooper getting involved as well with 
.
When it was all said and done, the final board read 
to give Maxtone-Graham a full house, and he doubled through and then some to pad his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
64,000 | -58,000 |
|
|
58,000 |