2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open

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

Cohen hits flush to take chip lead

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
Marcus Cohen
Marcus Cohen

Marcus Cohen has come a long way to play some poker. The London native is here at Borgata taking part in the poker action and if he continues running like he is today, he might be here for quite some time. Marcus was piling a stack of chips - 304,000 in total - and told us how he got the majority of them.

"I had {10-}{10-Spades} and the flop came {8-Spades}{7-Spades}{3-Spades}. We got it all in. He had a set but I hit a flush on the river. He had like 100,000 so it was a big pot."

Tags: Marcus Cohen

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 400

The Doctor's Donezo

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
Stanley Graham gets coolered; Eliminated
Stanley Graham gets coolered; Eliminated

Dr. Stanley Graham was among the chip leaders not too long ago, but after being dealt a cooler against Mike Jarvela, he's no longer in the tournament.

Graham made trip jacks with {j-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} on a board of {a-}{j-}{j-}{x-}{x-}, but they were no good against Jarvela's {a-Spades}{j-Spades}. The doctor looked a bit stunned as the chips were being pushed to his neighbor, and after a few minutes the 88-year-old man exited the tournament area.

Jarvela, who said he had just 12,000 chips recently, is up to 200,000.

Player Chips Progress
Mike Jarvela
Mike Jarvela
200,000
Stanley Graham
Stanley Graham
Busted

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Albilia Doesn't Pull the Trigger

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

Ariel Albilia raised in middle position, an opponent three-bet to 13,000 on the button, and both blinds released. Albilia called, the flop fell {4-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{5-Spades}, and Albilia check-called a bet of 15,000.

Both players checked on the turn ({6-Spades}) and the river ({10-Hearts}), and the player on the button showed {k-Spades}{k-Diamonds} for a pair of kings.

Albilia folded {a-Spades}{k-Hearts}, and was left to wonder whether or not he should've bet on the river.

Player Chips Progress
Ariel Albilia us
Ariel Albilia
97,000 -29,000

Tags: Ariel Albilia

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 300

The Doctor Folds?

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Dr. Stanley Graham
Dr. Stanley Graham

When we reached the table there was well over 100,000 in the middle of the table, but Tremayne Jernigan only had 400 in chips behind. That's right, four black T100 chips.

He committed them when the river completed the {2-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{3-Spades} board, but Dr. Stanley Graham quickly folded, despite getting roughly 250 to one on a call.

Every player at the table was stunned, except for Jernigan who silently pulled in the pot. He now has around 105,000 chips, while Graham dropped down to 120,000.

Player Chips Progress
Stanley Graham
Stanley Graham
120,000 -55,000
Tremayne Jernigan
Tremayne Jernigan
105,000 105,000

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Zduniak Shows the Bluff

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Mike Zduniak
Mike Zduniak

Mike Zduniak fired out 16,000 into a pot of around 50,000 on a completed board of {6-Hearts}{9-Spades}{10-Hearts}{3-Spades}{a-Hearts}. His opponent went deep into the tank, and eventually folded his hand.

"Show the bluff!" someone at the table urged.

Zduniak obliged, revealing {k-Clubs}{j-Diamonds} for king-high, and he raked in the pot with a smile on his face.

Player Chips Progress
Mike Zduniak
Mike Zduniak
190,000 30,000

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