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

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 300

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
-29,000

Tags: Ariel Albilia

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

Tags: Stanley GrahamMike Jarvela

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 400

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

Fo-Fo-Fo

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
Tim Kelliher
Tim Kelliher

Tim Kelliher checked on a flop of {4-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{8-Spades}, Jeff Chan fired out 17,000, and Kelliher check-raised to 41,200. Chan called.

The turn was the {a-Diamonds}, Kelliher moved all in for around 100,000, and Chan tank-folded.

Kelliher tabled {4-Hearts}{4-Spades} for a flopped set of fours.

Player Chips Progress
Tim Kelliher
Tim Kelliher
225,000
Jeff Chan
Jeff Chan
145,000
-75,000
-75,000

Tags: Jeff ChanTim Kelliher

Level: 15

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 400

Zduniak Busts Another

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

Mike Zduniak had a player all in and at risk during one of the first hands of Level 15, and it was a race between his {10-Hearts}{10-Clubs} and his opponent's {a-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}.

The board rolled out {j-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{q-Hearts} and the player was eliminated. Zduniak is up above 200,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
Mike Zduniak
Mike Zduniak
215,000
25,000
25,000

Tags: Mike Zduniak

Doyle Done

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

Cecilia Doyle was eliminated with unknown action, after forfeiting her stack from Day 1b.

Player Chips Progress
Cecilia Doyle
Cecilia Doyle
Busted

Tags: Cecilia Doyle