2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open

Event 1: $560 $1 Million Guaranteed Deep-Stack NLHE Reentry
Day: 2
Event Info
2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open
Final Results
Winner
Carlos Alvarado
Prize
$127,652
Event Info
Buy-in
$500
Total Entries
2,482
Level Info
Level
35
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
40,000
Players Left 1 / 2,482
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Yanni in Concert

Level 26 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
John Yanni
John Yanni

Matt Cooper opened the action to 155K and John Yanni upped it to 350K. Cooper moved all in for just over two million in chips and Yanni made the easy call with {A-}{A-}. Cooper was in bad shape with his {J-}{J-}.

The board ran out {K-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{7-Spades}{3-Clubs} and John wins the massive pot to move to the top of the leader board and Cooper, who was barely covered by Yanni, was eliminated.

Meanwhile, well known professional poker player Brett Richey has been eliminated.

Sykes Sent Packing

Level 26 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Mark Sykes - Eliminated
Mark Sykes - Eliminated

Mark Sykes moved all in for around 10 big blinds or so on the button, Stephanie Hubbard re-shoved from the small blind, and the player in the big blind folded.

Sykes: {j-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}
Hubbard: {a-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}

Hubbard improved to a pair of aces on the flop of {10-Spades}{a-Hearts}{7-Clubs}, but Sykes could survive with running cards to make trips, two pair, or a straight.

It was all over for Sykes when the {5-Diamonds} bricked off on the turn, however, and the {8-Diamonds} completed the board.

Tags: Mark SykesStephanie Hubbard

Aces for Fido

Level 26 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Sergei Rylkov's stint as chip leader was short lived, as Zbigniew Fido is our new chip leader with over four million.

Fido had an opponent all in and at risk preflop with {a-Clubs}{a-Hearts} against {q-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}. He added a wheel draw on a flop of {2-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{3-Hearts}, and completed the straight on the {4-Hearts} turn. The player could actually chop the pot with an ace on the river, but the {j-Clubs} bricked off.

Fido now sits with what looks like 4.2 million.

Tags: Zbigniew Fido

Level: 26

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 5,000

Tran Wins a (Hieu)ge Hand

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 4,000 ante
Hieu Tran is now the man to beat after his cowboys crushed a pair of nines
Hieu Tran is now the man to beat after his cowboys crushed a pair of nines

One of the biggest pots of the entire tournament just went down, with more 2.5 million chips being claimed by Hieu Tran.

Tran opened for 85,000 from middle position and Collin White three-bet to 185,000 from late position.

This move did not impress Tran though, and he coolly four-bet to 350,000 even. Both players started the hand with more than 1.2 million chips, and soon enough White's entire stack was shipped into the middle.

Tran snapped the bet off with his {K-Spades}{k-Clubs} and found himself in great shape against White's {9-}{9-}. After the final board rolled out {4-Clubs}{j-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{k-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}, Tran had secured the massive double through with his set of kings, while White sent the vast majority of his stack across the table.

Tags: Collin WhiteHieu Tran

No Adjectives Here

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 4,000 ante
Kim Noun
Kim Noun

There was a limp and a call of that limp and Kim Noun raised it to 100,000. Kenny Nguyen, two to her left, said "what, you don't want to see a flop for 40?" Kim smiled and nodded her head side to side to indicate that no, she didn't. Kenny and Brett Richey folded and the big blind looked down at his hand and announced he was all in - for approximately 500,000. The two limpers folded and Kim announced she was calling. The cards were turned over and we were off to the races:

All in player: {10-Hearts}{10-Clubs}
Kim Noun: {A-Spades}{K-Clubs}

The flop came {J-Clubs}{8-Spades}{7-Hearts} - a good flop for the all in player.

The turn was the {Q-Hearts} and now any Ten, Ace, or King would give Noun the pot.

The river was the {K-Spades} and a smile came over Kim's face as the dealer pushed her the pot. That win puts her over the 2.7m mark in chips and makes her among the chip leaders. A female spectator came over and told Kim "you're one of two women left, do it!" Kim laughed and said "I'll try."

Tags: Kim Noun

Yanni not Playing the Blues

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 4,000 ante
John Yanni
John Yanni

John Yanni has scored a big double up to take him over the 1.5m mark in chips. He got it all in pre-flop with {K-}{K-} against a bigger stack and their {A-}{K-}. The board ran out {7-Clubs}{6-Spades}{3-Spades}{8-Spades}{10-Diamonds} to give John the pot.