The Century Mark
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Level 23
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
The tournament clock has ticked over once more, showing that just 100 players are left in contention for the $209,470 top prize awaiting the eventual victor.
2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open
Event 1: $560 $1 Million Guaranteed Deep-Stack NLHE Reentry
Day: 2
From the One-Outhouse to the Penthouse, and Back Again
Level 23
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
Matt Cooper dominated through much of Day 1c, building one of the biggest stacks in the room and pummeling his opponents into submission.
Cooper rode the momentum into the money here on Day 2, but a recent hand saw him ship about half of his stack across the table to Bryan Choi.
Choi's name may ring a bell as well, what with his deep run to a 9th place finish in the Borgata Winter Poker Open WPT Main Event last January.
The action began when Cooper shoved all in before the flop (this may have been an open-shove or a three-bet), putting his last 382,000 into the middle from early position. The action quickly folded around to Choi, who quickly called off his last 168,000.
Choi: 
Cooper: 
Cooper had brought a pocket pair to bear with his sevens, but Choi had him crushed with a pair of nines. As the dealer prepared to burn and turn, Philip Neiman mentioned aloud that Cooper would need to spike a one-outer, as he had folded the 
. Choi perked up at this revelation, saying "hold up one time" while watching the dealer and the deck decide his fate.
Proving that poker is one of the most dramatic games we play, the door card was the 
and the table let loose a collective gasp with the aforementioned one-outer coming through. Cooper barely had time to crack a smile though, as the 
and 
were slid out from underneath his saving seven.
With that, Cooper acknowledged that he was now drawing dead, before cutting out the chips which now belonged to Choi.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
365,000
121,000
|
121,000 |
|
210,000
-415,000
|
-415,000 |
Ibra Adds More, Busts Morris
Level 23
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
Ibra Ibraimovic is at it again, eliminating Maggie Morris in a big preflop race.
Morris was at risk with 
against Ibraimovic's 
, and the latter hit the 
flop. The turn and river came 
respectively, and Morris was eliminated.
Ibraimovic is now up to 1.6 million chips.
By our count, there are only three women, including Melissa Burr (775,000), and Wendy Rubin (500,000).
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,600,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
720,000
495,000
|
495,000 |
|
500,000
284,500
|
284,500 |
|
Busted |
Ornstein Binks
Level 23
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
Eric Ornstein was all in and at risk for 366,000 preflop holding 
, and he was in rough shape against Dan Wach's 
.
The 
flop missed Ornstein, but the on the turn gave him a pair of aces and the lead. The 
completed the board, Ornstein doubled to 750,000 chips, and Wach fell to 385,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
750,000
564,500
|
564,500 |
|
385,000
-215,000
|
-215,000 |
Mad Dog Done
Level 23
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
"Mad Dog" Mike Shasho was all in for 430,000 when we arrived at the table. A very short-stacked player was already committed from the blinds - he only looked like he had a few dozen thousand - and Zbigniew Fido was in the tank.
Fido opted to make the call, creating a 1.1 million-chip pot, and the hands were tabled.
Shasho: 
Short-stacked player: 
Fido:
The 
peaked through the window of the flop, getting Shasho excited, but it was followed by the 
and the 
. At the sight of the ace, he slammed the table in disgust. The on the turn gave him extra outs to make a flush, but the 
on the river was a big red brick.
Shasho and the short-stacked player were eliminated, while Fido is up to 1.2 million chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,200,000
1,079,500
|
1,079,500 |
|
Busted |
The Rich(ey) Get Richer
Level 23
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
A clash of two big stacks just occurred, with longtime professional Brett Richey clashing with Christopher Nugent in what can only be described as a post-flop cooler.
Nugent opened for 60,000 from the button and next to act, and Richey defended his small blind by flatting to see the flop. After the dealer fanned the 
across the felt, Richey check-called a bet of 150,000 and an 
arrived on the turn.
Another check from Richey prompted an all-in wager of about 240,000 from Nugent, and Richey snapped the bet off while tabling 
for the stone cold nuts. Although he had flopped Broadway and had a hammerlock on the hand, Richey was still fading outs when Nugent rolled over his for middle set.
River:
The board failed to pair and Nugent's set could not be built into a boat, leaving Richey's nut straight in the lead. With over $1.3 million in reported live earnings, Richey is one of the more experienced players left in the field, meaning the 1.25 million chips at his disposal will be wielded by a player who knows just how to use them.
Following his exit Nugent took to Twitter to provide his own postmortem, graciously bowing out after making an impressive run to the money:
It was a fun ride @BorgataPoker. Out in 128. JJ vs KQ. Flopped middle set vs flopped straight. #goodgame #SpringPokerOpenFollow @CNugentPoker
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,250,000
650,000
|
650,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 23
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 3,000
A Round of Counts on Us
Level 22
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Peruse some updated chip counts for the biggest stacks and notable names still left in contention.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,250,000
570,000
|
570,000 |
|
1,200,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
1,100,000
730,000
|
730,000 |
|
|
625,000
285,000
|
285,000 |
|
587,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
420,000
201,000
|
201,000 |
|
255,000
174,500
|
174,500 |
|
|
225,000
-41,000
|
-41,000 |
Huge Double for Ibra
Level 22
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
After a preflop raising war, Ibra Ibraimovic was all in and at risk for over half of a million chips with 
against Brett Richey's . Richey was "running hot" to start the day, and if his hand held he would've chipped up to nearly two million, but there was a in the window of the flop.
Richey was unable to run down a straight or hit a two-outer of his own, and plummeted to 600,000 chips. Ibraimovic rocketed up to 1.3 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,300,000
872,000
|
872,000 |
|
|
600,000
-700,000
|
-700,000 |
Curious Fold from "Mad Dog"
Level 22
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
"Mad Dog" Mike Shasho raised to 50,000 from middle position, a player two spots to his left moved all in for 213,000, and the action folded back to Shasho. He tanked for a considerable amount of time, but just couldn't commit the extra 163,000 chips, folding the face up.
His opponent didn't show.
At the table, Mark Sykes is doing quiet well post-bubble, chipping up to 1.1 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,100,000
942,500
|
942,500 |
|
|
340,000
-160,000
|
-160,000 |