A Visual Tour of Day 2 in the Borgata Poker Room
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Here a few photos taken during the mad rush of bubble play that just punctuated the middle stages of Day 2.
2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open
Event 1: $560 $1 Million Guaranteed Deep-Stack NLHE Reentry
Day: 2
McKeehen and Tryba Bust
Level 22
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Joseph Mckeehen was all in and at risk with 
preflop against Collin White's 
. Neither player made a pair, but the ace-high was good enough to send Mckeehen packing.
White chipped up to 1.35 million, but ran into a flopped flush a few hands later and fell to around a million.
Chris Tryba was also eliminated with unknown action.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,000,000 | |
|
Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Back From Break
Level 22
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Play has resumed in the Borgata Poker Room.
Level: 22
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
Time for a Break
Level 21
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
After the intensity of the prolonged period of bubble play, the remaining players have taken a well-deserved break from the action.
Cards will be back in the air in about ten minutes.
An Artist at Work
Level 21
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
After the prolonged agony of the bubble was finally broken with Dan Dizenzo's elimination in 201st place, the expected flurry of short-stack shoves has begun in earnest.
Art Peters is glad for that fact after his recent triple-up, finding in the hole with a shove for 120,000 already made in front. Peters liked the look of his fishhooks and he shoved as well, risking about the same amount, and a third player came along with his own shove for about 50,000.
Peters' pocket pair was crushing the larger of the all-in stacks, who held an underpair in 
, while he was racing against the shorty who held 
.
The final board ran out clean for Peters and he doubled through one opponent, while stacking another for good measure.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
365,000 |
The Bubble Hath Burst
Level 21
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
After the clock was pushed back from 201 to 202 the short-stacked players were a bit dejected - their road to the money got a bit tougher - but not long after there were two elimination, and we are now in the money.
The first came on Table 17, when a player moved all in with 
. Hieu Tran looked him up with 
, and held on a board of 
. Tran now has around 1.2 million chips.
On the other side of the room, the bubble finally burst with the elimination of Dan Dizenzo. Dizenzo three-bet shoved for around 100,000 or so with 
, and Adam Foster, the original raiser, called with 
. Dizenzo needed some help to survive, but found none when the board came 
.
The room erupted with applause when the staff announced that the bubble was finally over, and the remaining 200 players are all guaranteed a minimum of $1,264.
Nearly an hour bled off of the clock during the bubble, but there will be no time added. There is 20:38 remaining in Level 21.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,200,000
916,000
|
916,000 |
|
500,000
313,000
|
313,000 |
|
Busted |
Curious Georgous
Level 21
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Demetrios Georgous brought the field closer to the bubble, as he eliminated a women in 203rd place a few minutes ago.
The action began when Georgous opened for 33,000 from the cutoff, and Jane Stanton Hitchcock three-bet jammed for her last 180,000 or so. With about 400,000 behind, Georgous could afford to make the call, but he tanked for at least 10 minutes while pondering his options.
With every table in the room waiting patiently (and not so patiently in many cases), Georgous sat still as a stone, staring ahead and asking repeatedly for an "accurate" count of the bet.
Eventually, after diving deeper into the tank than any player in recent memory, Georgous looked the Hitchcock up with his 
, finding himself in a great spot against her 
.
The final board rolled out 
to give him the win, while sending Hitch home with an extremely disappointing close call.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
589,000
356,000
|
356,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Bubble Update
Level 21
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
In an unusual sight within the world of poker reporting, we just saw the tournament clock showing total players remaining tick upwards instead of signalling the loss of another player.
With hand-for-hand play having been underway for the last hour or so, this development understandably caused confusion among the remaining field, as everybody in the room believed that the next elimination would burst the bubble.
Apparently a dealer handed in a seating card to the staff by mistake, and that led to the count being revised downward to 201, but after a room-wide head count it turns out 202 players remain.
Instead, we will need two more stacks to be absorbed before the last 200 players with chips to play with earn a min-cash.
Hand-for-Hand Play Begins
Level 21
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
We're now on the bubble, which means hand-for-hand play has been initiated. One more player will leave empty handed, while the others while secure themselves a payday. Stay tuned to find out who the unluckiest man or woman in the room is.