Level: 20
Blinds: 5,000/1,000
Ante: 1,000
2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open
Event 10: $660 NLHE Reentry
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open
Buy-in
$600
Entries
194
Level
26
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
4,000
John Thompson Eliminated in 8th Place ($3,387)
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Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
John Thompson's last hand of the tournament went down recently, after he lost a flip holding 
.
Michael Forca held overcards with 
and the flop came down with an ace to put Thompson on the brink. He failed to catch the two-out shot he needed to survive, and hit the rail with an 8th place finish.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
220,000 | 66,000 |
|
Busted |
Jeremy Stein Eliminated in 9th Place ($2,540)
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Jeremy Stein watched the action fold around to him in the small blind, and holding 
he raised to 24,000. Mike Sandler and his big stack were waiting in the big blind though, and he plunked a heap of red T25000 chips forward to set Stein all in if he wished to continue.
Stein called off with his big cards to find himself racing against Sandler's 
, and the final board ran out 
to leave the snowmen out in front.
Stein hit the rail in 9th place for $2,540 while Sandler continued his dominant performance.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
790,000 | 120,000 |
|
Busted |
Stuart Gelwarg Eliminated in 10th Place ($2,258)
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Unfortunately we missed Stuart Gelwarg's bustout hand during a quick jaunt to the restroom (when ya gotta go, ya gotta go), but he finished in 10th place for $2,258.
According to Brian Correro, he took Gelwarg out with 
versus 
after Gelwarg opened to 20,000. Correro shoved all in to put the shorty at risk, and Gelwarg "snap-called" with his snowmen, only to see that his pocket pair had been trumped.
No sets or straights were made and Gelwarg hit the rail as the first elimination of the final table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
395,000 | 155,500 |
|
Busted |
Level: 19
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
Break Time
Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 500 ante
The final table is now on a 10-minute break.
Murderer's Row
Here is a look at the final table lineup in visual form (because we all know poker players are a photogenic bunch).
Meet the Final Table
Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 500 ante
Here is the final table lineup complete with seating assignments and current chip counts:
| Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stuart Gelwarg | 105,000 |
| 2 | Attilio Bitondo | 330,000 |
| 3 | Steve Saklad | 155,000 |
| 4 | Jeremy Stein | 180,000 |
| 5 | Mike Sandler | 590,000 |
| 6 | Michael Forca | 165,000 |
| 7 | Brian Correro | 275000 |
| 8 | Joe McKeehen | 180,000 |
| 9 | Joe Clarkin | 525,000 |
| 10 | John Thompson | 55,000 |
Final Table Set
Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 500 ante
The remaining 10 players have redrawn for seats and reassembled for the sprint to the finish line.
Stay tuned for a table draw with current chip counts in the next few minutes.
Dube Smoked, Clarkin Climbing
Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 500 ante
Joe Clarkin opened for 15,000 and Mark Dube three-bet to 38,000. Clarkin then moved all in to put Dube's last 120,000 at risk if he called, and call he did with the 
.
Clarkin was racing against big slick with his 
and the final board of 
came clean to send the large pot his way - while sending Dube home with an 11th place finish in the process.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
525,000 | 189,000 |
|
Busted |