2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open
After losing a big pot or two - it looks like Greg Jensen may have been a beneficiary - Kenneth Lind found himself with just 32,200 chips. He got them in with ![]()
preflop against 2011 WSOP November Niner Matt Giannetti, who held ![]()
.
The nines held up on a board of ![]()
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, and the 2013 WSOP Seniors Event Champion doubled through to around 70,000 chips. Giannetti slipped to 80,000.
"GO AARON MASSEY!!!" Kevin Saul yelled from his table.
Saul was standing up at his table, despite having a raise of 70,000 sitting in front of him on a flop of ![]()
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. There was a bet of 7,000, and a raise of 20,000 sitting in front of his two opponents, and the original bettor moved all in for 22,000. The raiser tanked for a considerable amount of time, then folded.
Saul: ![]()
Opponent: ![]()
The turn and river came
,
respectively, and the player was eliminated. Saul chipped up over 200,000.
A few hands later, at an adjacent table, Ravi Raghavan was eliminated with unknown action.
Shawn Busse opened for a raise in late position, Chris Csik three-bet jammed out of the blinds, and Busse made the call with ![]()
. Csik was dominated with ![]()
, and failed to improve.
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
We didn't see the hand but Dan Wach has been eliminated at the hands of Sean Wallace who earlier took the majority of Wach's chips when his Aces were able to fade Wach's flush and straight draws.
David Tuthill limped in on the button, Ravi Raghavan completed from the small blind, and Shawn Busse checked in the big blind.
The trio all checked on a flop of ![]()
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, the turn was the
, and Raghavan led out for 3,200. Only Busse called.
The river was the
, Raghavan checked, and Busse fired 8,000. Raghavan checked, and Busse picked up the pot.
Earlier we talked about Ravi Raghaven and his financial prowess in poker tournaments. One player who has earned more that is taking part in the action here today is Matt Giannetti who has $4.365 million in lifetime tournament earnings.
A good chunk of that came when Giannetti made the November Nine of the World Series of Poker Main Event back in 2011 for slightly over three million dollars but he's proven he is no one hit wonder as he recently won the World Poker Tour Lucky Hearts Poker Open in February for $298,304.
Giannetti recently picked up a nice sized pot when he bet 6,700 on the ![]()
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flop and called his opponent's 18,500 raise. The two checked the
turn and Giannetti led out for 9,000 when the river came
. His opponent mucked to give Giannetti the pot, moving his stack to approximately 80,000.
Taurean Davis was all in and at risk preflop holding ![]()
, and was in a race against "Action" Bob Hwang's ![]()
.
There was an ace on the ![]()
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flop, giving Hwang the lead, and the turn and river bricked
,
respectively. Davis exited the tournament, while Hwang is up to 130,000 chips.