Event 12: $400 Saturday Series $100,000 Guaranteed NLHE Reentry | 2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open

04-20-2014 00:46 UTC-5

Penna Clubbed

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 4,000 ante

Kyle Penna and Dave Elliott were heads-up in a limped pot on a board of . After heaving betting on the flop, Penna led out for 200,000, Elliott moved all in for effectively 585,000, and Penna made a crying call.

Penna:
Elliott:

Penna needed to fill up on the river to survive, but the wasn't enough. He hit the rail, and Elliott is up to 1.7 million chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dave Elliott	1,700,000 940,000	940,000
Kyle Penna	Busted

Tags: Dave Elliott Kyle Penna

04-20-2014 00:36 UTC-5

Ray Guy

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Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 4,000 ante

John Doe raised to 60,000 in middle position, Joe Rodriguez three-bet to 160,000 in the cutoff, and Doe moved all in for 500,000 or so. Rodriguez instantly called.

Doe:
Rodriguez:

"Yo!" Doe called to his friend. "I'm out!"

Doe's eulogy was a bit premature, especially considering the flop gave him a pair of jacks and outs to make trips or two pair, but the on the turn and the on the river were the final two nails in the coffin.

Rodriguez is up to 1.52 million chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe Rodriguez	1,520,000 720,000	720,000
John Doe	Busted

Tags: Joe Rodriguez John Doe

04-20-2014 00:30 UTC-5

Doe Doubles Galarza

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Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 4,000 ante

Dick Galarza limped in from early position, John Doe raised to 70,000 in the cutoff, and the action folded back to Galarza. He called.

The flop fell , Galarza checked, and Doe moved all in for effectively 232,000. Galarza snap-called.

Galarza:
Doe:

The turn was the , giving Doe diamond outs to go along with his one over and Broadway draw, but the bricked off on the river.

"Nice call pre," Doe quipped after the hand.

Galarza doubled to 673,000 chips, while Doe fell to 650,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dick Galarza	673,000 268,000	268,000
John Doe	650,000 388,000	388,000

Tags: Dick Galarza John Doe

Level: 24

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 4,000

04-20-2014 00:19 UTC-5

Doe Rae Me

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Level 23 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

Dick Galarza opened to 50,000 from early position, John Doe called near the button, and Mark Cleverly moved all in for effectively 464,000 on Doe's left. Galarza folded, and Doe tank-called.

Doe:
Cleverly:

"One million-chip race," Doe announced, getting his friends' attention.

The dealer rapped the table and spread a flop of , giving Doe a leading pair of aces. He avoided the two-outer on the turn (), and the river (), doubling to 1,038,000 chips.

Cleverly dipped to 700,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Doe	1,038,000 621,000	621,000
Mark Cleverly	700,000 550,000	550,000

Tags: Dick Galarza Mark Cleverly John Doe

04-20-2014 00:09 UTC-5

Malo Mori Quam Foedari

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Level 23 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

Joseph Ryan open-shoved for his last 100,000 or so in middle position, Roland Israelashvili called in the small, and Atesa Pacelli raised out of the small blind. Israelashvili folded, and the hands were tabled.

Ryan:
Pacelli:

It was a bit of an unorthodox race, and Pacelli pulled out in front on a flop of with a set of threes. Ryan was drawing dead on the turn (), and officially eliminated when the completed the board.

Pacelli is up to 1.35 million chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Atesa Pacelli	1,350,000 135,000	135,000
Joseph Ryan	Busted

Tags: Atesa Pacelli Joseph Ryan Roland Israelashvili

04-20-2014 00:03 UTC-5

Chen Out

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Level 23 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

Yingxen Chen was all in and at risk with preflop, and in need of some help against Kyle Penna's .

The nines held up, and Chen hit the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kyle Penna	1,000,000 437,000	437,000
Yingxen Chen	Busted

Tags: Kyle Penna Yingxen Chen

04-20-2014 00:01 UTC-5

King-Jack No Good

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Level 23 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

Dick Galarza opened to 75,000 from early position, and the action folded to Joe Rodriguez, who moved all in for 393,000 out of the small blind. Galarza tanked for a few minutes, then called.

Galarza:
Rodriguez:

The flop changed very little, and Galarza was drawing dead after the turn brought the . A meaningless completed the board, and Rodriguez doubled through.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe Rodriguez	800,000 323,000	323,000
Dick Galarza	405,000 385,000	385,000

Tags: Dick Galarza Joe Rodriguez

04-19-2014 23:51 UTC-5

Redraw (full)

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Level 23 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

Table	Seat	Player	Chips
1	1	Joe Rodriguez	477,000
1	2	Cathy Dever	470,000
1	3	Paul Spitzberg	495,000
1	4	Dick Galarza	790,000
1	5	Irwin Reiter	295,000
1	6	--empty--
1	7	John Doe	417,000
1	8	Mark Cleverly	1,250,000
1	9	John Meyer	565,000

2	1	Kyle Penna	563,000
2	2	Roland Israelashvili	630,000
2	3	Atesa Pacelli	1,215,000
2	4	Alex Apostol	290,000
2	5	Gene Mulroy	540,000
2	6	Dave Elliott	760,000
2	7	Joseph Ryan	200,000
2	8	Yingxen Chen	200,000
2	9	Gary Jan Levin	480,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Cleverly	1,250,000 300,000	300,000
Atesa Pacelli	1,215,000 15,000	15,000
Dick Galarza	790,000 790,000	790,000
Dave Elliott	760,000 760,000	760,000
Roland Israelashvili	630,000 30,000	30,000

John Meyer	565,000 90,000	90,000
Kyle Penna	563,000 563,000	563,000
Gene Mulroy	540,000 245,000	245,000
Paul Spitzberg	495,000 115,000	115,000
Gary Jan Levin	480,000 30,000	30,000
Joe Rodriguez	477,000 123,000	123,000
Cathy Dever	470,000 230,000	230,000
John Doe	417,000 417,000	417,000
Irwin Reiter	295,000 235,000	235,000
Alex Apostol	290,000 290,000	290,000
Joseph Ryan	200,000 200,000	200,000
Yingxen Chen	200,000 150,000	150,000

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04-19-2014 23:45 UTC-5

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