2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open

Event 13: $300 Deeper-Stack NLHE
Day: 1
Event Info

2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
$17,092
Event Info
Buy-in
$260
Prize Pool
$61,033
Entries
242
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000

Ivan Polanco Eliminated in 2nd Place ($10,073)

Level 30 : 60,000/120,000, 20,000 ante
Ivan Polanco - 2nd Place
Ivan Polanco - 2nd Place

Ivan Polanco stayed out of trouble for much of the final table, remaining content to take down the small pots and let other players go broke in big confrontations.

Finally, after weaving his way to heads-up play against Andrew Zhu, a short-stacked Polanco made his stand with {k-Hearts}{10-Spades}. Unfortunately for him, Zhu had a dominating hand with {a-Hearts}{10-Hearts}, and the final board came down {k-Clubs}{a-Spades}{5-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{j-Hearts} to leave him with the second-best hand.

Player Chips Progress
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Andrew Zhu
8,470,000
1,070,000
1,070,000
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Ivan Polanco
Busted

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Andrew Zhu Wins Event 13 for $17,092

Level 30 : 60,000/120,000, 20,000 ante
Andrew Zhu - Winner
Andrew Zhu - Winner

After a total of 242 entries and reentries were recorded in this $300 Deeper-Stack NLHE tournament, generating a prize pool of $61,033, Andrew Zhu took down top honors along with $17,092 in winnings.

Zhu rolled through the final table in dominant fashion after entering with the chip lead, eliminating Miguel Borrero in 7th place to begin a string of knockouts that paved his path to victory.

He absorbed a bad beat or two along the way as well, first having cowboys cracked by James Boyle's big slick, and then losing with a full house to Nick Marino's straight flush.

With the poker world's elite eyeing a spot in tomorrow's $15,400 buy-in, $5 Million Guaranteed WPT World Championship event, and participating in round-the-clock satellites throughout the day trying to win their seat on the cheap, today's field was mostly filled with local grinders. Easter Sunday and another holiday celebrated by some likely culled the field even more, but nonetheless there were plenty of familiar faces in attendance looking to take their shot.

Papa Levy, Attilio Bitondo, Wendy Rubin, Philip Neiman and Emad Alabsi - all of whom final tabled earlier events on the Borgata Spring Poker Open schedule - came to play, along with regulars on the local circuit like Olga Petrovskaya, Brian Rosengarten and Armando Then. Alabsi managed to reach yet another final table after winning Event 8 for $12,629, but he fell in 6th place to add another $3,052 to his haul for the series.

Tags: Armando ThenAttilio BitondoBrian RosengartenEmad AlabsiPapa LevyPhilip Neiman

Event 13: $300 Deeper-Stack NLHE

Day 1 Completed