2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open

Event 14: $15,400 $5 Million Guaranteed WPT World Championship
Day: 4
Event Info
2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a8
Prize
$1,350,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$15,000
Prize Pool
$4,852,400
Total Entries
328
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
25
Players Left 1 / 328

Glen Lafaye Eliminated in 17th Place ($41,488)

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Glen Lafaye - 17th Place
Glen Lafaye - 17th Place

Byron Kaverman opened to 45,000 sitting in the hijack, and Glen Lafaye flatted out of the small blind. Eric Afriat tried to play the bully once again - as he has all tournament - three-betting to 120,000 in defense of his big blind.

Kaverman was unimpressed though, and he four-bet to 245,000 after his usual routine of taking a minute or so to think. Lafaye suddenly sprung to life, five-bet jamming for the rest of his stack (right around 330,000 total). Afriat got out of the way and Kaverman called the bet after committing himself with the previous four-bet, tabling {j-Hearts}{10-Hearts} as he did so.

When he saw Lafaye reveal {7-Spades}{7-Clubs} Kaverman quietly told the table "I guess that's the hand I wanted to see," as his jack-high hand was actually flipping rather than dominated.

Flop: {9-Spades}{q-Hearts}{4-Spades}

When the flop came down talk of a big sweat circled the table, as Kaverman had picked up eight additional outs with his up-and-down straight draw. The turn was a swing and a miss, however, coming {3-Clubs}.

River: {k-Clubs}

Just like that Kaverman had caught up to cross the finish line first in his race against Lafaye, making his straight to send the latter home in 17th place.

Tags: Byron KavermanEric AfriatGlen Lafaye