Along with Anthony Gregg and Nick Schulman, a few other players have taken their seats at the newest table in the Signature Room. Every table in the room is tough but this one looks like it could be tougher than most...
Nick Schulman and Tony Gregg, nicknamed "The Takeover" and "The End Boss" respectively just strolled into the Signature Room at Borgata, and both players tout extremely impressive résumés.
Schulman, who has over $7.1 million in career live tournament earnings, is widely considered one the best - if not thee best - no-limit deuce-to-seven players in the world. The New York native won the WSOP 2-7 World Championship twice in four years (2009 and 2012), and finished fifth in 2011. Schulman's largest cash came on the World Poker Tour, when he took down the WPT World Poker Finals in 2005 for over $2.1 million.
Gregg is also a member of the WPT Champions Club, winning the WPT Parx Open last season for $416,127. His biggest victory came last summer at the WSOP, where he won the One Drop High Roller for $4,830,619. Gregg also finished runner-up in the 2009 PCA Main Event, earning $1.7 million.
As late registrants, there's a good chance these two players will be seated with one another, which could make for some awesome poker.
During the recent break Robert "Uncle Krunk" Panitch stopped by to inform us about the "worst beat I ever took in my life."
According to the man they call Krunk, he held 
in the hole and found a set on the 
flop.
Jean "Prince" Gaspard called a bet of 1,500 on the flop holding 
for a gutshot straight draw, which he filled when fourth street came 
.
Krunk says the money went soon went into the middle on the turn, and after the river failed to pair the board he was forced to ship about half his stack to the newly doubled Gaspard. Krunk was left with 20,000 or so after the bad beat, and within an orbit he was done and dusted, with poker's Prince beginning his descent.
We got to the table with 5,000 in the pot and Kevin Song facing a 10,000 check-raise of his original 3,000 bet from Barry Hutter on a 
turn. Song made the call and off to the river we went.
It was the 
and Hutter announced that he was all in, for approximately 16,000. Song called, not instantly as his hands seemed to stick to his cards, and when he turned over 
for the turned nuts to eliminate Hutter and his 
, Tony Cousineau joked "Kevin, next time turn that hand over a little quicker, that was kind of a slow roll."
Song is off to a good start with nearly 2.5 times the starting stack.
Level: 3
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 50
The board showed 
when we caught the action, with Jeff Madsen contesting a pot against Lily Kiletto - who turned heads in 2013 by reaching two televised WPT final tables.
Kiletto checked to Madsen - who turned heads himself this past week by winning the Borgata Spring Poker Open's Six-Max event - and the three-time WSOP bracelet winner fired out a bet of 3,100.
Kiletto quickly called to see the 
complete the board on the river, and when Madsen bet out for 8,175, her call was made without hesitation.
Madsen tabled the 
for queens full, and Kiletto's hand was slid into the muck.
Players are now on their first break of the day, it's 15 minutes in length.
After a series of preflop bets and raises, Tony Cousineau moved all in. Roland Israelashvili made the call, and Cousineau tabled 
.
"I've got you out-suited," Israelashvili chuckled before tabling the remaining two aces in the deck; 
.
The two players pulled their bets back as the board came 
, and chopped the remainder of the pot.
A few more stragglers have made their way into the Signature Room shortly before the first break of the day. Decent players they look to be.
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