2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open

Event 14: $15,400 $5 Million Guaranteed WPT World Championship
Day: 1b
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
Entries
328
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
25

Pre-Dinner Break Chip Counts

Level 6 : 300/600, 75 ante
Player Chips Progress
Athanasios Polychronopoulos us
Athanasios Polychronopoulos
WSOP 2X Winner
180,000 119,000
Jason Koon us
Jason Koon
165,000 95,000
Bart Dowling
Bart Dowling
160,000 10,000
Jesse Sylvia us
Jesse Sylvia
WPT 1X Winner
140,000 78,000
Keith Lehr us
Keith Lehr
WSOP 2X Winner
115,000 45,000
Corrie Wunstel us
Corrie Wunstel
WSOP 1X Winner
110,000 55,000
Justin Young us
Justin Young
WPT 1X Winner
105,000 47,000
Curt Kohlberg us
Curt Kohlberg
100,000 25,000
Chris Moorman gb
Chris Moorman
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
95,000 50,000
Jeff Madsen us
Jeff Madsen
WSOP 4X Winner
95,000 -11,000
Alex Queen us
Alex Queen
90,000 24,500
James Carroll us
James Carroll
WPT 2X Winner
90,000 40,000
Mike Dentale us
Mike Dentale
85,000 42,000
Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
80,000 3,000
Daniel Buzgon us
Daniel Buzgon
80,000 31,000
Ty Reiman us
Ty Reiman
80,000 -15,000
Ryan D'Angelo us
Ryan D'Angelo
WSOP 1X Winner
80,000 35,000
Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler
80,000 20,000
Ronit Chamani za
Ronit Chamani
75,000 -8,000
Will Failla us
Will Failla
WPT 1X Winner
75,000 25,000
Keven Stammen us
Keven Stammen
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
70,000 25,000
Emad Alabsi
Emad Alabsi
70,000 -5,000
Sean Jazayeri us
Sean Jazayeri
WPT 1X Winner
65,000
Russell Thomas us
Russell Thomas
55,000 12,000
Jon Aguiar
Jon Aguiar
50,000 -4,000

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Mo for Mo

Level 6 : 300/600, 75 ante
Maurice Hawkins
Maurice Hawkins

Earlier in the level Cotton "Heisenberg" Snuffer squared off against Maurice "Mo" Hawkins, with the latter coming out on top courtesy of a runner-runner counterfeit job.

Snuffer held {q-}{10-} and flopped two pair on the {q-}{10-}{7-}, but when the turn and river came {a-}{7-}, Hawkins' {a-}{k-} had caught up to counterfeit Heisenberg's hand.

Snuffer bet 5,000 on the turn, and check-called a 6,500 bet on the river, losing a chunk of his stack in the process.

Player Chips Progress
Maurice Hawkins us
Maurice Hawkins
159,500
Iverson Snuffer us
Iverson Snuffer
32,000 -33,000

Tags: Maurice HawkinsCotton Snuffer

Guarantee Update

Level 6 : 300/600, 75 ante
Eleven more entries to go...
Eleven more entries to go...

When Level 6 began there were 324 total entries recorded in the WPT World Championship, meaning 10 more players need to pony up for the $5 million guarantee to be met.

Stay tuned to sweat the result, as late registration will end when Level 7 begins.

Check Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself

Level 6 : 300/600, 75 ante
Eugene Todd
Eugene Todd

Had a dealer's decision stood Eugene Todd would have been assessed a penalty. Confused? So was Todd...

We caught the action on the river with the board showing {5-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}{q-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds} and Ronit Chamani checking to Todd. The pot contained right around 25,000 and after Chamani tapped the table, Todd flicked his hand forward in the air, before reaching down to bet 4,000.

That's when the dealer decided that Todd's hand motion may have constituted a check, with Todd remaining adamant that he had not forfeited his option to bet. A member of the floor staff was called over, and after hearing the rundown, he told Todd "that mean's nothing, no check" in regards to his hand motion.

With his ability to bet restored Todd made it 4,000 to go, giving Chamani a good price, and she quickly called the bet.

"You don't check with that hand," said Todd, tabling {5-Spades}{5-Clubs} for quads as he did so. "Sure that was a check dealer?"

Player Chips Progress
Ronit Chamani za
Ronit Chamani
83,000 -23,000
Eugene Todd us
Eugene Todd
81,000 18,000

Tags: Eugene ToddRonit Chamani

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

Better Lucky Than Good

Level 5 : 250/500, 75 ante

Lee Markholt and Derrick Rosenbarger would get all the chips in the middle on a {A-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{7-Clubs} flop and Rosenbarger had to like his position since at the time he had the nuts with {A-Hearts}{A-Spades} for flopped top set. He couldn't count his chips yet, however, as Markholt had {J-Clubs}[8] for a flush draw.

The turn was the {9-Spades} giving Markholt even more ways to knock out Rosenbarger and one of those ways was delivered to him by the dealer on the {10-Diamonds} river giving him a straight. That was enough to send the unfortunate Rosenbarger off to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Lee Markholt us
Lee Markholt
WPT 1X Winner
120,000 48,000
Derrick Rosenbarger
Derrick Rosenbarger
WPT 1X Winner
Busted