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Level 4
: 200/400, 50 ante
We've made another pass through the room scanning for stacks, so check out the score.
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
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$15,000
Prize Pool
$4,852,400
Total Entries
328
Level
31
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
25
Players Left 1 / 328
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Level 4
: 200/400, 50 ante
We caught up to the action on the river with the board showing 
. Justin Young had made a bet and his opponent Jesse Sylvia was contemplating whether to call or not. Young sat silent, waiting. Sylvia was quicker than normal with his answer, and tossed the call out into the middle of the table.
Young turned over 
for the nut straight that he had hit on the turn.
Level 4
: 200/400, 50 ante
Level 4
: 200/400, 50 ante
The final board read 
when we passed by Jake Toole's table, and the pro was facing an all-in wager of 14,000 made by Scott Matte. With just about the same stack behind, calling would essentially commit Toole for his tournament life, so he took his time to sort things through.
The pot contained about 55,000 at the time, and while Toole tanked long and hard to contemplate his options, we conferred with Elia Ahmadian to discern the previous action.
According to Ahmadian, an under the gun open to 800 by Matte was called by two players, with Toole three-betting to about 3,500. This forced the flatters to fold and when Matte called the ten-high flop fell. The two tapped the table and when the turn dropped in Matte led out for 8,000. Toole popped it to 18,000 and Matte smooth called, bringing the king to the board on the river, which is where we caught the action.
After tanking for a couple of minutes and appearing pained by Matte's big bet, Toole finally released his hand without a word. Matte then told the table he had hit gin on the river with 
in the hole, and Toole responded by letting Matte and us know that he had laid pocket aces down. Poker is a waiting game and finding bullets is always a big moment, but the young pro correctly deduced that his monster had been scared off, so he made the right play without becoming attached.
Bravo sir.
Level: 4
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Level 3
: 150/300, 50 ante
Level 3
: 150/300, 50 ante
Here is what three of the current chip leaders for the day are tweeting:
Got insanely lucky,totally leveled myself but a lady saved me on the turn, sorry my sweet Berlin #chiplead @WPTlive @FoodGardeningFollow @Raw_Nit
insane ridiculous level .. Sets , quads, flushes, triple barrel bluffs , all the goodness.. Up to 130k .. Chip leader perhapsFollow @JeffMadsenobv
Level 3
: 150/300, 50 ante
Mike Matusow checked to Garrett Greer on a board of 
, and Greer fired out 6,625. Matusow check-raised to 15,000, and Greer tanked for a considerable amount of time before calling.
The completed the board, Matusow checked again, and Greer moved all in for effectively 23,000 or so. Matusow went deep into the tank, agonizing for five minutes or so.
"Did you call on the turn to bluff me on the river?" Matusow asked Greer, who remained silent.
Matusow picked up his entire stack, shuffling it sloppily several times before eventually folding. Greer mucked the winner, and dragged in the pot.
Level 3
: 150/300, 50 ante
The chips are moving so take a look at the counts for a few players making moves.
Level 3
: 150/300, 50 ante
With a flop of 
already on board one player checked to Maurice "Mo" Hawkins, and the early chip leader fired out a bet of 750.
Next to act, Joe McKeehen flatted the bet, as did the flop checker. On the 
turn the action was checked to McKeehen, so he flicked a bet of 2,200 to take down the pot.
"When the media guy is over here my bluffing rate there goes up to like 99 percent," McKeehen told Hawkins as he dragged the pot. "But 99 percent of zero is still zero."
McKeehen should be quite accustomed to us media folks hovering nearby, with his recent win in Event 10 making it three straight Borgata seasonal series in which he has taken a trophy home.
