2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open

Event 14: $15,400 $5 Million Guaranteed WPT World Championship
Day: 2
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

Harwood Smokes Two

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante
Loni Harwood
Loni Harwood

After two recent casualties took to Twitter for a quick postmortem of their respective bustout hands, we learned that Loni Harwood just chipped up in a major way by busting fellow pros Chris Moorman and Alex Rocha.

We stopped by for a quick chat with Harwood, who burst onto the poker scene last summer with an incredible World Series of Poker performance, winning her first gold bracelet and contending for WSOP Player of the Year honors.

According to Harwood, she opened to 2,800 from under the gun and called when Alex Rocha three-bet jammed for his last 16,000. Harwood found herself dominated with {k-Clubs}{q-Clubs} against Rocha's {A-}{K-}, but "Luscious Lon" found the lady she needed on the turn.

Soon afterward, Harwood went toe-to-toe with the best player to ever grind the virtual felt, opening to 3,000 before engaging in a raising war with Moorman. He popped it to 6,800, Harwood four-bet to 19,000 and Moorman five-bet shipped for his last 75,000 or so with Harwood making the call to put him at risk.

Harwood: {10-}{10-}
Moorman: {A-}{k-}

The board ran out clean for Harwood's tens and with that she sent two players to the rail while building a big stack early on in the day.

Player Chips Progress
Loni Harwood us
Loni Harwood
189,000
73,000
73,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Chris Moorman gb
Chris Moorman
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Alex Rocha us
Alex Rocha
Busted

Tags: Loni HarwoodChris MoormanAlex Rocha

Miles Austin, Former Cowboy, Takes One From an Eagles Fan

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Miles Austin, who spent all of his NFL career on the Dallas Cowboys, probably doesn't know that Matt Glantz is a huge Philadelphia Eagles fan. Glantz, more than likely knows who Austin is though. The two recently battled in a small pot that saw Glantz check-fold to Austin's 8,000 river bet on a {K-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{5-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds} board. There was 24,000 in the pot at the time so Austin adds a bit to his stack and is slightly above where he was to start the day. Glantz is also on the upward tick with nearly 20,000 more than he started the day with.

Player Chips Progress
Matt Glantz us
Matt Glantz
165,000
19,000
19,000
Miles Austin
Miles Austin
86,000
4,700
4,700

Cash, Money, Millionaire

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

The prize pool information has just been passed to the PokerNews Live Reporting desk, and the top 36 players will earn a minimum of $30,085 from the $4,852,400 in prize money.

Each member of the official six-handed final table will take home at least $235,341, and the winner will bank a whopping $1,310,146.

Final Table Payouts

FinishPrize
1$1,310,116
2$727,860
3$452,729
4$363,930
5$286,292
6$235,341

For a full list of information, click the Payouts tab above.

Waxman Doubles Through Philachack

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Andy Philachack opened to 2,700 and a short-stacked Matt Waxman moved all in for 19,100 total. Philachack decided to make the call with {K-Hearts}{Q-Spades} and was slightly behind Waxman's {A-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}.

The flop came {A-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{5-Spades} to give Waxman a huge lead. The {Q-Diamonds} on the turn gave Philachack some outs to deliver the knockout blow to Waxman but the {9-Diamonds} river would change nothing other than the chips changing hands.

Player Chips Progress
Matt Waxman us
Matt Waxman
41,000
24,500
24,500
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Andy Philachack us
Andy Philachack
25,000
-10,000
-10,000

Tres Song

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante
Matt Glantz
Matt Glantz

We passed by the table to catch the tail end of a confrontation between Matt Glantz and Matthew Waxman, with the latter coming up on the short end of the stick.

The final board {q-Spades}{6-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{k-Diamonds} and there was a sizable pot already built, one that appeared to contain around 30,000 or so. Glantz held the button and a bet of 17,000 was pushed up near it, as Waxman had checked the river. After finishing up his nutritious breakfast of a banana (paging Harry Kaczka), Waxman made the call to see Glantz roll over the {3-Diamonds}{3-Spades} for a turned set.

"Ahh..." said Waxman when he saw the bad news. "If I had to guess a hand there, that's the one. Nice hand sir."

Player Chips Progress
Matt Glantz us
Matt Glantz
146,000
35,700
35,700
Matt Waxman us
Matt Waxman
16,500
-31,300
-31,300
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Matt GlantzMatt WaxmanHarry Kaczka

Flush Over Flush

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Dani Stern and Tony Gregg both checked on a flop of {q-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{2-Hearts}, and Tom Marchese bet 3,500 into a pot of around 9,000. Stern check-raised to 10,700, Gregg folded, and Marchese moved all in for 28,100. Stern quickly called.

Stern: {7-Hearts}{4-Hearts}
Marchese: {j-Hearts}{9-Hearts}

Stern was drawing to a runner-runner straight flush, but he would not catch it as the turn produced the {8-Diamonds}. A meaningless {10-Diamonds} completed the board, and Marchese doubled through.

Player Chips Progress
Tom Marchese us
Tom Marchese
66,000
32,500
32,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Dani Stern us
Dani Stern
9,400
-29,500
-29,500

Tags: Dani SternTom Marchese

Young and the Young at Heart

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Justin Young opened to 2,600 from late position, and next to act Scotty Nguyen three-bet to 6,600. Young flatted the reraise and the two pros went heads up to the {5-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{3-Clubs} flop.

Young check-called a 6,000 bet and both players tapped the table on the {7-Hearts} turn. When the {3-Spades} completed the board on the river Young slowly slid a bet of 8,800 forward. Nguyen reluctantly folded his hand while Young told him "three no good Scotty."

Player Chips Progress
Justin Young us
Justin Young
176,000
9,400
9,400
WPT 1X Winner
Scotty Nguyen us
Scotty Nguyen
51,000
-16,000
-16,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Justin YoungScotty Nguyen

Madsen Takes a Small One From Mukul Pahuja

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Mukul Pahuja opened to 2,600 from under the gun and Jeff Madsen made the call from the button and the two seasoned professionals saw a flop of {A-Spades}{J-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}.

Pahuja checked, Madsen bet 3,500 and would win the pot when Pahuja folded.

The two are seated at a very tough table that includes Tom Dobrilovic, Keven Stammen, Jon Aguiar, and Matt Brady.

Player Chips Progress
Mukul Pahuja us
Mukul Pahuja
65,000
-3,600
-3,600
Jeff Madsen us
Jeff Madsen
65,000
5,200
5,200
WSOP 4X Winner