Event 14: $15,400 $5 Million Guaranteed WPT World Championship Day 2 | 2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open

04-23-2014 15:53 UTC-4

Table 13 and Table 15 Chip Counts

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
John Hennigan	220,000 161,400	161,400

Cathy Dever	150,000 78,000	78,000
Phil Hellmuth	150,000 80,000	80,000

Maurice Hawkins	110,000
Eugene Todd	100,000 9,500	9,500
David Randall	82,000 16,900	16,900
Will Failla	80,000 65,000	65,000

Jeff Madsen	56,000 1,000	1,000

Roland Israelashvili	36,000 57,400	57,400

Matt Salsberg	17,000 1,300	1,300
Ken Aldridge	15,000 11,000	11,000

04-23-2014 15:33 UTC-4

Day 2 Snaps

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Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300

04-23-2014 15:20 UTC-4

Break it Down

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Level 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

The players are on another 15-minute break.

04-23-2014 15:20 UTC-4

"I Just Wanna Rock for a Century"

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Level 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Harrison Gimbel raised from middle position, Greg Merson three-bet to 8,400 two spots to his left in the hijack, and the action folded back to Gimbel. The 2010 PCA Main Event champion four-bet shoved for effectively 76,100, and Merson went deep into the tank.

"I don't think I'm folding," he said, counting down his stack.

After a minute or so of deliberation, he committed the rest of his stack and revealed . He dominated Gimbel's .

The flop gave both players a pair, but Merson remained ahead with a pair of aces. Neither the nor the improved Gimbel further, and Merson doubled through.

The dealer counted down the stacks to confirm the amount, and it was a bit higher than tablemate Jared Bleznick expected.

"Wow," he said.

"That's why I didn't snap-call," Merson said, smiling.

Once the dealer was finished, he asked Merson to confirm the count.

"Yeah, yeah whatever," Merson told him, leading the entire table to break out into laughter.

Player	Chips	Progress
Harrison Gimbel	215,000 65,000	65,000

Greg Merson	157,000 80,900	80,900

Tags: Greg Merson Harrison Gimbel Jared Bleznick

04-23-2014 15:15 UTC-4

Go Long

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Level 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

After Matt Glantz opened for 3,500 from under the gun, professional football player Mile Austin tossed two baby blue chips out for a three-bet to 10,000.

Glantz sized up Austin's stack before flatting to see the flop fall .

A check to him prompted Austin to c-bet for 21,000, and Glantz rapped the felt in acknowledgement before sliding his cards to the dealer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Glantz	149,000 16,000	16,000

Miles Austin	86,000

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04-23-2014 15:15 UTC-4

Corey Hochman Wins Huge Race to Double Up

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Level 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Paul Volpe opened the action with a raise from middle position and found one caller. It was folded to Corey Hochman in the small blind , and he made it 16,000 to go. Volpe re-raised to 35,000 and the caller folded. Hochman moved all in and Volpe called. The hands:

Hochman:
Volpe:

Volpe was unable to improve his hand and Hochman doubled up to over 300,000 in chips while Volpe slipped to 115,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Corey Hochman (Cory Hochman)	320,000 231,100	231,100
Paul Volpe	115,000 125,000	125,000

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04-23-2014 15:06 UTC-4

Schulman Taking Over

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Level 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

We missed the action on this hand, but found Nick Schulman doubling up in a major way after flopping the nuts.

Schulman's connected perfectly with the flop. His opponent held and found top pair, and he improved to top two on the turn. The money went into the middle after that and Schulman's straight dodged four outs to sent a huge pot his way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Schulman	153,000 105,100	105,100

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04-23-2014 15:05 UTC-4

MyStack App Available for WPT World Championship

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Level 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

The PokerNews MyStack App is available for players here in the Season XII WPT World Championship, allowing players to directly update their chip count on the PokerNews Live Reporting page for their friends and family to see.

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04-23-2014 15:01 UTC-4

Bohn Check-Raises the Turn

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Level 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Blake Bohn put in a raise from the hijack, Paul Volpe three-bet to 9,500 out of the cutoff, and the action folded back to Bohn who called.

The flop fell , Bohn check-called a bet of 7,200, and the turn was the . Bohn checked once more, Volpe fired out 14,500, and Bohn check-raised to 40,000.

Volpe consider the bet for 90 seconds or so, then folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Volpe	240,000 30,000	30,000

Blake Bohn	140,000 38,000	38,000

Tags: Blake Bohn Paul Volpe