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

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

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

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.

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

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

She Lok Wong Still Taking Down Pots

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

We get to the table with She Lok Wong and Jordan Cristos staring down a board of {Q-Spades}{J-Spades}{4-Spades}{10-Clubs}. Both players checked and the dealer put out the {9-Diamonds} on the river. Cristos checked and Wong grabbed three chips and made a bet of 11,000, leading to a quick Cristos fold.

Wong showed the table {Q-Diamonds} and Cristos said "Queen huh?" as Wong added to his already impressive stack.

Player Chips Progress
She Lok Wong us
She Lok Wong
195,000
18,800
18,800
Jordan Cristos us
Jordan Cristos
180,000
52,500
52,500
WPT 1X Winner

Todd Terry Times Two

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante
Todd Terry
Todd Terry

After three-bet shoving and getting it through, Todd Terry re-raised all in one more - this time over an opening raise from Will Failla. The action folded back to Failla, who called, and Terry had him dominated.

Terry: {k-Spades}{k-Diamonds}
Failla: {a-Clubs}{k-Clubs}

The {2-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{3-Spades} flop changed very little, but the {5-Clubs} on the turn gave Failla flush and straight draws. The {6-Diamonds} on the river was a big red brick, however, and Terry doubled through.

Failla fell to 66,500 chips.

Player Chips Progress
Todd Terry us
Todd Terry
77,000
6,000
6,000
Will Failla us
Will Failla
66,500
-53,200
-53,200
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Todd TerryWill Failla