Event 14: $15,400 $5 Million Guaranteed WPT World Championship Day 3 | 2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open

04-24-2014 20:35 UTC-4

Athanasios Polychronopoulos Eliminated in 34th Place ($30,085)

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Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Athanasios Polychronopoulos - 34th Place

Athanasios Polychronopoulos open-shoved for 120,000 in early position, Ryan D'Angelo called in the cutoff, and the action folded to Maurice Hawkins in the big blind. He folded as well, flashing the .

Polychronopoulos:
D'Angelo:

Knowing one ace was dead it was a bit of a lopsided race, and D'Angelo remained in front after the flop (), the turn (), and the river ().

Polychronopoulos exited in 34th place, earning $30,085, while D'Angelo is up to 670,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan D'Angelo	670,000	66,000
Athanasios Polychronopoulos	Busted

Tags: Athanasios Polychronopoulos Ryan D'Angelo

04-24-2014 20:31 UTC-4

Alex Condon Eliminated in 35th Place ($30,085)

[user101598]

Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Justin Young taised to 25,000 in early position, Alex Condon moved all in for a little over 100,000 two spots to his left, and the action folded back to Young who instantly called.

Young:
Condon:

The kings held up on a board of , and Condon was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Young	615,000	171,000
Alex Condon	Busted

Tags: Justin Young Alex Condon

04-24-2014 20:26 UTC-4

Scott Eskenazi Eliminated in 36th Place ($30,085)

[user253757]

Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Tony Gregg opened to 27,000 from early position and one player flatted from the hijack, with Scott Eskenazi three-betting to 85,000 out of the cutoff.

Poker's "End Boss" didn't seem to mind the reraise in the slightest, and he casually flicked a four-bet of 177,000 into the middle.

This folded the flatter but Eskenazi made his stand by five-bet jamming for right under 300,000. Bowser was waiting to breath fire though, and Gregg snap-called while tabling like a true boss. Eskenazi had a real hand with his , but it didn't matter after a clean runout of .

Just like that the "End Boss" claimed the chip lead and moved over 1.2 million, meaning every player left in the field will have to contend with somebody who does not like to let anybody else win.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tony Gregg	1,240,000	357,000
Scott Eskenazi	Busted

Tags: Scott Eskenazi Tony Gregg

04-24-2014 20:19 UTC-4

Have a Poker Question? Learn.PokerNews Can Help

Shamus

Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

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04-24-2014 20:15 UTC-4

Scott Eskenazi Doubles Up

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Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Jesse Sylvia opened to 27,000 and was called by Abraham Korotki and Maurice Hawkins. Scott Eskenazi moved all in for 116,000 total which was enough to get Sylvia and Korotki to fold. Hawkins decided to call with and was racing against Eskenazi's .

The flop came and Hawkins asked the dealer for a club so that he could have a sweat.

The turn was the .

"There you go," said Hawkins. "Now bang it out."

The river was the and Hawkins was unable to improve and Eskenazi wins the pot. "I thought you were rooting for me," Eskenazi said after the hand, a sly smile on his face.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maurice Hawkins	710,000	-120,000
Scott Eskenazi	290,000	170,000

Tags: Maurice Hawkins Scott Eskenazi

Level: 19

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 2,000

04-24-2014 19:44 UTC-4

Out of the Kave and Into the Spotlight: Byron Kaverman Primed for His Largest Splash Ever

donpeters

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Leading the way at the dinner break with 36 players remaining is Ohio native Byron Kaverman, a quiet young player that tends to fly well under the radar in the tournaments he plays.

Making it to the money has marked the sixth cash on Season XII of the World Poker Tour for Kaverman, and that ties the record for most cashes in a single season. Kaverman now shares the record with Matt Salsberg (Season XI), Lee Markholt (Season V and Season VI), Abraham Gray (Season IV), and Barry Greenstein (Season IV).

After making a very deep run in the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event where he placed 34th for $229,281, Kaverman finished in the money at the bwin WPT Grand Prix de Paris, WPT bestbet Jacksonville Fall Poker Scramble, WPT Caribbean, partypoker WPT Montreal, and WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open. The best result from those in terms of winnings was the WPT Grand Prix de Paris where Kaverman took 20th place out of 187 players for $20,250.

Helping Kaverman move his way into the chip lead was the hand in which he eliminated Phil Hellmuth as the money bubble approached. According to our previous report, Kaverman opened and then called Hellmuth's all-in shove with the . The 13-time gold bracelet winning Hellmuth was dominated with the . The board ran out in Kaverman's favor, leaving Hellmuth ranting as he made his way to the exit.

"That kid raises every hand and when I finally get a hand, he gets ace-queen," Hellmuth complained. "Are you kidding me?"

Kaverman will now add at least another $30,085 to his live tournament earnings, which total nearly $2 million, but he has the chance at making much more than that given that he's in the pole position with 36 players left.

Tags: Barry Greenstein Byron Kaverman Lee Markholt Matt Salsberg Phil Hellmuth WPT Spring Poker Open Abraham Gray

04-24-2014 19:24 UTC-4

Chips With Dinner (full)

[user101598]

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Byron Kaverman	889,000	239,000
Tony Gregg	883,000	23,000
Hans Winzeler	847,000	203,000
Maurice Hawkins	830,000
Scott Seiver	805,000	140,000
Curt Kohlberg	788,000
Eric Afriat	720,000	60,000
Ray Qartomy	681,000	-29,000
Blake Bohn	665,000	80,000
Ryan D'Angelo	604,000	-96,000
Yuval Harosh	594,000	-74,000
Brock Parker	550,000	-227,000
Tony Dunst	540,000	110,000
Jordan Cristos	513,000	-41,000
Jason Koon	498,000	68,000
Jesse Sylvia	495,000	-50,000
Glenn Lafaye	464,000	-96,000
Justin Young	444,000	-46,000
Corey Hochman (Cory Hochman)	397,000	117,000
Leonardo Palermo	361,000	-22,000
Abraham Korotki	350,000	110,000
Jonathan Tamayo	317,000	-133,000
David Daggett	284,000	64,000
David Grandieri	274,000	59,000
Loni Harwood	274,000	144,000

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04-24-2014 19:17 UTC-4

Double Bubble During Dinner

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Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Nick Schulman - One of the two bubble boys

The tournament clock ticked down to triple zeros here in the Season XII WPT World Championship, and the remaining 38 players started trickling out of the Poker Room for their 75-minute dinner break. Half of the field was already gone when a commotion broke out in the high-limit area where two of the tournament tables are being held.

Several players were hugging one another, including Tom Dobrilovic, and Maurice Hawkins was singing a very familiar tune.

"We're in the moneyyyyy," Hawkins belted. "We're in the moneyyyyy."

It couldn't be. Less than a minute ago there were 38 players remaining, and now two of them were suddenly gone?

Upon further review, we discovered that the bubble had indeed burst with concurrent eliminations on adjacent tables. Thanks to our colleagues with the WPT we have exact details for one hand, and thanks to Hawkins we have some details on the other.

In the first elimination, Michael Lavoie raised to 30,000 from under the gun. Curt Kohlberg three-bet to 65,000 on his immediate left, and the action folded back to Lavoie, who moved all in for 165,000. Kohlberg made a quick call.

Lavoie:
Kohlberg:

Kohlberg had Lavoie dominated, and there was very little sweat as the board came .

On the next table over, a short-stacked Nick Schulman was all in and at risk with an open-ended straight draw.

According to Hawkins, Yuval Harosh raised to 20,000 from under the gun, Hawkins called on the button, and Schulman defended his big blind. The flop fell , Schulman and Harosh both checked, and Hawkins fired out 35,000. Schulman moved all in for 150,000, Harosh folded, and Hawkins called.

Schulman:
Hawkins:

Hawkins was in the lead with ace-high, but he also held straight and flush draws. The turn was a , changing nothing, and the on the river gave Hawkins a pair of aces for kicks and giggles.