2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open

Event 14: $15,400 $5 Million Guaranteed WPT World Championship
Day: 3
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

Greer Gone

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Garrett Greer - Eliminated
Garrett Greer - Eliminated

Nick Schulman raised to 18,000 from under the gun, Garrett Greer moved all in for 82,000 on his direct left, and the action folded back to Schulman, who called.

Schulman: {a-Spades}{k-Clubs}
Greer: {9-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}

It was a classic race situation, and Schulman took the lead when the dealer fanned a flop of {a-Clubs}{4-Spades}{a-Diamonds}. Neither the turn ({10-Diamonds}) nor the river ({3-Spades}) produced nines, and Greer was eliminated.

Schulman, a two-time WSOP bracelet winner, chipped up to 565,000.

Player Chips Progress
Nick Schulman us
Nick Schulman
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
565,000 92,000
Garrett Greer us
Garrett Greer
Busted

Tags: Garrett GreerNick Schulman

Sylvia Doubles Through Gregg

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Jesse Sylvia was all in and at risk with {A-Hearts}{Q-Clubs} with his opponent, Tony Gregg, holding {A-Clubs}{K-Hearts}.

The flop came {10-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{5-Diamonds} keeping Gregg in the lead.

The turn was the {7-Hearts} and Sylvia was down to one card to keep his hopes alive. He would need a heart or a Queen, otherwise his day was done.

The river brought one of those needed cards... the {2-Hearts}... as Sylvia hits the flush to score the needed double up to 350,000 in chips. Gregg's lost nearly half his stack since coming back from break but is still sitting with a good amount of chips at 320,000.

Player Chips Progress
Jesse Sylvia us
Jesse Sylvia
WPT 1X Winner
350,000 175,000
Tony Gregg us
Tony Gregg
320,000 -290,000

Tags: Jesse SylviaTony Gregg

Shoving Match

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
George Kelly
George Kelly

We just caught two hands which demonstrate the power of the three-bet shove, with Blake Bohn and George Kelly each making the move and getting through to chip up.

First, Athanasios Polychronopoulos opened for 20,000 from the cutoff, and Blake Bohn jammed over the top for his last 102,000.

Polychronopoulos took his time to think things through, cutting out the requisite calling chips to assess the potential damage should showdown a second-best hand. After two minutes or so, Polychronopoulos decided discretion was the better part of valor, and he flashed the {A-Spades} first before showing its inferior companion in the {7-Spades}.

"Ahh..." said Bohn when he saw the laydown. "I wanted a call." Bohn then held his {a-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} up for Polychronopoulos to see, before dragging in the pot.

A moment later we caught George Kelly in the same spot, with a three-bet shove for 130,000 or so sitting in front of his cards. Keven Stammen was the one tanking this time, after he opened for 16,000 in middle position. Stammen laid down to the pressure play too, telling the table "got no heart" with a smile as he did so.

Player Chips Progress
Athanasios Polychronopoulos us
Athanasios Polychronopoulos
WSOP 2X Winner
805,000 46,000
George Kelly us
George Kelly
147,000 37,000
Blake Bohn us
Blake Bohn
134,000 40,000
Keven Stammen us
Keven Stammen
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
105,000 -61,000

Tags: Athanasios PolychronopoulosBlake BohnKeven StammenGeorge Kelly

Kohlberg Gets More Chips From Madsen

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Curt Kohlberg
Curt Kohlberg

Curt Kohlberg is having his way early on with Jeff Madsen. With over 150,000 in the pot on the river, Kohlberg made a 100,000 chip bet. The board was {K-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}.

Madsen thought for a while before ultimately tossing out a single 5,000 chip to indicate a call. Kohlberg turned over {A-Hearts}{7-Hearts} for the nut flush and Madsen mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Curt Kohlberg us
Curt Kohlberg
600,000 335,000
Jeff Madsen us
Jeff Madsen
WSOP 4X Winner
320,000 -179,000

Keven Stammen Doubles Up

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Keven Stammen
Keven Stammen

Down to his last 74,000 in chips, Keven Stammen was happy to get it all in with {K-Spades}{K-Diamonds} and found one taker in George Kelly who had {A-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}.

The flop came {Q-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{8-Clubs}, a flop that helped Kelly and one that Stammen certainly didn't like.

The turn was the {5-Diamonds} and the river was the {8-Hearts} and Stammen's hand held up to give him the double up. Kelly in the meantime moved down to just 80,000 in chips after the hand.

Player Chips Progress
Keven Stammen us
Keven Stammen
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
170,000 65,000
George Kelly us
George Kelly
80,000 -67,000

Tags: Keven StammenGeorge Kelly

Grossed Out

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Jeff Gross - Eliminated
Jeff Gross - Eliminated

After Jason Koon opened to 18,000 from the cutoff, and Glenn Lafaye flatted from the button, Jeff Gross made his stand with a three-bet shove to 206,000 out of the small blind.

Koon deliberated for a short while to suggest that his late position open was at least made with a decent hand, but the instant his hand went into the muck Lafaye snap-called the bet to put Gross at risk.

Lafaye: {k-Spades}{k-Diamonds}
Gross: {a-Spades}{k-Clubs}

Gross had a few outs in the deck with big slick, but rather than racing for an above average stack, he was in bad shape against Lafaye's cowboys.

The board rolled out {7-Spades}{j-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{q-Hearts} by the turn to provide the requisite sweat, as Gross could catch a ten on the turn to make Broadway, but the {2-Diamonds} on the river was nothing but a bright red brick.

Player Chips Progress
Glenn Lafaye us
Glenn Lafaye
574,000 246,000
Jeff Gross us
Jeff Gross
Busted

Tags: Glenn LafayeJason KoonJeff Gross

Kind Blinds

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

The action folded to Ryan D'Angelo, who completed from the small blind. Leonardo Palermo checked, and the flop fell {q-Spades}{10-Clubs}{3-Clubs}. D'Angelo led out for 12,000, Palermo called, and the turn was the {6-Diamonds}.

D'Angelo check-called a bet of 22,000, and the duo both checked on the river ({4-Diamonds}).

D'Angelo flashed the prettiest card in the deck - the {a-Spades} - but Palermo had him beat with {q-Hearts}{5-Hearts} for top pair.

Player Chips Progress
Ryan D'Angelo us
Ryan D'Angelo
WSOP 1X Winner
860,000 -40,000
Leonardo Palermo us
Leonardo Palermo
315,000 45,000

Tags: Leonardo PalermoRyan D'Angelo

Lost in the Harwoods

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Loni Harwood reps the Heat, but she cooled off after losing a recent pot to Brock Parker
Loni Harwood reps the Heat, but she cooled off after losing a recent pot to Brock Parker

Loni Harwood opened to 16,000 from the hijack and Brock Parker decided on a three-bet to 43,000 in defense of his small blind.

Harwood tanked for no more than two minutes, before moving all in with a big four-bet to cover Parker, who held 275,000 behind at the time.

Parker also thought things over but he called relatively quickly, rolling over {a-Clubs}{k-Spades} to find himself dominating Harwood's {A-Spades}{q-Spades}. The flop came down {5-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{2-Hearts} to miss everybody, but the turn was the {6-Spades} and Harwood found a four-flush, but when the {a-Diamonds} completed the board on the river her top pair hand was outkicked by a king.

Player Chips Progress
Brock Parker us
Brock Parker
567,000 322,000
Loni Harwood us
Loni Harwood
WSOP 2X Winner
247,000 -333,000

Tags: Brock ParkerLoni Harwood

Dever Doubles

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

A very short-stacked Cathy Dever open-shoved for 65,000 from the hijack seat, and David Grandieri called in the big blind, committing about half of his stack.

Dever: {a-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}
Grandieri: {k-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}

Grandieri pulled out in front on a flop of {j-Hearts}{5-Spades}{q-Hearts}, but the {a-Diamonds} on the turn gave Dever the best hand once again. The river was paint, but the {j-Clubs} changed nothing, and Dever doubled.

"I folded {a-}{8-} too," Blake Bohn said after the hand.

Dever doubled to 143,000 chips, while Grandieri 85,000.

Player Chips Progress
Cathy Dever us
Cathy Dever
143,000 78,000
David Grandieri us
David Grandieri
85,000 -142,000

Tags: Cathy DeverDavid Grandieri