While we were busy entering the chip counts and table draw information, Rob O'Rourke let loose with a loud celebration, and a quick scan of the scene showed the source of his excitement.
O'Rourke had the tabled and the board showed , with Mark Leviton sitting glumly in the next seat over. It was a battle of the blinds and O'Rourke flopped quads, extracting value from the chip leader entering final table play.
Rob O'Rourke flopped top pair with his after becoming involved in the fifth preflop all-in collision during this level, but the was still dangerous for him.
Mark Leviton held the and although he had lost the race through three cards, he happily pointed out that he could still catch a diamond.
Just like that, the binked off on the turn to leave O'Rourke drawing dead, and because the river didn't matter, we didn't even watch.
Mark Leviton's last hand of the night just went down, after he called a 300,000 open from Ken Daneyko.
The flop fell , and with his stack depleted and the tournament quickly devolving into a turbo shove-fest, Leviton shoved holding . His bet was snapped off by the Stanley Cup champion though, as Daneyko tabled with a flourish.
The turn () and river () changed nothing and Leviton hit the rail after building a big chip lead just a level before.
Ken Daneyko knows how to close out wins when he reaches the grand stage, as the three Stanley Cup championships he captured for the New Jersey Devils prove.
Daneyko is on the cusp of another victory here this morning at the Borgata Spring Poker Open, as he currently sits with 5.5 million chips - with Adrian Naggy in ownership of 1.275 million.
A recent hand saw Daneyko check the flop, prompting a bet of 300,000 from Naggy. Daneyko simply shoved all in over the top to force the fold, showing he knows how to make moves on the blue line and the green felt as well.
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tabled and the board showed 
, with Mark Leviton sitting glumly in the next seat over. It was a battle of the blinds and O'Rourke flopped quads, extracting value from the chip leader entering final table play.
held by Paul Vacchio, and the board ran out clean for the bullets, sending Mironenko to the rail in 10th place.
and was trailing through the turn against Ingardia's 
by the turn, but the river came 
.
flopped a pair on the 
, but he was second best to Mark Leviton's 
) and river (
) changed nothing.
after becoming involved in the fifth preflop all-in collision during this level, but the 
was still dangerous for him.
and although he had lost the race through three cards, he happily pointed out that he could still catch a diamond.
binked off on the turn to leave O'Rourke drawing dead, and because the river didn't matter, we didn't even watch.
held by Mark Leviton.
and after sorting through the cards Vacchio noted that Leviton's nine-kicker played.
, and with his stack depleted and the tournament quickly devolving into a turbo shove-fest, Leviton shoved holding 
. His bet was snapped off by the Stanley Cup champion though, as Daneyko tabled 
with a flourish.
) and river (
) changed nothing and Leviton hit the rail after building a big chip lead just a level before.
