Event 3: $560 Deep-Stack NLHE Reentry Day 1 | 2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open

04-12-2014 23:51 UTC-4

Staying Alive

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Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 400 ante

A short stacked Anna Antimony moved all in when it was folded to her in late position. The player to her immediate left also moved all in. The last two players left to act folded and the cards were turned over... for Antimony and for her opponent.

"Can I get an Ace," she asked. Ask and ye shall receive. The dealer put out a flop.

"There you go," said one of her table mates.

The turn was the and the river was the and Antimony scored the double up.

"The best hand doesn't win here," she said, almost not believing her luck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anna Antimony	65,000 65,000	65,000

Tags: Anna Antimony

04-12-2014 23:55 UTC-4

Color Up Break

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Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 400 ante

The players are on a brief break while the tournament staff performs a color up.

Level: 17

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 500

04-13-2014 00:23 UTC-4

Not The Wong Card

[user272102]

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

We catch up to the action with the following board:

She Lok Wong placed out an 80,000 bet. It's a large bet relative to the pot - more than half the pot size. His opponent thought for a moment and tossed out a call. He could only mutter under his breath when he saw Wong's unbeatable hand... for the nut straight. That hand moved Wong well above the half million mark in chips which is good enough for the chip lead with 40 players remaining.

Player	Chips	Progress
She Lok Wong	590,000 200,000	200,000

04-13-2014 00:27 UTC-4

Call the Secret Service

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Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Roger Lovett called the all in wager of a short stacked player with and was racing as his opponent had .

The flop came keeping the short stacked player in the lead. The turn was the giving Lovett some more ways to win the pot as any Ace, Jack, 8, or 7 would do the deed.

The river was the counterfeiting the pair of 6's and giving Lovett the pot. The eliminated player pushed quickly away from the table, a half look of contempt and disgust on his face. Lovett moved to 330,000 with the win.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roger Lovett	330,000 90,000	90,000

04-13-2014 00:41 UTC-4

Maggie May I

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Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

We didn't see the hand but Maggie Morris relayed the hand to us as she was stacking some new found chips.

"I got it all in on a flop with ," she told us. "He had and the turn came and the river was to give me a straight."

Morris, who recently won a tournament at PARX for $95,000, is up to 365,000 after the hand.

"I'm just lucky," she said, a smile filling her face.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maggie Morris	365,000 190,000	190,000

Level: 18

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 500

04-13-2014 01:25 UTC-4

James Gettinger Makes Big Fold But Still Holds Chip Lead

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Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 500 ante

Maggie Morris opened the action to 12,500 and received three calls including one from the chip leader James Gettinger. The flop came nine high with two diamonds. Morris checked and the player to her immediate left bet 20,000. Gettinger quickly called and when it came back to Morris she announced that she was all in - for 304,500 total.

The original raiser folded and a perplexed Gettinger shook his head while counting out a call. "Sorry, I'm going to be a minute," he said, glancing over at Morris. He looked down at the board, as if he were willing the cards to change some how, while going between counting out a call and stacking the chips back up.

"This is so tough," he groaned, his head resting on his hand while Morris took a calm sip of her water. Another player at the table joked "that's one way to make the money. I'm not going to call the clock." Gettinger shot him a look and said "can you please stop?"

The youngster ran his hands through his hair, and then placed his hand over his mouth. Leaning back, he tossed a hand up in frustration. "Oh my God. I'm thinking... going over the hand in my head... and in my head I call."

He folded, leaving himself with 600,000. He would get 125,000 chips off of Morris the next hand when she misread the board thinking she had a straight and he called with top pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Gettinger	725,000 725,000	725,000
Maggie Morris	275,000 -90,000	-90,000

Level: 19

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

04-13-2014 01:52 UTC-4

No One Wants To Bubble

[user272102]

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

We've been playing with 30 players for over half an hour now. No one wants to go out now so play is understandably tight and the few times that short stacks have been called, they've doubled up.