Event 6: $300 Ladies Deep-Stack NLHE Reentry | 2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open

04-13-2014 23:35 UTC-4

Erica Davis Bubbles

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Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante

Erica Davis raised to 25,000 in early position, Sarah Wasch three-bet shoved from middle position, and Davis tank-called, putting herself at risk.

Davis:
Wasch:

The flop changed nothing, and Davis still had two overs, but it was all over for her when the spiked onto the felt. A meaningless completed the board, and Davis exited on the bubble.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sarah Wasch	340,000 105,000	105,000
Erica Davis	Busted

Tags: Erica Davis Sarah Wasch

04-13-2014 23:21 UTC-4

Maria Krebs Bubbles the Final Table

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Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante

Maria Krebs moved all in from early position for a few big blinds, and feeling priced in, Olga Petrovskaya called in the big blind.

Krebs:
Petrovskaya:

The dealer fanned , giving Petrovskaya a leading pair of fives, and the turn and river came , respectively, eliminating Krebs.

The remaining 10 players are now combining to a final table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Olga Petrovskaya	750,000 180,000	180,000
Maria Krebs	Busted

Tags: Maria Krebs Olga Petrovskaya

04-13-2014 22:11 UTC-4

Lupascu Leaves

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

Corina Lupascu was all in and at risk with preflop against Wendy Rubin's . The queens held up, and Lupascu was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wendy Rubin	200,000 130,000	130,000
Corina Lupascu	Busted

Tags: Corina Lupascu Wendy Rubin

04-13-2014 22:08 UTC-4

Veliu Vanishes

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

After a few raises in a blind vs. blind confrontation, Alida Veliu was all in and at risk with . She was racing against Svetlana Gromenkova's , and Gromenkova flopped trips on . Neither the turn () or the river () was a deuce, and Veliu was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Svetlana Gromenkova	550,000 130,000	130,000

Alida Veliu	Busted

Tags: Alida Veliu Svetlana Gromenkova

04-13-2014 21:13 UTC-4

Hubbard Eliminated

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Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 500 ante

Stephanie Hubbard, who finished 10th in the $1 million guarantee for $13,849, was all in and at risk preflop with .

She was racing against Katya Grishakova's , who took the lead with a pair of queens on a flop of . The turn and river bricked , respectively, and Hubbard was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Katya Grishakova	90,000
Stephanie Hubbard	Busted

Tags: Stephanie Hubbard Katya Grishakova

04-13-2014 19:15 UTC-4

Collusion Commotion

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Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 400 ante

The suspected collusion culprits discussing the situation immediately after the hand in question

Nancy Martin's last hand of the evening just took place, and although the action on that confrontation was standard, what happened a few minutes prior really had her steamed.

Apparently, the players in the eight and nine seats were both involved in a pot, along with professional Svetlana Gromenkova. The nine seat was short-stacked and all in, with Gromenkova and Diane Shamshoum in the eight seat both calling to put her at risk.

Both Gromenkova and Shamshoum made the standard check on the flop, looking to double-team the all-in nine seat, but when the turn came down and Gromenkova knuckled for a second time, Shamshoum broke protocol. She grabbed a handful of the gold T5000 chips and placed them forward, effectively forcing Gromenkova out of the hand. While this scenario is not uncommon when a player makes a strong hand against an all-in player with another hand standing in the way, what happened next was far from conventional.

After Gromenkova got out of the way, Shamshoum announced that she hadn't even looked at her hand, while tabling to prove her point. She held no pair and no draw, and although the at-risk nine seat held just ace-high herself, the pot was shipped her way upon showdown.

Martin and Gromenkova immediately called for the floor to protest the suspected act of collusion, claiming that one neighbor had conspired to keep the other in the game. Gromenkova claimed to have held at least one pair - which would have been sufficient to dispatch the short-stack and claim the pot.

"All of those chips should be mine..." she said during the dispute, retaining her composure like a seasoned vet should. "That is not right."

The situation apparently stemmed back to an earlier spat between players at the table, wherein the nine seat had been called out for taking too long by Martin, with the clock being called multiple times. Attempting to stick up for her tablemate, Shamshoum had admittedly tried to send her the pot - a clear violation of poker ethics and the rules of the game - but no official ruling on the situation was made.

Play rolled on, with Martin still upset over the trickery, and proving that poker can be the cruelest of games, the last of her stack was lost to her nemesis Shamshoum just a deal or two later.

Player	Chips	Progress
Svetlana Gromenkova	205,000 40,000	40,000

Diane Shamshoum	135,000 135,000	135,000
Nancy Martin	Busted

Tags: Diane Shamshoum Nancy Martin Svetlana Gromenkova

04-13-2014 18:19 UTC-4

Mother Russia

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Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

Olga Petrovskaya has built one of the biggest stacks in the room with just 38 players remaining

On her way to enjoy the recent break, Olga Petrovskaya was kind enough to stop by the PokerNews Live Reporting desk to update us on her progress. And we're glad she did, as her stack is now one of the largest in play with just 37 players between her and the title.

According to the Russian native and Brooklyn resident, her run was propelled by a key hand in which her connected perfectly with the flop. The action on the hand began when a player holding the button opened to 3,600 (the blinds were set at 600/1,200 when this hand went down).

Petrovskaya elected to flat from the big blind looking to trap, and after flopping her set she led out for 7,000. The opponent called to see the turn come , and this time Petrovskaya shipped her whole stack forward to put the pressure play on any potential flush draws. Sure enough, her opponent flashed the , but could not call off for her tournament life with just one card to come.

Later on, Petrovskaya woke up with the and her big slick held up over a dominated . The player with the weaker ace shipped about 35,000 into the pot preflop, only to ship her whole stack to Petrovskaya when she failed to catch a queen.

Player	Chips	Progress
Olga Petrovskaya	155,000 83,500	83,500

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04-13-2014 17:38 UTC-4

Megan Milburnt

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Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Megan Milburn's quest for back-to-back final tables at a Borgata seasonal Poker Open Ladies event has come to an end, and according to the perpetually smiling young player, she had cracked by .

Milburn shrugged the loss off with aplomb, heading over to the main poker room to check out the action after being eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Megan Milburn	Busted

Tags: Megan Milburn

04-13-2014 15:58 UTC-4

Last Man Standing

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Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Alex Goldberg savoring the cheers during his walk of shame

The Signature Room burst into a raucous round of applause, as Alex Goldberg had just been eliminated from the field.

As the lone wolf in the Ladies event, Goldberg had a target on his back all day, and sure enough he was sent to the rail short of the money.

Goldberg took the cheers in stride though, showing great sportsmanship (at least once he was felted) as he made his way to the exits.

Fittingly, it was a pair of ladies that did Goldberg in, as Kim Edmonds dispatched him with after he risked the last of his stack on the flop holding .