2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open

Event 6: $300 Ladies Deep-Stack NLHE Reentry
Day: 1
Event Info

2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k8
Prize
$8,651
Event Info
Buy-in
$260
Entries
98
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000

Russian Royalty

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante
Olga Petrovskaya
Olga Petrovskaya

Olga Petrovskaya hails from Russia originally, but has called Brooklyn home for the last five years. Today, she is making the Borgata her second home away from home, running over her table thus far and doubling her starting stack already.

We just watched Petrovskaya double through an opponent for another big pot, and here's what we saw.

Three players limped into the pot and Petrovskaya exercised her option in the big blind, raising the action to 1,200 (this hand was played in Level 5, with blinds set at 150-300). A lone limper opted to come along and the flop fell {k-Clubs}{q-Hearts}{5-Clubs}.

Petrovskaya checked the flop to induce a bet of 400, before raising to 1,200. Her opponent flatted the bet, and when the turn came {2-Hearts} Petrovskaya shoved all in for about 15,000 or so. The other player called her down with just {A-}{10-} for no pair and a gutshot straight draw, while Pertrovskaya rolled over the {k-Hearts}{q-Spades} for top two pair. The river failed to deliver a jack - coming {7-Hearts} instead - and with that Petrovskaya climbed the chip counts with a well-deserved double.

Player Chips Progress
Olga Petrovskaya
Olga Petrovskaya
52,000
24,500
24,500

Tags: Olga Petrovskaya

Level: 6

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

A Round of Counts on Us

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

Here are a few updated chip counts from the Ladies Event.

Player Chips Progress
Thu Bui
Thu Bui
46,800
-200
-200
Jeanette Sims
Jeanette Sims
39,000
-7,000
-7,000
Nancy Martin
Nancy Martin
37,000
12,000
12,000
Sandi Phelps
Sandi Phelps
34,000
34,000
34,000
Ekaterina Rodkina
Ekaterina Rodkina
32,400
7,400
7,400
Olga Petrovskaya
Olga Petrovskaya
27,500
-9,250
-9,250
Megan Milburn us
Megan Milburn
25,500
25,500
25,500
Pat Knoll
Pat Knoll
24,400
-600
-600
Alex Goldberg
Alex Goldberg
23,600
-1,400
-1,400
Cherish Andrews us
Cherish Andrews
23,000
-2,000
-2,000
Teresa Sexton
Teresa Sexton
23,000
-2,000
-2,000
Katie Stone us
Katie Stone
17,800
2,300
2,300

Level: 5

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

Thu Bui Binks the River

Level 4 : 100/200, 0 ante

A three-way all-in confrontation went down recently, with Thu Bui ending up on top by virtue of a fortuitous river card.

The flop read {8-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{5-Hearts} when we caught the action, and three stacks were all pushed forward. Bui rolled over the {9-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} and she was drawing against one player's {9-Spades}{9-Clubs} and a short-stack's {A-Hearts}{10-Clubs}.

The turn card came {2-Diamonds} to leave the wired nines out in front, but the river brought the {6-Hearts} to complete Bui's up and down straight draw.

Player Chips Progress
Thu Bui
Thu Bui
47,000

Tags: Thu Bui

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/200

Ante:

Cherish the Memory

Level 3 : 75/150, 0 ante
Cherish Andrews
Cherish Andrews

One of the most accomplished players in the room was just spotted, as successful professional Cherish Andrews has taken her seat.

Andrews boasts nearly $400,000 in reported live earnings over her six-year career on the circuit, and when winnings from the virtual felt are factored in, she has pocketed quite a bit more while playing the game she loves.

Her best live cash came back in 2012 at the World Series of Poker, where Andrews placed 4th in a $1,500 event for a $210,083 score.

Player Chips Progress
Cherish Andrews us
Cherish Andrews
25,000
25,000
25,000

Tags: Cherish Andrews

Level: 3

Blinds: 75/150

Ante: