Three More Hands
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Level 8
: 300/600, 75 ante
The players will play three more hands and then bag and tag for the evening.
2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open
Event 7: $2,700 Spring Poker Championship
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$1,003,950
Entries
414
Level
27
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000
Mad Dog Downs Dan
Level 8
: 300/600, 75 ante
Jeff Madsen just took down a huge pot from Dan Heimiller, after making a full house to best the latter's heart flush.
The final board showed 
when we caught the action, and Heimiller was contemplating a raise to 26,000 from Madsen. Heimeller had bet about 11,500 on the river, and although he appeared to know the score when the young pro popped it, he made the crying call with his 
.
Madsen rolled over his 
for the winner to push his stack into the upper echelon with just three hands left to play tonight - as Tournament Director Tab Duchateau just announced that bag-and-tag will take place shortly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
165,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
||
|
138,000
34,200
|
34,200 |
|
||
Official End-of-Day Counts (full)
Level 8
: 300/600, 75 ante
Here are the numbers fresh from the bags after eight full levels of play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
206,600
31,600
|
31,600 |
|
||
|
175,600
25
|
25 |
|
150,300
35,300
|
35,300 |
|
|
139,600
950
|
950 |
|
|
135,500
-29,500
|
-29,500 |
|
|
||
|
|
120,500
-17,500
|
-17,500 |
|
|
||
|
|
114,800 | |
|
110,400
79,400
|
79,400 |
|
106,100
56,000
|
56,000 |
|
||
|
91,300
1,300
|
1,300 |
|
||
|
84,500
-57,125
|
-57,125 |
|
83,800
53,800
|
53,800 |
|
81,500
81,500
|
81,500 |
|
|
||
|
74,500
28,500
|
28,500 |
|
|
72,000
18,975
|
18,975 |
|
69,500
37,500
|
37,500 |
|
69,000 | |
|
66,500
14,425
|
14,425 |
|
64,900
22,900
|
22,900 |
|
|
||
|
61,800
-28,200
|
-28,200 |
|
60,800
24,300
|
24,300 |
|
59,600 | |
|
57,600
-18,400
|
-18,400 |
|
56,200
27,200
|
27,200 |
|
||
|
54,500
31,500
|
31,500 |
Volpe Ravages Day 1a
Level 8
: 300/600, 75 ante
The first of two flights for the 2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open Championship is in the books, and leading the 57 survivors is Paul Volpe. Volpe, the 14th-ranked player in the world, bagged 206,600 chips, winning a massive pot off of Matt Affleck in Level 6. Volpe turned the nuts against Affleck's flopped set of eights, and the board did not pair on the river.
Volpe has only registered three cashes thus far in 2014, but with a win at the L.A. Poker Classic and a runner-up finish in the Borgata $250,000 Guarantee, he has over $150,000 in earnings over the last three-and-a-half months.
Joining Volpe atop the leader board after Day 1a are Jose Montes (175,600), Jeff Madsen (135,500), Dan Heimiller (120,500), and Greg Ostrander (106,100). Madsen snagged a pot off of Heimiller during the final level of the evening when he made sixes full on the river against Heimiller's turned flush.
A plethora of notables will also return for action on Day 2, including Christian Harder, Joe Kuether, Matt Salsberg, Ravi Raghavan, and 2014 Global Poker Index Player of the Year leader Keven Stammen. Stammen endured a roller coaster day that saw him dip as low as 1,875 chips with the blinds at 300/600/75, but he doubled several times and ended up bagging 31,100 chips.
The day was not kind to all, as Alex Queen, Mike Gagliano, Kyle Bowker, John Tavss, Tony Sinishtaj, and Christopher Tryba all hit the rail. Tryba was eliminated in Level 2, when he flopped a straight only for Emad Alabsi to turn a higher straight.
There were a total of 115 entries on Day 1a, and Day 1b will need to attract at least 285 to reach the $1 million guarantee. PokerNews will be back bright and early at 11 a.m. to bring you all of the action from the first pitch to the bag-and-tag.
Event 7: $2,700 Spring Poker Championship
Day 1a Completed