Anthony Zinno, winner of the WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open, led out for 5,100 on a board of . A player on his left called, a second player moved all in for 29,350, and Zinno re-shoved for a little more.
The player to Zinno's direct left tanked for a considerable amount of time before folding.
Zinno:
Opponent:
The river was the , and the player was eliminated.
The player who folded was upset at the sight of the other two players' cards, and Zinno piped up.
"That's why I shoved," he said. "I know you had a small flush."
Tab Duchateau just announced that there are 252 entries thus far on Day 1b of the 2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open. That means we are just a few dozen entries away from the guarantee, and right now the late registration line is snaking out of the Poker Room.
Among the players just sitting down for the first time is World Poker Tour Raw Deal host Tony Dunst.
Mike Calfer had an opponent all in and at risk on a flop of holding , but unfortunately for him the all-in player had a better flush draw; . Any heart that was the would be no good.
The on the turn gave Calfer a leading pair of sixes and the lead, and although the river was red, the was a brick. The player was eliminated, and Calfer is up to 30,000 chips,
We get to the table and there is a bet of 12,600 in front of the player in the 7 seat while Leonardo Palermo had a bet of 26,000 in front of him - an obvious re-raise. The board is and Palermo's opponent peeked at his cards and decided to make the call.
The turn is the and the player in the 7 set emphatically checked by tapping the table hard three times. Palermo thought for a moment and then announced that he was all in. His opponent sighed and looked back at his cards twice. He asked for a count and once he received it stacked the amount of chips it would take to make the call. He looked back at the remainder of his stack to see how much he would have left.
Palermo sat quietly, chewing on a piece of gum, his eyes darting back and forth. His opponent leaned back in his chair, still deep in thought. and then asked the candy/cigarette lady if she had any Motrin. Tired of waiting, another player at the table called the floor and asked for a clock.
Palermo's opponent decided to make the call and turned over . When he saw Palermo's for a flopped set he muttered to himself "bad call" and then nodded to Palermo "good hand buddy" after the river was the to give him the pot.
Palermo's opponent is probably hoping that Motrin gets there soon.
Shankar Pillai raised to 850 in early position, fellow WSOP bracelet winner Men "The Master" Nguyen called in the cutoff, and Mike Gagliano called out of the small blind.
The dealer fanned , Gagliano checked, and Pillai fired out 1,500. Nguyen immediately moved all in for an additional 3,825, Gagliano folded, and Pillai called.
Pillai:
Nguyen:
The set of fours held as the turn and river bricked , respectively, and Nguyen doubled to 15,000 chips. Pillai is still very healthy at 46,000.
James Woods was involved in a hand where he had called a short stacked player's slightly over 7,000 chip all in bet. The original raiser in the hand re-raised giving Woods a dilemma. He wanted to call, it was obvious on his face, but it would be for his entire stack. Meanwhile the short stacked player stood up, grabbed his backpack, and said "this works every time".
Woods decided to fold and when the two players turned over (for the short stacked player) and , Woods sighed "I knew it" and claimed he folded . The board would run out with a on it to give the short stacked player a triple up and the pack your bags trick did indeed work this time. It doesn't work every time though, I can promise you that.
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. A player on his left called, a second player moved all in for 29,350, and Zinno re-shoved for a little more.
, and the player was eliminated.
holding 
, but unfortunately for him the all-in player had a better flush draw; 
. Any heart that was the 
would be no good.
on the turn gave Calfer a leading pair of sixes and the lead, and although the river was red, the 
and Palermo's opponent peeked at his cards and decided to make the call.
and the player in the 7 set emphatically checked by tapping the table hard three times. Palermo thought for a moment and then announced that he was all in. His opponent sighed and looked back at his cards twice. He asked for a count and once he received it stacked the amount of chips it would take to make the call. He looked back at the remainder of his stack to see how much he would have left.
. When he saw Palermo's 
to give him the pot.
, Gagliano checked, and Pillai fired out 1,500. Nguyen immediately moved all in for an additional 3,825, Gagliano folded, and Pillai called.
(for the short stacked player) and 
, Woods sighed "I knew it" and claimed he folded 
