Abraham Korotki Leads Field After Day 2
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We are in the money at the 2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open Championship and 45 players will return at noon later today aiming to make it even further with all eyes on the $256,508 first place prize. The chip leader heading into Day 3 is Abraham Korotki who eliminated one of the Day 1 chip leaders, well known professional poker player Paul Volpe, earlier in the day and never looked back on the way to building the largest stack in the field with 830,000 in chips.
Sitting in 2nd, only 8,000 behind Korotki with 822,000, is Jake Toole who won a straight-vs-straight-vs-straight hand to start his ascent to the top. Rounding out the top 3 is the Day 1 chip leader, Alan Wentz, who finished with 730,500 in chips.
Other notables that made the money and will return later today include Paul Spitzberg (506,000), Andy Spears (269,500), Matt Brady (260,000), Jeff Madsen (219,500), Dave Stefanski (191,500), Roland Israelashvili (161,500), Jeff Papola (93,500), Taylor Von Kriegenbergh (91,500), Emad Alabsi (65,000), Valerie Novak (40,000), and David Tuthill (350,500). Tuthill took out Mike Leah in a cooler of a hand when he picked up Aces to Leah's Kings.
There were some great players that were unable to make the money. Names like Brett Richey, Andy Frankenberger, Tyler Patterson, Cornel Cimpan, Christian Harder, Keven Stammen, Eric Baldwin, Brock Parker, Amnon Filippi, Brian Lemke, Darren Elias, Adam Friedman, and Matt Affleck would all be sent packing before the money bubble burst.
When play resumes, they will play until the final 27 is reached with the possibility of playing longer if tournament staff feels it is warranted. PokerNews will be back here from the start to bring you all the exciting flops, turns, and rivers.
flop and Affleck got the rest of his stack in with 
meaning Affleck needed a Queen or Ace on the river to stay alive but it was the 
and Affleck's day is done.
, Madsen led out for 6,800, and the player called.
, Madsen slowed down, checking, and the player tossed out 8,000. The two-time WSOP bracelet winner considered the wager for a short period of time, then called.
, and Madsen opted to bet out like he did on the flop. This time he bet a 22,000 - around half of the pot - and the player called.
for a rivered straight, and his opponent threw his head back in disgust before mucking his hand.
and Paul Spitzberg was also all in holding 
and Ostrander is eliminated while Spitzberg surges towards the top of the chip counts.
. Jewook Oh raised to around 40,000, a third player folded, and Grabel moved all in for effectively 113,200. Oh snap-called.
on the turn nor the 
and a good sized pot already in the middle of the table, Christian Harder checked. His opponent made it 17,000 to go and Harder check-raised to 47,000. His opponent put in a large stack of blue 5,000 chips and Harder didn't think too long before announcing he was all in for 152,400 total. He was quickly called by his opponent who held a monster with 
changing nothing and the river was another safe card for Harder as it was the 
. Harder moves to the top of the leader board with the pot. With a good score here, Harder could move above six million in total lifetime winnings (online and live combined).
. Neither the turn (
) or river (
as Temel had woken up with a legitimate hand, the good old