2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open

Event 1: $2 Million Guarantee Big Stack NLHE Re-Entry
Day: 1a
Event Info

2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open

Event Info
Buy-in
$500
Prize Pool
$2,325,835
Entries
4,812
Players Left
27
Average Chip Stack
3,564,444
Total Chips
96,240,000

Event 1: Making His Mark

Continuing the recent trend of massive all-in coolers, we just witnessed what has to be the biggest stack in the room claimed by a boisterous Mark Cincotta.

Holding {j-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}, Cincotta put it all on the line against three other players. Lo and behold, the fishhooks were the best hand, as Cincotta's opponents revealed {Q-Spades}{10-Spades}, {6-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} and {A-}{K-}.

The flop of {3-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{8-Clubs} provided a number of sweats, as the player holding {6-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} found the mother of all draws with straight and flush possibilities. The man holding {Q-Spades}{10-Spades} needed one of Cincotta's jacks to fill his gutshot straight draw, while big slick was left lacking and looking for big cards.

The turn ({3-Spades}) and river ({2-Clubs}) bricked off, leaving Cincotta with a massive pot to stack, and quite possibly the chip lead midway through Day 1A.

Player Chips Progress
Mark Cincotta
Mark Cincotta
123,000 123,000

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