2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open

Event 1: $2 Million Guarantee Big Stack NLHE Re-Entry
Day: 1bc
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: David Slays Goliath

David Lopez looked down to find the {9-}{9-}, and with a preflop raising war occurring around him, as well as the impending end of the re-entry period, he decided to make his stand.

Eventually three other players made the same decision, and when the cards were tabled Lopez found himself ahead of {7-}{7-} and {8-}{8-}, but far behind the {A-}{A-}.

A flop of {j-}{q-}{6-} maintained the status quo, and the aces remained in front, but like a bolt of lightning from the sky a {9-} fell in on the turn. Suddenly Lopez needed to fade the two remaining aces to haul in a huge pot, and when a {5-} completed the board on the river, he had hit the Goliath of poker hands with a well-aimed, if not extremely fortunate, shot to the forehead.

Lopez now sits with over 170,000 and he is well out in front of the field midway through Day 1C.

Player Chips Progress
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