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: The Perfect Storm

Here in Atlantic City, New Jersey, storms come and go, but a recent hand showed that even indoors the perfect storm can develop out of the blue.

A player who refused to give his name held {3-Spades}{3-Diamonds}, and he found himself all-in for a sizable amount of chips hoping to be racing at best. When his opponent turned over the {A-Hearts}{3-Hearts}, however, the player discovered he was actually way ahead in the hand, needing only to dodge aces and hearts to score a huge double.

The final board cooperated, coming {10-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{8-Diamonds} to leave the lowly pair of threes in front.

As the stacks were being compared and transferred to the winner's side of the table, another player slowly shook his head and mumbled, telling his tablemates he had laid down {5-}{5-} in the face of such intense preflop pressure.

"I'm supposed to fold jacks there, so..." he said, more to himself than anyone else. "I couldn't call that."

With just a pair of threes in the hole, the winner had found a way to push the best holding out of the pot, while also finessing a call from a dominated hand.

Like they say, when it rains, it pours.