Steury Up 1-0
Aaron Steury limped the button, and Chad Eveslage shipped it. Steury was waiting for just that, and he made the call.
Steury: 
Eveslage: 
Steury's hand held up, and he's up a match on Eveslage.
2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open
Event 14: Heads-Up NLHE
Day: 1
Stiers Up 1-0
Joseph Stiers just won the first match against Nick Guagenti when his 
beat Guagenti's on a board of 
.
PokerNews Podcast Episode #199: Counterfeit Chips feat. Nick Guagenti
The crew is joined by Nick Guagenti, who was second in chips in the Borgata Winter Poker Open $2 Million Guarantee when it was cancelled. He talks about the atmosphere on property, what he knows about the situation, and tries to forecast some sort of conclusion.
Like a Rolling Stone
As a true poker nomad, travelling the nation via Greyhound bus or flying above the great blue yonder, Aaron Massey has made a few friends along the way. So while he took down a recent pot against Michael Shklover, Massey filled in a familiar dealer across the table about his latest journey - involving Choctaw, Oklahoma for the recent WSOP Circuit event, Atlantic City for the Borgata Winter Poker Open, and the crown seat of Southern poker, Tunica, Mississipi.
Massey bet the 
flop and Shklover came along to take the 
on the turn. Both players tapped the table and the 
completed the board on the river.
When both players checked once more, Shklover tabled king high, but his hand went into the muck when Massey revealed 
for a turned pair of threes.
As he dragged the pot his way to get off and running at yet another stop along the circuit, Massey continued telling his story in more than ways than one.
Anderson Outruns Hwang
Andy Hwang and Mike Anderson got it all in before the flop.
Hwang: 
Anderson: 
The 
flop meant Hwang didn't want to see a set, and the turn brought a 
. An 
river gave Anderson the pot, but Hwang had his opponent well-covered. Hwang now has about 10,000, while Anderson has 30,000.
Next Eight Matches From Right Side of the Bracket
Mandeep Narang versus Jack Schanbacher
Mike Linster versus Ryan D’Angelo
Christian Harder versus Torrey Korsog
Mickey Appleman versus Justin Lepone
Anthony Zinno versus John Racener
Joe Stiers versus Nick Guagenti
William Punzo versus Michael Vela
Andy Hwang versus Michael Anderson
First Eight Matches From Right Side of the Bracket
Ronald Lemkin versus Paul Cheung
Adam Shulman versus Charlie Hook
Lyle Diamond versus Josh Templeton
Chad Eveslage versus Aaron Steury
Daniel Buzgon versus Tyler Short
Jared Jaffee versus James Ruszkiewicz
Ernest Lewis versus Ian Davis
Jake Schwartz versus Kevin Eyster
Next Eight Matches
Again, winners of each pair of matches will face off in round two.
Aaron Massey versus Michael Shklover
Adam Gerber versus Alex Queen
Joe Tracy versus Shankar Pillai
Matt Stout versus Scott Baumstein
James Anderson versus David Einhorn
Justin Adams versus Caufan Talley
Greg Fishberg versus Corrie Wunstel
John Holley versus Steve Sarmiento
First Eight Matches From Left Side of the Bracket
We're going to bring you the matchups as they draw them. Winners of each pair of matchups will face off in round two.
Matt Matros versus Brian Hewitt
Joe Mckeehen versus Dan Wach
Joe Wertz versus Adam Friedman
Mike Malinconico versus Sean Winter
Keith Donavan versus Raffi Nahabedian
Travis Greenwalt versus Tai Yuen
James Routos versus Alex Rocha
Fred Kulikowski versus Eric Fields
Event 14: No Open Seats
The tournament director just announced that registration is closed for the $1,500+150 heads-up event, as each of the 64 (not 128, as we were erroneously told earlier) spots has been filled.
Play begins in 15 minutes, and each player will start with 20,000. Levels will last 20 minutes, and stacks will reset for each match. Play will begin today and end tomorrow.