2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open

Event 14: Heads-Up NLHE
Day: 1
12
Event Info
2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Total Entries
64
Players Left
2
Players Left 2 / 64
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Joe Wurtz Defeats Adam Friedman

Adam Friedman just walked over to Nick Guagenti and announced that he's out of the tournament.

Joe Wurtz did the deed, and he will play in the Round of 32 against the winner of the match between Mike Malinconico and Sean Winter.

Steve Sarmiento Defeats John Holley

The details are but dust in the wind, but with John Holley's former seat now empty it is clear that Steve Sarmientio has advanced to the second round.

Sarmiento will play either Greg Fishberg or Corrie Wunstel in the Round of 32.

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Ronald Lemkin Gets Value With Nines

Both Ronald Lemkin and Paul Cheung checked the {5-Spades}{4-Spades}{8-Clubs} flop and the {j-Diamonds} hit the table on the turn.

After checking a second time, Lemkin called Cheung's 1,000 feeler bet and the {3-Clubs} came on the river.

This time Lemkin opted to bet out and made it 1,700 to go. Cheung thought it over for thirty seconds or so, but he eventually made the crying call, only to muck when Lemkin rolled over {9-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}.

Blood Diamond

Usually when we pass by a table with an all-in pot being contested while two players have tabled identical hands, there's nothing noteworthy to report.

Unfortunately for James Anderson, the board rolled out with the dreaded four-flush, nullifying the predictable chop and sending a match-saving pot to David Einhorn.

Both players held the same hand with {A-Diamonds}{q-Spades} and {A-Spades}{q-Hearts}, but the hand with the highest diamond belonged to Einhorn. After a final runout of {7-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} was dealt, Einhorn's diamond flush gave him the double and kept him from falling into a 0-1 hole early in the tournament.