Level: 22
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open
Event 17: $100,000 Guarantee Big Stack NLHE Re-Entry
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Next Payout
Level Info
2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open
Buy-in
$350
Prize Pool
$247,835
Entries
730
Place 2
$33,456
Level
29
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Levy Overwhelming Leader
Level 21
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Steve Levy, who has over $500,000 in recorded live tournament cashes, is the overwhelming chip leader with 45 players remaining. He has around 1.4 million, and no other player appears to be anywhere near that.
Level: 21
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 2,000
Breaking Once More
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
A 10-minute break has commenced.
Rawlins Sends Phillips Packing
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Don Rawlins and Dennis Phillips got enough chips all in before the flop to put Phillips at risk.
Phillips: 
Rawlins: 
The board ran out 
, giving Rawlins a flush and sending the third-place finisher of the 2008 Main Event to the payout desk.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
667,000 | |
|
Busted |
In the Money
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
The bubble just burst, and the remaining players will all be paid for their efforts.
Level: 20
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
Grinding Them to Mush
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Joseph "Mush" Galazzo opened for 17,000 in early position, and Simon Taberham made it 45,000 to go from middle position. Action folded back to Galazzo, who put Taberham all in for 120,000 or so. Taberham called.
Taberham: 
Galazzo: 
Galazzo flopped the nut flush, and that was all she wrote for Taberham.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
500,000 |
River Brings a Gift for Edwards
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Chris Edwards bet 60,000 on the turn, and his opponent made the call with the board reading 
. Edwards put him all in for his last 40,000 or so as the dealer burned and turned a 
river. The player made the call.
Edwards: 
Opponent: 
Edwards had rivered a two-outer, as his opponent had turned a flush draw to go with his second pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
630,000 | 128,000 |
Level: 19
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000