2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open

Event 8: $250,000 Guarantee Deeper Stack NLHE Re-Entry
Day: 2
Event Info

2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
jj
Prize
$99,144
Event Info
Buy-in
$350
Entries
1,392
Level Info
Level
39
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
100,000

Event 8: $250,000 Guarantee Deeper Stack NLHE Re-Entry

Day 2 Started

Start-of-Day Chip Counts for Day 2 (full)

Player Chips Progress
David Gerassi us
David Gerassi
429,000
Chris Kash
Chris Kash
426,000
Efraim Hirschman
Efraim Hirschman
417,000
Luke Edwards au
Luke Edwards
410,000
Matthew Elson
Matthew Elson
383,000 -2,000
Matthew Lin
Matthew Lin
381,000 381,000
Joseph Palma us
Joseph Palma
379,500 379,500
Jason Rivkin us
Jason Rivkin
375,500
Darren Attebery us
Darren Attebery
372,000
Ryan Austin
Ryan Austin
367,500
Asher Conniff us
Asher Conniff
WPT 1X Winner
363,500 73,500
TJ Shulman us
TJ Shulman
355,500 500
Joseph Mckeehen us
Joseph Mckeehen
WSOP 2X Winner
350,500 350,500
Frank Musso
Frank Musso
349,000
James Mendenhall
James Mendenhall
315,000
Coleem Chestnut
Coleem Chestnut
310,000 -6,000
Bradley Stvincent
Bradley Stvincent
303,500 303,500
Mohd Eid
Mohd Eid
293,500
John Hinds us
John Hinds
287,000 287,000
Anthony Cicali us
Anthony Cicali
285,000 285,000
Gionni Demers us
Gionni Demers
279,000 279,000
David Glancy
David Glancy
276,500 276,500
Joseph Liberta us
Joseph Liberta
275,500
Jesse Alexis Cohen
Jesse Alexis Cohen
274,500 274,500
Anthony Mongiovi
Anthony Mongiovi
265,000

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Welcome to Day 2 of $250,000 Guarantee Deeper Stack No-Limit Hold'em Re-Entry

David Gerassi bagged the the top stack out of three Day 1s.
David Gerassi bagged the the top stack out of three Day 1s.

We've got quite a slate on tap for the ninth day of the Borgata Winter Poker Open.

Kicking off the day, we'll be starting with the $450 buy-in Deepest Stack No-Limit Hold'em Re-Entry. Play for this tournament began a short time ago, and players are starting off with 50,000 stacks. They'll be grinding until either 18 players remain or 2 a.m., whichever comes last. Levels will last 30 minutes until Level 11, at which point they go for 40 minutes.

At noon, we have a double-header: Day 2 of the $400 buy-in $250,000 Guarantee Deeper Stack No-Limit Hold'em and the start of the $450 buy-in Big Stack Pot-Limit Omaha Re-Entry. For the former, 309 players remain from three Day 1 flights. David Gerassi leads the way with 429,000, and Chris Kash is hot on his heels with 426,000, while Efraim Hirschman bagged 417,000. Other notable stacks include Jason Rivkin (375,000), Joe McKeehen (350,000), and Coleem Chestnut (316,000). The tournament is scheduled to play down to a winner.

Players begin with 20,000 chips in the PLO tournament. Levels will last 30 minutes for the first 10, and 40 minutes thereafter. Re-entries will be accepted for the first six levels, and a winner is scheduled to be determined tonight.

Tags: Chris KashColeem ChestnutDavid GerassiEfraim HirschmanJoseph McKeehen

We're Off

The tournament director just gave the order to shuffle up and deal, and blinds are at 2,500-5,000 with an ante of 500.

Snuffer Snuffed

According to Cotton Snuffer, he opened with {k-}{k-} and someone shipped all in with {k-}{q-}. Snuffer's opponent ended up making a straight to cripple him, and Snuffer busted a short time later when he jammed {k-}{j-} into {a-}{k-}.

Player Chips Progress
Cotton Snuffer
Cotton Snuffer
Busted

Tags: Cotton Snuffer

Student to Become Teacher?

Amanda Musumeci got dealt an interesting seating assignment.
Amanda Musumeci got dealt an interesting seating assignment.

Over at Table 17, Amanda Musumeci found herself seated next to Sharon Devault, who Musumeci said is a student she recently started training. This is Devault's first ever Day 2, and she made it with more chips than Musumeci, though both are short. Perhaps more interestingly, Devault's seated to Musumeci's left. Conventional poker wisdom says chips generally flow to the left, so Devault may soon be taking more than just lessons from Musumeci.

Tags: Amanda MusumeciSharon DeVault

Winter Storm Janus - How Will it Affect Borgata Winter Poker Open?

Will we see smaller fields in the coming days?
Will we see smaller fields in the coming days?

We overheard some in the room discussing the impending arrival of Winter Storm Janus, scheduled to put the "winter" in Borgata Winter Poker Open at any moment. The big question here is how it will affect the field. More than 2,700 flights are already canceled, with a further 2,300 delayed, according to the Weather Channel. The Weather Channel described the storm as bringing "heavy snow, frigid temperatures, and bitter winds" with as much as a foot of snow expected in some areas. With so many flights canceled, will we see smaller-than-expected fields in the coming couple of days? Or will players get snowed in and be forced to stay longer than expected?

Level: 18

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 500

Level: 19

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000