Registration Lineups at the Borgata Winter Poker Open
The third and final flight of this event is now being played on one side of the expansive Borgata tournament floor, and the blinds are set at 25-50 for the first level.
With Day 1b nearly over at the moment, we will be focused on gathering chip leader information from that side of the room, but the Day 1c updates will begin as soon as possible, so stay tuned.
Charles Ciresi pushed all in over the top of a raise, and two people called him. The first player fired 8,000 into the dry side pot on the board, and Eric Borduas moved all in. The first player folded, showing the .
Borduas:
Ciresi:
Ciresi had been outflopped, and the turn and river brought no help with the and .
"I can't beat fives, I can't win with fives," Ciresi said as he exited the tournament area.
Cotton Snuffer Played a Friendly Pot, but Came Up on the Short End of the Stick
Cotton Snuffer called an opening raise of 5,600 made a player in early position, as did George Verdis and another unidentified player.
The dealer fanned a flop of across the felt, prompting the preflop raiser to tap the table. Snuffer, never one to let a sign of weakness go unpunished, threw out a bet of 7,200, and only Verdis came along.
On the turn both players checked it down, and the inaction repeated on the turn.
"You gotta have an ace..." Verdis announced as he tabled his reluctantly. "No?"
Snuffer could only reexamine his cards for a moment while peering across the table, before offering a "nice hand" and moving on to the next one.
Coleem on Day 1b of the 2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open Event 8 ($250k Guaranteed)
Coleem Chestnut opened for 2,200 and was called in one spot, before another player popped it to 7,000. Chestnut flatted and the preflop called got out of the way.
Flop:
Chestnut checked to the aggressor, who checked behind to bring the on board on the turn. Chestnut fired out this time, making it 7,000 to play, and his opponent called to take the on the river.
Both players tapped the table and Chestnut announced "nine," but his opponent tabled to take the pot.
Dan Heimiller Here at the Borgata Winter Poker Open
Tournament pro Dan Heimiller saw a flop of , and with his stack a bit short, he got it all in with .
His opponent snapped him off with , putting Heimiller on the brink of elimination with his top pair-top kicker combination.
Turn: River:
Heimiller failed to connect on his gutshot straight draw, but made two pair on the river to double up. He now sits with 82,000 or so, good for about 80 big blinds at the moment.
Passing through the tournament floor here at the Borgata Winter Poker Open, the sight of Cotton Snuffer pushing opponents around and accumulating chips has become an everyday experience. The man, simply put, is a beast.
The West Virginian is a man of many talents, using his skills on the felt to separate suckers from their scratch in both poker and pool since he was knee high to a grasshopper. Snuffer bears an uncanny resemblance to Walter White of Breaking Bad fame, and just like the man who transformed into the heinous Heisenberg when he needed to get things done, Snuffer changes into a different animal altogether when he's contesting a pot.
We watched Snuffer push an opponent of his hand recently, with the board reading by the river. After playing the pot slowly on the fourth street, simply calling a bet rather than raising, Snuffer jammed the river to put his opponent to a tough decision.
"You got queens there?," the man asked, as Snuffer stared him down. "Ahh... nice hand."
The man obviously laid down a big hand in the face of Snuffer's power play, and Snuffer dragged yet another pot his way, showing that in this game, full measures are the only way to win.
James Woods fired 4,800 from under the gun after a flop of , and Brian Rosengarten called from the cutoff. The turn paired the board with the , and Woods checked. His opponent bet 7,000, and Woods beat him into the pot. A river caused both players to check, and Rosengarten turned over , which Woods couldn't beat.
Jonathan Tamayo and Jerry Callahan have just started playing at a freshly seated table.
Natale Kuey already has a second-place finish here.
We found Natale Kuey staring at a board of with an opponent acting in front of him. The player moved all in, and Kuey called instantly. He turned over for the nuts, he had his opponent covered. Kuey, who finished runner-up in yesterday's seniors event, is off to a good start on his quest to do one better in this event.
Good morning from PokerNews and welcome back to our coverage of the 2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open. Around 300 players look to have filled into the event center so far for the second flight of the $250,000 Guarantee Deeper Stack No-Limit Hold'em Re-Entry.
Fifty-six players survived the first flight to bag some chips, so we expect right around that same number at the end of the 16 levels that will be played today before we start all over for Day 1c at 7 p.m. Players will begin with 30,000 chips and the blinds at 25-50.
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across the felt, prompting the preflop raiser to tap the table. Snuffer, never one to let a sign of weakness go unpunished, threw out a bet of 7,200, and only Verdis came along.
reluctantly. "No?"
on the river.
to take the pot.
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