Level: 15c
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 400
2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open
Event 8: $250,000 Guarantee Deeper Stack NLHE Re-Entry
Day: 1bc
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open
Buy-in
$350
Entries
1,392
Level
39
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
100,000
Entrant Information
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Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
A total of 298 entries were recorded yesterday during Day 1a, while today's recently concluded starting flight attracted 635 more runners and re-entries.
For tonight's third starting flight, an unofficial total of 459 entries were recorded, but conclusive numbers will be provided in the morning after the Borgata's internal accounting is complete.
Level: 14c
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 300
Bring it Back
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
The 170 or so players left in contention have reassembled and cards are back in the air.
Take Ten
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
The field has stood to stretch, smoke or send messages on their smartphones, as we enter a 10-minute break.
Dropping Like Flies
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Calls of "seat open!" are ringing through the room, as an epidemic of eliminations has swept through the Borgata.
In the last few minutes we've rushed around to record the grisly details, as straights have felled sets, and overpairs have overcome their undermanned counterparts.
We're not sure whether players are simply getting reckless as a result of fatigue, or the cards are colluding to create collisions, but here on Day 1c, stacks are being seized seemingly every few seconds.
Cotton Snuffer - A.K.A. "Heisenberg" - was one of the recent victims, after his 
fell to an opponent's 
on a 
flop. Snuffer raised before the flop, and responded to the other player's 10,000 flop bet with an all-in shove suspecting he was on a move, but in a rare experience for this series' top earner so far, he held the second-best hand when it was all said and done.
Just 17 tables remain here in Event 9, as the killing fields continue to claim additional casualties.
Third Degree Burns
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
We heard the excited yell of Stephen Burns as he hit his card, followed by the rest of the table yelling out in shock when another card came to silence him.
According to Brian Kurrus, the new owner of Burns' previously healthy stack, the drama began when Burns opened for 4,000, and then called Kurrus' reraise of 10,500.
The flop came 
and Burns checked to the aggressor, only to raise all in when Kurrus made it 10,500 to play. Holding 
, Kurrus was more than happy to oblige, and he happily called the additional 42,000 or so. Burns tabled 
for top pair-top kicker, but he was outmatched by Kurrus and his cowboys.
Turn: 
The arrival of an ace on board prompted Burns' vocal celebration, but before he could blink, the 
fell in on the river. Burns circled the table for a moment, clapping his hands in frustration, before immediately regaining his composure and laughing the beat off.
"Sick man, a suck and a resuck..." he told us, before offering Kurrus a sincere "nice hand."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
158,000 | |
|
Busted |
Level: 13c
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
Natale Kuey Looking to Make Another Deep Run
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
We spent much of last night and this morning watching Natale Kuey weave his way through the minefield of the Seniors event, where he final tabled and ultimately recorded a runner-up finish.
He returned to the scene of his near miss here tonight, sitting down to compete in this third and final starting flight, and just like last night, he's run up another stack.
Kuey currently sits with a little over 100,000, good enough to put him closer to the leaders than those who lack stacks, and after showing his stuff the night before, we expect to see him returning yet again for Day 2 tomorrow.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
106,000
72,100
|
72,100 |
James Mendenhall Wins the Race
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Most of the time in poker, the chips get moved around when one player finds a pair while another holds two big cards.
The standard scene played out once again, as James Mendenhall took his 
up against 
for stacks.
The flop removed most of the drama when it came 
, but as is usually the case, there were still outs to fade. Needing to dodge the the deck's tens, Mendenhall watched the dealer deliver bricks on the turn and river to keep his set of sixes out in front.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
185,000
185,000
|
185,000 |