Second Break
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
Players are exiting the room for a 10-minute break.
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
Level: 7
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
Break's Done
Level 7
: 250/500, 50 ante
Players are fighting for blinds of 250-500 with an ante of 50 now.
Woods Sinking
Level 7
: 250/500, 50 ante
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
73,300
73,300
|
73,300 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
-5,500
|
-5,500 |
|
9,000
-22,000
|
-22,000 |
|
||
Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
Studdard Stacking
Level 8
: 300/600, 75 ante
A player three-bet to 11,100 after an early-position raise, and Darius Studdard cold-called from late position. The preflop aggressor fired all in for 33,725 after a flop of 
, and Studdard made the call.
Studdard: 
Opponent: 
Studdard had to dodge a seven-outer, and he did so when the 
and 
hit the felt.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
98,000 |
Wolf on the Hunt
Level 8
: 300/600, 75 ante
Laurence Wolf reraised to 11,700 before the flop, and an opponent was tanking.
"I can't fold now," he finally said, tossing in calling chips.
The player pushed all in after the 
flop, and Wolf called.
Wolf: 
Opponent: 
Wolf's opponent had flopped a straight draw, but he couldn't finish it with the 
or .
"I knew that would work," Wolf said.
"I don't know why he said he couldn't fold," another player said with a laugh. "He could have folded."
Meanwhile, Russell Crane has joined the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
65,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Level: 9
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 75
Nguyen Folds to a Shove
Level 9
: 400/800, 75 ante
Men Nguyen bet 7,000 into an opponent on a flop of . The player jammed for 12,900 more. Nguyen went into his trademark two-minute tank before folding his hand. He still grinding a solid stack, though.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000 | |
|
||
No Half Measures
Level 9
: 400/800, 75 ante
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.
Snuffer is the leading money winner early on here in Atlantic City, after taking down Event 5 ($100,000 Guaranteed Big Stack NLHE Re-Entry for $63,882, along with a $4,000 score in a Black Chip Bounty side event, and a deep run in Event 1 to take down a few more thousand.
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.