2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open

Event 8: $250,000 Guarantee Deeper Stack NLHE Re-Entry
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Event Info
2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
jj
Prize
$99,144
Event Info
Buy-in
$350
Total Entries
1,392
Level Info
Level
39
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
100,000
Players Left 1 / 1,392
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No Half Measures

Level 9 : 400/800, 75 ante
Cotton Snuffer and His Signature Porkpie Hat
Cotton Snuffer and His Signature Porkpie Hat

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 {2-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{6-Spades}{j-Spades}{7-Diamonds} 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.

Tags: Cotton Snuffer

Nguyen Folds to a Shove

Level 9 : 400/800, 75 ante

Men Nguyen bet 7,000 into an opponent on a flop of {2-Hearts}{7-Spades}{9-Diamonds}. 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.

Tags: Men Nguyen

Level: 9

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 75

Wolf on the Hunt

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante
Laurence Wolf, seen here playing H.O.R.S.E.
Laurence Wolf, seen here playing H.O.R.S.E.

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 {8-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{5-Hearts} flop, and Wolf called.

Wolf: {a-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}
Opponent: {10-Spades}{7-Spades}

Wolf's opponent had flopped a straight draw, but he couldn't finish it with the {2-Hearts} or {5-Clubs}.

"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.

Tags: Laurence WolfRussell Crane

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 {2-Clubs}{j-Spades}{5-Diamonds}, and Studdard made the call.

Studdard: {k-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}
Opponent: {a-Hearts}{4-Spades}

Studdard had to dodge a seven-outer, and he did so when the {5-Clubs} and {6-Diamonds} hit the felt.

Tags: Darius Studdard

Level: 8

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

Woods Sinking

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante
James Woods was shown a straight.
James Woods was shown a straight.

James Woods fired 4,800 from under the gun after a flop of {10-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{9-Spades}, and Brian Rosengarten called from the cutoff. The turn paired the board with the {7-Diamonds}, and Woods checked. His opponent bet 7,000, and Woods beat him into the pot. A {9-Hearts} river caused both players to check, and Rosengarten turned over {q-Clubs}{10-Clubs}, which Woods couldn't beat.

Jonathan Tamayo and Jerry Callahan have just started playing at a freshly seated table.

Tags: James WoodsJerry CallahanJonathan Tamayo

Level: 7

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 50