Event 23: Six-Handed Counts
Blinds are moving to 30,000-60,000 with a 5,000 ante.
Player | Stack |
---|---|
Jesse Elliott | 980,000 |
Victoria Larkin | 650,000 |
Alan Cohen | 1,000,000 |
Esteban Rodriguez | 1,050,000 |
Alan Colon | 1,700,000 |
Walt White | 900,000 |
Blinds are moving to 30,000-60,000 with a 5,000 ante.
Player | Stack |
---|---|
Jesse Elliott | 980,000 |
Victoria Larkin | 650,000 |
Alan Cohen | 1,000,000 |
Esteban Rodriguez | 1,050,000 |
Alan Colon | 1,700,000 |
Walt White | 900,000 |
Victoria Larkin is by far the most experienced player at the final table, as the Syracuse-based tournament grinder has traveled across the country for the last few years, always in search of the next score.
As a young woman playing in the "man's world" that poker has traditionally been, Larkin is accustomed to players discounting her abilities simply because they don't know any better.
Alan Colon thought as much in an earlier hand against Larkin, but he soon found out that good players like her usually have the goods.
The action started when Colon opened for 165,000 from under the gun, and Larkin called from the button along with Esteban Rodriguez from the big blind.
The flop rolled out and both Colon and Rodriguez checked over to Larkin, who paused for a beat before betting 350,000. Rodriguez showed respect and quickly folded his hand, but Colon was stubborn and decided to interrogate Larkin to try and find a read.
"You makin' a move here?" he asked from across the table. "You might be makin' a move on me..."
Eventually, as is true in most long tank-jobs, Colon was merely posturing and his cards soon went sailing into the muck.
"Stop thinking I'm making moves..." said Larkin as she tabled for top pair. "I'm more than capable of making moves, but not at this hour."
With the win, Larkin moved into the chip lead after sitting as the short stack just a few orbits before.
Players returned from break to blinds of 40,000-80,000 with a 10,000 ante.
Jesse Elliott just got all in preflop with against the of Esteban Rodriguez. Rodriguez outran him by flopping a nine, and he's now at about 1.2 million, while Elliott was left with just a few big blinds.
The next hand, he got all in with against the of Victoria Larkin.
"Won't matter," Elliott said.
He was right, as Larkin flopped a set to eliminate him.
After fifteen hours on the felt, a five-way deal was reached and the tournament ended in Level 29, with Alan Colon taking the title.
It took a lengthy period of deliberation while the players negotiated, but eventually an agreement was made that was equitable for all involved.
Here are the official payouts according to the tournament, along with the places each player signed for:
Place | Player | Payout |
---|---|---|
1 | Alan Colon | $14,122 |
2 | Esteban Rodriguez | $8,323 |
3 | Walt White | $4,792 |
4 | Alan Cohen | $3,884 |
5 | Victoria Larkin | $3,026 |
Borgata Winter Poker Open Side Events
Day 14 Completed