Zaid Shamoon just got all in preflop with , but Travis Marion had him in bad shape with . The board brought no help for Shamoon, and he headed for the payout desk.
Anthony Caruso got all in with with his last seven big blinds, and Rich Murnick got it in with on an even shorter stack. Manh Nguyen picked up and busted both opponents when he outraced them.
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Amanda Musumeci is Still Grinding on the Event 20 Money Bubble
With the Borgata Winter Poker Open WPT Main Event Championship still on dinner break, one expect the action in the room to have come to a halt, but with Event 20 ($400 Big Stack No-Limit Hold'em Re-Entry) still underway there is plenty on the line to sweat.
The money bubble is set to burst at any moment with just 28 players left from the 260 entrant field.
The cash would have been reached a moment ago, with chip leader Luis Vazquez calling a short-stacked player's all-in bet with and having dominated. Both players flopped aces, but a dropped on the turn to keep the bubble intact. Vazquez remarked "what a turn card that was... I'm glad I have chips," while paying off the bet, and with 400,000 at his disposal, he is still the leader at the moment.
Amanda Musumeci is still surviving with a 64,000 stack, and as she put it "grinding" to score yet another cash here at the Borgata Winter Poker - just days removed from a runner-up performance which earned her a $17,214 payday.
Event 20 of the Borgata Winter Poker Open is a $400 Big Stack No-Limit Hold'em Re-Entry tournament, and judging by the series' earlier events with similar buy-ins, a first price payout of more than $50,000 would not be surprising. There are a number of big name pros who failed to navigate the Main Event minefield, and with the terrible weather outside wreaking havoc on travel arrangements, many of the game's top players may just enter Event 20 simply to avoid becoming stuck at the airport. Even if the sun shines through and the stars fly south for the Aussie Millions, there will be several East Coast grinders, local heroes and up-and-comers trying to take their shot a five-figure score, and PokerNews will be on hand to provide coverage throughout the day.
Check back here for chip count updates, information on entries and prize pool amounts, and a continuous rundown of top pros who head over after busting the Main Event to blow off some steam.
, but Travis Marion had him in bad shape with 
and busted both opponents when he outraced them.
