Borgata Winter Poker Open Side Events
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2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open
Borgata Winter Poker Open Side Events
Day: 4
Today's Schedule
With the suspension of play in the $2 million guaranteed tournament, that leaves two events on the schedule today here at Borgata: $560 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold'em Re-entry and $500 Pot-Limit Omaha Eight-or-Better. We'll be bringing you pertinent updates from those two tournaments shortly.
For now, a tournament official has informed us that about 430 players have registered for NLHE and about 120 entrants are playing PLO8.
Event 4: Some Notables and an Update
We've reached 132 total entrants in the $500 Pot-Limit Omaha Eight-or-Better tournament here at the Borgata Winter Poker Open. Players are currently on a short scheduled break, and when they return, blinds will be 100-200. Players began play with 15,000, and this tournament is a freezeout, no re-entry.
A couple of notable names we've spotted in the small field: Chris Reslock (13,725) and Jerry Callahan (10,275).
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Event 3: ($560 Deep Stack No-Limit Re-Entry) is Now Underway
After a bit of a delay here at the Borgata to attend to other matters, Event 3: ($560 Deep Stack No-Limit Re-Entry) is now underway.
Players are currently on break at the moment, and cards will be back in the air in 2-3 minutes, but we thought you'd like to know about the notable names, professional players and local grinders in attendance today.
Andy Hwang, Amnon Filippi, James Woods, Roland Israelashvili, Aaron Mermelstein, Will "The Thrill" Failla, Dan Heimiller, Coleem Chestnut, Torrey Korsog, and Mike Ortiz are all in the house here today.
We'll keep you posted on their progress from here on out, so stay tuned to PokerNews throughout the day for continuous live coverage from the floor of the Borgata.
Event 4: Caruso Quarters One
We found Anthony Caruso in the aftermath of an all in on a board of 
.
Caruso: 
Opponent: 
Caruso had flopped the nut low with a straight draw, while his opponent had top set and a weaker low. Caruso grabbed command of the whole pot when the deuce turned, giving him the nuts both ways, but a four on the river allowed his opponent to chop the low with a wheel.
Caruso now has 19,875.
Event 4: Zhao Gets KO in Three-Bet Pot
A player in middle position called, Allan Zhao three-bet to 1,000, and the small blind made it 3,600 to go. The original raiser folded, and Zhao called after tanking for a bit.
The flop came 
, and the small blind moved all in. Zhao immediately made the call.
Zhao: 
Small blind: 
The turn brought a 
, and Zhao pulled way ahead. The one-outer didn't come, as the 
hit the board, and Zhao is up to 18,000.
Also, Mickey Appleman's been spotted in the field sitting with 13,200.
Event 4: Zhang Ousts Two
We didn't catch the action, but Mikey Zhang is up 31,500 after he sent two players packing with 
. The final board was 
.
Event 4: Appleman, Reslock Bust
We didn't see how it happened, but Mickey Appleman's seat is now empty, and a player at his table confirmed he busted. Also, Chris Reslock was just spotted exiting the tournament area.
Event 3: Life After Death
We became acquainted with Coleem Chestnut throughout Event 1, as the Brooklyn native made a deep run while dominating the chip standings for much of the day. After getting to know him a little better through PokerNews' recent "Local Spotlight" series here at the Borgata, we learned that the regular cash game player has an affinity for tournaments here in Atlantic City.
Despite being victimized by a truly bizarre call late in the night, one which cut the chip leader's stack in half despite his opponent holding just ace-high, Chestnut is back and in effect here today.
Chestnut currently owns one of the biggest stacks in the room at the moment, and after yesterday's performance, we're confident he'll be sticking around for another deep run.