Event 3: Ring the Dinner Bell
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Play has been halted for one hour as the remaining 18 players head out for a bite to eat.
2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open
Borgata Winter Poker Open Side Events
Day: 5
Ebent 3: Andy Hwang Makes Quad Sevens
We caught the tail end of a hand involving Andy Hwang in which his 
connected for quads on a 
board.
Hwang tried to trap his opponent with a check on the river, but when the other player tapped the table as well the smallish pot was shipped his way.
Event 3: Jerome Makonen Brings Us to the Final Two Tables
Jerome Makonen just took out a short stack out when his 
held up over 
on the 
board.
The remaining 18 players are redrawing at the moment, and with just 13 minutes remaining until the dinner break, we expect play to slow down a bit as players prepare to fuel up for a final table run.
Event 3: Yoni Yacoubov Sends Rosario Sailing
Moments after tripling his short stack with pocket sixes, Edgardo Rosario open shoved once again. This time he was only called in one spot, but holding just 
, he found himself dominated by Yoni Yacoubov's 
.
Despite an urgent plea of "one time!," Rosario watched as the board came out 
, leaving him with no pair... and no more chips.
Event 6: Chips Counts, Registration Numbers
A tournament official gave us an unofficial tally of 113 registrations for the $500 H.O.R.S.E. event. Among those playing:
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
| Chris Reslock | 8,000 |
| Chris Tryba | 27,500 |
| Roland Israelashvili | 14,000 |
| Amnon Filippi | 13,100 |
| Yuebin Guo | 11,800 |
| Men Nguyen | 31,500 |
| Mickey Appleman | 30,000 |
Players began with 20,000.
Event 3: Edgardo the Excorcist
Edgardo Rosario found himself riding one of the shortest stacks in the room, so he got his last 53,000 into the middle only to be called in two spots.
"I need the devil," he told his tablemates in his distinctive Puerto Rican accent. "Chu know the devil?"
Rosario the turned over the 
and his cryptic call finally made sense: He was looking for 6-6-6, or the mark of the beast.
When his opponents revealed 
and 
respectively, Rosario discovered he didn't need a set after all, only for the board to come with lot's of little cards.
And that it did, with the final rollout of 
keeping his pair of sixes in the lead, and giving him a much needed triple up as the final two tables of this event rapidly draw near.
Event 3: The Next Level
Blinds are now 10,000-20,000 with a 3,000 ante. After the conclusion of this level - in about 40 minutes - play will be halted for an hour-long dinner break.
Event 3: Joe Mckeehen Wins a Flip
One of the biggest stacks left in Event 3 belongs to WSOP Circuit winner Joe McKeehen, and after a recent hand his towers reached a bit higher.
An extremely short-stacked player moved all in and Mckeehen quickly called with his 
, only to find that his opponent had actually found a flipping hand with 
.
Despite being less of a favorite than he anticipated, Mckeehen was confident that the hand would be his, and he instructed the dealer to roll out the board. When the 
was spread across the felt, Mckeehen' optimism proved to be well-founded, and he stacked yet another opponent here on Day 2.
Mckeehen is no stranger to success in Atlantic City tournament series, having captured the WSOP Circuit's Caesars AC Main Event Championship crown last march. While today's first-prize payout is decidedly smaller than the $174,000 he took down for that win, another title here in AC would be quite the accomplishment.
Event 6: Nguyen Up, Filippi Down
Stud Eight-or-Better
Four players saw fifth street in a recent hand.
Amnon Filippi: 
Men Nguyen: 
Third player: 
Fourth player: 
Filippi bet, the player with the king called, the next player folded, and Nguyen called. Nguyen then took the lead on sixth when he caught the , giving him three babies and three hearts. Filippi called with , and the other player called with . Nguyen kept the lead on seventh, and again both players called.
Nguyen: 
Fourth player: 
Nguyen finished with a seven-low but no high, and the fourth player took the high end with kings.
Event 3: Antonio Amato Busts One
We heard an all-in announcement and a call, as Anthony Amato tabled his to find himself in a race against a short-stacked player's 
.
Flop:
Just like that, Amato grabbed a huge head start against his opponent, and when the arrived on the turn, he crossed the finish line first. The completed the board on the river, and with that our field shrank by one midway through Day 2 of this $560 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold'em Re-Entry event.