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The Ladies in the House Today Can Be Forgiven for Avoiding Poker Faces Like This in the Seniors Event
While we've already covered the phenomenon of men playing in the Ladies event, and there are obviously plenty of Seniors competing in that tournament as well, we haven't seen a single woman competing in today's Senior event.
Nonetheless, the fact that few - if any - women sat down to try their hand against the boys club struck our eye, so we'd like to pass along that nugget of information to readers.
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Olga Varkonyi Headlines the Final Four Tables at the 2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open Ladies Event
As the wife of a former World Series of Poker Main Event champion, Olga Varkonyi is accustomed to her husband Robert receiving the lion's share of the coverage when the happy pair decides to play a tournament series.
Today, however, it's Olga who has managed to outlast her bracelet sporting hubby, as she has survived to reach the final four tables of Event 9 ($300 Ladies Deep Stack No-Limit Hold'em Re-Entry).
Although she is currently short-stacked at the moment with around 38,000 chips (less than half of the average at this point in the night), her spirits remain high. After all, she knows better than most that anything can happen when a Varkonyi has a chip and a chair.
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Chad Lepes Surrendered the Last of His Chips to Lynne Mitchnick, as Well as a Certain Level of Pride for Party Crashing the Ladies Event
We missed the bustout hand that ended Chad Lepes' tournament life, but according to the ladies still left in contention, it was Borgata regular Lynne Mitchnick who dispatched the dastardly dude.
When he ran his up against Mitchnick's , the young man confronted the mother of all poker hands, and you know what they say about a mother scorned.
A brief round of applause went up around the room when Lepes went bust, and despite falling short of the money herself, Mitchnick can take pride in defending her hometown casino's honor.
Steve Saklad limped from under the gun, and Richard Ball shoved all in from his immediate left for about 80,000. Everyone folded back to Saklad, who made the call.
Saklad:
Ball:
"It's not over 'til it's over," Ball said.
Sure enough, the flop came , and Ball's pessimism appeared justified. A and completed the board, and Saklad has us down to the official final table.
JR Reiss raised to 54,000 from the hijack, and John Tavss pushed all in from the small blind. Reiss made the call.
Reiss:
Tavss:
The flop came , giving Reiss top pair but Tavss a gutshot and a flush draw. The turn was an , and Reiss needed to dodge the river. It was a , giving the Omaha native the pot.
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JR Reiss at the final two tables of the 2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open Seniors Event
JR Reiss again got in an all-in confrontation with against . Again, he flopped top pair, this time against Natale Kuey, but this time Kuey turned a broadway straight to send Reiss to the rail.
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We're in the Money Here at the Borgata Winter Poker Open's Ladies Event
With a collective cheer at the elimination of the 19th place player, the 18 ladies remaining in Event 9 are now in the money.
While most bubble bursting hands are a miserable experience for the unfortunate player to bow out, here at the Ladies event things are different.
Nearly all of the players left decided to pony up $20 or so to create a prize for the 19th elimination, showing why Ladies events are such a departure from the typically cutthroat world of tournament poker.
David Katz pushed all in over the top of a raise from Steve Saklad, who made the call.
Katz:
Saklad:
Chop possibilities opened up for Katz on the flop, but a turn gave Saklad a flush draw to eliminate some outs. The river was the , and Saklad's queen kicker played to send Katz out.
A short-stacked Gina Saldano got the last of her chips in shortly after the recent redraw, but she was unable to produce a winning hand and exited in 18th place.
Although she fell short of the final table, Saldano earned $507 for her deep run here today.
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, and Ball's pessimism appeared justified. A 
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completed the board, and Saklad has us down to the official final table.
, giving Reiss top pair but Tavss a gutshot and a flush draw. The turn was an 
, and Reiss needed to dodge the river. It was a 
, giving the Omaha native the pot.
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. Again, he flopped top pair, this time against Natale Kuey, but this time Kuey turned a broadway straight to send Reiss to the rail.
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