The remaining four players have agree to a deal, and play is done for the night. Trevor Deeter, Toby Kasser, Bryan Rosengarten and Mohamed Eid will have found an agreeable way to split $43,142. The players were working with extremely short stacks, as the big blind was 160,000, meaning only about 60 total big blinds were in play.
Michael Tauman topped a field of 327 to win a $34,130 first-place prize here in the $450 Deepest Stack No-Limit Hold'em at Borgata Winter Poker Open. He defeated a final table that included last year's Borgata Winter Poker Open Main Event winner Andy Hwang, who finished third. Tauman cracked the {a-}{a-} of Mark Rebuck heads up to finish a heads-up match that lasted less than 30 minutes.
Bryan Rosengarten pushed all in from the button, and Simon Taberham called from the big blind. Rosengarten's outran Taberham's when the board came . Taberham was left with a few big blinds.
He got the last of his chips in from the small blind after action folded to him, and Mohamed Eid called.
Eid:
Taberham:
"There it is," Toby Kasser said as the flop came .
"There it's not," he said when the turned.
"There it is again," he said when the river gave Eid two pair.
Brian Adragua shoved with from the cutoff, and Toby Kasser shipped over the top with from the button. The board came , and Kasser eliminated his opponent.
Action folded to Lauren Kepple's button, and she shipped all in for 985,000. Mohamed Eid made the call from the big blind.
Eid:
Kipple:
The flop came , giving Kipple a flush draw. A red card arrived on the turn, but it was the , no help to Kepple. The fell on the river, and the last woman in the field headed for the payout desk.
Action folded to Carless Boatwright's small blind, and he made it 180,000. Luke Edwards three-bet to 400,000 in the big blind, and Boatwright shipped all in.
"Can't fold now," Edwards said, moving his last few hundred thousand in.
Edwards:
Boatwright:
"Do you just have a pair every single time blind versus blind?" Edwards asked.
That pair stood up when the community cards were .
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Ari Engel fizzled out late in the tournament.
Luke Edwards opened to 60,000 under the gun, and action folded to Ari Engel, who three-bet to 130,000 out of the big blind. Edwards instantly announced all in, and Engel called.
Engel:
Edwards:
Edwards had the lead, and the board ran out . Engel was forced to ship him about 300,000. The hand left Engel with about 200,000, and he busted a short time later in a hand we didn't catch.
Jason Rivkin opened to 33,000 from middle position, and Charles Ciresi shoved all in for about 250,000 from Rivkin's left. Action folded to the big blind, who called off his 41,000 stack. Rivkin thought for about a minute, standing up as he considered whether to call off his roughly 200,000 stack. He decided to do so.
Rivkin:
Ciresi:
Big blind:
The big blind's napkins picked up outs when the flop came , giving him a flush draw. He filled the draw on the turn, and a river meant the big blind tripled up while Rivkin dragged the bigger side pot.
Ciresi's down to 35,000, while Rivkin has 372,000.
outran Taberham's 
when the board came 
.
turned.
river gave Eid two pair.
from the cutoff, and Toby Kasser shipped over the top with 
from the button. The board came 
, and Kasser eliminated his opponent.
, no help to Kepple. The 
fell on the river, and the last woman in the field headed for the payout desk.
. Engel was forced to ship him about 300,000. The hand left Engel with about 200,000, and he busted a short time later in a hand we didn't catch.
river meant the big blind tripled up while Rivkin dragged the bigger side pot.