Jason Rosenberg got all in preflop against Joseph Stiers.
Rosenberg:
Stiers:
Nothing higher than a nine hit the board, and Jason Rosenberg shipped all of his chips to one of the players with whom he recently shared a final table in the Pot-Limit Omaha event. Stiers has about 580,000.
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 of Mark Rebuck heads up to finish a heads-up match that lasted less than 30 minutes.
Mark Rebuck called immediately after Michael Tauman pushed all in from the button.
Tauman:
Rebuck:
The community cards were , giving Rebuck two pair and a double.
A few hands later, Tauman min-raised from the button and then called a reraise to 1.2 million from Rebuck. The flop came , and Rebuck checked. Tauman bet, and Rebuck check-raised all in. Tauman called with for trips, while Rebuck held for an overpair. He didn't improve on the final two streets.
Mark Rebuck folded the button, and Michael Tauman raised to 600,000 from the small blind. Andy Hwang pushed all in for about 3.9 million, and Tauman called.
Tauman:
Hwang:
Hwang was dominated, but he picked up some help with a straight draw on the flop. A turn kept Tauman in the lead.
"Wheel card," Hwang called.
The dealer burned and turned a , however, and Tauman enters heads-up play with a sizable chip lead.
Monro Secor shipped over a raise with and ran into the of Michael Tauman. He was drawing dead by the turn, and the players are three-handed with the following counts:
Carless "G.I. Joe" Boatwright raised it up after a few players called to his blind. One player on the button made the call, and Boatwright announced a dark check. His opponent moved all in dark, and the dealer rolled out . Boatwright called.
Boatwright:
Button:
Both players had seen great flops for their hands despite starting with mediocre holdings. A changed nothing on the turn, but the river was a , completing Boatwright's straight.
Andy Hwang reraised to 1.1 million after Michael Tauman opened for 400,000 under the gun. From the big blind, Mark Rebuck pushed all in for about 2.1 million, and Tauman folded. Hwang seemed resigned to making a call he clearly wasn't happy about.
Hwang:
Rebuck:
It was for good reason, since Rebuck had him dominated. Hwang never threatened to come from behind, as the board came down . Hwang now about 1.8 million, while Rebuck's around 5 million.
Andy Hwang lost almost all of his chips when he lost a race with against the of Mark Rebuck. Unfortunately for the other players at the table, Hwang seems to have brought a little alligator blood, as he was down to about two blinds but has rebounded.
First, he got all in blind versus blind with against . Hwang made trip queens to survive. Then, he pushed all in for about 1 million with and was called by Rebuck's . A board of meant Hwang had doubled again, and he's now over 2 million with blinds at 80,000-160,000.