2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open

Borgata Winter Poker Open Side Events

Event 99: Level Five

The tournament has entered Level 5, which means blinds are now set at 150-300 with a 25 ante.

Re-entries for this event will be accepted through the end of Level 6, so the next 50 minutes are sure to be filled with action and all-in confrontations as players look to chip up or buy another bullet.

Event 99: Last Level of Re-Entries

Level 6 is upon us, which means the re-entry period for this event will end in 25 minutes.

Players can still be seen trickling into the tournament area with registration slips in hand, and the field continues to grow one by one as the minutes tick away.

Event 10: A Wish Come True

Sometimes in poker, the pots just play themselves. The cards collude and conspire to create collisions, while the players holding them simply stand by and bear witness.

Greg Wish recently let the deck lead the way, after he woke up with {A-Clubs}{A-Diamonds} against two all-in players holding premium hands. Facing off with {Q-Hearts}{q-Spades} and {A-Spades}{k-Spades}, Wish was able to triple through and build his stack up above the 1.9 million mark.

The pot could have been much bigger, however, as World Series of Poker Circuit ring winner Steve Gill swears to high heaven he folded {k-}{k-}. We have no reason for disbelief when it comes to Gill's account of the events, as everybody who plays the game has seen hands go down were the chips seemed destined to go in.

Event 10: Miranda and Gill Eliminated, Final Table Set

Steve Gill busted just short of the final table.
Steve Gill busted just short of the final table.

Steve Gill shoved for 390,000 from the cutoff, and Greg Wish peaked down at his hand in the big blind.

"I'll gamble," he announced.

Wish: {4-Hearts}{4-Clubs}
Gill: {a-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}

Far from gambling, Wish had a solid lead, which stood up on the {j-Spades}{9-Clubs}{2-Spades} flop. A {3-Spades} turn gave Gill a gutter, but the river was a {q-Diamonds}, no help to the former World Series of Poker Circuit winner.

At the same time, Julian Miranda got his short stack all in with {a-}{k-} against the {k-}{6-} of Andy Hwang. Hwang flopped a six and busted Miranda, who had been grinding a short stack from start to finish, according to his tablemates.

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Event 99: Grosso Way Ahead

Vincent Grosso shoved for 15,825, more than the size of the pot, on a bord of {k-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{2-Spades}{7-Spades}. His opponent thought for a bit before making the call.

Gross: {k-Clubs}{10-Spades}
Button: {9-Diamonds}{9-Spades}

Grosso needed only to dodge a nine, and the {10-Diamonds} river wasn't the card the button needed.

Grosso has about 43,000 now.

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