2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open

$3 Million Guaranteed WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship
Day: 1a
Event Info

2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q3
Prize
$842,379
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,300
Entries
1,229
Level Info
Level
39
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
75,000

Jeremy Schultz Cracks Aces to Double Up Early

Level 2 : 50/100, 0 ante
Jeremy Schultz on Day 1a of the 2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open WPT Main Event
Jeremy Schultz on Day 1a of the 2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open WPT Main Event

With the starting stack for this WPT Main Event a generous 30,000, and blinds still set at 50-100 to give everybody a deep, 300-big blind arsenal to work with, players rarely find a reason to get it all in before the flop.

The sight of {k-Hearts}{k-Clubs} in the hole just might be one of those reasons, however, and for Jeremy Schultz it certainly was.

Schultz watched a string of callers try to get in the pot for a 300 open, but he popped it to 1,100 holding a premium pocket pair. When a lone opponent showed resistance and four-bet to 4,600, Schultz decided to run with the cowboys and he five-bet jammed for his last 25,200. The other player snap-called and showed down {A-Clubs}{A-Diamonds} though, and it appeared Schultz would be on the wrong end of a classic cooler.

Flop: {5-Spades}{9-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}
Turn: {k-Spades}
River: {q-Clubs}

The flop came clean for the man with pocket rockets, but the turn was a disaster and gave Schultz the lead with a set of kings. A non-ace river sent the pot his way, and while the losing player lamented his terrible luck, Schultz just shook his head and happily collected a pot containing nearly double the stack he sat down with.

Player Chips Progress
Jeremy Schultz
Jeremy Schultz
56,000
56,000
56,000

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