Level: 2
Blinds: 50/100
Ante:
2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open
$3 Million Guaranteed WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open
Buy-in
$3,300
Entries
1,229
Level
39
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
75,000
Diaz Shows Discipline
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Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
On the 
flop we saw two players check to David Diaz, and the veteran decided to make a feeler bet of 600. He found two callers while the checkers decided to check out.
When the turn came 
Diaz checked to slow things down, and his opponent took that as an invitation to fire away with a bet of 1,500. Diaz flatted to see the river come 
, and when it did he checked for a second time.
His opponent continued his line with a bet of 3,100 and Diaz laughed a bit while thinking things through.
"I could've made you fold the king-jack on the flop..." he mused, putting the player on a turned two pair. "You would've folded if I raise the flop, right?"
Diaz then showed his 
to the table before making a disciplined laydown, and while the small loss dented his stack he avoided making a major blunder with a long day still to go.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
24,500
-5,500
|
-5,500 |
|
||
Frangos Makes a Tough Call
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
We found Nick Frangos contemplating an all-in overbet from an opponent on a flop of 
. Frangos had about 25,000, and there was a few thousand already in the pot. His opponent had him covered. He seemed pained as he thought about it before finally dropping his whole stack in the middle.
Frangos: 
Opponent: 
Frangos was ahead, and the 
on the turn sealed the deal for him.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000
-3,175
|
-3,175 |
Some Early Counts
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
55,000 | |
|
32,000 | |
|
||
|
32,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
|
||
|
32,000
-14,000
|
-14,000 |
|
|
||
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
||
|
30,000
-11,000
|
-11,000 |
|
||
|
29,400 | |
|
29,000 | |
|
25,275 | |
Book It
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
Ryan Eriquezzo is not impressed with the play of his tablemates so far, and he is already making bold predictions regarding his ability to run them over. After a recent loss against a man who called his raise with rags, Eriquezzo took to Twitter to announce that he will triple his starting stack (and then some) by then end of play today.
With more than $1.2 million in live tournament earnings to his credit, Eriquezzo is certainly capable of backing up his boast, so we'll be sure to let you know when he builds that six-figure chip stack.
Guys flatting my utg opens w 2 4 off because "I have been raising almost every hand". #alreadyoime #borgata should bag 100k todayFollow @RyanEriquezzo
More Early Counts
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
Here are some more familiar faces we've picked out in the field.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
33,500
3,500
|
3,500 |
|
31,200
-75
|
-75 |
|
31,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
||
|
30,000 | |
|
28,500
-1,500
|
-1,500 |
|
27,200
-2,800
|
-2,800 |
|
24,000 | |
Holley Jolly
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
Longtime circuit grinder John Holley just table talked his way through a long tank by fellow Florida Gator Gary Sanders, and while he won the 9,000 already in the pot, Holley seemed to be begging for a call.
The board read 
by the river and Holley fired 3,500 into the middle, forcing one player to fold relatively quickly. Sanders was reluctant to surrender so easily, and he began talking his way through the decision.
"I have a king you know..." Sanders said to Holley, letting him know he had a potential calling hand. "You have a king too maybe... what's your kicker?"
Holley, for his part, did not engage in the usual poker face routine, and rather than stare straight ahead in silence he gabbed it up with the tanking Sanders.
"Might be a four," he told Sanders, insinuating he held trips. "Could be the four..."
"A flush maybe?" Sanders continued. "Hearts out there..."
"Is there are flush out there?" asked Holley, feigning ignorance while craning his neck to study the board. "Ah, there is a flush out there... huh?"
Eventually, Sanders decided to release his hand, showing the to confirm he was not wasting everybody's time.
"If I had ace-king, I call you," he told Holley, who was busy dragging the pot.
"I guess I wish you had ace-king then..." Holley replied, ending the dialogue with a subtle dig to leave Sanders wondering where he really stood all along.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
38,500
8,500
|
8,500 |
Rheem Picks One Off
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
Chino Rheem checked the river with the board reading 
. His opponent bet 6,075, and Rheem thought for a bit before making the call. His opponent pointed at him indicating he had the winner. Rheem simply sat, waiting for his opponent to roll over his hand. The player expressed irritation that Rheem wouldn't show his hand, and he finally showed 
for ace-high. Rheem showed down 
for a rivered pair, and he dragged the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
43,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
|
||
"That's What You Get When You Call a Raise With the Eight-Nine Off"
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
Mike Murphy held 
on a board with a jack and two eights, and he got a shorter-stacked opponent all in with 
against his top full house. The player got up as soon as he saw Murphy's hand, and he didn't hit his one-outer.
"I didn't want to tell him he was drawing dead because I had an eight in my hand," Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy said. "That's what you get when you call a raise with the eight-nine off."
Words of wisdom from a legend of the game.
Also, here are some more stacks of late registering notables.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,700
40,700
|
40,700 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
30,000
12,500
|
12,500 |
|
30,000
4,800
|
4,800 |
|
28,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
Stay Golden
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
When we last saw Theodore Goldbergh - or Ted as we came to know him - the Manhattan-based litigator was suffering a brutal bead to end his run the series' first event.
In hindsight, with that event being suspended the following day, and cancelled one day after that, Goldbergh's elimination proved to be a blessing in disguise. Freed from the hassle of dealing with one of the more remarkable bad beats suffered by players like Nick Guagenti and Allard Broedelet - each of whom built big stacks only to fall into limbo with the cancellation - Goldbergh is able to focus fully on taking a shot in today's WPT Main Event Championship.
We covered Goldbergh's history here at the Borgata in a recent entry to our ongoing Local Spotlight series, but after winning the first tournament held in the Borgata's poker room back in 2006, he knows his way around the felt here to be sure.
Goldbergh is currently sitting comfortably with a little more than the starting stack, and we'll let you know if he starts to make a push toward his second Day 2 appearance of the series.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
32,400
32,400
|
32,400 |