First Break of the Day
The Day 2 players are now on their first 15-minute break of the day.
The Day 2 players are now on their first 15-minute break of the day.
Level: 19
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
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Mirsad Kovaci got all-in holding , only to run into pocket aces held by Seat 1. The board ran clean, until the river, that it. An ace appeared, saving Kovaci's tournament life. He doubled to 260,000 (26 big blinds).
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mirsad Kovaci |
260,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
Start of day chip leader Sridhar Sangannagari has fallen off the pace a bit and is playing 850,000 at his new seat on Table 9.
Over on table 1, Tam Nguyen is our new chip leader, stacking roughly 1.1 million.
Frank Funaro (1,050,000) and Greg Fishberg (1,000,000) are also in the million-chip club.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Tam Nguyen |
1,100,000
774,000
|
774,000 |
Frank Funaro Jr.
|
1,050,000
697,000
|
697,000 |
Greg Fishberg |
1,000,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
Sridhar Sangannagari |
850,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
More players who have reported to the rail and/or joined the Black Chip Bounty in the rear of the Event Center:
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Christian Harder | Busted | |
Thao Tran | Busted | |
Patrick Lacey | Busted | |
Ryan KcKnight
|
Busted | |
Peter Hong | Busted | |
Peter Fellows | Busted | |
Lyle Diamond | Busted | |
Michael Goldberg | Busted | |
Steve Nooralian | Busted | |
Kenny Han
|
Busted | |
Qing Guo | Busted | |
Sean Thomson | Busted | |
Soukha Kachittavong | Busted | |
Michael Azzaro | Busted | |
Mark Warren | Busted | |
Carlos Guerrero | Busted | |
Bryan Kunkel | Busted | |
Jesse Cohen | Busted | |
Mukul Pahuja | Busted | |
Dawn Brunet
|
Busted | |
Jon Lane | Busted | |
Ryan DePaulo | Busted | |
|
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Welther Marmol | Busted | |
Yinglun Xu | Busted | |
Brian Grzywaczewski | Busted |
Level: 20
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
Borgata's cashing machine Howard Wolper got his last chips in holding and got action from a player holding a weaker, suited, .
By the river, his opponent had made a flush, ending Wolper's run in 157th place for $1,246. This is now his 127th cash at Borgata, becoming the new record and extending his lead over his closest rival, Michael Marder, who has 90.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Howard Wolper | Busted |
Greg Fishberg and Michael Marder are now both seated on Table 1 and they just tangled in a pot that didn't reach a showdown. Apparently Marder got the best of Fishberg in the confrontation.
Given that they're at Table 1, they're stuck with each other for the rest of the day, since this table will never break.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Greg Fishberg |
800,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |
Michael Marder |
615,000
433,000
|
433,000 |
Renn Pfeiffer raised to 25,000 from early position and action folded to the player in the big blind, who defended to see a flop.
The player in the big blind check-called a bet of 25,000 and then checked again after the dealer burned and turned the .
Pfeiffer paused for a beat and then tossed out two T25,000 chips. That did the trick as her opponent wasted little time in folding.
Pfeiffer then flashed a smile as well as her two hole cards — the for a set.