2020 Borgata Winter Poker Open

Event #13: $400 Almighty Stack
Day: 1a
Event Info

2020 Borgata Winter Poker Open

Final Results
Winner
Kareem Marshall
Winning Hand
86
Prize
$195,903
Event Info
Buy-in
$400
Prize Pool
$1,140,381
Entries
3,359
Level Info
Level
39
Blinds
800,000 / 1,600,000
Ante
1,600,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
718
Players Left
174

Muniz Quadruples His Stack in Ten Minutes

Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Michael Muniz
Michael Muniz

Late in Level 13, Michael Muniz only had 91,000, below the Almighty Starting Stack of 100,000. Then he tripled up with {q-Spades}{j-Spades} against players with {a-}{10-} and pocket sixes. Then about five minutes into Level 14, he made the nut flush against a player with the second-nut-flush. Just like that, he was up to 384,000!

Player Chips Progress
Michael Muniz us
Michael Muniz
384,000 384,000

Tags: Michael Muniz

Another Bunch of Chip Counts

Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Michael Procopio us
Michael Procopio
808,000 253,000
Craig Varnell us
Craig Varnell
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
650,000 20,000
Daniel Buzgon us
Daniel Buzgon
540,000 185,000
Kevin Mccrea us
Kevin Mccrea
455,000 -20,000
Maryann Palm us
Maryann Palm
360,000 90,000
David Jackson us
David Jackson
WSOP 1X Winner
300,000 155,000
Ronan Babos us
Ronan Babos
260,000 -20,000
Steven Snyder us
Steven Snyder
240,000 110,000
Vinny Pahuja us
Vinny Pahuja
121,000 28,000
Daniel Dizenzo us
Daniel Dizenzo
105,000 13,000
Zachary Gruneberg us
Zachary Gruneberg
86,000
Cathy Dever us
Cathy Dever
Busted

Level: 15

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

Some Chip Counts

Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Kevin Ozcelik us
Kevin Ozcelik
835,000
Keith Burrell us
Keith Burrell
665,000 445,000
Omer Rotman il
Omer Rotman
610,000 28,000
David Pham us
David Pham
WSOP 3X Winner
430,000 230,000
Soukha Kachittavong us
Soukha Kachittavong
363,000 313,000
Vincent Giuliano us
Vincent Giuliano
340,000 176,000
Timothy Rutherford ca
Timothy Rutherford
286,000 112,000
Steven Richardson us
Steven Richardson
250,000 150,000
Men Nguyen us
Men Nguyen
WSOP 7X Winner
165,000
Stoyan Obreshkov bg
Stoyan Obreshkov
160,000 155,000
Ryan Olisar us
Ryan Olisar
146,000 46,000
Joseph Andino us
Joseph Andino
Busted

Level: 14

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 5,000

Mccrea More than Doubles

Level 13 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Kevin Mccrea
Kevin Mccrea

Kevin Mccrea raised to 13,500 from the hijack and was called by the player on the button and Michael Procopio in the big blind.

The flop came {j-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}, Procopio checked, Mccrea continued with a bet of 25,000, the button shoved. Procopio asked for a count and the dealer confirmed the other player had 79,500 behind. Procopio took some time and then made the call. Mccrea quickly did the same.

They then proceeded to check through the {8-Spades} on the turn and the {10-Clubs} on the river. Procopio tabled {7-Hearts}{5-Spades} for the missed straight draw. Mccrea held {q-Clubs}{j-Clubs} for two pair, jacks and eights. The player on the button had {k-Hearts}{3-Spades} for nothing as he made his way out of the tournament area.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Procopio us
Michael Procopio
555,000 555,000
Kevin Mccrea us
Kevin Mccrea
475,000 475,000

Tags: Kevin MccreaMichael Procopio

Varnell Scoops Huge Pot

Level 13 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Craig Varnell
Craig Varnell

There was some commotion on the table of Craig Varnell and Artur Dukaj just before the break and a not so sober player ended up getting a one-round penalty. Varnell was kind enough to relay what had happened during the hand:

Another player raised to 6,000 and was called by the penalized player and Dukaj and Varnell in the blinds.

The flop came {8-}{8-}{7-}, both Dukaj and Varnell checked. The initial raiser made it 10,000, the other player called, Dukaj folded, and Varnell called.

The turn brought the {6-Clubs} for the second club to come on the board. Varnell checked again, the initial raiser shoved for around 100,000, the other player shoved too for more and Varnell called for around 200,000.

Initial Raiser: {j-Clubs}{10-Clubs}
Craig Varnell: {8-}{6-}
Other Player: {7-}{7-}

The initial raiser had the flush draw while the other player had flopped a full house, sevens over eights. But Varnell had turned the better full house with eights over sixes.

The river completed the board with a {9-} to not change things as Varnell earned a full double through the not so sober player and eliminated the initial raiser.

It seemed to kick off after that as the other player was sent away to cool down.

Player Chips Progress
Craig Varnell us
Craig Varnell
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
630,000 630,000

Tags: Artur DukajCraig Varnell

Level: 13

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000