Main Event | 2016 PokerNews Cup Borgata

09-21-2016 13:34 UTC-3

Sergio De Zen On a Rush

[user196975]

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Table 3 is the action table in the early goings and there was a three-way preflop all in with premium hands.

Sergio De Zen:
Michael Gluth:
Dominic Picinic:

Picinic held the largest stack, Gluth the shortest and the board ran , De Zen doubled through Picinic and eliminated Gluth. Picinic lost about half his stack.

On the next hand James Gilbert was moved to the table and busted to De Zen in unknown action.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergio De Zen	543,000 395,500	395,500
Dominic Picinic	165,000 -158,500	-158,500
Michael Guth	Busted
James Gilbert	Busted

09-21-2016 13:15 UTC-3

"Oh that's a Bad River Card, I'm Not Good Enough to Fold."

[user196975]

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Ray Qartomy and Ryan Van Sanford went to a flop of in a battle of the blinds. Qartomy bet 5,000, Van Sanford called and the turn came . Qartomy check-called and the river came .

Qartomy checked, Van Sanford bet 31,000 and Qartomy said, "Oh that's a bad river card. But I'm not good enough to fold."

He tossed in the call, Van Sanford tabled for a rivered flush and Qartomy showed two aces in the hole.

09-21-2016 12:49 UTC-3

Welcome to Day 2 of PokerNews Cup Borgata

mnuwwarah

The first stateside edition of the PokerNews Cup has seen Day 1 come and go, and Day 2 is on the horizon with a kickoff set for noon local time here at the Borgata in Atlantic City, N.J.

Yesterday, 16 levels were played, and of the 120 entries, 26 players booked tickets to today's Day 2. Dominic Picnic (323,500) is foremost among them chip-wise, with Jason Deutsch (273,500), Jack Duong (262,500), Taylor Wilson (259,500), Jake Bazeley (234,500), and Barry Hutter (230,000) in hot pursuit.

Day 2 is the final day of the tournament, so a champion will be determined at some point who will walk away with $68,676. The majority of the remaining runners will cash as there are 18 paid places.

Things begin at Level 17 (2,500/5,000/500) and continue throughout the day with 40-minute levels until a final table has been reached. At that point, levels move to 50 minutes. Stay tuned here on PokerNews to find out the next champion of the PokerNews Cup.