2016 PokerNews Cup Borgata

Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info

2016 PokerNews Cup Borgata

Event Info
Buy-in
$2,000
Prize Pool
$222,324
Entries
120
Players Left
120
Average Chip Stack
30,000
Total Chips
3,600,000
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000
Players Info - Day 1

Matt Stout Eliminated

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

We walked up on the table as the dealer was clearing the board and Matt Stout was eliminated. He shoved 61,000 preflop holding pocket eights and Nikoli Sears called holding pocket tens. The board ran {K-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{3-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}, Stout didn't improve and Sears picked up a significant pot.

Player Chips Progress
Nikoli Sears
Nikoli Sears
200,000
Matt Stout us
Matt Stout
Busted

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 300

Big Stack Meets Bigger Stack

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Muhammad Rahim limped preflop, Taylor Wilson raised to 4,200 and Rahim called. The flop came {9-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{3-Spades}, Rahim checked and Wilson bet 4,700. Rahim called, the turn came {4-Spades} and Rahim checked a second time. Wilson bet 16,400, Rahim called and the river came {Q-Diamonds}. Rahim checked again, Wilson asked if Rahim had him covered and Rahim adjusted his chips to make them easier to see.

Wilson measured out 42,000, Rahim took some time tanking and mucked his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Taylor Wilson us
Taylor Wilson
190,000 15,000
Muhammad Rahim us
Muhammad Rahim
140,000 -40,000

"I'm Due for a Suck Out."

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

An unknown player opened shipped from under the gun for 18,000 and Jarrett Blakeley moved in over the top. The table folded and Blakeley asked if they were at least racing.

Blakeley: {A-Hearts}{K-Clubs}
Player: {K-Hearts}{Q-Spades}

"No, but I'm due for a suck out," the player replied.

The board ran {10-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{3-Spades}, the suck out didn't come and Blakeley stacked the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Jarrett Blakeley
Jarrett Blakeley
55,000 -4,000

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300

Individual Collective Round Ownership

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Another three levels are in the books and the field is on a short break.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Deutsch us
Jason Deutsch
135,000 46,000
Billy Pillossoph
Billy Pillossoph
135,000 135,000
Rob Elias us
Rob Elias
130,000
Alan Snow us
Alan Snow
120,000 28,000
Christian Harder us
Christian Harder
110,000 62,000
Erik Christensen us
Erik Christensen
110,000
Dave Olshan
Dave Olshan
100,000 -22,000
Joe Cappello (Joe Cappollo)
Joe Cappello (Joe Cappollo)
80,000 50,000
Mike Dentale us
Mike Dentale
80,000 7,000
Jeff Saunders
Jeff Saunders
78,000
Roland Israelashvili us
Roland Israelashvili
76,000 8,000
Ray Qartomy us
Ray Qartomy
68,000 13,000
Aaron Motoyama us
Aaron Motoyama
55,000 -13,000
Steve Karp us
Steve Karp
40,000 10,000
Ryan Van Sanford us
Ryan Van Sanford
WPT 1X Winner
34,000 4,300
Elena Stover us
Elena Stover
30,000
Amir Babakhani ca
Amir Babakhani
WPT 1X Winner
30,000 -76,000
Dan Walsh
Dan Walsh
30,000 7,000
Brian Hastings us
Brian Hastings
WSOP 6X Winner
22,000 -16,100
Stan Jablonski us
Stan Jablonski
21,000 -9,000
Aaron Massey us
Aaron Massey
20,000 -12,000

Weissman Eliminated

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Joey Weissman shoved from early position for about 10,000 and saw a player shove for more in the cutoff, about 15,000. The player on the button called, and Weissman was at risk with {k-Clubs}{9-Clubs}. The cutoff had {a-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds} and the player on the button {j-Spades}{10-Spades}. The flop came {q-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} and the rest of the board was inconsequential.

Player Chips Progress
Joey Weissman us
Joey Weissman
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted

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Dentale Bounces West

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Mike Dentale was in the small blind and considering the all-in shove of Tim West in the big. There was about 10,000 in the pot already and it was 20,300 more to Dentale. he decided to call, and his {7-Spades}{7-Clubs} was good for the moment against {k-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}. A board of {3-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{4-Spades}{2-Spades}{4-Hearts} was no threat to the sevens.

Player Chips Progress
Mike Dentale us
Mike Dentale
73,000 46,400
Tim West us
Tim West
Busted

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