Level: 26
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 5,000
2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open
Event 13: $300 Deeper-Stack NLHE
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open
Buy-in
$260
Prize Pool
$61,033
Entries
242
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000
Break Time
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Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 4,000 ante
The clock is stopped and the players are now on a 10-minute break.
All He Has His Bullets and His Word, and He Don't Break Them for No One
Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 4,000 ante
Emad Alabsi already won a poker tournament this week... now he's just getting greedy.
Alabsi just scored a huge double through Miguel Borrero - backing up a boast he made moments earlier.
Borrero had chided Alabsi for an unspecified action, with the winner of Event 8 retorting "it doesn't matter anyway, I'm getting all your chips soon!"
Sure enough, after Borrero made an opening raise to 80,000 Alabsi sprung his trap, moving all in for 274,000 more. Borrero called off most of his stack with just 
- admitting after the hand that his opponent's bluster had goaded him into the decision - only to see Alabsi roll over 
like a man who speaks the truth.
The final run out of 
sent Alabsi the pot, as he backed up an earlier boast in style with the bullets.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
775,000 | 435,000 |
|
175,000 | -450,000 |
Bob Gilbert Eliminated in 10th Place ($793)
Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 4,000 ante
Bob Gilbert began the final table as the short stack, and soon enough his last eight big blinds went into the middle on a preflop shove.
Ivan Polanco quickly made the call after the table folded around to him, and his 
had Gilbert's 
dominated.
The final board ran out 
and Gilbert could not find a five, leaving him to offer his former opponents a "good game" before heading over to the payout desk to collect next month's rent money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
920,000 | 355,000 |
|
Busted |
Chip Counts for the Final Table (full)
Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 4,000 ante
Titles can often be misleading, but this one is not.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,100,000 | 250,000 |
|
1,400,000 | 1,130,000 |
|
980,000 | 30,000 |
|
895,000 | 118,000 |
|
|
625,000 | -230,000 |
|
620,000 | -105,000 |
|
|
565,000 | -55,000 |
|
470,000 | 470,000 |
|
|
340,000 | -10,000 |
|
|
330,000 | -220,000 |
Meet the Final Table
Take a look at the final table in order of seating position.
Chin Check
Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 4,000 ante
After seeing the flop fall 
Andrew Zhu tapped the table and Matt Chin checked behind. The turn came 
and Zhu fired out for 100,000, before calling Chin's raise to 350,000.
The river card was the 
and Zhu bet 400,000 into Chin, who held only 420,000 behind.
Chin counted out the bet and sized Zhu up from across the table, before finally announcing "I think you missed the flush draw" and making the call.
"I have an ace," responded Zhu, telling him Chin the bad news with authority in his voice. Indeed, Zhu's was the winner when Chin's bluff-catcher turned out to be an outkicked 
.
The 10 players still left with chips have reconvened at the final table, and a full table draw will be forthcoming shortly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,850,000 | 750,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 25
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 4,000
Bryan Busto, Boyle Balling
Level 24
: 15,000/30,000, 4,000 ante
Tim Bryan made his stand with a preflop shove holding 
, and James Boyle quickly called with 
to put him at risk.
The final board rolled out queen-high and Boyle's fishhooks were enough to send Bryan out in 12th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
950,000 | 270,000 |
|
Busted |
Thompson
Level 24
: 15,000/30,000, 4,000 ante
Christopher Thompson went broke after getting the last of a short stack in before the flop holding .
Andrew Zhu's 
held up for the ace-high win even after Thompson flopped a four-flush to nine outs to his arsenal.
Zhu has topped the million-chip plateau with the average stack sitting at a little over 700,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,100,000 | 770,000 |
|
Busted |