2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open

Event 17: $230 Deep-Stack NLHE Reentry
Day: 1
Event Info

2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open

Final Results
Winner
Prize
$14,723
Event Info
Buy-in
$200
Entries
271
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000

Slumdog Millionaire

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Mike Sandler nearly won a poker tournament this week, recording a runner-up finish in Event 10 for a $18,630 score.

After he won a recent hand though, Sandler was treated like a tourist who doesn't know his flops from his folds.

The final board showed {8-Spades}{j-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{8-Clubs} and Sandler had {a-Clubs}{3-Clubs} tabled, with his rivered nut flush best over an opponent's {6-}{9-}.

"Nice f---ing call there bro!," the young man bellowed, becoming increasingly belligerent as he criticized Sandler's play. "Bad call preflop, worse call on the flop."

Despite entering the pot with a nine-high three-gapper, the man was convinced that Sandler had misplayed the hand. Sandler remained calm and cool throughout the exchange (he was busy stacking up the man's chips after all), politely reminding the fuming player that it was actually him who sucked out, and not vice versa.

"I'm foldin' ova here for four orbits!," the man spat back, still spewing invective in Sandler's direction over a potential $230 hit to his bankroll. "Whattdaya put me on there?"

Tilt is the word you're looking for sir. He put you on tilt.

Player Chips Progress
Mike Sandler
Mike Sandler
335,000 335,000

Tags: Mike Sandler

Level: 20

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 2,000

Level: 19

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,000

Awash in a Sea of Strangers

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Mike Sandler
Mike Sandler

A scan of every face in the tournament has revealed few familiar to us (other than Mikhail Mironenko and Mike Sandler).

With the poker world's elite players moving on to the next stop on their never ending journey, that is to be expected, but typically a local hero or two who frequent the Borgata between seasonal series will make a deep run.

Tonight that is not the case, so its time to tap shoulders and take names. Stay tuned to see if anybody you play home games with is secretly a shark.

Tags: BorgataMike SandlerMikhail MironenkoSpring Poker Open

Bubblicious

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

With the tournament clock showing 32 players remaining, and 27 payouts on the schedule, the money bubble is looming. Stay tuned to see who falls one spot short of cashing, and who is rewarded for playing 11 hours of poker in Atlantic City on a weekday.

Level: 18

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

Prize Pool and Payout Information Announced

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 500 ante
C.R.E.A.M.
C.R.E.A.M.

Thanks to the diligent and dedicated work of floor person Amy Wong, we have finally obtained a piece of paper listing payouts for a poker tournament being played for U.S. currency.

After a 271 entries were recorded through six levels of play, a prize pool of $52,574 was generated and 27 players will make the money. Here's what they're playing for here today:

PlacePayout
1$14,723
2$8,676
3$4,995
4$4,048
5$3,154
6$2,629
7$2,103
8$1,577
9$1,051
10-12$683
13-15$578
16-18$526
19-27$473

Mikhail Mironenko Builds a Big Stack

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 500 ante
Mikhail Mironenko
Mikhail Mironenko

Mikhail Mironenko made the final table of the Borgata Spring Poker Open's debut event, and after winning a recent hand he appears poised for another deep run.

We saw Mironenko with his stacks pushed forward and {k-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} tabled before the flop, and another opponent with {q-Clubs}{j-Hearts} new his soon to be ravaged chip castle.

The final board ran out {3-Spades}{2-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}, and with that Mironenko claimed the huge double to move well above the current average as the money bubble looms.

Player Chips Progress
Mikhail Mironenko
Mikhail Mironenko
238,000 238,000

Tags: BorgataMikhail MironenkoSpring Poker Open

Level: 17

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 500