Event 3: $560 Deep-Stack NLHE Reentry
Day 1 Completed
2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open
Event 3: $560 Deep-Stack NLHE Reentry
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open
Buy-in
$500
Entries
292
Level
26
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
4,000
John Tavss Leads Field After Day 1 of Event 3
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Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
An impressive field of 292 players made the journey to Borgata today to take part in the $560 Deep-Stack No Limit Hold 'Em Reentry tournament and by the time play concluded a little after 2:30 am there were just 27 remaining. These players will go to bed knowing that when they return tomorrow that they will have turned a profit in this event as they are now in the money. The prize pool is $141,620 and 1st place will take home an impressive $39,650.
John Tavss floated around the chip lead most of the day and made a big push at the end of the night to end as the chip leader with 705,000 in chips. Sitting in 2nd place is James Gettinger who tangled with 4th place Maggie Morris in two key hands. The first saw Gettinger fold when Morris shoved all in with the nut flush draw and the other hand had Gettinger doubling up Morris when he tried to get her to fold on the bubble. Despite the two hands, Gettinger has 645,000 in chips while Morris has 588,000. Rounding out the top three is Joe Stiers who ended the day with 622,000.
Among those who took part in the tournament but were unable to cash were Timothy Little, Tony Sinishtaj, Fred Paradis, Katayon Khaterzai, Kenneth Lind, Gerard Kane, James Woods, Greg Ostrander, Joe McKeehen, Adam Foster, Phong "VIP" Nguyen, and Luke Edwards.
Early on the story was Anthony Sivolella as he picked up Aces against Kings and then would crack Aces with a meager 
. He would finish the day with 476,000.
Some of the names that have moved on to Day 2 were Nick Gandhi (489,000), Tom Dobrilovic (410,000), She Lok Wong (275,000), Michael Savino (133,000), and Anna Antimony (32,000). Antimony hung on for quite some time as the short stack including a hand where she doubled up with 
when she would hit an Ace to outdraw her opponent's 
.
The unfortunate bubble honors would go to Catherine Dever who started the day off hot but would end up losing a race on the last hand of the evening when her 
was unable to improve against Roger Lovett's 
.
Play will resume tomorrow afternoon and if today is any indication it's going to be a great end of the tournament. PokerNews will be there to capture all of the action. Tune in to find out who emerges victorious!
End of Day Chip Counts (full)
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Here are the end of day chip counts for the remaining 27 players.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
705,000 | 325,000 |
|
645,000 | 20,000 |
|
622,000 | |
|
588,000 | -3,000 |
|
489,000 | |
|
476,000 | 71,000 |
|
410,000 | 260,000 |
|
|
370,000 | |
|
340,000 | |
|
275,000 | -315,000 |
|
274,000 | |
|
|
252,000 | |
|
|
233,000 | -97,000 |
|
225,000 | 140,000 |
|
|
184,000 | |
|
|
182,000 | |
|
177,000 | |
|
175,000 | |
|
133,000 | |
|
120,000 | -70,000 |
|
82,000 | |
|
74,000 | |
|
74,000 | |
|
|
72,000 | |
|
66,000 |
Cathy Dever Eliminated in 28th Place
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Catherine Dever moved all in from early position with and was called by Roger Lovett out of the big blind with . The board would run out 
and Dever would be the unfortunate player busting one short of the money. They will be bagging and tagging shortly and we'll get the chip counts and surviving players to you in a few moments.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Morris Won't Be Pushed Around
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
It was folded to Maggie Morris on the button who made it 30,000 to go. James Gettinger in the big blind tried to apply bubble pressure and moved all in but Morris was having none of it as she snap-called with 
. Gettinger was caught with his hand in the cookie jar as he only held 
but his cards were live so Morris still had the potential to be the bubble.
The flop came 
keeping Morris in the lead. Nothing changed on the 
turn and Morris would win the pot when the 
came on the river. Morris and Gettinger are the two chip leaders in the tournament as we continue playing hand for hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
625,000 | -100,000 |
|
|
591,000 | 316,000 |
Level: 20
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
Dennis Thurman Out in 29th
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Dennis Thurman found a good spot to get his last 156,000 chips in the middle with 
and had to be pleased when he saw his opponent's 
.
When the board came 
, however, that good feeling turned to moderate anger as he pushed his chair hard into the table and rushed out of the tournament room.
28 players remain and we are now hand for hand on the money bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
No One Wants To Bubble
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
We've been playing with 30 players for over half an hour now. No one wants to go out now so play is understandably tight and the few times that short stacks have been called, they've doubled up.
Level: 19
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
James Gettinger Makes Big Fold But Still Holds Chip Lead
Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 500 ante
Maggie Morris opened the action to 12,500 and received three calls including one from the chip leader James Gettinger. The flop came nine high with two diamonds. Morris checked and the player to her immediate left bet 20,000. Gettinger quickly called and when it came back to Morris she announced that she was all in - for 304,500 total.
The original raiser folded and a perplexed Gettinger shook his head while counting out a call. "Sorry, I'm going to be a minute," he said, glancing over at Morris. He looked down at the board, as if he were willing the cards to change some how, while going between counting out a call and stacking the chips back up.
"This is so tough," he groaned, his head resting on his hand while Morris took a calm sip of her water. Another player at the table joked "that's one way to make the money. I'm not going to call the clock." Gettinger shot him a look and said "can you please stop?"
The youngster ran his hands through his hair, and then placed his hand over his mouth. Leaning back, he tossed a hand up in frustration. "Oh my God. I'm thinking... going over the hand in my head... and in my head I call."
He folded, leaving himself with 600,000. He would get 125,000 chips off of Morris the next hand when she misread the board thinking she had a straight and he called with top pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
725,000 | 725,000 |
|
|
275,000 | -90,000 |