2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open

Event 5: $340 Seniors NLHE Reentry
Day: 1
Event Info

2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
66
Prize
$14,656
Event Info
Buy-in
$300
Entries
197
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
4,000

Joe Debonis Wins Big Race

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 500 ante
Joe Debonis
Joe Debonis

Joe Debonis opened for a raise from early position and it was folded to the small blind who moved all in for 83,000 total. After getting a count and peeking back at his cards, Debonis pulled back his original wager making it clear that he was going to call. He counted out the 83,000, stacked them into one large pile, and pushed the chips forward.

Debonis held {A-Hearts}{K-Spades} while his shorter stacked foe held {Q-Hearts}{Q-Spades}.

The flop came {5-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} giving Debonis a few more outs. He would hit one of those outs on the turn as it was the {A-Clubs}. The all in player slapped his hand down on the table and could only mutter a string of complaints after the dealer put out the {J-Clubs} on the river.

"All the time. I never win those races," he said, standing up.

"Unbelievable."

Debonis is up to 195,000 after the hand.

Player Chips Progress
Joe Debonis
Joe Debonis
195,000 169,000

Tags: Joe Debonis

Level: 17

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 500

Down to Three Tables

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

The hand happened quickly with two players getting it all in on a {A-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{2-Diamonds} flop with the bigger stack of the two holding {A-}{2-} and the other player holding {J-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}. The turn was {10-} giving the shorter stack a few more outs but the river was another {2-} giving the bigger stacked player a full house and putting us at 27 total players left in the tournament.

Casino Royale

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Diane Casino smiles after picking off a pure bluff with quad queens
Diane Casino smiles after picking off a pure bluff with quad queens

Earlier in the day the spectacularly named Diane Casino played a pot worth writing home about. Literally.

Casino stopped by the PokerNews Live Reporting desk to fill us in on the details, showing us the long text message she sent to her husband after the win.

Apparently, Casino held a {Q-} in the hole when the flop came down {q-}{q-}{6-}. Her opponent led out for a 2,000 wager and Casino did a bit of the old Hollywood, staring her man down and acting unsure for a bit before flatting to see the turn. And what a turn it was, bringing the case queen to the board to give her quads.

After another lead out from her opponent - this time for 4,000 - Casino did work which would make DeNiro proud, hemming and hawing over her apparently tough decision before finally flatting once more.

When a {7-} floated down the river, her opponent seized on Casino's signs of hesitancy, shipping his whole stack forward for an ill-fated all-in bet. Casino snapped it off with her monster and was shocked to see the man flip up the lowly {10-}{4-} for an audacious bluff with pure air.

Player Chips Progress
Diane Casino us
Diane Casino
79,000 -5,000

Tags: Diane Casino

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 500

Ring the Dinner Bell

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 400 ante

The Seniors event is now paused for a 60-minute break, as the remaining 30 or so players stream toward the exits in search of sustenance.

Level: 15

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 400

Funny Money

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
Wazir Baksh was just counterfeited on the river to lose a huge pot
Wazir Baksh was just counterfeited on the river to lose a huge pot

Dean DellaDonne just celebrated loud and long after a recent double up, so we headed over to take a look.

His {A-Diamonds}{a-Clubs} was laid out in front of his stack with the final board showing {6-Hearts}{9-Spades}{5-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{3-Spades}. Wazir Baksh was the recipient of the beat, as he had flopped two pair with {5-}{6-}, only to find himself counterfeited by DellaDonne's pocket rockets.

The pot contained more than 30,000 when the all-in wager was made, and DellaDonne risked his last 37,400.

Baksh still holds one of the largest stacks in the room, with this win he would have held more than five times the average. DellaDonne, meanwhile, surged up the leaderboard by eclipsing the 100,000-chip plateau.

Player Chips Progress
Wazir Baksh us
Wazir Baksh
135,000 7,000
Dean DelleDonne
Dean DelleDonne
106,000 106,000

Tags: Dean DellaDonneWazir Baksh

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 400