Monday, June 10, 2013

Event 5: End of Day 1B Chip Leaders

$350 + $50 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)   

Level 15 is done and the chips are bagged for the night.

On the last hand, Ilya Vasserman was down to ~27k and decided he didn't want to come back tomorrow with a short stack, so he shoved with 64 offsuit.  After getting one caller, he ran into a player with pocket Kings who re-raised to isolate.  No worries for Ilya, who flopped two pair to triple up.  He's coming back for day two with 88,200.

50 players are left today, plus 19 from day 1A.  69 players will return at noon Tuesday for day two.

Average stack is 166k.

Earl King ended the night with 314,500 and the overall chip lead going into day two.

These are the remaining 1B stacks over 200k:

Callen Wallace - 280,800
Kamran Gulfraz - 275,000
John Mahoney - 269,900
Joe Wertz - 259,600
Sung Fitzmaurice - 213,000
Anthony Magistrale - 212,600
A. Nonymous - 207,400

A complete list with the day two redraw will be posted in the morning.

Event 5: Three More Hands

$350 + $50 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)   

Joe Wertz

Joe Wertz (Montoursville, PA) has jumped into the chip lead during the last level.  He's up to 270k.

The end of day 1A chip leader, Frank Reina (Elizabeth, NJ), ended the day with 288,200.

With ten minutes remaining in level 15, they stopped the clock and all tables will play three more hands, then bag their chips for the night.

Event 5: Burnitz Busts One

$350 + $50 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)  

Level 15:  Blinds 1,500/3,000 with 400 ante.

This is the last level of the night.

Matt Burnitz

During the previous level, a short-stack was all-in against Matt Burnitz (Bear, DE).

Shortie:  87 suited
Matt:  KJ offsuit

A King on the flop extended Matt's lead.  His opponent picked up a gutshot on the turn, but the river was a Jack and Matt took the pot with two pair. 

Matt was the runner-up in the 2012 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship event, good for $488,850.

Event 5: King Back on Top

$350 + $50 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)   

Earl King has reclaimed the chip lead.  He's up to 275k.

A short stack was all-in with K9 off against Anthony Magistrale's T9 suited.  A Ten on the flop sent the pot to Anthony and sent another player to the rail.  Anthony chipped up to ~230k.

Dan Walsh

Dan Walsh (Holmdel, NJ) has become a contender.  He's up to 210k.  Dan won the 2012 Fall Open NL Deep Stack for $143,114.

Callen Wallace has dropped to ~190k.

Event 5: Dinner Time Tweets

$350 + $50 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)  

Not a lot of active tweeters remaining in the field, but here are a couple of dinner time tweets:

Michael Marder ‏@MMarder86 50m
59,600 on dinner. Coming back to 2400/300. <two lvls left tonight. Crushing vouchers this series. #BSPO5

Kevin Truong ‏@KT_nowitsover 14m
Back from dinner break; 1200/2400 300 ante; sitting w 60k



Keep those Tweets coming!  #BSPO

Event 5: Back On The Felt

$350 + $50 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)  

Dinner's done and it's time to play to the finish.

Level 14:  Blinds 1,200/2,400 with 300 ante.

They'll play two levels (14 & 15) and then bag up for the night.

Callen Wallace (Pittsburgh, PA) is the chip leader as of the dinner break with ~210k.

73 players remain.  Average stack is 86k.

Event 5: Dinner Time

$350 + $50 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)  

After a raising war, a shorter stack was all-in against Robert Melo (Howard Beach, NY).

Robert Melo

Robert has AK and was dominating his opponent's AQ.

The board changed nothing and Robert took the pot, chipping up to ~120k.

Level 13 is done and the survivors have been sent on a one hour dinner break. 

Play will resume at about 8:20pm.

Event 5: Kings Take A Bite out of King

$350 + $50 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)  

Michael Drabot

Michael Drabot (Riverside, NJ) got his short-stack all-in with pocket Kings.

Chip leader Earl King looked him up with pocket Tens.

The board changed nothing and Michael doubled up to ~40k, taking a small bite out of the chip leader.

Down to nine tables with 81 players.  Average is 76k.

Event 5: ... and Down

$350 + $50 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)  

Level 13:  Blinds 1k/2k with 300 ante.

This will be the last level before the dinner break.

Not making it to the min-cash $10 dinner voucher:

Joseph 'Black Cat' Lopes got his last chips in with JT against AK.  No help for Joseph and he was busted.

Antonio Payne got his chips in with AK against JJ.  No help for him either and he's now in the Six Max.

Event 5: Up...

$350 + $50 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)  

Earl King (Colts Neck, NJ) was the "green chip leader" just before they were colored up.  Now he's the overall chip leader with 220k after his pocket Aces held up.

Callen Wallace

Also chipping up is Callen Wallace (Pittsburgh, PA).  He's up to almost 200k.

Paris Borden

Paris Borden (Lansdowne, VA) got all-in with pocket 8s against pocket Queens.  An 8 on the turn gave Paris a set and the pot.  He chipped up to over 100k.

Event 5 - Payouts

Borgata Summer Poker Open
Event 5: $350 + $50 Big Stack No Limit Hold'em
June 9-11, 2013

Entries:  458
Total Buy-In:  $160,300

PAYOUTS:
1:        $39,735
2:        $22,936
3:        $13,994
4:        $11,273
5:          $8,863
6:          $7,386
7:          $5,909
8:          $4,509
9:          $3,110
10-12:   $2,021
13-15:   $1,555
16-18:   $1,228
19-27:     $964
28-36:     $855
37-45:     $777

Event 5: Chip Leader

$350 + $50 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)  

Level 12:  Blinds 800/1,600 with 200 ante.

Down to eleven tables now that are nine-handed, leaving 99 players in the hunt on day 1B.

Average stack is ~63k.

Anthony Magistrale is out in front with 190k.

Event 5: Oh No! Quadzilla!

$350 + $50 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry) 

On the river, the board read:  9 9 6 5 A.

Luke Edwards (Mansfield, OH) had pocket Aces and when an Ace hit the river giving him Aces-full, he bet big.

 Luke Edwards & Jamil Ezzeddine

Jamil Ezzeddine (Springfield, VA) got all his chips in the middle and got the call.  Jamil held pocket 9s and had flopped quads.

Jamil doubled up to ~135k.  Luke is still in the game with about 70k.

@Borgata#BraceletHunting

Justin Liberto (Philadelphia, PA) is a Borgata tournament regular who took his talents to the WSOP at the Rio in Las Vegas.  His experience in Event # 6 ($1,500 NL "Millionaire Maker") was one to be noted, and we heard it first hand from Liberto after returning home:


Event 5: Breaking Bad

$350 + $50 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry) 

Level 11: Blinds 600/1,200 with 200 ante.

Tables are breaking fast now that registration has closed. 

Twelve tables remain with 130 players.  Average stack is ~52k.

Lots of players who busted out have signed up for the 4pm Six Max Survivor, including

Ibra Ibraimovic
Pofuk Ying
Leonardo Palermo
Jinglen Chen

Event 5: Aces Good for Anthony

$350 + $50 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

The player in seat 1 was all-in and covered by Anthony Magistrale (Danbury, CT).

Seat 1: JJ
Anthony: AA

 Anthony Magistrale

The Aces held up and Anthony took the pot, sending another player to the rail.

With that pot, Anthony chipped up to about 160k and may be the chip leader.

Event 5: Back From Break

$350 + $50 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry) 

Level 10:  Blinds 500/1,000 with 100 ante.

Levels are now 40 minutes long for the duration of the tournament.

Play has resumed.

Registration is closed, so tables will begin to break fast.

Sixteen tables remain with 160 or fewer players.

Unofficially, there are 458 entries total between days 1A & 1B. 

Event 5: Registration Closing

$350 + $50 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry) 

End of level 9 and time for a break.  This is the last chance to register or re-enter this event.

Andrew Klein

Earlier today, Andrew Klein (Ocean, NJ) flopped a Jack-high straight flush and busted to players.  He's up to ~75k.

Earl King Leads in Green

Earl King (Colts Neck, NJ) is the (green) chip leader, at least on his table.  He's collected most of the green chips in preparation for the color-up taking place during the break.

Borgata Poker: 4 pm Tournament

Six-Max Survivor ($250 + $30)

Borgata is always trying new tournament formats and today is another first with a Six-Max Survivor.

"I like the six-max," says Borgata regular Frank Conti (Staten Island, NY), "it rewards the aggressive player and suits my game."

This event features 15k starting stacks and 25 minute levels. ~1 in every 6 players will take home $1,500 and survivor means just that, no re-entry.

Registration is open through Level 7 (~7:15 pm).

The Survivor Six-Max joins the addition of innovative Borgata tournaments like the All-In or Fold event and Survivor with bounties added here over the last few series.

Event 5: Table Draws

$350 + $50 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

Level 9 (400/800/75), the last level for registration, is underway

Table 3

Grace Sun
Antonio Payne
Robert Melo

Table 5

David Heck
Ilya Vasserman
Alyson Parker

Table 7

Kal Alwan
Michael Lydon
Bob Haavind
Michael Marder

Table 9

Nancy Martin
Matthew Burnitz

Table 12

Neville Darrell
Mickey Woll

Table 13

Travis Greenawalt
Bruce Yamron
Jerry Callahan

Table 14

Leonardo Palermo
Larry Wolf

Event 5: Total Head Count

$350 + $50 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

The total entries is at more than 400 (250+ entries Day 1B) with three more levels to enter.

Registration closes at ~4:15 pm

Level 6 (200/400/50 ante) is underway.

Event 5: Black Cat Chips Up

$350 + $50 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

Lopes Flips Over the Winner

In a hand that bleeds into the break Joe "Black Cat" Lopes (West Creek, NJ) check-raises the turn and then leads on the river.  His opponent makes a crying call and throws his cards into the muck when Lopes shows two pairs Queens and Jacks.

Lopes is up to 45k as players are on a 15 minute break.

Event 5: Image Masters on Display

$350 + $50 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry) 

 Photo Gallery

If you're not fortunate enough to win a custom framed photo from Image Masters you can always check out the online gallery available for purchase.

The above photos are winners Michael Bonney (Event 1) and Mike Hahn (Event 3).

Play is winding down on Level 6 (200/400/50 ante)

Event 5: More Arrivals Smash Guarantee

$350 + $50 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

Day 1B entries are at 225 and counting, setting the two starting day total at more than 375 (144 Day 1A), which means it's a Borgata hat trick.

Players have hit the last three $100,000 GUARANTEES and are now 4 for 4 in the series.

Event-Guarantee-Total Buy-In

1-$300,000-$484,050
3-$100,000-$133,500
4-$100,000-$193,550
5-$100,000-TBD

More late arrivals include:

Mike Marder
Bart Dowling
Kevin Truong
David Heck

Level 5 (150/300/25 ante) is underway.

Event 5: V for Victory? - Late Arrivals

$350 + $50 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

Ilya Vasserman (Huntingdon Valley, PA) and Paul Vacchio (Inwood, NY) are taking their seats as Level 4 (100/200) is underway.

"Rough traffic," because of the weather says Vasserman who is a true Borgata regular.  Vasserman's poker resume has 13 career tournament cashes including 4 final tables, all at Borgata.

Vasserman is a new construction home builder at the shore and says while laughing that, "unfortunately," it gives him more time for poker. His highest career finish was 8th place earlier this year in the Borgata Winter Poker Open Black Chip bounty event for $8,000.

While Vasserman is a part time player, Vacchio is a full time grinder who won a Borgata trophy almost a year ago today in the 6-Max Deepstack for $21,000.

Vacchio says he likes to travel when he's not playing poker and recently spent time in the Bahamas and Puerto Rico.

As late arrivals continue to dodge the rain drops, entry into this event will be open until ~4:15 pm.

Event 5: Breaking it Down

$350 + $50 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry) 

(l-r) Mitchell, Miller & Suarez

We're always privy to bad beat stories, but as players head on their first break of the day there isn't a lot of chatter.

"Nothing I want to tell," says Danny Miller (Philadelphia, PA).  Miller and Eric Suarez (Glen Mills) are listening to John Mitchell (Media, PA) tell how he was bad beat, but then dealt one back at the end of the level.

Suarez says he flopped the nuts twice to build his stack to 47k.

The 15 minute break continues as the first three levels are in the books.

Event 5: Best of Both Worlds

$350 + $50 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry) 

Martin & Sachse

Nancy Martin (Washington Crossing, PA) and Kim Sachse (Baltimore, MD) took advantage of two starting days in this $100,000 Guarantee event and played in two events they had circled on their calendars.

Martin and Sachse skipped Day 1A to play in Sunday's Ladies event, knowing they could still play
on Day 1B.

Even though they didn't cash yesterday, they weren't only glad to play in it, but thrilled that Marguerite Spagnuolo (Staten Island, NY) took down the title.

After giving Spagnuolo her props it's now time to focus on today's tournament.

Level 3 (75/150) is underway.

Event 5: Morning Attendance

$350 + $50 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry) 

Some of the early arrivals in the first two levels include:

Jordan Ludwick
Matt Burnitz
Sam Ruszkay
Nancy Martin
Neville Darrell
Kim Sachse
Melad Marji
Alyson Parker
Eric Miller
Grace Sun
Anthony Clemente
Travis Greenawalt
Antonio Payne
Bob Haavind
Mike Lydon
Leonardo Palermo
Mickey Woll
Joe Wertz.....

Event 5: Love Tweets

$350 + $50 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry) 

The latest Borgata trophy winner Marguerite Spagnuolo (Staten Island, NY) is getting a lot of Twitter love.

Word is she'll be a late entry on Day 1B as she hasn't slept much trying to keep up with all those tweets!




Event 5: Reset Button

$350 + $50 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

There's a strong field for Day 1B as players look to take their shot at the $100,000 GUARANTEED prize pool

Players start with 20k in chips and levels are 30 minutes each to start (Levels 10+ / 40 min.).

Re-entry and late registration is open through Level 9 (~4:15 pm).

Day 1A had 19 players bagging and tagging with Frank Reina (Elizabeth, NJ) leading the way with 288k.

This is a 2-Day event with Day 2 set for noon Tuesday.

Cards are in the air!

Borgata Summer Poker Open Leaderboard Update (6/10)

Borgata Summer Poker Open Leaderboard
By participating in any Borgata Summer Poker Open event (June 4-21, 2013), players earn points based upon the Borgata Summer Poker Tournament Leaderboard Formula.

Below are the top scores for the 2013 Borgata Summer Poker Open Leaderboard*
(Final Results from Main events: 1, 2, 3, 4 , 6
Secondary events: 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)

312.000:  MICHAEL BONNEY
259.325:  GRAESON BURNETTE-PEAKE
254.310:  DAVID EILERS
252.225:  ADRIAN SILVESCU
235.875:  STEVEN POLIMENI
218.400:  KHOI TA
217.425:  JOHN WHITING
216.000:  ADILBEK KARAGUISHIYEV
194.275:  SCOTT HILLIER
193.650:  PAYAM EFTEKHAR JAHROMI
187.500:  MICHAEL HAHN
184.950:  PHILIP RINALDI
182.400:  CHAD POWER
181.875:  JEFFREY GURFINKEL
173.375:  ILYA VASSERMAN
172.800:  RAUL MUNOZ
165.113:  MARGUERITE SPAGNUOLO
163.500:  RICHARD DEVIVO
163.325:  BENJAMIN LAVES

Event 5 - End of Day 1A Chip Counts

Borgata Summer Poker Open
Event 5: $350 + $50 Big Stack No Limit Hold'em
June 9 - 11, 2013

Day 1A Entries:  144
Day 1A Players Remaining:  19
Day 1A Average Chip Stack:  151,000

END OF DAY 1A CHIP COUNTS:
1. ONOFRIO REINA (ELIZABETH, NJ):  288,200
2. KENNETH SILBERSTEIN (EDISON, NJ):  274,500
3. COLEEM CHESTNUT (BROOKLYN, NY):  254,500
4. JOSEPH NICHOLS (NUTLEY, NJ):  251,100
5. TONY TRAN (CHARLOTTE, NC):  214,700
6. ALAN KRAUT (DOYLESTOWN, PA):  186,400
7. ROY ARKIN (GREENSBORO, NC):  172,000
8. SIMON VERKHOVSKY (RAMSEY, NJ):  171,800
9. JEFFREY WICKER (BRISTOL, PA):  171,400
10. RYAN MCKNIGHT (HARRISBURG, PA):  137,700
11. JEN LIN (FREEHOLD, NJ):  135,400
12. ALEXANDER NEMIROVSKIY (BROOKLYN, NY):  115,400
13. CALEB STONE (GRAHAM, NC):  106,700
14. JONATHAN KRAMER (FOREST HILL, NY):  103,000
15. ADRIAN CORONA (FLORAL PARK, NY):  88,700
16. SEAN WRIGHT (ROBBINSVILLE, NJ):  72,200
17. HEONJO KIM (NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ):  61,600
18. LEONID VIZIROV (CHALFONT, PA):  40,700
19. SEUNG LEE (FRESH MEADOWS, NY):  35,500

Monday, June 10

TODAY'S EVENTS (Poker Room) 

11AM: Event 5B - $350 + $50 Big Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)  $100,000 GUARANTEED
  • Players start with 20,000 in tournament chips 
  • Levels 1-9::  will last 30 minutes each | Levels 10+:  will last 40 minutes each
  • Players may Re-Enter through Level 9
  • Day 1A & Day 1B end after Level 16
  • 2-Day event with two starting days.  Day 2 begins Tuesday at 12PM

4 PM: Event 31 - $250 + $30 Six-Max Survivor No Limit Hold'em
  • Players start with 15,000 in tournament chips 
  • Levels will last 25 minutes each
  • Approximately 1 in 6 will win $1,500 CASH
  • 1-Day event

7 PM: Event 32 - $100 + $20 + $25 Green Chip Bounty No Limit Hold'em
  • Players start with 12,000 in tournament chips 
  • This is a Bounty tournament.  Players must have their Bounty chips clearly displayed on table in order to remain active in tournament.
  • Levels will last 20 minutes each
  • Players may enter through Level 7 
  • 1-Day event

    Event 6: Photo Slideshow


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    Event 6 Recap


    $260 + 40 Ladies No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

    It was a heads up match that was for the story books: the player who just steamrolled the tournament and had all the chips versus the player who was short the entire event. Marguerite Spagnuolo (Staten Island, NY) was strapped with a serious deficit when heads up play started -- almost two to one. The way Alida Vileu (Wykoff, NJ) was running all day, it was going to be a tough mountain to climb. However, Spagnuolo turned it on during heads up play (and making hands doesn't hurt either), and found some good fortune on the final hand. She had one over card and a flush draw against Vileu's two pair on the turn, and found the nine of spades to win the hand and the tournament.

    Spagnuolo already had a ladies event win under her belt, but this was her first at Borgata! The $4,766 she collected for the win pushed her career earnings to over $60,000, and added a trophy for her mantle at home. Spagnuolo is a Borgata regular who calls the poker room her "home away from home." She's a wife, mother, and heck of a poker player to boot, who has cashed in now her seventh ladies event.

    Adila Vileu (Staten Island, NY) was knocking out players left and right throughout the tournament, and was never short until heads up play. Vileu collected $2,588 for her runner up finish, and added to what was already a special day (her birthday).

    We saw so many lovely ladies of the Borgata in this event, including Nancy Martin, Alyson Parker, Kim Edmonds, and Emily Flax. Unfortunately none of those players cashed, but a handful of notables did, including Leanne Rosenblatt, Dawn Wilno, Eileen Kustafik, Sarah Wasch, and Keiko Lim.

    Spagnuolo vows to be back in action tomorrow for another Borgata Summer Poker Open event. The amount of congrats that she received via text and Twitter shows how loved she is in our poker community, and we look forward to seeing a lot more of her in the near future and beyond.

    Event 5: 1st Place - Spagnuolo ($4,766)


    $260 + 40 Ladies No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

    Marguerite Spagnuolo (Staten Island)
    Event 5 Winner - $4,766

    The Final Hand

    Event 5: 2nd Place - Vileu


    $260 + 40 Ladies No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

    Alida Vileu (Wykoff, NJ)
    2nd Place - $2,588

    Event 5: Marguerite Takes The Lead

    $260 + 40 Ladies No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

    Spagnuolo has taken a commanding lead, holding a two to one chip lead over Vileu. She's not only playing pressure poker, but has been happening to get some good hands heads up

    Event 5: Even Steven


    $260 + 40 Ladies No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

    Marguerite Spagnuolo has made a small comeback and even the playing field.  She has definitely been the more aggressive player during heads up play, and hopes to continue that pressure to a trophy.