Championship: No Repeat Champion

$2500 + $200 Championship Deep Stack Double Play NLH  

Fred Paradis

Fred Paradis (Jewett City, CT) hit the rail in 32nd place.

Tyng Low

Tyng Low (Flushing, NY) was next to go in 31st place.  Tyng was the 2011 Summer Open Champion and had a shot to repeat, but has come up short.

30 players remain.  Just three more to reach the money!

Championship: Tops In Chips

$2500 + $200 Championship Deep Stack Double Play NLH 

Level 18:  Blinds 2,500/5,000 with 500 ante.

Play has resumed after the break.

Chalie Hook (Philadelphia, PA) is the chip leader with 790k.  Turns out he's the one that busted Chris Horter.  They got the chips in on a flip, Chris flopped a set with his pair, but Chalie rivered a flush.

Orson Young (Oceanport, NJ) is second with ~740k.

Championship: Break Time

$2500 + $200 Championship Deep Stack Double Play NLH 

Two more players have reported to the rail, leaving 32 in action (average 278k).

Jeremy Stein & Chris Horter

The last two exists were Jeremy Stein (Washington, DC) and Chris Horter (Philadelphia, PA).

They've completed the level and are taking a ten minute break.

Championship: Latest Departures

$2500 + $200 Championship Deep Stack Double Play NLH 

Max Amjadi & Eric Panayiotou

Max Amjadi (Marmora, NJ) was the next to go.  He busted out in 36th place.

Following him to the exit was Eric Panayiotou (Toms River, NJ) in 35th place.

34 players remain.  Average stack is 261k.

Seven more to go to reach the money.

Championship: Fast Five

$2500 + $200 Championship Deep Stack Double Play NLH

Five more players are gone, which means 36 remain at four tables.

Average stack is 247k.

 
Here are the five latest casualties:

1 - Matthew Cohen (Philadelphia, PA)
2 - Joseph Miranda (Bethpage, NY)
3 - Shankar Pillai (New York, NY
4 - Peter Malkoun (Brookhaven, PA)
5 - Matt Iles (Atco, NJ)

Championship: Yarlapati Doubles

$2500 + $200 Championship Deep Stack Double Play NLH

Maruti Yarlapati (Pine Brook, NJ) was all-in with pocket Aces against the pocket 8s of Ari Alibilia (Syosset, NY).

The board changed nothing and Maruti doubled up.

Championship: Three More Out The Door

$2500 + $200 Championship Deep Stack Double Play NLH

Not sure what order they departed, but these three have reported to the rail in early action:

Andrew Glauberg (Tenafly, NJ),  LJ Sande (Wethersfield, CT) & John Andress (Doylestown, PA)

Championship: Savage Sacked

$2500 + $200 Championship Deep Stack Double Play NLH

Trevor Savage

At the river the board read 8 3 2 Q 9.

Three players were all-in.

John Andress:  99
Mark Hnatov: 88
Trevor Savage: ??

John Andress (Doylestown, PA) more than doubled up with a set of 9s while Trevor (Thorofare, NJ) was busted.

Championship: Day Three Underway

$2500 + $200 Championship Deep Stack Double Play NLH

Level 17:  Blinds 2k/4k with 500 ante.

Levels are 90 minutes long today.

45 players made the cut and will continue today in the quest for the top prize of $198,186.

Only the final 27 get paid, so there are still 18 players who will leave with nothing.

Day three is underway.

Event 17: Wolper Multi-Faceted

$200 + $30 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Level 2:  Binds 50/100.

The legendary Howard Wolper is not only a poker player playing in this event, but also an artist and writer.

Howard Wolper

 
Before Howard won three Borgata Open titles, he "created conceptual and performance artwork in the 70s and 80s. A spinning self portrait game, a random element dispenser, a popular NY art rock group Suicide (with Alan Vega) and the Howie’s (clones playing household appliances) to mention a few. Disillusioned with the NY art scene in the mid 90s, he became a poker pro and later a poker champion."

He's written a book which is available online and now has plans to make his book into a movie.  You can read more about Howard and sample his book on his web site at howardevanwolper.com.

Event 17: Infrequent Familiar Faces

$200 + $30 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Line at Registration

There's a line at registration out into the hall, so players are still pouring in.

45 tables are up and running so far.

Late registration and re-entry is available through the break after level six (about 2pm).

We've got some faces in the crowd today that we haven't seen a lot of during the Summer Open:

Don Brown
Jeanette Sims
Gregg Miller (brother of Borgata frequent flier Eric Miller)
Josh Supsak
Gloria LoRusso
Tiffany Williamson

Event 17: Deep Stack Underway

$200 + $30 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)  
$75,000 GUARANTEED

Today's Deep Stack NLH event carries a $75,000 guarantee on total buy-ins.

This is the seventh and final guarantee of the Borgata Summer Poker Open.  Thanks to the players, the first six guarantees have been cleared with ease:

Event - Guarantee - Actual Total

1 - $300,000 - $484,050
3 - $100,000 - $133,500
4 - $100,000 - $193,550
5 - $100,000 - $160,300
9 - $100,000 - $179,140
Championship - $500,000 - $740,000
17 - $75,000 - ???

We're going for the sweep today with this event.

Players began with 25,000 chips and 25 minute levels.  (Starting with level 11, they will be 30 minutes.)

Level 1:  Blinds 25/50.

Cards are in the air!

Borgata Summer Poker Open Leaderboard Update (6/19)

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 , 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16
Secondary events: 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)

457.663:  MICHAEL HAHN
430.215:  LEE KIRSCH
396.300:  JOHN WHITING
375.363:  ADRIAN SILVESCU
350.850:  MOHD EID
350.063:  ILYA VASSERMAN
327.475:  RICHARD DEVIVO
318.075:  EARL KING
312.000:  MICHAEL BONNEY
304.225:  JAMES MCKEON
302.300:  SHE LOK WONG
294.863:  DAVID HECK
283.788:  STEVEN POLIMENI
283.413:  GRAESON BURNETTE-PEAKE
282.875:  MARUTI YARLAPATI
282.653:  THOMAS BALLA
277.225:  MICHAEL MARDER
274.335:  DAVID EILERS
272.738:  KHALED ALWAN
265.375:  BENJAMIN LAVES
264.650:  FRANK VULPIS
257.375:  PHILIP RINALDI
256.075:  CHRISTIAN FYKE
252.788:  CHII CHING SUN
250.675:  TOBY KASSER
248.325:  PAUL VACCHIO
242.375:  JINGLIN CHEN
235.940:  THOMAS SPELLACY
235.458:  NEVILLE DARRELL
228.075:  SEUNG LEE
226.700:  NANCY MARTIN
226.498:  ERIC SIEGEL

Championship - Start of Day 3 Table Assignments & Chip Counts

Borgata Summer Poker Open Championship
Event 15: $2500 + $200 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em
June 16-20, 2013

Entries:  296
Total Buy-In:  $740,000

Players Remaining:  45
Average Chip Stack:  197,000

START OF DAY 3 TABLE ASSIGNMENTS & CHIP COUNTS:
T1 | S1 -  ERACLES PANAYIOTOU (TOMS RIVER, NJ):  93,500
T1 | S2 -  MICHAEL LYDON (WOODSIDE, NY):  238,500
T1 | S3 -  TREVOR SAVAGE (THOROFARE, NJ):  73,500
T1 | S4 -  GREGORY FISHBERG (HUNTINGDON VALLEY, PA):  180,000
T1 | S5 -  MARK HNATOV (NESCONSET, NY):  155,500
T1 | S6 -  MAURICE PARADIS (JEWETT CITY, CT):  95,500
T1 | S7 -  JOHN DIBELLA (NEW ROCHELLE, NY):  196,000
T1 | S8 -  JOHN ANDRESS (DOYLESTOWN, PA):  17,000
T1 | S9 -  MATTHEW ILES (ATCO, NJ):  152,500

T2 | S1 -  KENNETH SILBERSTEIN (EDISON, NJ):  358,500
T2 | S2 -  MICHAEL DENTALE (BROOKLYN, NY):  250,000
T2 | S3 -  JAY ZIMMET (MANALAPAN, NJ):  204,000
T2 | S4 -  TYNG LOW (FLUSHING, NY):  295,500
T2 | S5 -  LEONARDO PALERMO (TOMS RIVER, NJ):  130,000
T2 | S6 -  NICHOLAS SALIMBENE (BRICK, NJ):  220,500
T2 | S7 -  ONOFRIO REINA (ELIZABETH, NJ):  172,000
T2 | S8 -  TJ SHULMAN (BOYNTON BCH, FL):  110,500
T2 | S9 -  TAHA MARUF (HICKSVILLE, NY):  348,500

T3 | S1 -  JEREMY STEIN (WASHINGTON, DC):  135,500
T3 | S2 -  ALAN BECKER (STAMFORD, CT):  138,500
T3 | S3 -  JOSEPH MIRANDA (BETHPAGE, NY):  157,500
T3 | S4 -  PETER MALKOUN (BROOKHAVEN, PA):  84,500
T3 | S5 -  CHARLES HOOK (PHILADELPHIA, PA):  409,000
T3 | S6 -  CHRISTOPHER HORTER (PHILADELPHIA, PA):  333,500
T3 | S7 -  JAMES ERICKSON (OAKLAND, NJ):  155,500
T3 | S8 -  ARIEL ALBILIA (SYOSSET, NY):  299,000
T3 | S9 -  MARUTI YARLAPATI (PINE BROOK, NJ):  100,000

T4 | S1 -  LEONARD J SANDE (WETHERSFIELD, CT):  55,000
T4 | S2 -  DANIEL WACH (BOONTON, NJ):  578,000
T4 | S3 -  TRAVIS GREENAWALT (LANDISVILLE, PA):  341,500
T4 | S4 -  DAJUAWN WHORLEY (WASHINGTON, DC):  247,500
T4 | S5 -  LARRY NELSON (HARLEYSVILLE, PA):  223,500
T4 | S6 -  SHAHEIM SHERIDAN (FAYETTEVILLE, NC):  228,500
T4 | S7 -  NOAM FLIEGELMAN (PHILADELPHIA, PA):  74,500
T4 | S8 -  CHRISTIAN FARLEY (WEST DEPTFORD, NJ):  403,500
T4 | S9 -  MOHAMMAD AMJADI (MARMORA, NJ):  95,500

T5 | S1 -  STEPHEN HAPPAS (BRAINTREE, MA):  140,500
T5 | S2 -  MATTHEW COHEN (PHILADELPHIA, PA):  116,000
T5 | S3 -  JOHN PARISI (BROOKLYN, NY):  80,500
T5 | S4 -  ORSON YOUNG (OCEANPORT, NJ):  351,500
T5 | S5 -  MICHAEL SCHOULTZ (ARLINGTON, VA):  264,000
T5 | S6 -  ANDREW GLAUBERG (TENAFLY, NJ):  69,500
T5 | S7 -  JOEL GOLA (PHILADELPHIA, PA):  139,000
T5 | S8 -  FRANCIS VIZZA (COLD SPG HBR, NY):  161,000
T5 | S9 -  SHANKAR PILLAI (NEW YORK, NY):  239,000

Wednesday, June 19

TODAY'S EVENTS (Poker Room) 

11AM: Event 17 - $200 + $30 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)  $75,000 GUARANTEED

• Players start with 25,000 in tournament chips 
• Levels 1-10: will last twenty-five (25) minutes each | Levels 11+: will last thirty (30) minutes each
• Players may Re-Enter through Level 6
• 1-Day event

12PM: Event 15 - BORGATA SUMMER POKER OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP (Day 3)

• Day 3 & Day 4 Levels: will last 1 hour 30 minutes each
• 4-Day tournament with two Day 1 starting days 
• Day 3 and 4 start at 12PM
• Day 3 ends when 27 players remain | Day 4 plays until completion

6 PM: Event 48 - $100 + $20 + $25 Green Chip Bounty NLH

• Players start with 12,000 in tournament chips 
• This is a Bounty tournament.  Players must have their Bounty chip clearly displayed on the table in order to remain active in tournament.
• Levels will last 20 minutes each
• 1-Day event 

Event 16: Photo Slideshow

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Event 16 Recap

$350 + $50 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Mike Hahn (Indianapolis, IN) had opponent Sameer Batra down to two big blinds during heads-up play, let him battle all the way back, then knocked him out to capture the Borgata Event 16 trophy and $15,989.

"Once we were at two tables, I caught cards and knocked out several short stacks" explained the poker pro from the Hoosiers state.  He also caught trip deuces, and two pair with Q-3 during his heads-up victory.

Hahn is in the running for the Borgata Leaderboard Contest that could earn him a 2013 September Borgata WPT Championship seat.  Add on the points he earned from winning Event 3 for $36,264 to tonight's victory, and Mike should have a great shot at it.

Event 16 kicked off at 11:00 AM and brought 157 entries including Re-Entries.  Many players ousted from Day 2 of The Championship jumped into this affordable tournament.  In fact, that's what happened to our winner, Mike Hahn who was "super card dead" in the Championship.

With a prize pool of $54,950, many Borgata familiar faces took a seat and 15,000 starting chips.
"Lucky" Lee Kirsch (Cold Spring Harbor, MA) hit two sets with 6-6 then lost with 6-6 and was eliminated in 5th Place.  Lee won Event 7 and was 3rd on the Leaderboard as of yesterday.

Corri Pranevich from Pittsburgh finished 3rd.  She was our last woman standing and added $5,064 to the $14,000 Survivor package she already claimed last week.

Then there was John Liberto (Fallston, MD) whose son Justin finished 4th in the 2013 WSOP $1500 Event and ironically Dad finished 4th in our Event 16 earning $4,264.

Brian Kruyd (Boonton, NJ) survived the bubble with a royal flush, but bubbled the final table.

But once again our big winner was poker pro Mike Hahn who kept his cool and captured all 2,225,000 chips, $15,989, his second Borgata trophy, and his second framed print from Image Masters.  This kid is as hot as the summer sun - great job!

Place - Player - City - Amount Won
1. Mike Hahn (Indianapolis, IN) - $15,989
2. Sameer Batra (New York, NY) - $8,795
3. Corri Pranevich (Pittsburgh, PA) - $5,064
4. John Liberto (Fallston, MD) - $4,264
5. "Lucky" Lee Kirsch (Cold Spring Harbor, MA) - $3,198
6. Kevin Lutz (Bellmawr, NJ) - $2,665
7. Anthony Ditaranto (Hackensack, NJ) - $2,132
8. Michael McQuaid (Washington, DC) - $1,599
9. Don Lotano (Matawan, NJ) - $1,199
10. Yehuda Balin (Brooklyn, NY) - $1,066

FINAL RESULTS

Event 16: 1st Place - Hahn

$350 + $50 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Mike Hahn (Indianapolis, IN)

$15,989

Congratulations to Mike Hahn who outlasted Sameer Batra in a long heads-up session with mighty swings.  A fitting heads-up since Hahn and Batra both were 1 and 2 in chips pretty much since dinner.

Very quickly into heads-up action, Mike had Sameer dead to 50,000 chips equaling only two big blinds.  Somehow Sameer battled all the way back and actually outchipped Hahn by 50,000.

"That happens in poker...He won a bunch of flips and was right back in it" explained Mike.

Impressively Mike kept his composure and caught some cards.  In the end, he outlasted Batra and won the tournament with A-Q vs. K-8 on a dry board.

The knock-out that brought most joy to Mike came at the final table when he felted "Lucky" Lee Kirsch in 5th Place.  Mike and Lee are in a friendly war for the 2013BSPO Leaderboard and a seat to the September Championship.

So it's bookend trophies for Mike Hahn who also won Event 3 during this series.  The kid is running good.  Today the poker pro takes home $15,989 for his 15 hours of concentration.

Mike will check the leaderboard tomorrow to determine if he needs to play more Events to secure the top spot.

Event 16: 2nd Place - Batra

$350 + $50 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

 Sameer Batra (New York, NY)

$8,795

Level 24 proved to be fatal for Sameer Batra.  After the ten minute break, Sameer lost two key hands to his Opponent Mike Hahn (Indianapolis, IN).

Hahn hit two pair with Q♦ 3♣ and Sameer paid him off 101,000 on the turn and 222,000 on the river.

Board: 2♦ 3♦ 5♦ Q♣  J♥

Next, Hahn hit trip deuces with A-2 and took down another big pot.

Board: 2-K-5-2-7

Suddenly Sameer found himself short-stacked again.  For the final hand of the tournament, Mike held A♦ Q♠ vs. Sameer's K♣ 6♣.

Final Board: 8♥ 5♠ A♠ 5♥ 6♦

Hat's off to Batra for making an incredible comeback, all the way from only two big blinds during heads-up action to actually taking the lead.

His friend Garin faithfully rooted from the rail.

Sameer Batra takes home 8,795 to add to his Borgata bankroll.

Event 16: Comeback Kid

$350 + $50 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

In the first few hand heads-up, Sameer Batra loses almost all of his chips to Mike Hahn.  Sameer's 7-7 fell to Mike's A-K who hit two pair a board of 6-A-4-K-5.

Mike started the hand with 1.14 million and doubled-up.  Keep in mind there are only 2,355,000 million chips in play leaving Sameer with under 50,000 chips.

"I'm gonna make Borgatapokerblog history" said Sameer who only had 2 big blinds.

First Sameer shoved with 8-3 up against Mike's 2-3.  8 high held.
Next  his A-J held against Mike's 9-10 suited.
Then for his third double-up, Sameer jammed with 3-3 and was called pre by Mike's K-8.

Sameer's friend Garin called for a 3, and there it was on the flop.

Board ran: A-3-7-J-K

And now during this last break, Sameer is actually up by 50,000.  It's not over yet, but I can't believe the comeback Sameer Batra has mounted.  Chip and a chair lives on!

"I never gave up...I never thought it was over" said Sameer to Garin.

This one is for the ages! 

Event 16: 3rd Place - Pranevich

$350 + $50 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

 Corri Pranevich (Pittsburgh, PA)

$5,064

Corri Pranevich had 13 big blinds and shipped it in pre.  Both Sameer Batra and Mike Hahn called.

Flop fell 4♠ 8♠ Q♥ causing Sameer and Mike to check.

Turn fell Q♦ causing Mike to bet 40,000 into the side-pot, and Sameer to call.

River was the K♥.  Mike pushed all-in and Sameer folded.

Mike showed 8♥8♦ for the full house and knocked out Corri in 3rd Place.

"I'll get the trophy next time" laughed Corri.  The woman from Pittsburgh is crushing it this open.  She won a $14,000 survivor package and another $5,064 for today's tourney.

Championship: Day 2 Recap

$2500 + $200 Championship Deep Stack Double Play NLH

Chip Leader Wach (right) & Orson Young, 

Who Bagged a Top 5 Stack

Day 2 of the Borgata Summer Poker Open ended the way it began, with Dan Wach (Boonton, NJ) in the chip lead.  The Borgata regular, who already has a $200,000 Borgata cash on his resume, had a roller coaster day before he ended with 578k.

"Very swingy day," said Wach, who began with 152k, "I chipped up early, but they knocked me down to 130(k). "I only had 200 at dinner, so it was a nice last two levels."

Second in chips is Chalie Hook (Philadelphia, PA), who was also up and down the chip counts before he finished with 409k.

"I want to take advantage of those trying to squeak into the money and then go deep," said Hook as he looked ahead to Day 3 and the money bubble.

45 players return looking for a piece of the $740,000 total buy-in and are just 18 spots from the money.

The top prize is $198,186 and 27 players earn a min cash of $6,370.

Wach (Jan. 2012) and Hook (June 2009) both have won Borgata trophies, but Wach's largest live cash was a runner-up finish. He earned $201,000 in the opening event of the (Sept.) 2012 WPT Borgata Poker Open.

Play resumes with Day 3 noon Wednesday.

Mike & Mike Show

Schoultz (left) & Dentale,

Both Return for Day 3

Event 16: 4th Place - Liberto

$350 + $50 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

 John Liberto (Fallston, MD)

$4,264

John Liberto played a solid game and finished 4th earning $4,264.  Like Father like son as John's son Justin also finished 4th.  But Justin finished 4th in the 2013 WSOP E-6 earning $400,408.  Justin took a shot at Borgata Championship but busted out.

"Justin is the real poker player in the family" said John.  Regardless, poker obviously runs in the Liberto family.

John's final hand came after he shipped with K-8 and ran into Sameer Batra who insta-called with A-K in the big blind.  Both players hit their King but John's 8 never came.

Board: K-3-10-9-J

John said he was below an average stack all day.  He did gain some momentum after getting it in with A-10 vs. A-K and hitting a miracle ten on the river.

Congratulations to your 4th place finish and $4,264 prize.

Championship: Day 2 Bag & Tag

$2500 + $200 Championship Deep Stack Double Play NLH

 Max Amjadi (right) on to Day 3

Dan Wach (Boonton, NJ) is the big stack with 578k (145 bb) as 45 players are still in the running for the $198,186 first place prize and the Borgata Summer Poker Open title.

The average returning stack is 197k (49 bb) with blinds moving to 2k/4k/500 ante.

Play resumes with Day 3 Wednesday at noon, just 18 spots from the money as 27 players earn a min cash of $6,370.

End of Night Big Stacks

Dan Wach 578k
Chalie Hook 409k
Chris Farley 403k
Ken Silberstein 358,500
Orson Young 351,500
Taha Maruf 348,500
Travis Greenawalt 341,500
Chris Horter 333,500
Ari Albilia 299k
Tyng Low 295,500

Check back after 9 am for full chip counts and Day 3 table assignments

Event 16: Break Time

$350 + $50 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Garin Sweatin Heat & Sameer

Sameer's good friend Garin has faithfully been watching and supporting him at the final table.  Both guys have also been enjoying the NBA Championship game on TV, and it's exciting finish.

We're also anticipating an exciting finish in Borgata Poker Room between Sameer Batra, Corri Pranevich, Mike Hahn, and John Liberto.

Stayed tuned... play will resume after a ten minute break.

Blinds will be 10,000 / 20,000 with 3000 antes.