$500 + $60 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)
Blinds 25k/50k/5k ante
Players are back after the orange (1k) color-up break.
Chip Counts
Mike Comar 1.3 million (26 bb)
Arnuflo Vidal 920k (18 bb)
John Kostelac 640k (13 bb)
Sunday, June 16, 2013
Event 14: Kostelac Survives with Chop
$500 + $60 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)
Blinds 20k/40k/4k ante
John Kostelac is all in and at risk with A 10 vs the A K of Mike Comar.
"Come on, no 10, no spades," says the emotional Comar, who's on a roller coaster with every hand.
The board runs out A 5 4 3 2, giving both players a straight and a chop.
"Come on!" Comor laments being one card away from heads up play with Arnuflo Vidal, while Kostelac lets out a sigh of relief.
Blinds 20k/40k/4k ante
John Kostelac is all in and at risk with A 10 vs the A K of Mike Comar.
"Come on, no 10, no spades," says the emotional Comar, who's on a roller coaster with every hand.
The board runs out A 5 4 3 2, giving both players a straight and a chop.
"Come on!" Comor laments being one card away from heads up play with Arnuflo Vidal, while Kostelac lets out a sigh of relief.
Championship: Chip Race
$2500 + $200 Championship Deep Stack Double Play NLH (Re-Entry)
With one hour to play, the chip lead is tight as players gun for the $3,000 (chip leader) and $2,000 (2nd place) end of night bonuses.
Dan Wach (Boonton, NJ) and Shaheim Sheridan (Fayettville, NC) are both in the 140k-145k range and every pot matters. "I just picked up 10k," says Wach as jumps over the 150k mark.
Orson Young (Oceanport, NJ) is at 125k along with a handful of other players at 100k.
45 players remain with an average stack of 60k (120 bb) as Level 8 (250/500/75 ante), the last level of the night, is underway.
Shaheim Sheridan
With one hour to play, the chip lead is tight as players gun for the $3,000 (chip leader) and $2,000 (2nd place) end of night bonuses.
Dan Wach (Boonton, NJ) and Shaheim Sheridan (Fayettville, NC) are both in the 140k-145k range and every pot matters. "I just picked up 10k," says Wach as jumps over the 150k mark.
Orson Young (Oceanport, NJ) is at 125k along with a handful of other players at 100k.
45 players remain with an average stack of 60k (120 bb) as Level 8 (250/500/75 ante), the last level of the night, is underway.
Dan Wach
Event 14: Kostelac Chips Up
$500 + $60 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)
Blinds 20k/40k/4k ante
All three players see a flop of 9♠ 5♣ 6♦.
Arnuflo Vidal bets 50k from the button; Mike Comar (SB) and John Kostelac (BB) both call.
Turn: A♦
The blinds check, Arnuflo bets 125k, Comar folds and Kostalec calls.
River: 8♥
Kostelac moves all in for 300k getting Arnuflo to fold.
Kostelac tables 10♦ 7♦ for a rivered straight, to which Comar says, "I had the same hand (7 10)." Kostelac is quick to point out that he also had a flush draw after the turn.
All three players are still very even in chips and at around 950k (24 bb).
Blinds 20k/40k/4k ante
All three players see a flop of 9♠ 5♣ 6♦.
Arnuflo Vidal bets 50k from the button; Mike Comar (SB) and John Kostelac (BB) both call.
Turn: A♦
The blinds check, Arnuflo bets 125k, Comar folds and Kostalec calls.
River: 8♥
Kostelac moves all in for 300k getting Arnuflo to fold.
Kostelac tables 10♦ 7♦ for a rivered straight, to which Comar says, "I had the same hand (7 10)." Kostelac is quick to point out that he also had a flush draw after the turn.
All three players are still very even in chips and at around 950k (24 bb).
Event 14: Vidal Doubles Through Comar
$500 + $60 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)
Blinds 15k/30k/4k ante
Arnuflo Vidal is all in with pocket Aces against the A 10 of chip leader Mike Comar.
The board is no help to Comar and Arnuflo doubles 539 to take his stack to 1 million.
"We're all even again," says John Kostelac as play continues.
Updated Chip Counts:
Arnuflo Vidal 1.1 million (37 bb)
John Kostelac 900k
Mike Comar 700k (23 bb)
Blinds 15k/30k/4k ante
Arnuflo Vidal is all in with pocket Aces against the A 10 of chip leader Mike Comar.
The board is no help to Comar and Arnuflo doubles 539 to take his stack to 1 million.
"We're all even again," says John Kostelac as play continues.
Updated Chip Counts:
Arnuflo Vidal 1.1 million (37 bb)
John Kostelac 900k
Mike Comar 700k (23 bb)
Championship: Young Gun has Lead
$2500 + $200 Championship Deep Stack Double Play NLH (Re-Entry)
Orson Young (Oceanport, NJ) is now the chip leader with 115k (288 bb), right behind him is Mike Schoultz (Arlington, VA) who is at 110k.
Several stacks are also in the 100k range and all eyes will be on the end of night bonuses.
"Oh, I'm going for it," says Young who is in the running for the $3,000 end of night bonus, while second in chips earns $2,000.
Registration closes in minutes as Level 6 (150/300/50 ante) is in the books.
56 players remind with an average stack of 47k (118 bb) with blinds moving up to 200/400/50 ante.
Orson Young (Oceanport, NJ) is now the chip leader with 115k (288 bb), right behind him is Mike Schoultz (Arlington, VA) who is at 110k.
Several stacks are also in the 100k range and all eyes will be on the end of night bonuses.
"Oh, I'm going for it," says Young who is in the running for the $3,000 end of night bonus, while second in chips earns $2,000.
Registration closes in minutes as Level 6 (150/300/50 ante) is in the books.
56 players remind with an average stack of 47k (118 bb) with blinds moving up to 200/400/50 ante.
Event 14: Break Time Chip Counts
$500 + $60 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)
End of level 24 and players took 10.
Chip counts:
Mike Comar - 1.212 million
John Kostelac - 902k
Arnuflo Vidal - 800k
Play resumed with
Level 25: Blinds 15k/30k with 4k ante.
End of level 24 and players took 10.
Chip counts:
Mike Comar - 1.212 million
John Kostelac - 902k
Arnuflo Vidal - 800k
Play resumed with
Level 25: Blinds 15k/30k with 4k ante.
Event 14: 4th Place - Ro
$500 + $60 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)
Jin Ro and Mike Comar got all-in pre-flop.
Jin: 66
Mike: A9 suited
Board: A 3 2 K 9
Mike made Aces-up to crack Jin's pair. When the chips were counted, Mike had Jin covered. Mike chipped up to over 1.2 million.
Jin Ro finished in 4th place, earning $7,527.
Jin Ro (Sewell, NJ)
$7,527
Jin Ro and Mike Comar got all-in pre-flop.
Jin: 66
Mike: A9 suited
Board: A 3 2 K 9
Mike made Aces-up to crack Jin's pair. When the chips were counted, Mike had Jin covered. Mike chipped up to over 1.2 million.
Jin Ro finished in 4th place, earning $7,527.
Event 14: Final Four Chip Counts
$500 + $60 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)
Arnuflo Vidal has taken the chip lead with over 1 million chips.
Jin Ro and John Kostelac are neck-and-neck in second with about 700k each.
Mike Comar is trailing the pack with ~450k.
Championship: Free Rolling?
$2500 + $200 Championship Deep Stack Double Play NLH (Re-Entry)
Borgata online contest winner Tom Belasic (Cedar Grove, NJ) isn't the only person free-rolling in this event. Of course it depends on your definition of free-rolling.
DJ Whorley (Washington, D.C.) just earned $2,823 for his 8th place finish in Event 14 and then jumped into Day 1A of the Championship event. The price tag for that is $2,700 so he's covered there, but it doesn't account for the cost of his $560 entry into Event 14.
So Whorley is kind of free-rolling.
Then there's Frank Reina (Carteret, NJ) whose friends Steve and Giovanni financed his entry, but don't know a thing about poker. "Their great guys," says Reina, "but there's a lot of pressure. All they know is that Aces are good."
We'll put Reina in the free-rolling category, but with strings attached.
Level 6 (150/300/50 ante) continues.
Reina Representing Friends
Borgata online contest winner Tom Belasic (Cedar Grove, NJ) isn't the only person free-rolling in this event. Of course it depends on your definition of free-rolling.
DJ Whorley (Washington, D.C.) just earned $2,823 for his 8th place finish in Event 14 and then jumped into Day 1A of the Championship event. The price tag for that is $2,700 so he's covered there, but it doesn't account for the cost of his $560 entry into Event 14.
So Whorley is kind of free-rolling.
Then there's Frank Reina (Carteret, NJ) whose friends Steve and Giovanni financed his entry, but don't know a thing about poker. "Their great guys," says Reina, "but there's a lot of pressure. All they know is that Aces are good."
We'll put Reina in the free-rolling category, but with strings attached.
Level 6 (150/300/50 ante) continues.
Event 14: Kostelac Doubles
$500 + $60 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)
On the turn with a board of Q♥9♣5♥T♥, John Kostelac got all-in for 182k and Jin Ro looked him up.
John: Q♣J♥ (top pair, open ender, & flush draw)
Jin: JJ
River: 8♥
Both players made their straight on the river, bug John also made a flush to take the pot.
He doubled up to ~605k, knocking Jin down to ~585k.
Blinds up!
Level 24: Blinds 12k/24k with 3k ante.
On the turn with a board of Q♥9♣5♥T♥, John Kostelac got all-in for 182k and Jin Ro looked him up.
John: Q♣J♥ (top pair, open ender, & flush draw)
Jin: JJ
River: 8♥
Both players made their straight on the river, bug John also made a flush to take the pot.
He doubled up to ~605k, knocking Jin down to ~585k.
Blinds up!
Level 24: Blinds 12k/24k with 3k ante.
Championship: Grinding Along
$2500 + $200 Championship Deep Stack Double Play NLH (Re-Entry)
Level 6 (100/200/25 ante) the last level to register is underway. The window for Day 1A closes at ~6 pm.
Some of the recognizable players still in the field include:
Table 1
Dan Wach
Max Amjadi
Roger Souse
John Whiting
Table 2
Lyle Diamond
Frank Reina
Neville Darrell
Joe "The Jewler" Gola
Michael Buttacavoli
Tom Belasic
Ken Silberstein
Table 3
Dave Clarke
DJ Whorley
Table 4
John DiBella
Table 5
Orson Young
Bill Johnson
Bill Frymer
Table 6
Len Vizirov
Maruti Yarlapati
Fran Cipriano
Table 7
Charles Furey
Eric Pfeil
Doug Klevitz
Level 6 (100/200/25 ante) the last level to register is underway. The window for Day 1A closes at ~6 pm.
Some of the recognizable players still in the field include:
Table 1
Dan Wach
Max Amjadi
Roger Souse
John Whiting
Table 2
Lyle Diamond
Frank Reina
Neville Darrell
Joe "The Jewler" Gola
Michael Buttacavoli
Tom Belasic
Ken Silberstein
Table 3
Dave Clarke
DJ Whorley
Table 4
John DiBella
Table 5
Orson Young
Bill Johnson
Bill Frymer
Table 6
Len Vizirov
Maruti Yarlapati
Fran Cipriano
Table 7
Charles Furey
Eric Pfeil
Doug Klevitz
Event 14: 5th Place - Lemus-Argueta
$500 + $60 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)
Edgar Lemus-Argueta shoved and got looked up by Jin Ro.
Edgar: 22
Jin: A4 suited
Board: 8 3 2 Q 5
Jin spiked a wheel on the river to take the pot, building his mountain of chips even bigger.
Edgar finished in 5th place, earning $5,645.
Edgar Lemus-Argueta (Ortley Beach, NJ)
$5,645
Edgar Lemus-Argueta shoved and got looked up by Jin Ro.
Edgar: 22
Jin: A4 suited
Board: 8 3 2 Q 5
Jin spiked a wheel on the river to take the pot, building his mountain of chips even bigger.
Edgar finished in 5th place, earning $5,645.
Event 14: 6th Place - Yazici
$500 + $60 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)
Brad Yazici raised to 42k on the button. Mike Comar (sb) called, then Jin Ro (bb) raised to 135k.
Brad jammed for 531k straight.
Mike folded.
Jin tanked for a bit, counting out the call (396k more). He would only have ~35k left if he called.
"I'm only considering this call because I think you're bluffing" Jin said. Then he called.
Brad showed pocket Jacks (not bluffing).
Jin had QJ.
The board ran out Q 8 5 4 5 and Jin paired his only live card to take the pot. He's now the chip leader with over 1.1 million.
Brad Yazici was eliminated in 6th place earning $4,705.
Brad Yazici (Essex, MD)
$4,705
Brad Yazici raised to 42k on the button. Mike Comar (sb) called, then Jin Ro (bb) raised to 135k.
Brad jammed for 531k straight.
Mike folded.
Jin tanked for a bit, counting out the call (396k more). He would only have ~35k left if he called.
"I'm only considering this call because I think you're bluffing" Jin said. Then he called.
Brad showed pocket Jacks (not bluffing).
Jin had QJ.
The board ran out Q 8 5 4 5 and Jin paired his only live card to take the pot. He's now the chip leader with over 1.1 million.
Brad Yazici was eliminated in 6th place earning $4,705.
Event 14: Break Time Chip Counts
$500 + $60 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)
Level 23: Blinds 5k/10k with 2k ante.
Play has resumed.
Here are the rough counts as of the break:
Mike Comar - 820k
Jin Ro - 500k
Arnuflo Vidal - 400k
Edgar Lemus-Argueta - 420k
Brad Yazici - 400k
John Kostelac - 285k
Level 23: Blinds 5k/10k with 2k ante.
Play has resumed.
Here are the rough counts as of the break:
Mike Comar - 820k
Jin Ro - 500k
Arnuflo Vidal - 400k
Edgar Lemus-Argueta - 420k
Brad Yazici - 400k
John Kostelac - 285k
Event 14: Big Hand Before Break
$500 + $60 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)
On the last hand of the level, Edgar Lemus-Argueta opened for 40k in the cutoff.
Arnuflo Vidal limped on the button, then Brad Yazici raised to 48k from the small blind. Vidal called.
On the flop of A 8 7 with two hearts, both checked.
Turn was an offsuit Jack. Brad fired 60k and after some thought, Vidal called.
River was an offsuit Queen. Brad fired 100k, leaving only about 65k behind.
Vidal tanked for a few minutes, which ran into the break, then folded.
Players are taking 15.
On the last hand of the level, Edgar Lemus-Argueta opened for 40k in the cutoff.
Arnuflo Vidal limped on the button, then Brad Yazici raised to 48k from the small blind. Vidal called.
On the flop of A 8 7 with two hearts, both checked.
Turn was an offsuit Jack. Brad fired 60k and after some thought, Vidal called.
River was an offsuit Queen. Brad fired 100k, leaving only about 65k behind.
Vidal tanked for a few minutes, which ran into the break, then folded.
Players are taking 15.
Championship: Break Time Big Stacks
$2500 + $200 Championship Deep Stack Double Play NLH (Re-Entry)
Players are on their second break of the day and halfway to finishing Day 1A.
Big Stacks
Mohd Eid (Attleboro, MA) 92k
Dan Wach (Boonton, NJ) 80k
Bill Johnson (Ray, OH) 70k
Play resumes at 3:41 pm with blinds staying at 100/200, but with the addition of a 25 ante.
Players are on their second break of the day and halfway to finishing Day 1A.
Big Stacks
Mohd Eid (Attleboro, MA) 92k
Dan Wach (Boonton, NJ) 80k
Bill Johnson (Ray, OH) 70k
Play resumes at 3:41 pm with blinds staying at 100/200, but with the addition of a 25 ante.
Event 14: 7th Place - Corona
$500 + $60 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)
Level 22: Blinds 8k/16k with 2k ante.
Mike Comar opened for 54k.
Adrian Corona shoved.
Everyone else folded.
Mike: AK
Adrian: QQ
Board: A K 7 J 3
The flop gave Mike two pair, but Adrian picked up a Broadway draw on the turn. He whiffed the river, however, and Mike took the pot, chipping up to close to 800k.
Adrian Corona busted out in 7th place, earning $3,764.
Level 22: Blinds 8k/16k with 2k ante.
Adrian Corona (Floral Park, NY)
$3,764
Mike Comar opened for 54k.
Adrian Corona shoved.
Everyone else folded.
Mike: AK
Adrian: QQ
Board: A K 7 J 3
The flop gave Mike two pair, but Adrian picked up a Broadway draw on the turn. He whiffed the river, however, and Mike took the pot, chipping up to close to 800k.
Adrian Corona busted out in 7th place, earning $3,764.
Championship: Irish Poker, Dublin' Up
$2500 + $200 Championship Deep Stack Double Play NLH (Re-Entry)
"All I need is four double-ups and I'm right back to the starting stack," laughs Patrick LaVecchio (Philadelphia, PA).
After LaVecchio moves all in for 2,225, Mohd Eid (Attleboro, MA) says, "you're ahead," and makes the call.
LaVecchio: 10 10
Eid: Q 8
Flop: Q 8 5 (Eid two pairs)
Turn: 9 (LaVecchio gutshot straight draw)
River: J
LaVecchio hits the straight on the river to stay alive, but is a pittance for LaVecchio who is at 73k.
"I lost about 20k," he says after cresting at 98k. LaVecchio says he's knocked out two players including in a hand where he flopped a set of 7s.
Level 4 (100/200) is underway.
Eid (left) & LaVecchio
"All I need is four double-ups and I'm right back to the starting stack," laughs Patrick LaVecchio (Philadelphia, PA).
After LaVecchio moves all in for 2,225, Mohd Eid (Attleboro, MA) says, "you're ahead," and makes the call.
LaVecchio: 10 10
Eid: Q 8
Flop: Q 8 5 (Eid two pairs)
Turn: 9 (LaVecchio gutshot straight draw)
River: J
LaVecchio hits the straight on the river to stay alive, but is a pittance for LaVecchio who is at 73k.
"I lost about 20k," he says after cresting at 98k. LaVecchio says he's knocked out two players including in a hand where he flopped a set of 7s.
Level 4 (100/200) is underway.
Event 14: Corona Doubles
$500 + $60 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)
Adrian Corona was all-in pre-flop holding pocket Queens.
Edgar Lemus-Argueta gave it some thought, then looked him up from the big blind with Q6 suited.
The board bricked out and changed nothing. Adrian doubled up to ~220k.
Seven players remain. Average stack is 416k.
Adrian Corona was all-in pre-flop holding pocket Queens.
Edgar Lemus-Argueta gave it some thought, then looked him up from the big blind with Q6 suited.
The board bricked out and changed nothing. Adrian doubled up to ~220k.
Seven players remain. Average stack is 416k.
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Event 14: 8th Place - Whorley
$500 + $60 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)
Three players got all-in pre-flop.
DJ Whorley - AK
John Kostelac - AK
Edgar Lemus-Argueta - AT
A Ten hit the board, giving Edgar more than a double up to ~520k
John took a hit, dropping to ~200k.
DJ Whorley spun off in 8th place, earning $2,823.
Level 21: Blinds 6k/12k with 2k ante.
DJ Whorley (Washington, DC)
$2,823
Three players got all-in pre-flop.
DJ Whorley - AK
John Kostelac - AK
Edgar Lemus-Argueta - AT
A Ten hit the board, giving Edgar more than a double up to ~520k
John took a hit, dropping to ~200k.
DJ Whorley spun off in 8th place, earning $2,823.
Level 21: Blinds 6k/12k with 2k ante.
Event 14: 9th Place - Nigris
$500 + $60 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)
Paolo Nigris was all-in with pocket 3s.
Jin Ro had him covered holding KJ suited.
The board ran out A Q 9 T 8 giving Jin Broadway and the pot.
Paulo Nigris busted out in 9th place, earning $2,117.
Paolo Nigris (Tenafly, NJ)
$2,117
Paolo Nigris was all-in with pocket 3s.
Jin Ro had him covered holding KJ suited.
The board ran out A Q 9 T 8 giving Jin Broadway and the pot.
Paulo Nigris busted out in 9th place, earning $2,117.
Event 14: Break Time Chip Counts
$500 + $60 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)
At the end of the level, the final nine took off for a 15 minute break.
Here's the final table lineup with chip counts:
Level 20: Blinds 5k/10k with 1k ante.
At the end of the level, the final nine took off for a 15 minute break.
Here's the final table lineup with chip counts:
- Edgar Lemus-Argueta - 222k
- John Kostelac - 95k
- Adrian Corona - 264k
- Arnuflo Vidal - 576k
- Brad Yazici - 66k
- Mike Comar - 822k
- Jin Ro - 608k
- Paolo Nigris - 141k
- DJ Whorley - 116k
Level 20: Blinds 5k/10k with 1k ante.
Event 14: 11th - Jafarzadeh;10th - Palmer
$500 + $60 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)
In a battle of the blinds, John Kostelac (sb) was all-in and called by Joshua Palmer (bb).
John: Q♠T♠
Joshua: Q♥3♥
Board: J♠2♠2♥4♠4♥
John was ahead the whole way, but made a flush on the turn to take the pot, doubling up to ~150k.
Joshua was left with only ~60k and busted out soon after in 10th place, earning $1,882.
The final nine drew seats and moved to the final table.
Fred Jafarzadeh (Woodbridge, VA)
11th - $1,882
Joshua Palmer (Hamptonville, NC)
$1,882
In a battle of the blinds, John Kostelac (sb) was all-in and called by Joshua Palmer (bb).
John: Q♠T♠
Joshua: Q♥3♥
Board: J♠2♠2♥4♠4♥
John was ahead the whole way, but made a flush on the turn to take the pot, doubling up to ~150k.
Joshua was left with only ~60k and busted out soon after in 10th place, earning $1,882.
The final nine drew seats and moved to the final table.
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