Friday, June 21, 2013

Event 19: Big Double for Goldfeier

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

Blinds 6k/12k/2k ante 

Just after a break there's a huge 800k pot.

Eric Goldfeier is all in and at risk with KK against the QQ of Chris Giannell.

The Kings hold and Goldfeier doubles 377k which severely cripples Giannell.

Event 19: 14th Place - Corrado

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

Blinds 5k/10k/1k ante

Nick Corrado (Staten Island, NY) is all in UTG for 26,500 and gets calls from Bruce Kanner and Chris Giannell.

Kanner and Giannell check the flop, turn and river of 10 5 3 8 6.

Corrado: K9
Kanner: KQ
Giannell: mucks

Kanner wins the hand with King high, Queen kicker.

Corrado earns $471 for his 14th place finish.

Event 19: 15th Place - Ondis

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

Blinds 5k/10k/1k ante 

Bruce Kanner limps from early position, Sha Sheridan raises to 23k, Victoria Ondis (Manasquan, NJ)
moves all in for 143k.

Kanner calls for 3/4 of his stack and Sheridan folds.

Kanner: KJ
Ondis: 33

Kanner hits a Jack on the flop and says, "keep it right there."

Ondis gets no help on the turn and river and finishes in 15th place for $463.

Event 19: 16th Place - Zuarino

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

Blinds 5k/10k/1k ante

Sal Zuarino (Westfield, NJ) is all in for 100k with pocket Queens against the AK of Steve Grayber.

Grayber hits a King on the flop and gets the knockout.

Zuarino finishes in 16th place for $471.

Event 19: 17th Place - Natalini

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

Blinds 5k/10k/1k ante 


Jeff Natalini (Alexandria, VA) is all in for 35k with K 8 against the QQs of Eric Goldfeier.

Natalini doesn't pick up any sweats saying, "I needed a King. I was crippled five hands before, that's what did me in."

Natalini earns $471 for his 17th place finish.

Event 19: 18th Place - Elliott

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

Blinds 5k/10k/1k ante

Allen Elliott (Raliegh, NC) is all in with pocket 6s for 75k against the A♠ 5♠ of Dennis Aiello.

When the flop of Q♠ J♠ 2♠ hits the board, Aillo has the nut flush and when Elliott doesn't connect with a 6 on the turn his tournament is over.

Elliott finishes in 18th place for $471.

Event 19: Final Two Tables

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

Blinds 4k/8k/1k ante

Table 1

Seat-Name

1 Bruce Kanner (Bronx, NY)
2 Mick O'Neill (New York, NY)
3 Jeff Natalini (Alexandria, VA)
4 Shaheim Sheridan (Fayetteville, NC)       
5 Eric Goldfeier (Cluster, NJ)
6 Victoria Ondis (Manasquan, NJ)
7 Chris Giannell (Red Bank, NJ)
8 Paul Hirschorn (Edgewater, NJ)
9 Nick Corrado (Staten Island, NY)

Table 2

Seat-Name

1 Sal Zuarino (Westfield, NJ) 
2 Steve Grayber (Franklin Lakes, NJ) 
3 Giovanni Vozzoto (Bellmore, NY)
4 Dennis Altman (Polk City, FL)
5 Dennis Aiello (Kinnelon, NJ)
6 Jack Davis (Washington, DC)
7 Allen Elliott (Raliegh, NC)
8 Joe Lapinta (Toms River, NJ)
9 Miguel Borrero (Jersey City, NJ)

Event 19: 19-27th Places ($397)

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

Bustouts have been flying out the door, here's a look at those earning the min cash of $397.

Place-Name

19th Marcelo Lanas (Anapolis, MD)
20th Lenard Adams (Markham, IL)
21st Michael Tauman (Metuchen, NJ)
22nd Max Digilov (Staten Island, NY)
23rd Mike Molino (Astoria, NY)
24th Aaron Pinson (Baltimore, MD)
25th Gil Sacks (Bala Cynwyd, PA)
26th Paul Lambrakis (Brooklyn, NY)
27th Craig Comerford (Apopka, FL)

Event 19: Two More Down

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

Blinds 4k/8k/1k ante

Mike Molino (Astoria, NY) sees his tournament end with 99 vs the KK of Dennis Aiello (Kinnelon, NJ)

Next to to is Max Digilov (Staten Island, NY) who moves all in with J9 against a player holding 99 and Miguel Borrero's (Jersey City, NJ) AK.

"Ace in the window baby," says Borrero, who gets a double-up and a knockout to take his stack to 400k.

Digilov is the victim who is out in 22nd place.

Event 19: Borrero Sacks Gil

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Blinds 3k/6k/500 ante

One player earning a min cash is Gils Sacks (Wynnewood, PA) who is dominated with Ah 3h against the Ad Jd of Miguel Borrero (Jersey City, NJ).

Borrero ends up with the nut flush, and after a close count, gets the last 84k of Sacks chips.

Sacks finishes in 25th place for $379.

Event 19: Perfect 10 for Hirschorn

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

Blinds 3k/6k/500 ante

Hirschorn (right) Watches Opponent Turn Over KK

On the second hand of the bubble a player moves all in for 40k and Paul Hirschorn (Edgewater, NJ) calls.

Player X: KK
Hirschorn: 10 10

The board is clean until a 10 hits the river and Hirschorn wins the hand with a set of 10s.  The knockout of the anonymous bubble boy means the remaining 27 players are in the money and guaranteed a min cash of $397.

One minute, half the time spend in hand-for-hand play, is put back on the clock in one of the fastest bubbles in Borgata history.

Event 19: Hand-for_Hand

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Two players are gone in the first ten minutes of play leaving 28 players, one from the money.

Play is now hand-for-hand on the money bubble.

Event 19: Big Stacks

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Aiello (left) and Giannell Fist Bump with Big Stacks

Chip Leaders

Name-Chip Count

Chris Giannell (Red Bank, NJ) 716k
Dennis Altman (Polk City, FL) 486k
Dennis Aiello (Kinnelon, NJ) 416k

Event 19: Numbers Game

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

Number of Entries: 217
Players Remaining:  30
Spots From Money: 3

Chips in Play:  5.4 million
Big Stack:  716k (119 bb)
Average Stack:  181k (30 bb)

Next Blinds:3k/6k/500 ante
Play Resumes: 8:10 PM


Total Buy-In:  $43,400
First Prize:  $11,787
Places Paid: 27
Min Cash: $379

Event 19: Three-Way All in X 2

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

On the last hand before dinner break, two tables have three-way all ins and both times the big stack gets a double knockout.

First Dennis Altman (Polk City, FL) isolates two all ins for ~60k each with pocket Jacks and is against Brian Kruyd's (Parsippany, NJ) pocket Aces and a third player's 77.

Altman flops a Jack to crack Aces and says, "I knew this was going to be my day."

On the other table, Chris Giannell (Red Bank, NJ) gets his AA to hold against AK (65k) and 88 (150k) to add nearly 225k in chips.
 
The two double knockouts means the field is down to 30 players, just three spots from the money.

Both Giannell and Altman have heaps of chips and we'll sort out the chip lead after the floor supervisors color up the chips.

Players are on a one hour dinner break until 8:10 pm.

Event 19: Tensions Run High

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

Players are getting testy as the dinner break approaches.

Victoria Ondis (Manasquan, NJ) gives the player on her left the evil eye when he snap calls the button's all in from the big blind before she has a chance to act.

On another table Miguel Borrero (Jersey City, NJ) snaps in frustration when his opponent hits running Kings to stay alive. Borrero's AJ had the hand vs A 10 until the board runs out A J 2 K K for a chopped pot.

Dinner vouchers are out and players are ready to blow off steam on their 7:10 pm dinner break.

Event 19: More Departures

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

Level 16: Blinds 2,500/5,000 with 500 ante.

This is the last level before the dinner break (about 7:10pm).

More players hitting the rail:

Mark Buonadonna
Jeanette Sims
Andrew Klein
Gene Mazza
Arnuflo Vidal

Event 19: New Chip Leader

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

Michael Molino

Michael Molino (Astoria, NY) is up to 260k and the new chip leader.

Six nine-handed tables remain with 49 players hanging on.

Average stack is 111k.

Event 19: Walker Walking

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

Level 15:  Blinds 2k/4k with 400 ante.

During the previous level:

Antonio Walker

Antonio Walker (Willingboro, NJ) jammed with pocket 8s, getting looked up by Michael O'Neil, who held KJ suited.

A Jack on the turn gave Michael the bigger pair and the pot.  He chipped up to ~210k.

Antonio headed for the exit.

Event 19: Ladies Good to Miguel

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

Level 14:  Blinds 1,500/3,000 with 400 ante.

Miguel Borrero

On a flop of J 8 4 with two hearts, Miguel Borrero (Jersey City, NJ) was all-in for 68,900 with three opponents still to act.

They each gave it some thought, but all opted to fold.  Miguel showed pocket Queens and dragged the pot.

More goners:

Chris Edwards
Jordan Ludwick

Event 19: Seventy Remain

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

Level 13:  Blinds 1,200/2,400 with 300 ante.

Only seven tables remain with 70 players still plying the green felt.

Average stack is 78k.

Lenard Adams leads the field with ~210k.

Goners:

John Koliner
Stephen Moy

Kevin Lutz tweeted his departure:

Jus busted last event of series ran it up to 75k then lost JJ<ak kq< A7 then got set over set 66 to 99 on 965 #bspo

Event 19: Before the Break

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

The flop was 9 6 3 with two spades.  Seat 7 bet 25k and Dan Bienstock shoved, having his opponent covered.

After a few beats, seat 7 put the last of his chips in showing pocket Jacks.

Dan rolled over pocket 9s for the set. 

The last two changed nothing and Dan took the pot, chipping up to ~190k.

Michael O'Neil

Jordan Ludwick turned a set of jacks, but Michael O'Neil (Ireland via New York, NY) had turned a flush.

On the river, all the chips went in and Michael doubled up to 170k.

Jordan was left short-stacked.

End of level 12 and time for a break.

Event 19: Blinds Relentlessly Climbing

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

Level 12:  Blinds 1k/2k with 300 ante.

Only ten tables remain -- 100 players.

Average stack is ~54k.

The final 27 make the money.  Still a long way to go.

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Event 19: Gonzo

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

Level 11:  Blinds 800/1,600 with 200 ante.

Levels are now 30 minutes long for the duration of the tournament.

Players continue to depart at a brisk pace.  These faces have vanished into the mist:

Sandeep Patel
Ibra Ibraimovic
Howard Wolper
Kerry Small
James McKeon
Michael Buttacavoli
Abe Korotki
Joe Boatwright
Grace Sun
Dan Walsh