$3 Million Guaranteed WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship
Day 3 Completed
2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open
$3 Million Guaranteed WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open
Buy-in
$3,300
Entries
1,229
Level
39
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
75,000
Level 24
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
After nearly 15 hours of play here on Day 3 of the $3 Million Guaranteed WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship, Farid Jattin leads the final 36 players.
He bagged up 3,818,000 to notch a wide chip lead over second-place Jared Jaffee (2,340,000). Rounding out the top five are Robert Merulla (2,150,000), David Paredes (2,000,000), and Kunal Patel (1,975,000). Notable players bagging up include Matthew Parry (1,373,000), Faraz Jaka (1,348,000), Byron Kaverman (997,000), Chad Brown (896,000), and Ronit Chamani (807,000).
John Racener, Laz Hernandez, Harrison Gimbel, Isaac Baron, Dan Heimiller, Matt Affleck, Dan O'Brien, Amnon Filippi, Aaron Massey, Daniel Sindelar, and Andy Frankenberger were among the well-known players cashing but busting out today.
Play resumes at 12 p.m. tomorrow, and be sure to tune in to PokerNews for all of the live updates as the final table emerges.
Level 24
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Here are the end of day chip counts for our final 36 players, after a grueling day of action on the felt pared the field down from 188 to the current roster you see below.
Farid Jattin built a massive chip lead with his 3.818 million surpassing Jared Jaffee by nearly 1.5 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,818,000
2,668,000
|
2,668,000 |
|
2,340,000
710,000
|
710,000 |
|
||
|
2,150,000
-206,000
|
-206,000 |
|
2,000,000
420,000
|
420,000 |
|
||
|
1,975,000
-455,000
|
-455,000 |
|
|
1,738,000
338,000
|
338,000 |
|
1,635,000
485,000
|
485,000 |
|
|
1,380,000
525,000
|
525,000 |
|
1,373,000
173,000
|
173,000 |
|
|
||
|
1,348,000
-102,000
|
-102,000 |
|
||
|
1,210,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,095,000
245,000
|
245,000 |
|
|
1,076,000
331,000
|
331,000 |
|
1,000,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
997,000
-233,000
|
-233,000 |
|
|
||
|
896,000
-204,000
|
-204,000 |
|
855,000
683,000
|
683,000 |
|
852,000
647,000
|
647,000 |
|
807,000
57,000
|
57,000 |
|
710,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
||
|
689,000
148,500
|
148,500 |
|
626,000
-184,000
|
-184,000 |
|
614,000
-581,000
|
-581,000 |
|
551,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
|
536,000
290,000
|
290,000 |
Level 24
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Jared Jaffee opened to 44,000 from an early position, and Chris Reslock made the call. Michael Santoro came along for a discount in the big, and they took the 
flop three-handed.
Santoro checked, Jaffee fired 82,000, and Reslock folded. Santoro jammed for 377,000, and Jaffee called.
Jaffee: 
Santoro: 
Santoro had flopped top pair but found himself well behind the aces of Jaffee. The 
and 
weren't the cards he needed, and Jaffee added to his already-hefty stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Level 24
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Robert Merulla is on a tear lately, crippling Matthew Mendez by winning a coin flip before making a full house with pocket kings and getting extreme value from Matthew Parry.
He kept the heater going in a recent hand with Eracles Panayiotou's.
Merulla opened for 42,000 from middle position and Panayiotou decided to three-bet for about half his stack, making it 115,000 to go and leaving only 126,000 behind. This is when Merulla began to set his trap, sitting for thirty seconds or so and acting as if he had a tough decision to work through. After putting on the disguise of a man disgusted with having to put the chips forward, Merulla moved a stack of hot pink T25000 chips forward.
A pot-committed Panayiotou snap-called with his 
but was shocked to discover Merulla hid a secret in the hole: 
.
"You had to think about it that long huh?" asked Panayiotou, not pleased with the deceptive play being used against him even though everybody at the table knew his chips were going in the middle the moment he three-bet.
The flop came down 
and Panayiotou asked for a jack to come on fourth street, searching for additional outs that never came. When the turn came 
his tournament was over, and the meaningless completed the board on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,356,000
256,000
|
256,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 24
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Action folded to John Racener, who shoved all in from the small blind. Unfortunately for him, Matthew Parry woke up with 
in the big blind, and he eliminated Racener when Racener couldn't catch up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,200,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
||
Level 24
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Ronit Chamani fired 67,000 on the turn against Robert Merulla and Matthew Parry in a pot she had raised preflop that got checked through on the flop. The board now read 
, and Merulla folded. Parry, who had checked from the big blind, made the call, and a 
completed the board. Parry came out firing with 100,000, and Chamani called after thinking for a brief moment.
Parry showed 
for a rivered full house, and Chamani just said "nice hand."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
750,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
|
|
700,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
|
|
||
Level 24
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
After doubling through Laz Hernandez - the Day 1a and Day 2 chip leader - and then crippling him shortly after that, Byron Kaverman went for the kill and put him down for good.
The demise of a once dominant chip leader began when Kaverman opened for 43,000 from the hijack and Joseph Ruff flatted on the button. Hernandez, perhaps still steaming a bit from the two previous encounters with Kaverman, then shoved all in from the big blind, putting his last 270,000 or so more in the middle.
Ruff got of the way and Hernandez showed down with his nemesis, only to find the torment continuing as his 
was dominated by the pro's 
.
A final runout of 
was the end of the road for Hernandez, and as he headed over to the payout desk to collect his $13,125 in prize money, it was apparent from his frustrated body language that he never thought this time would come.
Kaverman, meanwhile, surged back into contention for another final table run at this Borgata Winter Poker Open - with more than 1.2 million late on this third day of play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,230,000
280,000
|
280,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
Level 24
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Laz Hernandez limped under the gun, and Faraz Jaka raised to 80,000 from the next spot. Action folded to Byron Kaverman in the cutoff, and he jammed for 396,000. Hernandez called when it got back to him, and Jaka mucked.
Hernandez:
Kaverman: 
It was a race, and the board came out 
. Hernandez is now low on chips, while Kaverman has a healthy stack.
Meanwhile, Tyler Patterson doubled up with on a nearby table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
950,000
330,000
|
330,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
700,000
-550,000
|
-550,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
300,000
-425,000
|
-425,000 |
Level 24
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Byron Kaverman opened the pot for a raise but Laz Hernandez didn't notice, and he tried to enter the pot with a limp. The action was binding though, and he then called the raise to take a flop.
The dealer fanned the 
across the felt, and Kaverman then led into Hernandez with a 36,000 wager.
Hernandez responded by raising the action to 76,000 and Kaverman then three-bet jammed for about 200,000 more. The escalation caused Hernandez to stand up and pace behind his seat, trying his best to determine the best course of action. Eventually though, the long tank resulted in a call and the two players showed the hands that had forced the all-in confrontation.
Showdown:
Hernandez: 
Kaverman 
The pro was out in front with his pair of kings, but Kaverman was fading nine outs in the form of a flush draw. Hernandez added five more outs when he paired up on the turn, but after hitting a slew of gin cards over the course of the tournament, he watched as the river came to keep him second-best.
The loss further eroded Hernandez' once dominant chip stack to under the average, while a dangerous pro like Kaverman now has additional ammunition with which to try and finish him off.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
725,000
-700,000
|
-700,000 |
|
|
620,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
|
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