Event #3: $500 Deepstack Black Chip Bounty
Day 2 Completed
Event #3: $500 Deepstack Black Chip Bounty
Day 2 Completed
Event #3 of the Borgata Winter Poker Open was the $500 Black Chip Bounty NLH. There was a Borgata Poker record-setting field for the event with a massive 1,165 entries creating a prize pool of over $395,000.
The dust settled in the early morning hours in the Event Center and Timothy Rutherford was the last man standing. He built a big stack early in the night and stayed near the top of the chip counts throughout.
He entered the final table in second chip position but it didn't take long for Rutherford to pull ahead after eliminating David Finley.
Rutherford then sent two more players to the rail eliminating Benson Tang in seventh and David Frutchey in fifth.
The stacks were nearly even entering heads-up play against Louis Pelletteri, but Rutherford pulled ahead and never looked back earning $86,118 and his first Borgata Winter Poker Open trophy.
Final Table Results
Place | Player | Payout |
---|---|---|
1 | Timothy Rutherford | $86,118 |
2 | Louis Pelletteri | $51,417 |
3 | Stephen Racyn | $31,444 |
4 | Larry Abrams | $26,302 |
5 | David Frutchey | $21,753 |
6 | Anthony Hulbert | $17,601 |
7 | Benson Tang | $13,843 |
8 | Umberto Salvati | $10,283 |
9 | David Finley | $7,258 |
Louis Pelletteri raised to 400,000 and Timothy Rutherford called. They saw a flop of and Pelletteri check-called a bet of 300,000 from Rutherford.
The turn was the and Pelletteri check-called a bet of 1,200,000. The completed the board and Pelletteri checked to Rutherford who bet 5,000,000.
Pelletteri check-raised all in for about 9,000,000 and Rutherford quickly called. "Nice call" said Pelletteri as he knuckled the felt turning over .
Rutherford showed for two pair and the two players shook hands. Pelletteri is our Event #3 runner up and he will take home $51,417 for his second place finish.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Timothy Rutherford |
29,000,000
16,000,000
|
16,000,000 |
Louis Pelletteri | Busted |
With the elimination of Stephen Racyn in third we are now heads-up here in Event #3. The players started with nearly identical chip stacks and it's still anybody's game.
One of these players will be our newest Borgata Winter Poker Open champion taking home $86,118 and the BWPO trophy.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Louis Pelletteri |
16,000,000
1,500,000
|
1,500,000 |
Timothy Rutherford |
13,000,000
-1,500,000
|
-1,500,000 |
Stephen Racyn and Louis Pelletteri went heads up to the flop and Racyn checked. Pelletteri tossed out a bet and Racyn check-raised all in for about 4,000,000.
Pelletteri called turning over and Racyn would need to improve holding . The turn and river were no help to Racyn and he was eliminated in 3rd place earning $31,444 for his efforts.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Louis Pelletteri |
14,500,000
5,500,000
|
5,500,000 |
Stephen Racyn | Busted |
Larry Abrams got his last 1,650,000 all in pre-flop holding against the of Louis Pelletteri.
The board ran out and Pelletteri paired his nine on the river to score the knockout.
Abrams is our 4th place finisher and will take home $26,302 for his efforts.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Louis Pelletteri |
9,000,000
2,000,000
|
2,000,000 |
Larry Abrams | Busted |
Level: 32
Blinds: 100,000/200,000
Ante: 200,000
David Frutchey raised to 450,000 from the cutoff and Timothy Rutherford re-raised to 1,300,000 from the button. It folded back to Frutchey who moved all in for 2,200,000 and Rutherford called.
Timothy Rutherford:
David Frutchey:
The dealer fanned the flop and Rutherford paired his ace in the window to take control of the hand.
The turn and river were no help to Frutchey and he was eliminated in 5th place earning $21,753 for his efforts.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Timothy Rutherford |
16,000,000
3,500,000
|
3,500,000 |
David Frutchey | Busted |
Anthony Hulbert got his last 1,400,000 all in pre-flop holding against the of Louis Pelletteri.
The board ran out clean for Pelletteri and Hulbert was eliminated in 6th place earning $17,601 for his efforts.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Louis Pelletteri |
7,000,000
3,800,000
|
3,800,000 |
Anthony Hulbert | Busted |
Benson Tang got his stack of 3,000,000 all in pre-flop holding against the of Timothy Rutherford.
The dealer fanned the flop and Rutherford paired his king in the window to take control of the hand.
The turn and river were no help to Tang and he was eliminated in 7th place earning $13,843 for his efforts.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Timothy Rutherford |
12,500,000
3,800,000
|
3,800,000 |
Benson Tang | Busted |