2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open

Event 1: $560 $1 Million Guaranteed Deep-Stack NLHE Reentry
Day: 2
Event Info

2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open

Final Results
Winner
Carlos Alvarado
Prize
$127,652
Event Info
Buy-in
$500
Entries
2,482
Level Info
Level
35
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
40,000

From the One-Outhouse to the Penthouse, and Back Again

Level 23 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
Bryan Choi
Bryan Choi

Matt Cooper dominated through much of Day 1c, building one of the biggest stacks in the room and pummeling his opponents into submission.

Cooper rode the momentum into the money here on Day 2, but a recent hand saw him ship about half of his stack across the table to Bryan Choi.

Choi's name may ring a bell as well, what with his deep run to a 9th place finish in the Borgata Winter Poker Open WPT Main Event last January.

The action began when Cooper shoved all in before the flop (this may have been an open-shove or a three-bet), putting his last 382,000 into the middle from early position. The action quickly folded around to Choi, who quickly called off his last 168,000.

Choi: {9-Hearts}{9-Spades}
Cooper: {7-Diamonds}{7-Spades}

Cooper had brought a pocket pair to bear with his sevens, but Choi had him crushed with a pair of nines. As the dealer prepared to burn and turn, Philip Neiman mentioned aloud that Cooper would need to spike a one-outer, as he had folded the {7-Clubs}. Choi perked up at this revelation, saying "hold up one time" while watching the dealer and the deck decide his fate.

Proving that poker is one of the most dramatic games we play, the door card was the {7-Hearts} and the table let loose a collective gasp with the aforementioned one-outer coming through. Cooper barely had time to crack a smile though, as the {k-Hearts} and {9-Diamonds} were slid out from underneath his saving seven.

With that, Cooper acknowledged that he was now drawing dead, before cutting out the chips which now belonged to Choi.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Bryan Choi
Bryan Choi
365,000
121,000
121,000
Profile photo of Matt Cooper
Matt Cooper
210,000
-415,000
-415,000

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