2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open

Event 10: $660 NLHE Reentry
Day: 2
Event Info

2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j10
Prize
$33,873
Event Info
Buy-in
$600
Entries
194
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
4,000

Level: 20

Blinds: 5,000/1,000

Ante: 1,000

John Thompson Eliminated in 8th Place ($3,387)

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
John Thompson - 8th Place
John Thompson - 8th Place

John Thompson's last hand of the tournament went down recently, after he lost a flip holding {5-}{5-}.

Michael Forca held overcards with {a-}{j-} and the flop came down with an ace to put Thompson on the brink. He failed to catch the two-out shot he needed to survive, and hit the rail with an 8th place finish.

Player Chips Progress
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Michael Forca
220,000
66,000
66,000
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John Thompson
Busted

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Jeremy Stein Eliminated in 9th Place ($2,540)

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Jeremy Stein - 9th Place
Jeremy Stein - 9th Place

Jeremy Stein watched the action fold around to him in the small blind, and holding {a-Clubs}{q-Spades} he raised to 24,000. Mike Sandler and his big stack were waiting in the big blind though, and he plunked a heap of red T25000 chips forward to set Stein all in if he wished to continue.

Stein called off with his big cards to find himself racing against Sandler's {8-Spades}{8-Clubs}, and the final board ran out {10-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{4-Spades}{2-Clubs}{5-Diamonds} to leave the snowmen out in front.

Stein hit the rail in 9th place for $2,540 while Sandler continued his dominant performance.

Player Chips Progress
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Mike Sandler
790,000
120,000
120,000
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Jeremy Stein
Busted

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Stuart Gelwarg Eliminated in 10th Place ($2,258)

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Stuart Gelwarg
Stuart Gelwarg

Unfortunately we missed Stuart Gelwarg's bustout hand during a quick jaunt to the restroom (when ya gotta go, ya gotta go), but he finished in 10th place for $2,258.

According to Brian Correro, he took Gelwarg out with {10-}{10-} versus {8-}{8-} after Gelwarg opened to 20,000. Correro shoved all in to put the shorty at risk, and Gelwarg "snap-called" with his snowmen, only to see that his pocket pair had been trumped.

No sets or straights were made and Gelwarg hit the rail as the first elimination of the final table.

Player Chips Progress
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Brian Correro
395,000
155,500
155,500
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Stuart Gelwarg
Busted

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Level: 19

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

Meet the Final Table

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 500 ante
Mike Sandler is still the chip leader entering the final table
Mike Sandler is still the chip leader entering the final table

Here is the final table lineup complete with seating assignments and current chip counts:

SeatPlayerChips
1Stuart Gelwarg105,000
2Attilio Bitondo330,000
3Steve Saklad155,000
4Jeremy Stein180,000
5Mike Sandler590,000
6Michael Forca165,000
7Brian Correro275000
8Joe McKeehen180,000
9Joe Clarkin525,000
10John Thompson55,000

Tags: Attllio BitondoBrian CorreroJeremy SteinJoe ClarkinJoe MckeehenMichael ForcaMike SandlerSteve SakladStuart Gelwarg

Final Table Set

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 500 ante

The remaining 10 players have redrawn for seats and reassembled for the sprint to the finish line.

Stay tuned for a table draw with current chip counts in the next few minutes.

Dube Smoked, Clarkin Climbing

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 500 ante
Mark Dube - 11th Place
Mark Dube - 11th Place

Joe Clarkin opened for 15,000 and Mark Dube three-bet to 38,000. Clarkin then moved all in to put Dube's last 120,000 at risk if he called, and call he did with the {a-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}.

Clarkin was racing against big slick with his {3-Diamonds}{3-Spades} and the final board of {6-Clubs}{2-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{j-Spades}{q-Hearts} came clean to send the large pot his way - while sending Dube home with an 11th place finish in the process.

Player Chips Progress
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Joe Clarkin
525,000
189,000
189,000
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Mark Dube
Busted

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