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

Double Down

Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Mike Sandler ever so briefly claimed the chip lead, before Joe McKeehen took it right back from him
Mike Sandler ever so briefly claimed the chip lead, before Joe McKeehen took it right back from him

In a series of two hands played in quick succession, Joe McKeehen and Mike Sandler just traded their chip stacks back and forth.

First, the two saw a flop of {4-Clubs}{k-Clubs}{2-Clubs} and McKeehen fired out for 32,000. Sandler popped him to 83,000 and McKeehen shipped all in for the rest of his stack. Sandler snapped him off while tabling {6-Clubs}{7-Clubs} for a flopped flush, while McKeehen was drawing with the {a-Clubs}. The turn ({9-Diamonds}) and river ({3-Spades}) failed to bring a fourth club to the board, and with that Sandler regained the chip leadership he owned heading into the day.

Just a deal or two later, the two went toe to toe yet again, after seeing the flop of {q-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{j-Spades}. We heard Sandler announce himself all in (likely coming over the top of McKeehen's lead out), with the young pro snap-calling and revealing {q-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds} for top two pair.

"Man!" said Sandler in frustration as he tabled {a-Hearts}{8-Hearts} for a busted bluff. "Right back to ya."

The turn and river bricked off and McKeehen rebuilt his stack to more than 1.3 million - or right where he started before the two tangled in the first place.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Joe Mckeehen us
Joe Mckeehen
1,380,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Mike Sandler
Mike Sandler
850,000
100,000
100,000

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