2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open

Event 12: $400 Saturday Series $100,000 Guaranteed NLHE Reentry
Day: 1
Event Info

2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qq
Prize
$41,977
Event Info
Buy-in
$350
Entries
484
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
5,000

Sergeant Slaughter

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

We heard a loud shout a few tables over and headed over to take a look, and as is usually the case after such an outburst, a bad beat had just gone down.

A player who gave his name - but politely asked to remain anonymous due to his status as an active serviceman in the military (don't ask, don't tell lives on) - had just spiked his double gutter draw on the river. Here's what we saw:

The final board read {q-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{j-Hearts}{7-Diamonds} and the unknown soldier had {6-Spades}{8-Spades} tabled near his soon to be doubled stack. His opponent held only {a-}{10-} for no pair, but until the river rained down he had been in the lead with ace-high. Fifth street dashed his hopes though, while the anonymous player now sits with about 45,000 to work with.