2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open

Event 8: $450 Big-Stack PLO Reentry
Day: 1
Event Info

2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k7q2
Prize
$12,629
Event Info
Buy-in
$400
Prize Pool
$36,084
Entries
93
Level Info
Level
21
Blinds
10,000 / 20,000
Ante
0

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 0

Level: 9

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 0

Level: 8

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 0

Prize Pool and Payouts

Level 7 : 300/600, 0 ante

There were a total of 93 entrants in this event creating a total prize pool of $36,084. First place will collect $12,629 and the final nine will get paid. Here is a listing of the full payouts:

PlacePayout
1$12,629
2$6,856
3$4,330
4$3,248
5$2,526
6$2,165
7$1,804
8$1,443
9$1,083

Two Grown Men Throwing Cards, and a Third Playing Hooky

Level 7 : 300/600, 0 ante

There are 54 players remaining of the 93 entries over in the Borgata Poker Room in Level 7, and there are some interesting happenings taking place.

The chip leader is a gentleman with 145,000 chips, but he refuses to give our reporter his name because he is playing hooky from work. He has a monster stack, and we will see if Mr. Anonymous Deux can keep running hot.

Over on the table with the first Mr. Anonymous there was a bit of a tiff after an all in and a bust out. A short-stacked player bet the pot (6,100) on a flop of {q-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}, and Mr. Anonymous re-potted, moving all in. The player called.

All-in Player: {k-Spades}{q-Spades}{9-Spades}{3-Spades}
Mr. Anonymous: {9-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}

The turn and river came {2-Diamonds}, {10-Spades} respectively and the all-in player was eliminated. He didn't see one of the fives in Mr. Anonymous' hand, however, and told him to "Ship it."

"You ship it," Mr. Anonymous fired back, pointing to his set of fives.

"I wasn't trying to be a wise ass," the player retorted.

Mr. Anonymous muttered something about him actually being a wise ass, and the player not trying to be a wise ass took offense to the wise ass comment. Thus, he picked up a card and flung it across the table at him. Mr. Anonymous flung it back a bit harder, the eliminated player re-raised, chucking it even harder, and that's where the childish card fight came to an end.

There are other players with actual names still alive and kicking, including Allen Cunningham, Ravi Raghavan, and Ali Soleimanlou.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Adam Foster us
Adam Foster
65,000
Profile photo of Ali Soleimanlou
Ali Soleimanlou
61,000
Profile photo of Allen Cunningham us
Allen Cunningham
47,500
WSOP 5X Winner
Profile photo of Junayed Khan us
Junayed Khan
19,000
Profile photo of Josh Supsak
Josh Supsak
15,000
Profile photo of Ravi Raghavan us
Ravi Raghavan
15,000
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Greg Ostrander us
Greg Ostrander
12,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Ali SoleimanlouAllen CunninghamRavi Raghavan

Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 0

It's ALLEN CUNNINGHAM

Level 5 : 150/300, 0 ante

Five-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Allen Cunningham is in the field for Event 8: $450 Big-Stack PLO Reentry, and has more than doubled his stack to 35,000 chips over the first few levels.

Cunningham has over $11 million in career live tournament earnings, including one cash here at Borgata in 2012 - he finished 41st in the WPT Borgata Poker Open.

Here are some other counts from the room:

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Allen Cunningham us
Allen Cunningham
35,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Profile photo of Chris Reslock us
Chris Reslock
27,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Josh Supsak
Josh Supsak
23,000
8,000
8,000
Profile photo of Adam Foster us
Adam Foster
15,000
Profile photo of Peter Ippolito us
Peter Ippolito
8,000
-400
-400

Tags: Allen CunninghamBorgata

Level: 5

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 0

Mr. Anonymous

Level 4 : 100/200, 0 ante

After a bit of confusion with regards to the amount and who owed what, Rich Milo was all in and at risk preflop for a very small amount. Ali Soleimanlou had him at risk, as did a player that wanted to remain anonymous.

The anonymous player moved all in on a flop of {j-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}{q-Hearts}, Soleimanlou folded, and the hands were opened.

Milo: {j-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{8-Clubs}
Anonymous Player: {k-Spades}{k-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}

The turn was a {6-}, changing very little, but the river was an {a-} to eliminate Milo. The anonymous player increased his stack to 47,000, and Soleimanlou dropped down to around 78,000.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Ali Soleimanlou
Ali Soleimanlou
78,000
-12,000
-12,000
Profile photo of Rich Mino
Rich Mino
Busted

Tags: Rich MiloAli Soleimanlou