2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open

Event 9: $300 $100,000 Guaranteed Big-Stack NLHE Reentry
Day: 1
Event Info

2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
8x6x
Prize
$33,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$260
Prize Pool
$212,605
Entries
843
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000

Chris Walker Eliminated in 6th Place ($9,567)

Level 30 : 60,000/120,000, 20,000 ante
Chris Walker - 6th Place
Chris Walker - 6th Place

Another preflop shove and call has led to the demise of Chris Walker, after a battle of the blinds just went down.

Thomas Balla shoved all in from the small blind - putting around 1.2 million in the middle - and Chris Walker quickly called off the last of his stack with {a-Spades}{5-Spades}.

Balla was behind with his {j-Spades}{7-Clubs} - the hand he calls "George Robinson" - but the flop paired his live cards when the dealer fanned {j-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}. The turn ({9-Clubs}) and river ({7-Spades}) failed to deliver Walker a tournament-saving ace, and he hit the rail with a 6th place finish.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Thomas Balla
Thomas Balla
2,100,000
600,000
600,000
Profile photo of Chris Walker
Chris Walker
Busted

Tags: Chris WalkerThomas Balla

Adir Davidov Eliminated in 7th Place ($7,654)

Level 30 : 60,000/120,000, 20,000 ante
Adir Davidov
Adir Davidov

Adir Davidov had just over 4 big blinds to work with in what is quickly becoming a turbo shove-fest, and when he woke up with {k-}{k-} those 500,000 chips were happily pushed into the middle.

The chip leader (a man with no name as of yet) quickly called with {A-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} to put the shorty at risk, and as if fate truly wanted the world to know he's playing a poker tournament here today, the flop fell {a-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{a-Spades} to give him trips.

The turn ({7-Hearts}) and river ({6-Hearts}) changed nothing, and Davidov was knocked out in 7th place for a $7,654 score.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Rey Mysterio Jr.
Rey Mysterio Jr.
6,900,000
700,000
700,000
Profile photo of Adir Davidov
Adir Davidov
Busted

Tags: Adir Davidov

Kerry Small - 8th Place ($5,740)

Level 30 : 60,000/120,000, 20,000 ante
Kerry Small - 8th Place
Kerry Small - 8th Place

Kerry Small went all in for his last 500,000 and Chris Walker quickly pushed his last 600,000 in as well.

Small: {A-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}
Walker: {k-Spades}{k-Hearts}

Needing an ace to come and come quick, Small watched the dealer build a board of {j-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{6-Spades}{j-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}, leaving him with no pair... and no chips.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Chris Walker
Chris Walker
1,100,000
200,000
200,000
Profile photo of Kerry Small
Kerry Small
Busted

Tags: Chris WalkerKerry Small

Matt Damico Eliminated in 9th Place ($4,039)

Level 30 : 60,000/120,000, 20,000 ante
Matt Damico
Matt Damico

After getting through with an open-shove just a few moments ago - showing {A-}{k-} when the table folded around - Matt Damico tried a second time with {A-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}.

Unfortunately for him, the unknown soldier held big slick this time with {a-Spades}{k-Clubs}, and he quickly put the short stack at risk with his dominating ace.

The final board rolled out {2-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{j-Hearts}{7-Diamonds} and that was all she wrote for Damico, who took home $4,039 for his deep run.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Rey Mysterio Jr.
Rey Mysterio Jr.
4,000,000
1,500,000
1,500,000
Profile photo of Matt Damico
Matt Damico
Busted

Tags: Matt Damico

Level: 30

Blinds: 60,000/120,000

Ante: 20,000

Playing Chicken

Level 29 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante

During the last orbit not much has happened in the way of flops, as open-shoved before the flop are getting through without a contest.

Adir Davidov and Matt Damico have both shoved their 10-or-less big blind stacks in to begin the action, and both players showed an {A-} after the blinds surrendered.

Jimmy "Bagels" Lillis has also taken down the blinds and antes recently, although he opened to just 350,000 to collect the dead money.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Jimmy Lillis
Jimmy Lillis
3,900,000
1,100,000
1,100,000
Profile photo of Matt Damico
Matt Damico
1,000,000
-800,000
-800,000
Profile photo of Adir Davidov
Adir Davidov
850,000
-250,000
-250,000

Sang Lim Eliminated in 10th Place ($2,658)

Level 29 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
Sang Lim - 10th Place
Sang Lim - 10th Place

Sang Lim's last hand of the tournament just went down, after he open-shoved for 875,000 from middle position.

The action folded around to Jimmy "Bagels" Lillis, and he quickly called with {8-Diamonds}{8-Spades} to find himself well out in front of Lim's {2-Clubs}{2-Hearts}.

After a runout of {k-Clubs}{5-Spades}{q-Hearts}{9-Spades}{q-Spades} Lim stood up and offered his former tablemates a collective "good game," before heading out to collect his $2,658 prize.

Tags: Jimmy LillisSang Lim

Mazza Pins Mysterio

Level 29 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
Gene Mazza
Gene Mazza

A man who politely insists his real name never be revealed (just like a superhero) just sent a quick double up over to Gene Mazza.

The action folded around to the man with no name, who held the button, and he raised to 350,000.

The small blind folded and Mazza three-bet for his last 680,000, and the nameless player called with {q-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}. Mazza tabled {a-Spades}{q-Spades} and the board ran out {q-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{4-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{k-Diamonds} to give him the much needed double.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Rey Mysterio Jr.
Rey Mysterio Jr.
2,500,000
-700,000
-700,000
Profile photo of Gene Mazza
Gene Mazza
1,450,000
750,000
750,000

Tags: Gene Mazza

Level: 29

Blinds: 50,000/100,000

Ante: 10,000