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With the action coming fast and furious here at the final table of Event 3, we missed the bustout hand occur, but Jerry Maher was eliminated in 4th place for a $20,444 payday.
2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open
Borgata Winter Poker Open Side Events
Day: 5
Vladimir Peck got the last of his chips in the middle holding 
, but when Joe Mckeehen looked him up with 
, Peck needed to find paint or a straight to catch up.
A clean board ran out, however, and Mckeehen notched the elimination, sending Peck home in 5th place. Despite falling short of the win, Peck took home $15,698 for his final table appearance.
Ray Ross opened for a cool million chips and Abdul Amer announced a call thinking Ross was already all in. Ross still held a stack of grey T5000 chips, however, and so the dealer fanned a flop of 
across the felt.
Amer had already declared himself all in before the flop arrived, with Ross essentially committed to the pot via his preflop raise, and with reluctance evident in his splashy call, Ross put the rest of his chips at risk.
Showdown:
Amer: 
Ross: 
"Hold up one time..." Amer pleaded with the dealer, and when the 
arrived on the turn, he was one step closer to having that wish granted. Only a nine on the river would save Ross, but the 
provided no help, sending the Team Kitten member home to Pennsylvania with an additional $12,895 in his pocket.
Razz
A player with 
had the lead from fourth street on against Chris Tryba and one other player, who called down until sixth street.
Bettor: 
/
Tryba: /
Third player: /
The aggressor fired again, and Tryba called, while the third player gave up. The river card was dealt, and the first player checked.
"WHAT?!" Tryba yelled, loud enough to be heard across the room. "WHAT?!"
Tryba peaked down at his cards, then tossed the 
into the middle, saying, "You're eight's good." He then rolled over 
. Sure enough, his opponent showed 
, and he took the pot.
The final table is on a brief 15-minute break at the moment, and play will resume shortly.
Stud
Thirty players remain in the H.O.R.S.E. tournament with bets at 4,000-8,000.
Amnon Filippi, clinging to life with a very short stack, just doubled up in a hand where he got all in with 
and his opponent had 
. Filippi wound up making two pair with 
, and he has about 40,000.
In a series of three hands, Ray Ross of the Team Kitten poker crew went from an average stack to the brink of elimination, and back again.
First, Ross three-bet shoved with his 
, only to run into the held by Dimitrious Goranitis. No fives arrived on board, and Ross shipped the majority of his chips across the table.
Left with just 200,000 or so, Ross' only move at that point was to get it in with whatever two cards he could find, and the seemed like a decent chance to have live cards. When he was called in two spots by Vladimir Peck - who held 
- and Abdul Amer - who tabled the 
, it turned out he was actually drawing pretty thin.
The flop came 
to complicate matters immensely, as the three players had all swapped outs, and even Ross' buddies from Team Kitten were left cheering for the wrong cards to come. No matter though, as the on the turn put Ross out in front with a pair. As chants of "King, king!" filled the room, Ross turned to his boisterous rail and quieted them immediately, obviously aware that a king would kill his hand and send the pot to Amer. The river fell , however, and Ross earned a desperately needed triple up.
In one of the very next hands, Ross got it all in once again, open-shoving under the gun with . Still holding a comfortable chip lead, Amer tried once more to take Ross out of the tournament, but the dealer delivered for Ross a third time, coming 
to move him back over the 1.6 million mark mere minutes after holding just a few big blinds to his name.
Andy Hwang decided to see a flop with his 
against Joe Mckeehen, and when the dealer fanned the across the felt, he checked the action hoping to induce a bet.
Mckeehen obliged with a c-bet, and Hwang sprung his trap by moving all in over the top. Unfortunately for the winner of last year's WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Main Event, his chances at taking another title here in Atlantic City were dashed when Mckeehen snapped him off with just 
.
Hwang watched as the turn () and river () brought no further help, and with a smile on his face as he stood to make his exit, he told the table "that's why you don't play the jack-four of diamonds."
Less than 40 players remain in contention in the H.O.R.S.E. event, and players have gone on a 15-minute break. Chris Tryba remains in contention with a stack of 56,500, and Amnon Filippi is still in as well. The leader appears to be Shawn Ryan, who has 157,000. When the players return, the bets will be 4,000-8,000.
Dimitrious Goranitis open shoved for about 300,000 - or just five big blinds at the time - and watched as Ray Ross moved all in over the top for the isolation play.
When the table folded around, Goranitis tabled his and found himself out in front of Ross' .
The final board rolled out , and with that Goranitis doubled through to put himself at just over 650,000.