2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open

$3 Million Guaranteed WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship
Day: 3
Event Info

2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q3
Prize
$842,379
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,300
Entries
1,229
Level Info
Level
39
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
75,000

Merulla Doubles With Pocket Jacks

Level 23 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Robert Merulla on Day 3 of the 2014 WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship
Robert Merulla on Day 3 of the 2014 WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship

After Matthew Mendez opened for 34,000 and Ronit Chamani called from the hijack, Robert Merulla moved all in for his last 466,000.

Mendez reshoved for his last 575,000 or so and Chamani got out of the way.

Showdown:

Merulla: {j-Clubs}{j-Spades}
Mendez: {a-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}

The two were flipping for what amounted to the entire tournament for both players, as Merulla would be eliminated with a loss, while Mendez would be crippled if his big cards failed to come.

The final board ran out clean for Merulla, coming {9-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{4-Hearts} to keep the fishhooks out in front, and he pushed to nearly 1 million in chips. Mendez failed to mount the comeback and he hit the rail shortly after this huge hand.

Player Chips Progress
Anthony Merulla us
Anthony Merulla
992,000
697,000
697,000
Matthew Mendez us
Matthew Mendez
Busted

Tags: Matthew MendezRobert MerullaRonit Chamani