PokerNews Proudly Provides Comprehensive Coverage of the 2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open
With PokerNews proudly delivering coverage of the entire slate of 2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open events, we thought new readers following the coverage could use a quick primer on the live blog's set-up and structure.
The red tabs on the screen allow you to navigate between PokerNews' live blogging coverage - which includes hand recaps, player interviews, chip count updates, photos and all the rest - and the site's other extremely useful features.
If you prefer to simply scan the chip counts to see how your favorite players are faring, clicking the red tab titled "Chip Counts" will take you to a list screen with updated chip counts for the players we have information for. Those using the MyStack app from the table can always add their counts to this page through their smartphones, so if you don't see who you're searching for in the counts, have them download MyStack and update their progress as the day continues.
The "Player Updates" tab is next, and this tool allows you to see how notable players and top pros have been faring lately, with arrows showing if they have been climbing or falling in the counts.
Finally, if you just want to soak in the scene from the floor of the Borgata, click on the "Photo Gallery" tab to take a look at a gallery of photos taken throughout the day.
Combining the "Live Reporting" coverage PokerNews strives to provide with these three tabs is the best way to enjoy our continued coverage of the 2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open, because you can follow along in the way you prefer. If you like the stories emerging from the event, stick with the "Live Reporting" tab to read all about the goings on here from the floor. If chip count tracking is what you prefer, the "Chip Counts" tab is the perfect way to track the tournament. When you're only interested in a particular player's progress, the "Player Updates" tab will keep you're coverage centralized. And if you just like seeing your favorite players do their thing, the "Photo Gallery" tab takes you on a visual tour of the tournament as it happens.
The board read by the river and a huge pot was already piled in the middle, when Faraz Jaka made it 90,000 to go.
His opponent only held about 120,000 in his stack, but he paid the bet off nonetheless, only to see Jaka reveal the for two pair. The other player could not produce a set or straight, and the vast majority of his stack was cut apart, piece by piece, before being slid across the table to Jaka.
Jaka has owned one of the biggest stacks in the room for the last level or two, and he continues to roll over his table like a man on a mission.
John D'Agostino at the 2014 WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship
A player shoved all in for 90,000 from an early position, and John D'Agostino called. Action folded to Shawn Cunix on the button, who moved in for 300,000. Cathy Dever called off in the big blind for about 60,000, and D'Agostino put everyone at risk.
D'Agostino:
Cunix:
Dever:
Early position:
D'Agostino took a hammerlock on the hand when the flop came , giving him a set. A and completed the board, and D'Agostino swept everyone's chips into his stack.
Isaac Baron on Day 3 of the 2014 WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Main Event
In one of the last hands before break, Isaac Baron bet 15,000 from the cutoff after fourth street with the board reading . Larry Ormson, from the button, popped it to 32,000 and Baron called. On the river, Baron fired out 75,000. Ormson began thinking, talking to himself and Baron intermittently.
"Is that a hundred?" he asked.
"Seventy-five," Baron replied, staying still aside from moving his mouth to speak and taking the occasional breath.
"Well, I know you don't have the nut flush," Ormson said. "What do you think?"
The two exchanged some banter after the hand, with Ormson trying to extract some information about Baron's hand, but Baron only laughed and said he wouldn't say.
David Gerassi, who had a charmed run in an earlier event and made another solid run here in the main event, but Bryan Choi just ended it. Gerassi opened to 22,000, and Bryan Choi shoved from the blinds. Gerassi called off with , and Choi had for a dominating situation.
The flop came , no help to either player.
"Six for a sweat," a player at the table called. The turn wasn't a six, but it was an , which also provided a sweat for a chop. The board paired with the though, and Choi ended Gerassi's tournament.
Eric Wasserson got a short stack who had about 80,000 all in after a flop of .
Wasserson:
Opponent:
Wasserson's opponent had an open-ended straight draw and a flush draw, and he added even more outs when the turned. The river was one of the seemingly few bricks in the deck: , and Wasserson had dodged seemingly infinite outs.
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by the river and a huge pot was already piled in the middle, when Faraz Jaka made it 90,000 to go.
for two pair. The other player could not produce a set or straight, and the vast majority of his stack was cut apart, piece by piece, before being slid across the table to Jaka.
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on a board of 
, giving him a set. A 
and 
completed the board, and D'Agostino swept everyone's chips into his stack.
. Larry Ormson, from the button, popped it to 32,000 and Baron called. On the 
, no help to either player.
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, and Wasserson had dodged seemingly infinite outs.