Event 1: 13th Place - Leventhal

Event 1 - $500 + $60 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em

Barry Leventhal

It took two tries, but they finally busted Barry Leventhal (Brooklyn, NY).

First, Dan Wach was all-in with pocket Queens against Barry's AK.  An Ace on the turn gave Barry the lead, but then a Queen on the river send the double-up to Dan.

Barry then got his short-stack all-in with KQ and was trailing Walt English's AQ suited.  Barry flopped a King to take the lead, but Walt made a flush to claim the last of Barry's chips.

Barry Leventhal finished in 13th place, earning $13,327.

Event 3: Reminder What's on the Line

$350 + $50 + $100 Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)

Entries:  613
Total Buy-In:  $214,550

Position-Amount

1.             $49,958
2.             $28,092
3.             $17,690
4.             $14,360
5.             $11,446
6.             $9,469
7.             $7,596
8.             $5,723
9.             $3,954 

Event 1: 14th Place - Batra

Event 1 - $500 + $60 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em

Sam Batra

 Sam Batra (Glen Oaks, NY) moved in with A4, but ran into Mike McGuire's pocket Jacks.  The pair held up and Mike took the pot.

Sam took 14th place and $13,327.

Tevy Wellins doubled up through Brian Polito when his AT caught an Ace to crack Brian's pocket Kings.

Barry Leventhal was the first to blink in a game of pre-flop chicken with Wendy Freedman.  Wendy opened, Barry 3-bet from the small blind, then Wendy either 4-bet or shoved.  Barry tanked for a couple of minutes, checking the payout sheet, then eventually open-mucked his pocket Jacks.

Event 3: 10th Place - Sennon

$350 + $50 + $100 Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)

Pete Sennon (Bronx, NY) 

$2,705

Blinds 15k/30k/4k ante

Sennon is all in for 293k with A♠ 10♣ vs the 9♦ 9♣ of Jose Montes.

Flop: 5♠ 6♠ 7♠ (Montes leads, Sennon nut flush draw)

Turn: 3♣ (no change)

River: 5♥ (Montes holds)

Sennon doesn't connect with his flush draw or over card and is the first final table elimination. 

Event 3: Top 10

$350 + $50 + $100 Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)

Final Table

Seat-Name-Chip Count

1 Joe Opie (Fair Haven, NJ) 1.1 million
2 Max Digilov (Staten Island, NY) 1.3 million
3 George Leandrou (Glen Cove, NY) 484k
4 Jose Montes (Bronx, NY) 800k
5 Henry Bumble (New York, NY) 570k
6 Jon Giordano (E. Syracuse, NY) 420k
7 Justin Schwartz (Lake Grove, NY) 1.3 million
8 John DeGeorge (Toms River, NJ) 441k
9 Pete Sennon (Bronx, NY) 330k
10 Chris Grove (Brooklyn Park, MD) 500k

Event 1: Four More Out the Door

Event 1 - $500 + $60 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em

Jim Weppel was all-in with pocket Jacks but big stack Ben Bianco had pocket Queens.

Jim Weppel

 The Ladies held up and the big stack got bigger.

Jim got 18th place and $9,240.

Three players were all-in pre-flop:
Sal Esposito - AK
Thomas Aprea - AQ
Hobart Adkins - A8

The first four were A 7 2 T and Hobart said "Bring the 8!"

Thomas Aprea & Sal Esposito

 Sure enough, river was an 8 and Hobart's Aces-up busted both opponents.  Thomas and Sal finished 17th and 16th, respectively, both earning $9,240.

 Daniel Marquez

Then Daniel Marquez was all-in with pocket 5s against Gary Ackerman's pocket Jacks.  When a Jack fell on the turn, it was all over for Daniel.  He pocketed $13,327 for 15th place.

Event 3: 11th Place - Tracy

$350 + $50 + $100 Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)

Joe Tracy (Avoca, PA)

$2,705

Tracy (A 6) and Max Digilov (A J) are all in preflop. A jack hits the flop and Digilov takes Tracy's last 390k.

The remaining 10 players are redrawing for final table seats with Max Digilov and Justin Schwartz battling for the chip lead, each with ~1.3 million.

Event 3: 12th Place - Pahuja

$350 + $50 + $100 Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)

Vinny Pahuja (Hicksville, NY)

$2,705

Pahuja sums up the hand perfectly on Twitter:

Vinny Pahuja ‏@vinpahuja
Shoved my last 331k at 12/24k w 88 and BB found QQ. Nothing new. Out 12th. Thx for the rail and support.

Event 3: 13th Place - Hoglund

$350 + $50 + $100 Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)

Tomas Hoglund (New Bedford, MA)

$1,977

Blinds 10k/20k/3k

Hoglund moves all in from the button for 67k and the blinds call.  The flop is A♦ 2♦ 5♣ and Max Digilov (SB) and Jose Montes (BB) both check.

Turn: 3♦

Digilov checks
Montes bets 110k into the dry sidepot
Digilov calls

River: 3♥

Both players check.

Digilov: Q♦ 10♦ (flush)
Montes: 10♥ 4♣ (straight)
Hoglund: A♣ X

Digilov wins the side pot to beat Montes and scoops the main pot when Hoglund shows an ace and mucks.

Event 1: Four Quick Departures

Event 1 - $500 + $60 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em

Play resumed after the break with blinds of 100k/200k and 30k ante.

Four more players reported to the rail in short order.

Travell Thomas

 First to go was Travell Thomas (Buffalo, NY) in 22nd place ($7,818).

 Saad Ghanem

Saad Ghanem (Rosedale, MD) got his last chips in good with A7 against QJ suited, but his opponent rivered a flush.  Saad finished 21st ($7,818).

Ozzie Niazi

Ozzie Niazi (Dover, NJ) was right behind him in 20th place, also earning $7,818.

Pete Skyllas

Pete Skyllas (New York, NY) got his chips in good with AT against Brian Polito's KJ, but a King on the river sent all Pete's chips to Brian.

Pete will collect $7,818 for 19th place.

The final 18 drew for seats and moved to the final two tables.

Event 1: 22 Remain; Bianco Leads

Event 1 - $500 + $60 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em

End of level and time for a break.

24 players remain.  Average is over 4.2 million.

Ben Bianco is waaaaaaay out in front with about 15 million.

Looks like start of day chip leader Gary Ackerman is a distant second with 9.7 million.

Wendy Freedman is third with over 8 million.

Event 3: 14th Place - O'Brien

$350 + $50 + $100 Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)

Lana O'Brien (Englishtown, NJ)

$1,977

 8k/16k/2k ante

O'Brien open shoves 304k, Henry Bumble moves all in for 385k, and George Leandrou (Glen Cove, NY) tank folds and flashes pocket jacks.

O'Brien: 5♥ 6♥
Bumble: A♥ K♣

Flop: Q♠ 8♣ 10♥ (Bumble leads with ace high)

Turn: 4♠ (Bumble still ahead)

River: 2♥

Bumble's ace high takes the pot and O'Brien is out in 14th place and tweets:

Lana O'Brien ‏@lanaob22 
made a big mistake to bust 14th. hate when i don't stop to think things through. won't forget this for awhile.

Event 1: Two More Gone

Event 1 - $500 + $60 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em

 Danny Rourke

Danny Rourke (Wading River, NY) and Kazu Oshima (Temecula, CA) have busted out in 24th & 23rd places, respectively.

 Kazu Oshima

Both players earned $7,818 for their efforts over the last three days.

The Happy Couple

WSOP Main Event Final Tablist Lee Childs and top pro David Inselberg ended up seated next to each other in the today's 1k event.  Are they having too much fun?  You make the call....

Event 1: Double, Double, Double

Event 1 - $500 + $60 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em

Hobart Adkins shoved utg for ~3 million.  Action folded to Thomas Aprea in the small blind, who discovered pocket Aces and called.

Hobart had KJ and failed to improve with the board.  Thomas doubled to over 3.6 million. 

On the next hand Saad Ghanem raised and Hobart again shoved.  Saad snap-called, showing AJ.  Hobart had A9 suited.  The board came K T 4 9 3 and Hobart caught a pair on the turn to double up to over 3 million.

Saad was left with about 900k and was then all-in on the next hand.  His A9 held up against A6 and he doubled up to ~ 2 million.

Event 3: 15th Place - Priala, 16th Place - Behbahani

$350 + $50 + $100 Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)

Gheoghe Priala (Kitchener, Canada)

$1,997

Tony Behbahani (Fairfax Station, VA)

$1,457

Blinds 8k/16k/2k ante

Jon Giordano takes out two players with one blow.

Behbahani opens the betting, Priala moves all in for 120k, Giordano reshoves to 363k, Behbahani is all in for 116k.

Giordano: 9♠ 9♦
Priala: 8♣ 7♣
Behbahani: K♦ Q♦

Flop: 7♥ 10♥ 5♦

Turn: 4♣

River: 5♠

The pocket 9s hold, sending Behbahani out in 16th place (less chips) and Priala out in 15th place.

Event 3: 17th place - Burnitz

$350 + $50 + $100 Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)

Matthew Burnitz (Bear, DE)

$1,457

Blinds 8k/16k/2k

Burnitz shoves 235k with AK, but doesn't outrace Jose Montes' pocket 7s to finish in 17th place.

Event 1: Max Nixed

Event 1 - $500 + $60 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em

In a battle of the blinds, both Ben Bianco (sb) and Max Rozenfeld (New York, NY) flopped straights, but Ben's was higher.

Max Rozenfeld

Maksim (Max) Rozenfeld finished 25th for $7,818.

Event 1: Itwaru Out

Event 1 - $500 + $60 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em

Blinds Up!

80k/160k with 20k antes.

Randy Itwaru

Deonarine 'Randy' Itwaru (S Ozone Park, NY) was next to depart in 26th place ($7,818).

Event 1: Magor Wach-ed

Event 1 - $500 + $60 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em

Mike Magor (Woodmere, NY) moved in and got looked up by Dan Wach in the big blind.

Mike Magor

Mike's pocket 5s were not match for Dan's pocket Queens.  The board fell A A J J 6.

Mike Magor finished 27th for $7,818.

Event 1: Two More Down

$500 + $60 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) 

Barry Soloway and Howard Charyn are the next two to hit the rail which means table four is now broken and we're down to the final 27 players on three tables.

Position-Name-Amount

28 Barry Soloway (Port Jefferson Station, NY) $6,657
29 Howard Charyn (East Meadow, NY) $6,657

Event 1: Aces vs Kings, Bullets Hold

$500 + $60 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

Mike Shasho (Ramsey, NJ) and Noam Fliegelman (Philadelphia, PA) are all in preflop with Fliegelman at risk for 1.6 million.

Shahso: AA
Fliegelman: KK

The aces hold for Shasho and Fliegelman is out in 30th place, collecting $6,657.

Event 3: 18th Place - Gross

$350 + $50 + $100 Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)

Sheldon Gross (Hillsboro Beach, FL)

$1,457

Gross is on the rail when Jon Giordano's AQ dominates Q9 to take Gross' last 100k.

Event 1: Table One Graveyard

$500 + $60 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)   

The first three eliminations of the day are all on Table one.

Aleksandr Rapoport is ousted by Rany Itwaru, James Manganaro is knocked out by Ozzie Niazi, followed by Jason Nagers exit at the hands of Jim Weppel.  Surprisingly the best hand held each time including Weppel's AK vs AJ.

Place-Name-Amount

31 Jason Nagers (Prince Fredrick, MD) $6,557
32 James Manganaro (Nutley, NJ) $6,557
33 Aleksandr Rapoport (Brooklyn, NY) $6,557

Double Fisting Restarts

Borgata Poker Open

Two no limit tournaments are underway with their 1 pm restarts.

Event 1 has 33 players returning as they chase the $309,196 first place prize.   Gary Ackerman (Collegeville, PA) is the chip leader with 9.5 million.

The average stack is 2.8 million (23 BB) as play resumes with blinds at 60k/120k/20k ante.

Event 3 is down to the final two tables with Joseph Opie (Fair Haven, NJ) on top with 955k.  The average stack is 409k as the 18 remaining players are in the running for the top prize of $49,958.