Event 10: 13th Place - McKeever

$350 + 50 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em  

Ciaran McKeever (Douglaston, NY)

$1,984

On a flop of 8 7 6 with one club, Ciaran McKeever got all-in against Joe Nieman.

Ciaran had QJ of clubs for two over and back-door draws.  Joe had 86 off for two pair.

The last two came 7 6 and Joe improved to a full boat.

Ciaran McKeever finished 13th for $1,984.

Event 10: 15th - Prisinzano; 14th - Lopes

$350 + 50 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em  

Greg Prisinzano (Hammonton, NJ)

$1,984

On a flop of 9 7 3, Andrew Interdonato was all-in for 732k against Joseph Lopes.

Andrew's A9 (top/top) was ahead of Joseph's A7 (middle pair).  The last two fell 5 T and changed nothing.

Joseph Lopes (West Creek, NJ)

$1,984

Andrew doubled up to ~1.5 million chips.

Joseph was left short-stacked and busted out soon after in 14th place ($1,984).

Event 12 Payouts

Borgata Poker Open
Event 12:  $350 + $50 Six Max No Limit Hold'em

Entries:  323
Total Buy-In:  $113,050

PAYOUTS:

1:                      $26,866

2:                      $16,449

3:                      $12,501

4:                      $10,143

5:                      $7,841

6:                      $5,647

7:                      $4,112

8:                      $2,741

9:                      $1,645

10 - 12:              $1,316

13 - 18:              $1,042

19 - 24:              $768

25 - 30:              $603

31 - 36:              $548

Event 14: Tough Table

$350 + $50 Pot Limit Omaha 8B

(left) Blanda is Next to Frank and Across from Saks

One of the tougher Omaha tables includes three-time Borgata trophy winner Bill Blanda, Bruce Frank (13th in Event 12 Big Stack PLO), Gil Sacks ($288,000 career tournament earnings) and Jeff Hunter (3 Borgata PLO final tables).

Hunter has second and third place finishes in this event since 2010.

Event 10: 16th Place - Brown

$350 + 50 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em  

Sean Brown (Rio Grande, NJ)

$1,462

Sean Brown got his chips in with QJ, getting action from a player holding KT.  The flop of A T T gave his opponent Trips and left Sean drawing near-dead to running Queens or running Jacks.

That long-shot didn't come through and Sean finished in 16th place ($1,462).

Level 25:  Blinds 20k/40k with 4k ante.

Event 13: More Fun Hands

$350 + $50 Seniors (50+) No Limit Hold'em

A couple of hands from earlier in the day worth noting:

Dave Schletter (Saccasunna, NJ) is crippled when his kings run into aces, so he puts his last 300 chips in without looking at his cards.  He ends up with a triple-up with 8♦ 3♣ when he hits trip 8s.

Shortly after that, former Borgata trophy winner Robert Santilli (Jackson, NJ) turns a straight against his opponent's pocket kings. 

With his opponent drawing dead, Santilli hits a 10 on the river for a higher straight. The player is in good spirits and says, "look your hand just got better," as he wishes the table luck the rest of the way.

Schletter's day is over, while Santilli is still grinding along.

Event 10: 18th - Mezheritsky; 17th - Geier

$350 + 50 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em  

Vladislav Mezheritsky (Brooklyn, NY) shoved for  278k from the cutoff.  He was clear until Ruslan Shamal discovered pocket Kings in the big blind.

Vladislav's T3 on failed to improve on the board of 6 4 2 J 8 and he was busted.

18th place earned him $1,462.

Ted Geier (Sunnyside, NY) shoved from the cutoff, got called by Mo Farah on the button, then Errol Massey moved in over the top from the small blind.

Mo got out of the way.  Ted's A6 was dominated by Errol's AJ.  The board changed nothing.

Ted's 17th place finish garnered him $1,462.

Event 10: Back to Back Bracelet Bustouts

$350 + 50 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em  

WSOP bracelet holder Mike 'Little Man' Sica (N Brunswick, NJ) got his last chips in with A9 suited against John Hinds, who had AK.

Both players paired their kickers on the flop, but Mike came up short.  He finished 20th.

WSOP bracelet holder Ylon Schwartz (Brooklyn, NY) got his stack in with pocket Jacks, but ran into Mo Farah's pocket Queens.

The board came K T 7 6 2 and was no help to Ylon.  He finshed 19th.

Both WSOP bracelet holders will pick up $1,148.

The final 18 are drawing seats and moving to the final two tables.

Event 13: Quad Kings Beat Set of Aces

$350 + $50 Seniors (50+) No Limit Hold'em

All the chips are in the middle on the turn and Sal Attina (Hartsdale, NY) is in huge trouble. His set of kings is behind a set of aces, but hits the one outer on the river for quads.

Both players flop sets, but only Attina is still playing after he hits his miracle card.

Event 10: Fire Sale

$350 + 50 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em  

Francesco Sale (Brooklyn, NY) shoved utg for 122k.  Action folded to Sean Brown in the cutoff, who looked him up.

Francesco had A8 suited.  Sean had pocket Queens.

The board came 9 6 2 T Q and Sean collected the pot.

Francesco will collect $1,148 for 21st place.

Level 24:  Blinds 15k/30k with 4k ante.

Event 10: Mooney Loses Race

$350 + 50 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em  

After action folded to him on the button, Brian Mooney (Middle Village, NY) shoved.

Kenny 'Super Tuan' Nguyen made the call from the big blind.

Brian had pocket 8s.  Kenny had AQ.

The cards ran out K 4 2 A 5 and Kenny took the pot.

Brian Mooney finished in 22nd place ($1,148).

Event 14: Omahalics

$350 + $50 Pot Limit Omaha 8B 

Players are having a good time and the quote of the day comes from Wendy Freedman (Las Vegas, NV), who finished 6th in Event 1 for $75,519.

"You don't need to drink in this game to have fun," laughs Freedman.

Familiar Faces in the Field

Wendy Freedman
Dave Fox
Neal Levine
Gloria LoRusso
Bill Blanda
Carlos Juarez
Leonardo Palermo
Barry Levy
Gil Sacks
Allen Kessler
Chris Reslock
Anthony Zinno
Bruce Frank
Jeff Hunter

Event 10: Fu Loses Race, Mooney Wins Race

$350 + 50 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em 

David Fu (Brooklyn, NY) was ahead with pocket Jacks when the chips went in.  Ryan Wince held AK.

The board ran out K 9 5 K 2 and that spelled the end for David.  He finished 23rd for $1,148.

Brian Mooney was all-in for 200k with pocket 5s and after some thought, Mohammed Farah looked him up with A9.

The board fell A T 5 7 3 and Brian doubled up.

22 players remain.  Average is 699k.

Event 13 Payouts

Borgata Poker Open
Event 13:  $350 + $50 Seniors (50+) No Limit Hold'em

Entries:  237
Total Buy-In:  $82,950

PAYOUTS:

1:                     $22,530

2:                     $13,276

3:                     $7,644

4:                     $6,196

5:                     $4,828

6:                     $4,023

7:                     $3,218

8:                     $2,414

9:                     $1,609

10 - 12:            $1,046

13 - 15:            $885

16 - 18:            $805

19 - 27:            $724

Event 12: Roommate V Roommate

$350 + $50 Six Max No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Good friends and Borgata roommates Dave Fox and Adam "Lippy" Lippert are in a blind vs blind battle when Fox shoves 7k with pocket 10s.  Lippert makes the call with K5 and hits two pairs on the flop to bust Fox.

"This after he complained for the last hour and-a-half about how bad he's running," says Fox, who's now on his way to the PLO tournament.

Event 10: Chip Leaders

$350 + 50 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em  

Level 23:  Blinds 12k/24k with 3k ante.

As of the break, Brian O'Donoghue is still the chip leader with ~1.8 million.

Alex Dadoyan is still second in chips with ~1.7 million.

Joseph Lopes has moved into third with ~1.6 million.

Event 12: Re-Entry Closed

$350 + $50 Six Max No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

With no more second (or third) chances, players are buckling down for the long haul.  Here's a look at some Twitter chip counts as play resumes with Level 7 (300/600/75 ante).

Tweet Counts

Kelly Armentrout 28k
Matt Kleckner 27k
"Action" Bob Hwang 16k

Busted

Jonathan Sorscher
Mike Dentale

Event 10: Break Time!

$350 + 50 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em  

Joseph Opie busted out in 25th place.  This is Opie's third cash of this Borgata Poker Open Series.

Nissim Chabi (Brooklyn, NY) got his chips in with pocket Kings against Sean Brown, who held A9.  Unfortunately for Nissim, Sean had flopped an Ace.

Nissim finished in 24th place.

Both players earned $1,148.

That was the last hand of the level and the remaining 23 took off for a break.

Event 14: Omaha in the House

$350 + $50 Pot Limit Omaha 8B

The second Omaha tournament of the series is on deck and a couple of familiar faces are making their way to the back of the Event Center.

Barry Levy (Brooklyn, NY) is a two time Borgata trophy winner with nearly $100,000 in career tournament earnings, mostly in mixed games.  Also in the field is Neal Levine (East Norriton, PA), who has multiple PLO H/L cashes, including a third place in the recent Borgata August PLO series.

Players start with 12k in chips and levels are 40 minutes long for this two day tournament.

Event 10: Massey Triples His Stack

$350 + 50 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em  

Garrin Mechalas (Souderton, PA) busted out in 27th place.

Just a short while ago, Errol Massey was all-in for 251k with pocket 9s against a player with AJ.  Errol's pair held and he doubled up.

Now he's busted another player and is up to 750k, tripling up in one level.

The player he dispatched was Kenneth Jacoby (Roslyn Heights, NY) who finished 26th.

Both these players collected $1,148 for their efforts.

Event 10: Down to 27

$350 + 50 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em  

Christopher Leong (New York, NY) got his chips in good with pocket Aces, getting action from Alex Dadoyan, who had pocket 6s.  Christopher's double-up was squashed when Alex flopped a third 6.

Christopher busted out in 30th place.

Also gone:

29 - Maxwell McCurdy (Charlotte, NC)
28 - Michael Cordi (SW Ranches, FL)

All three collected $1,023 for their efforts.

27 players remain.  Average stack is 569k.

Event 12: 275 and Counting

$350 + $50 Six Max No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

The last level of re-entry is underway in the 6-max. So far we're at 275 entries as blinds are now 200/400/50 ante.

Players who have busted and reloaded include:

Kevin McColgan
Kazu Oshima
Austen Johnson
Amanda Musumeci
James Tedrow
Matt Isles
Vinny Pahuja

Event 10: Kings Good, Jacks Not

$350 + 50 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em  

Level 22:  Blinds 10k/20k with 3k ante.

Alex Rocha (S Setauket, NY) was all-in holding pocket Jacks against Ryan Wince, who had Q7 suited.  Ryan caught a Queen on the flop and it was over for Alex.  He finished 32nd ($1,023).

After an early player opened, Husni Aga (E Amherst,  NY) shoved.  Ted Geier also shoved, folding the opener.

Husni had AT.  Ted was ahead with pocket Kings.  The board fell 9 7 4 2 6 and Ted took the pot.  Aga took 31st place ($1,023).

Event 13: Candy Man

$350 + $50 Seniors (50+) No Limit Hold'em

 Sewell Savors the Sweets

Grandparents and candy go together like blinds and antes.

"Pop" Sewell (Helmetta, NJ) satisfies his sweet tooth with his "candy of choice" Caramel Creams.

Sewell says he's spending the inheritance of his seven grandchildren, but someone else is quick to point out that winning the tournament will increase their take.

Candy of Choice

Event 10: Two More Out the Door

$350 + 50 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em 

The pace of bust-outs has slowed, somewhat. 

More players reporting to the rail:

Place - Player (Hometown) earning $1,023:
34 - Michael Shelton (Guilford, CT)
33 - Larry Kolk (Levittown, PA)