Event 16: Heads Up Bracket

$2000 + $150 Heads Up No Limit Hold'em

Tournament Officials Draw Names for the Bracket 

as Dave Inselberg Watches (right)

The largest buy-in of the series to date is set to get underway as the heads up bracket is being filled in.

This is an NCAA basketball tournament style bracket, where winners move on, losers go home.
The only difference is that each round is a best of three games.

Players in the field include Christian Harder, Matt Maccaroni, Daniel Buzgon, David Inselberg, Vinny Pahuja and John Racener.

Once the bracket is set, players start with 20k in chips and levels will be 20 minutes long (finals 30 minutes each).  It's a two-day event with a maximum of 64 players.

Event 12: Updated Chip Counts

$350 + 50 Six Max No Limit Hold'em

Updated chip counts:

Alex Rocha - 1,100,000
Bob Hwang - 400,000
Grace Sun - 1,200,000
Patrick Lavecchia - 1,000,000

Event 14: PLO 8th Place - Cho

$350 + $50 Pot Limit Omaha 8B

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Haechul Cho (Ridgefield, NJ) 

$1,069

Cho, the start of Day 2 chipleader, sees a quick fall after shipping a 59k double-up to Ian Graham.

On a flop of J♣ 8♣ 6♥, Jim Martini opens the betting to 17k, Cho calls and Graham moves all in for 59k.

Waddell folds and Cho calls.

Cho: A♣ 2♠ 2♣ 6♠
Graham: A♠ 6♣ 3♥ 8♥

Final Board: J♣ 8♣ 6♥ 8♥ 10♠

There's no low hand, so Graham gets the scoop with a full house, eights full of sixes.

After that Cho disperses his chips around the table and is out in 8th place.  The remaining seven stacks are all very even and in the 150k to 250k range (15-25 BB)

Blinds are 5k/10k.

Event 12: Lavecchia Chips Up

$350 + 50 Six Max No Limit Hold'em

Lavecchia opened up the pot for a 32,000 raise, and Rocha three bet out of the big blind to 69,000.  Lavecchia called and the flop ran out Ah As 6c, and Rocha fired out a 57,000 bet that was called again by Lavecchia.  After the turn brought the 5h, Rocha again fired out, this time for 83,000.  Lavecchia took a moment before announcing a raise and putting out 176,000.  Rocha folded and Patrick chipped up to about 600,000.  Robert Hwang is still our short stack at the table, and is sitting with just over 200,000.

Event 14: PLO 9th Place - McCarthy

$350 + $50 Pot Limit Omaha 8B 

John McCarthy (Norwich, CT)

$802

Event 14: PLO 10th Place - Pender

$350 + $50 Pot Limit Omaha 8B

Josh Pender (Knoxville, TN)

$713

Event 12: Amazing Grace

$350 + 50 Six Max No Limit Hold'em

It was bound that the two big stacks would tangle, and Grace Sun ended up on the better end of that battle.  On a flop of 8d 6h 3h, Alex bet out 35,000 and was raised to 110,000 by Sun.  Alex took his time making the call, and the action went check-check when the 8h hit the turn.  That card completed any flush draws and also paired the board.  On the river the 6d hit, and the board was now showing two pair.  Grace put out a 105,000 bet and Alex raised her to 255,000.  Sun cut out her chips and thought for a little before announced a three bet to 525,000.  Rocha folded and Grace has now assumed the chip leader with 1,700,000.

Event 14: PLO Final Table

$350 + $50 Pot Limit Omaha 8B   

Seat-Name

1 Ian Graham (Brooklyn, NY)
2 Josh Pender (Knoxville, TN)
3 Joel Salman (Oceanside, NY)
4 Jeff Hunter (Bronx, NY)
5 John McCarthy (Norwich, CT)
6 George Fotiadis (New Windor, NY)
7 Ryan Waddell (Downingtown, PA)
8 Jim Martini (Incline Village, NV)
9 Ryan Gelsomino (Deerfield Beach, FL)
10 Haechul Cho (Ridgefield, NJ)

Event 12: Four Handed Counts

$350 + 50 Six Max No Limit Hold'em

Here are the counts with four remaining:

Robert Hwang - 200,000
Patrick Lavecchia - 530,000
Grace Sun - 1,220,000
Alex Rocha - 1,800,000

Event 14: PLO 11th Place - Dayton

$350 + $50 Pot Limit Omaha 8B 

John Dayton (East Hampton, NY)

$713

Event 12: 5th Place - Del Rossi

$350 + 50 Six Max No Limit Hold'em

John Del Rossi (Mantua, NJ)

5th Place - $7,841

The time was now for Del Rossi if he wanted to get himself back in the mix.  With the blinds at 8/16k Del Rossi got all his chips in against Alex Rocha, which throughout both days of this event has been bad news.  Del Rossi (A 5) was behind the suited A J of Rocha, and although Del Rossi flopped the ace with a gut shot wheel draw, it wasn't to be.  Del Rossi is seemingly cashing regularly at these Borgata Poker Open's, and we expect to see more of him in the near future.

Event 14: PLO 12th Place - Loguidice

$350 + $50 Pot Limit Omaha 8B 

 Joe Loguidice (Atlantic City, NJ)

 $713

Event 12: Break Time

$350 + 50 Six Max No Limit Hold'em

Players are currently on a 10 minute break, and when they return the blinds will be 8,000/16,000.  Rocha and Sun are still neck and neck for the chip lead.  John Del Rossi is now the short stack at the table, but these are very deep in proportion to blinds.

Event 14: PLO 13th Place - Campbell

$350 + $50 Pot Limit Omaha 8B 
 

Alan Campbell (North Chesterfield, VA)

$624

Event 12: Lavecchia Doubles Through

$350 + 50 Six Max No Limit Hold'em

John Del Rossi opened the pot for 25,000 from the hi-jack, and after Grace Sun folded Patrick Lavecchia went all-in from the small blind.  Hwang folded and Del Rossi made the call for 280,000, and it was the A A of Lavecchia against the 4 4 of Del Rossi.  Lavecchia never relinquished the lead and doubled up to over 570,000.

Event 12: 6th Place - MacPherson

$350 + 50 Six Max No Limit Hold'em

Ky Macpherson (Austin, TX)

6th Place - $5,647

Event 12: Updated Chip Counts

$350 + 50 Six Max No Limit Hold'em

Updated final table chip counts:

John Del Rossi - 580,000
Grace Sun - 990,000
Patrick Lavecchia - 300,000
Robert Hwang - 545,000
Ky Machpherson - 260,000
Alex Rocha - 1,100,000

Event 14: PLO 14th Place - Quimby

$350 + $50 Pot Limit Omaha 8B

Steve Quimby

$624

Event 12: 7th Place - Commisso

$350 + 50 Six Max No Limit Hold'em

Joe Commisso (Philadelphia, PA)

7th Place - $4,112

With blinds at 6k/12k/2k, the action folded around to Grace Sun in the small blind.  She raised to 30,000, and Commisso then pushed all in for his last 174,000.  Grace called and it was a race between Sun's pocket fives and the 8 9 suited of Commisso.  Joe whiffed the flop and couldn't find any help on the turn or river.  He will be taking home $4,112 for his 7th place finish.  Grace Sun is now just behind Alex Rocha for the final table chip lead.

Borgata Poker Open Leaderboard (9/12)

Borgata Poker Open Leaderboard
By participating in any Borgata Poker Open event (September 5-21, 2012), players earn points based upon the Borgata Poker Tournament Leaderboard Formula.

Below are the top scores for the 2012 Borgata Poker Open Leaderboard*

(Final Results from Main events: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13
Qualifiers and Secondary events: 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)

395.820:  JOHN HINDS

350.000:  BENEDETTO BIANCO

312.200:  MARTIN MATRANCA

298.163:  FRANK INGARDIA

293.800:  BRIAN ODONOGHUE

289.200:  ERIC BALDWIN

284.100:  CHRISTOPHER GROVE

280.763:  IVERSON SNUFFER

276.800:  GHEORGHE GRADINARU

273.700:  MICHAEL HOLM

256.400:  DANIEL WACH

252.350:  STEPHEN COWAP

247.250:  PAOLO NARDI

242.050:  JOHN DELROSSI

241.850:  YUAN SHEN

234.600:  KENNY NGUYEN

228.600:  DERRICK JOHNSON

227.458:  JASON LEAKE

212.100:  GEORGE LEANDROU

205.900:  ELON DIAMOND

204.548:  CHII CHING SUN

203.950:  MICHAEL DENTALE

202.525:  CHUN CHEN

Event 12: 8th Place - Isles

$350 + 50 Six Max No Limit Hold'em

Matthew Isles (Atco, NJ)

8th Place - $2,741

It was Rocha again who would continue his great run knocking out Isles.  Isles was crippled the hand prior when he lost an all-in with deuces to the A 3 of Ky Macpherson.  This event's final table is not set a seven players, and we will bring you updated chip counts shortly.

Event 14: PLO 15 Place - Dennis

$350 + $50 Pot Limit Omaha 8B 

Monty Dennis (Tucker, GA)

$624

Event 12: 9th Place - Wilensky

$350 + 50 Six Max No Limit Hold'em

Dawn Wilensky (Melville, NY)

9th Place - 1,645

Dawn's luck finally ran out, as this time she was the one who took the lead on the flop only to see her chances to continue end.  Dawn had Q J against the A 9 of diamonds of Grace Sun.  It was an action flop with Dawn flop top two pair on a Qd 10c Jd board.  She had a lot to fade as Sun flopped the nut flush and gut shot broadway draw.  Sun spoked a diamond on the turn, and Wilensky could not fill up. She will take home $1,645 for her 9th place finish.

Event 12: Nine Lives

$350 + 50 Six Max No Limit Hold'em

Dawn Wilensky (Melville, NY) seems to have "nine lives" as she was all-in twice, and both times in pretty bad shape on the turn.  She was saved by the river twice:

Sun: 4 5          Wilensky: Q 10

Flop: 9 9 4

Turn: 9

River: 4

Wilensky survives and gets her chips back as the board reads a full house on the river, and her and Sun chop the pot.

Then in a blind v. blind situation Wilensky was all-in against Del Rossi:

Wilensky: Jc 9c          Del Rossi: As Jh

Flop: Qc 8c 8d

Turn: 8h

River: 6c

Wilensky makes her flush on the river and doubles up to 265k.

Event 14: PLO 16th Place - Patten

$350 + $50 Pot Limit Omaha 8B 

 Steve Patten (Springfield, VA) 

$535