$260+40+100 Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold 'Em
In a true grindout heads-up, Joseph Agron defeated former Borgata series champion Cuong Phung to take down Event 21 and $19,138.
The table started off with a bang as Larry O'Halloran and Nicolas Alafogiannis were knocked out on a four-way hand by Agron and at the same time took a chunk out of R.J Wright's hand. Joseph never looked back.
Back to back shaky calls from Ruslan Dykshteyn sent most of his stack over to Agron who held aces and flopped trips and then sent Ruslan packing the next hand. And then to follow it up, Agron had aces again to quickly eliminate Ed Rappa in 4th place.
Nissin Benjamin, who had only 30,000 chips to start the final table battled his way back to third but got blasted out of the tournament by Cuong Phung's flopped quad fours ending his comeback bid.
The heads up was a true grind as Phung had gotten a two-to-one lead on Agron but he slowly worked his way back and then won a critical hand on a J-6-4-10-7 board which put him up three-to-two. Agron told us he was holding 3-5 and caught a straight on the river while Phung had J-10 for top two but was able to lay it down. Agron built his lead even more when he hit trip 9's with Phung holding 10's.
Tens turned out to be the winner as they held against Phung's AQ and at 5:30 am, Borgata had a new champion. Agron told us he felt he had to a take a slow and delibarate style because he felt Phung "was the better heads-up player" and he felt "phenominal" after the victory. Agron also picked off 11 bounties plus kept his own on the way to the title.
Congratulations to Joseph Agron - Event 21 Champion!
Final Table Results
1st - Joseph Agron - Langhorne, PA - $19,138
2nd - Cuong Phung - Atlantic City, NJ - $11,277
3rd - Nissin Benjamin (Brooklyn, NY) - $6,493
4th - Ed Rappa (Fort Lauderdale, FL) - $5,263
5th - Ruslan Dykshteyn (Brooklyn, NY) $4,101
6th - Howard Wolper (Atlantic City, NJ) - $3,417
7th - R.J. Wright (Toms River, NJ) - $2,734
8th - Scott Kilcullen (Ocean Township, NJ) - $2,050
9th - Larry O'Halloran (Colonia, NJ) - $1,367
10th - Nicolas Alafogiannis (Toronto, ONT, CAN) - $889
Saturday, September 15, 2012
Event 21: 1st Place - Agron
$260+40+100 Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold 'Em
1st Place - Joseph Argon - Lanhorne, PA - $19,138
Event 21: 2nd Place - Phung
$260+40+100 Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold 'Em
2nd Place - Cuong Phung (Atlantic City, NJ) - $11,277
Event 21: Place - Benjamin
$260+40+100 Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold 'Em
3rd Place - Nissim Benjamin (Brooklyn, NY) - $6,493
The Cinderalla for the man who started this final table with only 30,000 chips came to a crashing halt. Going in with Q2 suited against Cuong Phong's 4's. Phong flopped quads and Benjamin, who doesn't have a room for the night, leaves the Borgata at 4 AM with $6,493.
Event 21: Chip Counts
$260+40+100 Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold 'Em
The players hit a break and with the back to back eliminations holding aces, Joseph Agron has soared into the chip lead.
Joseph Agron - 1.95 million
Cuong Phung - 850,000
Nissim Benjamin - 476,000
The players hit a break and with the back to back eliminations holding aces, Joseph Agron has soared into the chip lead.
Joseph Agron - 1.95 million
Cuong Phung - 850,000
Nissim Benjamin - 476,000
Event 21: 4th Place - Rappa
$260+40+100 Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold 'Em
Ed Rappa (Fort Lauderdale, FL) - $5,263
The Agron Express continues to roll on as Ed Rappa ran into another pair of Agron's aces. Rappa hits the rail in 4th place for $5,263
Event 21: 5th Place - Dykshteyn
$260+40+100 Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold 'Em
5th Place - Ruslan Dykshteyn (Brooklyn, NY) - $4,101
Dykshteyn may not want to see Joseph Agron again anytime soon. Agron crippled Ruslan when Ruslan called his all-in with an A10 for a pair of aces but Agron just happened to have two of them for set of Aces and left Dykshteyn on life support. One hand later, Agron ended Rulsan's tourney in 5th place for $4,101.
Event 21: Argon Catches Dykshteyn
$260+40+100 Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold 'Em
John Agron had to be happy to hear those two little words.
Ruslan Dykshteyn decided to push his stack holding a 9 on a Q9Q board and see if Argon had the queen.
He did.
Argon doubles up and the chips are now spread around the table with the exception of Cuong Phung who is now the overwhelming chip leader with five players left holding over 700k.
John Agron had to be happy to hear those two little words.
Ruslan Dykshteyn decided to push his stack holding a 9 on a Q9Q board and see if Argon had the queen.
He did.
Argon doubles up and the chips are now spread around the table with the exception of Cuong Phung who is now the overwhelming chip leader with five players left holding over 700k.
Event 20: End of Day One
$1000 + $90 + $500 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
With a short-stack all-in against Aaron Massey, who held 53, a 3 hit the board to give Aaron the pot and burst the money bubble.
The final 27 players are bagging their chips for the night. Average stack is 184,700.
Maruti Yarlapati (Pine Brook, NJ) leads with 425,500.
Mike Brown (Ontario, Canada) is second with 373,800.
Other Big Stacks:
Aaron Massey - 365,300
Terry Grimes - 359,400
Shawn Busse - 350,600
Manh Nguyen - 316,000
Complete list of chip counts and day two seat assignments will be posted in the blog later this morning.
Day two play begins at 1pm Saturday.
53 minutes remain in level 15, blinds 1,500/3,000 with 400 ante.
With a short-stack all-in against Aaron Massey, who held 53, a 3 hit the board to give Aaron the pot and burst the money bubble.
The final 27 players are bagging their chips for the night. Average stack is 184,700.
Maruti Yarlapati (file photo)
Maruti Yarlapati (Pine Brook, NJ) leads with 425,500.
Mike Brown (Ontario, Canada) is second with 373,800.
Other Big Stacks:
Aaron Massey - 365,300
Terry Grimes - 359,400
Shawn Busse - 350,600
Manh Nguyen - 316,000
Complete list of chip counts and day two seat assignments will be posted in the blog later this morning.
Day two play begins at 1pm Saturday.
53 minutes remain in level 15, blinds 1,500/3,000 with 400 ante.
Event 21: 6th Place - Wolper
$260+40+100 Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold 'Em
6th Place - Howard Wolper (Atlantic City, NJ) - $3,417
Wolper missed an up and down straight draw with two overcards against Ruslan Dykshteyn's second pair and was eliminated in 6th place. The hand did not end well as Wolper took exception to Ruslan's post hand comments and was not in a good mood as he went to the window to pick up his check for $3,417.
Event 21: 7th Place - Wright
$260+40+100 Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold 'Em
7th Place - R.J Wright (Toms River, NJ) - $2,734
Event 20: Bubble Time
$1000 + $90 + $500 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
Down to 28 players, which means it is bubble time. They're playing hand-for-hand until one more player busts out.
They've also just gone up a level.
Level 15: Blinds 1,500/3,000 with 400 ante.
When they reach the final 27, they'll bag for the night.
Down to 28 players, which means it is bubble time. They're playing hand-for-hand until one more player busts out.
They've also just gone up a level.
Level 15: Blinds 1,500/3,000 with 400 ante.
When they reach the final 27, they'll bag for the night.
Event 21: 8th Place - Kilcullen
$260+40+100 Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold 'Em
8th Place - Scott Kilcullen (Ocean Township, NJ) - $2,050
Event 21: O'Halloran (9th) and Alafogiannis (10th) Eliminated
$260+40+100 Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold 'Em
A massive four-way sent Larry O'Halloran (Colonia, NJ) and Nicolas Alafogiannis (Toronto, ONT, CAN) to the rail in 9th and 10th.
O'Halloran was the first all-in on the hand followed by Alafogiannis. Then RJ Wright got in the action along with Joseph Argon. On the J86 flop, Argon went all-in and Wright called.
Hands:
O'Halloran - KK, Alafogiannis - AQ, Wright 86h, Argon - 88.
The turn brought a 7 and the river a 6 giving Agron the nearly 300k pot and sending O'Halloran out in 9th and Aloafogiannis out in 10th.
A massive four-way sent Larry O'Halloran (Colonia, NJ) and Nicolas Alafogiannis (Toronto, ONT, CAN) to the rail in 9th and 10th.
O'Halloran was the first all-in on the hand followed by Alafogiannis. Then RJ Wright got in the action along with Joseph Argon. On the J86 flop, Argon went all-in and Wright called.
Hands:
O'Halloran - KK, Alafogiannis - AQ, Wright 86h, Argon - 88.
The turn brought a 7 and the river a 6 giving Agron the nearly 300k pot and sending O'Halloran out in 9th and Aloafogiannis out in 10th.
9th Place - Larry O'Halloran (Colonia, NJ) - $1,367
10th Place - Nicolas Alafogiannis (Toronto, ONT, CAN) - $889
Event 20: The Thrill is Gone
$1000 + $90 + $500 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
Will 'the Thrill' Failla was short-stacked and got his last chips in with A9 against Terry Grimes' J8 suited.
Terry made his flush on the river to take the pot, sending Will to the rail, so 'the Thrill' is gone.
Down to 29 players. Average is 171k.
Will 'the Thrill' Failla was short-stacked and got his last chips in with A9 against Terry Grimes' J8 suited.
Terry made his flush on the river to take the pot, sending Will to the rail, so 'the Thrill' is gone.
Down to 29 players. Average is 171k.
Event 20: Tough Table Three
$1000 + $90 + $500 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
Table Three is once again the toughest in the room.
Currently seated there are Terry Grimes, (not pictured) Will 'the Thrill' Failla, Joey 'Bobo' Cappello, and Ray Shackelford.
Will Failla narrowly missed winning WPT Player of the Year for Season X.
Table Three is once again the toughest in the room.
Will Failla, Joey Cappello, & Ray Shackelford
Currently seated there are Terry Grimes, (not pictured) Will 'the Thrill' Failla, Joey 'Bobo' Cappello, and Ray Shackelford.
Will Failla narrowly missed winning WPT Player of the Year for Season X.
Event 21: Final Table
$260+40+100 Black Chip Bounty No Limit
Final Table and Chip Counts for Event 21
Seat 1: Larry O'Halloran (Colonia, NJ) - 183,000
Seat 2: Nicolas Alafogiannis (Toronto, ONT) - 63,500
Seat 3: Ruslan Dykshteyn (Brooklyn, NY) - 600,000
Seat 4: Nissim Benjamin (Brooklyn, NY) - 30,000
Seat 5: Cuong Phung (Atlantic City, NJ) - 720,000
Seat 6: Scott Kilcullen (Ocean Township, NJ) - 70,000
Seat 7: R.J. Wright (Toms River, NJ) - 531,500
Seat 8: Joseph Agron (Langhorne, PA) - 220,000
Seat 9: Howard Wolper (Atlantic City, NJ) - 550,000
Seat 10: Ed Rappa (Fort Lauderdale, FL) - 195,000
Final Table and Chip Counts for Event 21
Seat 1: Larry O'Halloran (Colonia, NJ) - 183,000
Seat 2: Nicolas Alafogiannis (Toronto, ONT) - 63,500
Seat 3: Ruslan Dykshteyn (Brooklyn, NY) - 600,000
Seat 4: Nissim Benjamin (Brooklyn, NY) - 30,000
Seat 5: Cuong Phung (Atlantic City, NJ) - 720,000
Seat 6: Scott Kilcullen (Ocean Township, NJ) - 70,000
Seat 7: R.J. Wright (Toms River, NJ) - 531,500
Seat 8: Joseph Agron (Langhorne, PA) - 220,000
Seat 9: Howard Wolper (Atlantic City, NJ) - 550,000
Seat 10: Ed Rappa (Fort Lauderdale, FL) - 195,000
Event 20: Grimes Gaining
$1000 + $90 + $500 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
Level 14: Blinds 1,200/2,400 with 300 ante.
A little while ago, a player was all-in with AT on a flop with an Ace. His opponent called with pocket Queens.
Then a Queen on the turn sent the pot the other way. When the stacks were counted, the player was left with a single black chip (100).
Of course that went in for his partial ante on the next hand, and he won, climbing up to 900.
Then after several more all-ins, he was back up to about 4k.
Unfortunately we was finally taken out in a four-way pot when his pocket 2s didn't hold up.
32 players remain. Average is 155k.
Big stacks are still Aaron Massey and Terry Grimes, who's closing in on him.
Level 14: Blinds 1,200/2,400 with 300 ante.
A little while ago, a player was all-in with AT on a flop with an Ace. His opponent called with pocket Queens.
Then a Queen on the turn sent the pot the other way. When the stacks were counted, the player was left with a single black chip (100).
Of course that went in for his partial ante on the next hand, and he won, climbing up to 900.
Then after several more all-ins, he was back up to about 4k.
Unfortunately we was finally taken out in a four-way pot when his pocket 2s didn't hold up.
Terry Grimes
32 players remain. Average is 155k.
Big stacks are still Aaron Massey and Terry Grimes, who's closing in on him.
Event 20: Color Up Break
$1000 + $90 + $500 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
End of level and time for a color up break.
35 players remain. Average is 142k.
Just before the break, Steve Dannenmann quadrupled up to about 75k.
End of level and time for a color up break.
35 players remain. Average is 142k.
Just before the break, Steve Dannenmann quadrupled up to about 75k.
Event 17 Recap
$1500+150 8/7/6 Max No Limit Hold 'Em
One of the top players playing this series finally got his win.
Vinny Pahuja (Hicksville, NY) survived a few rough moments in Event 17 to take down his second Borgata Open championship and $58,491.
A field of 134 players took on the challenge of the new 8/7/6 event and battled through two days of play to reach the final table. And what a final table it was.
With the emotions of Austin Wentling (Monroeville, PA) and Hyon Kim (Hillsborough, NJ) on display, it was a fight to the finish. Pahuja already had to fade a massive pot early in the tournament against Matt Affleck and the final table was no different as he cracked Thomas Hoglund's aces with kings by catching running straight cards and never looked back.
Hyon Kim took out Eugene Fouksman (Morganville, NJ) and Thomas Hoglund (New Bedford, MA) on back to back eliminations narrowing the field to three. Kim went to the short stack after getting caught in a semi-bluff against John Andress (Doylestown, PA) but a collision between Andress and Pahuja took John out in 3rd and left Kim in dire straits against Pahuja's massive stack.
Given the chip counts, it didn't look like it would last very long and it didn't. One hand later with Pahuja holding A9 vs. Kim's A7, the final clash begun with Kim hoping for a miracle. The board blanked out and Vinny Pahuja picked up the title and the Event 17 trophy.
Final Table Results
1st - Vinny Pahuja (Hicksville, NY) - $58,491
2nd - Hyon Kim (Hillsborough, NJ) - $36,069
3rd - John Andress (Doylestown, PA) - $26,808
4th - Thomas Hoglund (New Bedford, MA) - $19,984
5th - Eugene Fouksman (Morganville, NJ) - $15,110
6th - Alex Bolotin (Brooklyn, NY) - $10,723
7th - Austin Wentling (Monroeville, PA) - $8,286
One of the top players playing this series finally got his win.
Vinny Pahuja (Hicksville, NY) survived a few rough moments in Event 17 to take down his second Borgata Open championship and $58,491.
A field of 134 players took on the challenge of the new 8/7/6 event and battled through two days of play to reach the final table. And what a final table it was.
With the emotions of Austin Wentling (Monroeville, PA) and Hyon Kim (Hillsborough, NJ) on display, it was a fight to the finish. Pahuja already had to fade a massive pot early in the tournament against Matt Affleck and the final table was no different as he cracked Thomas Hoglund's aces with kings by catching running straight cards and never looked back.
Hyon Kim took out Eugene Fouksman (Morganville, NJ) and Thomas Hoglund (New Bedford, MA) on back to back eliminations narrowing the field to three. Kim went to the short stack after getting caught in a semi-bluff against John Andress (Doylestown, PA) but a collision between Andress and Pahuja took John out in 3rd and left Kim in dire straits against Pahuja's massive stack.
Given the chip counts, it didn't look like it would last very long and it didn't. One hand later with Pahuja holding A9 vs. Kim's A7, the final clash begun with Kim hoping for a miracle. The board blanked out and Vinny Pahuja picked up the title and the Event 17 trophy.
Final Table Results
1st - Vinny Pahuja (Hicksville, NY) - $58,491
2nd - Hyon Kim (Hillsborough, NJ) - $36,069
3rd - John Andress (Doylestown, PA) - $26,808
4th - Thomas Hoglund (New Bedford, MA) - $19,984
5th - Eugene Fouksman (Morganville, NJ) - $15,110
6th - Alex Bolotin (Brooklyn, NY) - $10,723
7th - Austin Wentling (Monroeville, PA) - $8,286
Event 20: Bounty Hunting Continues
$1000 + $90 + $500 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
Aaron Massey appears to be the chip leader and is the only player over 400k. He's also got three bounties in his pocket, which means he's practically free-rolling.
38 players remain in the hunt. Only 27 get paid.
Aaron Massey
Aaron Massey appears to be the chip leader and is the only player over 400k. He's also got three bounties in his pocket, which means he's practically free-rolling.
38 players remain in the hunt. Only 27 get paid.
Event 19 Recap
$350 + $50 Omaha H/L 8B
Well-know poker pro Allen 'Chainsaw' Kessler (Las Vegas, NV) came out on top of the field of 170 Omaha H/L players, taking $17,314 and his second Borgata Open trophy. This is Kessler's second win in a Borgata Open series, so he's now got Borgata trophy bookends.
Just missing out on the win was Candi Verrastro (Pt. Pleasant, NJ) who finished second for $9,523. Verrastro won her first Borgata trophy in the 2011 Borgata Winter Open Ladies event ($8,323) and was hoping to complete her set of bookends today, but came up short.
Jason Rivkin (Eatontown, NJ) began day two as the chip leader, but got frustrated with the "sitcky" play at his table. His stack suffered but he got a boost during play-down to the final table when he scored a double KO, knocking out David Pacheco (Fall River, MA) and Tim D'Alessandro (Boothwyn, PA). They finished 13th & 14th, earning $1,010 each.
A total of 170 Omaha High/Low players started on Thursday afternoon, bringing total buy-ins to $59,500. Seventy players made it to day two, but only the final 18 made the money.
This is Kessler's second final table of this series. He finished 8th in the Big Stack Pot Limit Omaha event ($1,538). "I really like playing at the Borgata. They have a lot of [non-hold'em] events. I skipped two big No Limit events to play these." He will be playing in the Championship event next week, however. No skipping the big one.
Final Table Results
Well-know poker pro Allen 'Chainsaw' Kessler (Las Vegas, NV) came out on top of the field of 170 Omaha H/L players, taking $17,314 and his second Borgata Open trophy. This is Kessler's second win in a Borgata Open series, so he's now got Borgata trophy bookends.
Just missing out on the win was Candi Verrastro (Pt. Pleasant, NJ) who finished second for $9,523. Verrastro won her first Borgata trophy in the 2011 Borgata Winter Open Ladies event ($8,323) and was hoping to complete her set of bookends today, but came up short.
Jason Rivkin (Eatontown, NJ) began day two as the chip leader, but got frustrated with the "sitcky" play at his table. His stack suffered but he got a boost during play-down to the final table when he scored a double KO, knocking out David Pacheco (Fall River, MA) and Tim D'Alessandro (Boothwyn, PA). They finished 13th & 14th, earning $1,010 each.
A total of 170 Omaha High/Low players started on Thursday afternoon, bringing total buy-ins to $59,500. Seventy players made it to day two, but only the final 18 made the money.
This is Kessler's second final table of this series. He finished 8th in the Big Stack Pot Limit Omaha event ($1,538). "I really like playing at the Borgata. They have a lot of [non-hold'em] events. I skipped two big No Limit events to play these." He will be playing in the Championship event next week, however. No skipping the big one.
Final Table Results
1 - Allen Kessler (Las Vegas, NV) - $17,314
2 - Candi Verrastro (Pt. Pleasant, NJ) - $9,523
3 - Jason Rivkin (Eatontown, NJ) - $5,483
4 - Claudangelo Beaudouin (Ozone Park, NY) - $4,617
5 - Joe Brand (Fairlawn, NJ) - $3,463
6 - Grzegorz Trelski (Middletown, CT) - $2,886
7 - Jerry Cana (Egg Harbor Twp, NJ) - $2,309
8 - Robert Renner (Plainsboro, NJ) - $1,731
9 - Jeffrey Moses (E Rutherford, NJ) - $1,299
10 - Monty Dennis (Tucker, GA) - $1,154
Event 17: 1st Place - Pahuja
$1500+150 8/7/6 Max No Limit Hold 'Em
Event 17 has a champion! Vinny Pahuja (Hicksville, NY) knocked off Hyon Kim in one hand heads-up to take down a star-studded field and bring his second Borgata Open championship along with $58,941.
Pahuja called the severly short-stacked Kim's all-in holding A9 vs Kim's A7. The board ran out 5-6-3-5-5 and gave Vinny the title. Congratulations to Vinny Pahuja!
Vinny Pahuja (Hicksville, NY)
$58,941
Event 17 has a champion! Vinny Pahuja (Hicksville, NY) knocked off Hyon Kim in one hand heads-up to take down a star-studded field and bring his second Borgata Open championship along with $58,941.
Pahuja called the severly short-stacked Kim's all-in holding A9 vs Kim's A7. The board ran out 5-6-3-5-5 and gave Vinny the title. Congratulations to Vinny Pahuja!
Event 17: 2nd Place - Kim
$1500+150 8/7/6 Max No Limit Hold 'Em
2nd Place - Hyong Kim (Hillsborough, NJ) - $36,069
Event 17: 3rd Place - Andress
Andress made the push with A3 but ran into Vinny Pahuja's AQ and was eliminated in 3rd place for $26,808 leaving Pahuja with a massive chip lead going into heads-up.
3rd Place - John Andress (Doylestown, PA) - $26,808
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