WPT BPO: Greenstein Gone

$3,300 + 200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH

In early action, Barry Greenstein (Racho Palos Verdes, CA) was all-in holding KQ against Josh Mancuso's pocket 9s.

Despite making two pair by the river, it was not enough as Josh had flopped a set of 9s.  Josh took the pot and Barry took a walk.

John Hinds, who is also seated at this table, has yet to arrive and begin play.

WPT BPO: Day 3 Underway In Moments

$3,300 + 200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH

The players are currently taking their chips out of the bags, and getting acquainted with their new neighbors.  Players are coming back to Level 17 with blinds at 2,000/4,000/400, and 175 player come back today trying to first make the money.  As a reminder, 110 players are going to make the money in this event, and the plan today is to play down to 27 players.  Orson Young (Oceanport, NJ) comes into the day with the chip lead (728,000), and Barry Hutter (Bradenton, FL) is his nearest competitor with 605,000.

Event 25: Frequent Tournament Fliers

$200 + $30 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Level 4:  Blinds 100/200

I've only been able to scan about half the tables in the Event Center, but have already spotted these frequent fliers:

Robert Melo
Dan Shapiro
Frank Reina
Dan Spirer
Chris Reslock
Cuong Phung
Tony Antonious
Andrew Klein
Mike Lydon
Elliott Zaydman
Mike Dentale
Gheorghe Gradinaru
Pasquale Boffice
Cotton Snuffer
Ted Geier
Leonardo Palermo
Jason 'Gorilla Fish' Evans
Demetrios Georgous
Howard Wolper

Event 25: Kolinar Doubles

$200 + $30 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Level 3:  Blinds 75/150.

This field is going to overflow the event center into extra tables down in the poker room.

John Koliner

John Kolinar (Kings Park, NY) doubled up on the first hand of the day.  He's already up to 50k.

Event 25: Borgata Ladies

$200 + $30 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Level 2:  Blinds 50/100

The Ladies are representing in fine fashion today.  Lots of Borgata regulars and not-so-regular Ladies are playing this event today:

Wendy Rubin
Kelly Armentrout
Nancy Martin
Leanne Rosenblatt
Patricia Barsanti-Chou
Marguerite Spagnuolo
Grace Sun
Lana O'Brien
Julie Anna Cornelius
Abbey Daniels

Event 25: Underway

$200 + $30 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 GUARANTEE

Today's other main event is underway and it guarantees total buy-ins of $500,000!

Players began with 25,000 chips (deep stack)  and 20 minute levels.

Level 1:  Blinds 25/50.

Late registration and re-entry will be allowed through level 8.

After registration closes, levels will be 30 minutes long for the duration on the tournament.

This is a one day event, so they'll play all night until a winner is determined.

WPT BPO: Day 3 Table Assignments

WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship
Event 23:  $3,300 + $200 No Limit Hold'em

Entries:  1,181
Total Buy-In:  $3,897,300

Players Remaining: 175
Average Chip Stack: 202,500

START OF DAY 3 TABLE ASSIGNMENTS & CHIP COUNTS

T01 | S01:   CLINTON HOLES (UNIONTOWN ,PA):  47,300

T01 | S02:   SCOTT SCHWALICH (MIAMISBURG ,OH):  235,800

T01 | S03:   BRANDON VARGAS (MALVERNE ,NY):  301,300

T01 | S04:   MICHAEL HICKMAN (MEDIA ,PA):  537,300

T01 | S05:   ARI EIBLUM (ELDERSBURG ,MD):  226,400

T01 | S06:   DAVID WEISBERGER (NEW YORK ,NY):  169,300

T01 | S07:   STEVE RYAN (NEW YORK ,NY):  146,000

T01 | S08:   JOSEPH COUDEN (BLACKLICK ,OH):  158,500

T01 | S09:   BAHBAK OBOODI (MORRIS PLAINS ,NJ):  73,800

T02 | S01:   OSAGYEFO GREENE (CHARLOTTE ,NC):  256,900

T02 | S02:   FRANK FICADENTI (SPRINGFIELD ,VA):  251,300

T02 | S03:   DAVID DUNG PHAM (LAKEWOOD ,CA):  365,000

T02 | S04:   BARRY HUTTER (BRADENTON ,FL):  604,500

T02 | S05:   CHRIS MCCORMACK (SYOSSET ,NY):  40,000

T02 | S06:   TREVOR SAVAGE (THOROFARE ,NJ):  37,900

T02 | S07:   VALERIE FILION (MONTREAL ,CAN):  109,200

T02 | S08:   JAMES WATKINS (CLINTON ,MD):  132,300

T02 | S09:   JEFFREY WILLIAMS (DECATUR ,GA):  198,800

T03 | S01:   ABRAHAM FARONI (PHILADELPHIA ,PA):  253,200

T03 | S02:   SCOTT DEHM (NEW ALBANY ,OH):  172,200

T03 | S03:   MATTHEW ODONNELL (LUTZ ,FL):  299,700

T03 | S04:   JOSEPH COMMISSO (PHILADELPHIA ,PA):  275,200

T03 | S05:   JOSEPH GIBBONS (TARPON SPRINGS ,FL):  124,900

T03 | S06:   DENNIS FREDERICK (DREXEL HILL ,PA):  183,200

T03 | S07:   ANTHONY LAMARRA (CHERRY HILL ,NJ):  172,000

T03 | S08:   CHAD POWER (PITTSBURGH ,PA):  419,000

T03 | S09:   BENJAMIN HAMNETT (PITTSBURGH ,PA):  67,100

T04 | S01:   JOSEPH BROOKS (EGG HARBOR TWP ,NJ):  169,100

T04 | S02:   JOHN HINDS (GREENVILLE ,NC):  236,300

T04 | S03:   JESS YAWITZ (SAINT LOUIS ,MO):  339,100

T04 | S04:   WILLIAM CHILDS (ALEXANDRIA ,VA):  226,200

T04 | S05:   BARRY GREENSTEIN (RANCHO PALOS VERDES ,CA):  57,700

T04 | S06:   DAVID MACDONALD (CALGARY AB ,CAN):  116,200

T04 | S07:   XIN WANG (DERWOOD ,MD):  206,700

T04 | S08:   ROBBIE RENEHAN (DUBLIN ,IRE):  190,400

T04 | S09:   JOSHUA MANCUSO (MANDEVILLE ,LA):  83,700

T05 | S01:   THOMAS HOGLUND (NEW BEDFORD ,MA):  44,400

T05 | S02:   ARTHUR AZEN (STATEN ISLAND ,NY):  220,000

T05 | S03:   JAMES ST HILAIRE (GLEN BURNIE ,MD):  120,500

T05 | S04:   TYLER PATTERSON (EVERETT ,WA):  212,600

T05 | S05:   JAVIER FERNANDEZ (SAN JUAN ,PR):  131,800

T05 | S06:   MICHAEL SCHOULTZ (ARLINGTON ,VA):  148,400

T05 | S07:   STEVE BRECHER (RENO ,NV):  251,600

T05 | S08:   ALI ALAWADHI (LONGWOOD ,FL):  261,500

T05 | S09:   JOHN SPADAVECCHIA JR (MOORESVILLE ,NC):  167,000

T06 | S01:   JACOB TOOLE (SHARON ,MA):  71,600

T06 | S02:   ANDREW LEE (ASBURY PARK ,NJ):  236,800

T06 | S03:   MAURICE PARADIS (JEWETT CITY ,CT):  492,700

T06 | S04:   TODD TERRY (HOBOKEN ,NJ):  448,800

T06 | S05:   NORMAN ZAPCZYNSKI (FT LAUDERDALE ,FL):  93,500

T06 | S06:   ANTON NIKAJ (PUTNAM VALLEY ,NY):  249,000

T06 | S07:   AKASH SETH (PORT JEFF STA ,NY):  98,000

T06 | S08:   ARDAVAN YAZDI (LOS ANGELES ,CA):  114,400

T06 | S09:   ALBERT SMITH (ITHACA ,NY):  194,000

T07 | S01:   KEVIN HANEY (OCEANPORT ,NJ):  42,400

T07 | S02:   STEPHEN MCCANN (MADISON ,NJ):  69,700

T07 | S03:   IRVING LORENZO (NEW ROCHELLE ,NY):  75,200

T07 | S04:   SHPEND MARKU (STATEN ISLAND ,NY):  214,300

T07 | S05:   BRIAN LEMKE (NORRISTOWN ,PA):  456,800

T07 | S06:   MOHAMMAD SIDDIQUI (PEMBROKE PINE ,FL):  477,600

T07 | S07:   PATRICK ESKANDAR (GULFPORT ,MS):  293,500

T07 | S08:   MEIKAT SIU (NEW YORK ,NY):  243,300

T07 | S09:   TIMOTHY CHANG (WOODBURY ,NY):  34,000

T08 | S01:   JEFFREY SAUNDERS (CHESTNUT HILL ,MA):  295,400

T08 | S02:   MICHAEL GLICK (BALA CYNWYD ,PA):  113,100

T08 | S03:   BRUCE YAMRON (NAPLES ,FL):  263,800

T08 | S04:   ROBERT BEHRENST (ASHBURN ,VA):  101,300

T08 | S05:   HELEN ELLIS (NEW YORK ,NY):  115,200

T08 | S06:   JUSTIN ZAKI (TIERRA VERDE ,FL):  215,400

T08 | S07:   BRANDON SETZER (CHARLOTTE ,NC):  198,500

T08 | S08:   TOM THOMAS (SHELTON ,CT):  256,600

T09 | S01:   SOUNG KIM (STATEN ISLAND ,NY):  91,000

T09 | S02:   ANTONIO WALKER (WILLINGBORO ,NJ):  114,700

T09 | S03:   MUKUL PAHUJA (NORTH LAUDERDALE ,FL):  327,800

T09 | S04:   CARLOS ALVARADO (FREEPORT ,NY):  356,900

T09 | S05:   VINEET PAHUJA (HICKSVILLE ,NY):  174,800

T09 | S06:   JOHN ALFERA (ARNOLD ,PA):  311,600

T09 | S07:   JERRY PAYNE (CENTERVILLE ,OH):  111,000

T09 | S08:   FRANK ALPANDINAR (BATON ROUGE ,LA):  74,500

T09 | S09:   STEVEN SAKLAD (HARTSDALE ,NY):  200,700

T10 | S01:   ROBERT NICOTRA (WEEHAWKEN ,NJ):  131,000

T10 | S02:   MATTHEW LEON (VIRGINIA BCH ,VA):  170,800

T10 | S03:   CHERISH ANDREWS (ST. THOMAS ,PA):  495,300

T10 | S04:   JESSE ALEXIS COHEN (ARDMORE ,PA):  204,000

T10 | S05:   SCOTT ZAKHEIM (DAVIE ,FL):  206,700

T10 | S06:   MICHAEL DEVINSKY (MIDDLETOWN ,NJ):  399,000

T10 | S07:   JOSHUA TEMPLETON (CHATTANOOGA ,TN):  277,800

T10 | S08:   KYLE FREY (MILFORD ,CT):  309,200

T10 | S09:   MICHAEL MARDER (SEWELL ,NJ):  55,500

T11 | S01:   DAVID HECK (COLTS NECK ,NJ):  567,800

T11 | S02:   ARIEL ALBILIA (SYOSSET ,NY):  316,100

T11 | S03:   MICHAEL MELKERSEN (NEW MARKET ,VA):  83,600

T11 | S04:   SHAWN CUNIX (DELAWARE ,OH):  373,900

T11 | S05:   ERIC LADNY (MERCERVILLE ,NJ):  68,000

T11 | S06:   PETR ZHMUTSKIY (NORMAN ,OK):  190,300

T11 | S07:   BENJAMIN SAGE (BROOKLYN ,NY):  225,700

T11 | S08:   FRANCIS VIZZA (COLD SPG HBR ,NY):  104,000

T11 | S09:   MAREK UHARCEK (VELKY MEDER ,SLO):  214,600

T12 | S01:   JAY SHARON (FRESH MEADOWS ,NY):  115,000

T12 | S02:   DAVID DIAZ (BARTLETT ,TN):  541,900

T12 | S03:   AMIR MARMAR (BROOKLYN ,NY):  45,000

T12 | S04:   BRANDON PADULA (OAKTON ,VA):  182,900

T12 | S05:   VINCENT NAPOLITANO (WILLISTON PARK ,NY):  244,000

T12 | S06:   JONG MAN KIM (SILVER SPRING ,MD):  168,200

T12 | S07:   JOSHUA BRIKIS (MURRYSVILLE ,PA):  52,800

T12 | S08:   KEN FISHMAN (LUTZ ,FL):  98,000

T13 | S01:   DWYTE PILGRIM (BROOKLYN ,NY):  330,000

T13 | S02:   ALLISON SCHULTZ (UPPER SADDLE RIVER ,NJ):  89,900

T13 | S03:   STEPHEN REYNOLDS (LITTLE EGG HARBOUR ,NJ):  510,800

T13 | S04:   EDWARD SHELMERDINE (WINSTON SALEM ,NC):  121,200

T13 | S05:   JEAN GASPARD (EVANSTON ,IL):  218,600

T13 | S06:   BRIAN MUNSHOWER (APOLLO ,PA):  181,900

T13 | S07:   ALLEN CUNNINGHAM (LAS VEGAS ,NV):  391,200

T13 | S08:   SIMON VERKHOVSKY (RAMSEY ,NJ):  155,000

T13 | S09:   BRANDON NOVENA (COLUMBUS ,OH):  130,300

T14 | S01:   GEORGE LAMPERT (NAPLES ,FL):  70,000

T14 | S02:   KURT JEWELL (FRANKFORT ,KY):  445,900

T14 | S03:   PEJMAN NIYATI (PLANO ,TX):  168,800

T14 | S04:   PAUL JANNEY (FREDERICKSBURG ,VA):  111,300

T14 | S05:   EMMANUIL DIGILOV (STATEN ISLAND ,NY):  455,800

T14 | S06:   ANTHONY CAMPAGNA (MANORVILLE ,NY):  87,700

T14 | S07:   JEFFREY KAPLAN (DIX HILLS ,NY):  135,100

T14 | S08:   MATTHEW GLANTZ (LAFAYETTE HILL ,PA):  136,000

T14 | S09:   SHAHRIAR ASSAREH (LANSDOWNE ,VA):  246,600

T15 | S01:   RICK BORDIAN (MAPLE GROVE ,MN):  45,500

T15 | S02:   ALAN KRAUT (DOYLESTOWN ,PA):  136,700

T15 | S03:   SAMIR HICKSON (COLLEGEVILLE ,PA):  32,000

T15 | S04:   ROBERT GEORATO (NAPLES ,FL):  268,200

T15 | S05:   MICHAEL SANTORO (EGG HARBOR ,NJ):  269,000

T15 | S06:   WENDY FREEDMAN (LAS VEGAS ,NV):  384,100

T15 | S07:   YAACOV HAVIV (FLUSHING ,NY):  140,400

T15 | S08:   DARRYL RONCONI (NAPERVILLE ,IL):  145,000

T15 | S09:   JEREMY BROWN (MEDFORD ,NJ):  236,500

T16 | S01:   FARHAN MADHANI (MIRAMAR ,FL):  264,800

T16 | S02:   DARREN ELIAS (MONTCLAIR ,NJ):  100,500

T16 | S03:   KYLE BOWKER (WALTON ,NY):  108,000

T16 | S04:   MICHAEL ZATS (BROOKLYN ,NY):  484,300

T16 | S05:   NARENDRA BANWARI (CHARLOTTE ,NC):  174,500

T16 | S06:   MATTHEW BRADY (HAVERTOWN ,PA):  59,200

T16 | S07:   PHILIP CONSOLO (MIAMI SHORES ,FL):  320,800

T16 | S08:   DAVID STEFANSKI (EAST LYME ,CT):  176,600

T16 | S09:   DAVID BLACK (ROBBINSVILLE ,NJ):  110,300

T17 | S01:   AARON OVERTON (PHILADELPHIA ,PA):  116,000

T17 | S02:   VADIM BULAVCHIK (BAL HARBOUR ,FL):  149,900

T17 | S03:   JASON PASTER (HAMILTON ,NJ):  126,700

T17 | S04:   ARTHUR LORING (WEST PALM BEACH ,FL):  112,400

T17 | S05:   FRANCO AMORELLI (ROSEMERE ,CAN):  214,500

T17 | S06:   OFIR MOR (WOODMERE ,NY):  414,600

T17 | S07:   EDWARD SHADE (HURRICANE ,WV):  250,300

T17 | S08:   NICHOLAS MANFREDO (LEVITTOWN ,NY):  108,400

T18 | S01:   ORSON YOUNG (OCEANPORT ,NJ):  728,000

T18 | S02:   ADEL JO (MIAMI ,FL):  45,000

T18 | S03:   VITALY KOVYAZIN (BROOKLYN ,NY):  234,900

T18 | S04:   HO VAN NGUYEN (PASADENA ,MD):  111,000

T18 | S05:   JAMIE KERSTETTER (MONROE TWP ,NJ):  220,800

T18 | S06:   WALTER ENGLISH (WASHINGTON ,DC):  114,300

T18 | S07:   MARUTI YARLAPATI (PARSIPPANY ,NJ):  253,000

T18 | S08:   MATTHEW BURNITZ (BEAR ,DE):  301,700

T19 | S01:   ALEK GIVOTOVSKY (NEW YORK ,NY):  109,400

T19 | S02:   DANA KELLSTROM (STEVENSON RANCH ,CA):  203,200

T19 | S03:   SHAWN BUSSE (MAASAPEQUA ,NY):  171,000

T19 | S04:   EDWARD OCHANA (ELGIN ,IL):  120,400

T19 | S05:   ANDREW SAROWITZ (HUNTINGTON ,NY):  193,800

T19 | S06:   DAVID KIM (FLUSHING ,NY):  233,800

T19 | S07:   STEVEN WEIXEL (ROCKY RIVER ,OH):  57,200

T19 | S08:   PETER IPPOLITO (EAST MEADOW ,NY):  87,900

T19 | S09:   EDWARD PHAM (LANSDALE ,PA):  72,700

T20 | S01:   GEORGE ANTHONY DUNST (LAS VEGAS ,NV):  304,000

T20 | S02:   JAROSLAW OSINSKI (NAPLES ,FL):  163,100

T20 | S03:   IAN PALOMO (NEW YORK ,NY):  156,500

T20 | S04:   LOUKAS MICHAEL (SILVER SPRING ,MD):  60,500

T20 | S05:   ALEXANDER QUEEN (BETHLEHEM ,PA):  176,600

T20 | S06:   JAY MEYEROWITZ (FORT LEE ,NJ):  42,100

T20 | S07:   LLOYD MANDEL (SKOKIE ,IL):  116,500

T20 | S08:   TRAVELL THOMAS (BUFFALO ,NY):  115,000

Wednesday, September 19

TODAY'S EVENTS (EVENT CENTER)


11AM: Event 25 - $200 + $30 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 GUARANTEED

• Players start with 25,000 in tournament chips 
• Levels 1-8: will last 20 minutes each | Levels 9+: will last 30 minutes each
• Players may Re-Enter through Level 8
• 1-Day event

12PM: Event 23 - $3300 + $200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH

• Day 3 Levels will last 75 minutes each 
• Day 3 ends when 27 players remain
• 5-Day event with two starting days
• Structure

6 PM: Event 53 - $125 + $25 + $25 Green Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)

• Players start with 10,000 in tournament chips 
• This is a Bounty tournament.  Players must have their Bounty chips clearly displayed on table in order to remain active in tournament
• Levels will last 20 minutes each 
• Players may Re-Enter through Level 6
• 1-Day event

WPT BPO: Young Leads Heading into Day 3

$3300 + $200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH

Young & Andrews

Orson Young (Oceanport, NJ) is the chip leader with 728k (182 BB) as he's one of six players with more than 500k.  His big hand of the day came just after the dinner break when his opponent open shipped 170k on a J 4 4 flop while Young had pocket kings.

"I was very fortunate that he decided to put in all his chips with ace high when he didn't have to," says Young who faded his opponents A Q to go from 400k to 650k.

Young's girlfriend Cherish Andrews is also a big stack with 495k (7th overall) and both are hoping not to start Day 3 at the same table. "It's happened before," says Andrews, "it's very stressful."

With 175 players remaining, both Young and Andrews are looking for deep runs as the money bubble looms withthe top 110 get paid.

"There's going to be pressure as chip leader, said Young, who finished 27th (~$19,000) in last year's Championship Event.  "I was a short stack on Day 4 and the first to bust, so I'd like to make it to Day 4 with chips."

Andrews is also glad to be in good position to make a run at the $818,847 top prize. "I'm excited to have chips to play with," she says, "I'm usually a short stack."

Players return at noon with an average stack of 202k (51 BB) as blinds will be 2k/4k/400 ante.

Event 24 Recap

$400 + $50 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) 

Hoa Nguyen (Fairfax, VA) dominated the final table on his way to $31,842 and a Borgata Poker Open trophy.  Nguyen beat WSOP bracelet holder Greg Ostrander (Webster, NY) heads up when he hit a flush while holding J♣ 10♣ to win the tournament.

"I'm happy," says Nguyen, who knocked out 6 of the final 9 players. "The cards went my way and I kept getting hands at the final table."

Ostrander also saw the cards fall his way as he was a heavy underdog with only a 2.5% chance to win against Doug Hunter. But Ostrander cracked Hunter's aces by going runner-runner two pairs.

"I played pretty well," said Ostrander, who watched Hunter finish 7th.  "The only hand I sucked out on was the one that was out of control." Ostrander had the chip lead with six players left, but watched the winner go on a heater.

First, Nguyen had pocket aces against Lyle Diamond (4th) and Chris Farley (5th) to get a true triple-up to 1.5 million.  He then knocked out both players on the next hand with pocket 4s to take his stack to close to 2 million of the 4.5 million chips in play.

Nguyen used pocket 4s again, this time to knock out David Battaglia in third place, but says it's by no means his favorite hand.

"They were short stacks," said Nguyen, who now has more than $450,000 in career tournament earnings. "That's why I called."

The day began with 304 entries who put the $121,600 in total buy-ins.

The field featured Jacob Ferro who finished 10th, after he won Event 18 (Deep Stack Semi-Turbo) for $22,263. Other recognizable names who made the money included: Rick "Rocket" Petroy (18th) Charlie Townsend (19th), and last woman standing Marsha Wolak (27th).

 Final Table Results
 
1st Hoa Nguyen (Fairfax, VA) $31,842
2nd Greg Ostrander (Webster, NY) $17,690
3rd David Battaglia (Buffalo, NY) $10,970
4th Lyle Diamond (Brick, NJ) $8,846
5th Chris Farley (West Deptford, NJ) $6,841
6th Greg Glassman (Brooklyn, NY) $5,780
7th Doug Hunter (Richmond, VA) $4,659
8th Jeff Lee (Fort Lee, NJ) $3,480
9th Jason Estock (Wilmington, NC) $2,359
10th Jacob Ferro (Syracuse, NY) $1,553

Event 24 Winner - Nguyen

$400 + $50 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)  

Hoa Nguyen (Fairfax, VA) 

$31,842

Blinds 30k/60k/5k ante

 

Hoa Nguyen finishes steam rolling the final table when he uses J♣ 10♣ to hit a flush against Greg Ostrander's A♣ 4♦ to win the title.

Flop: 6♣ 4♣ 9♠

Turn: K♣ (Nguyen flush)

River: J♠

"I'm happy," says Nguyen, "the cards went my way and I kept getting hands at the final table."

Nguyen is an IT guy who plays poker part time and knocked out 6 of the 9 final tablelists.

Event 24: 2nd Place - Ostrander

$400 + $50 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) 

Greg Ostrander (Webster, NY) 

$17,690

Greg Ostrander finishes runner up while holding A♣ 4♦ against Hoa Nguyen who hits a flush while playing J♣ 10♣.

"I've had a real good summer," says Ostrander, who won his first WSOP bracelet this year.  "I give all the credit to my wife Lisa, who gives me all the support to do this," says Ostrander, who has been playing professional poker since 2004.

Ostrander is a former police officer and fashion model.

Event 24: 3rd Place - Battaglia

$400 + $50 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)   

David Battaglia (Buffalo, NY)

 $10,970

David Bataglia moves all in for roughly 1 million chips with Q J against the pocket 4s of Hoa Nguyen.

After the 4s hold, Battaglia, a poker pro, gives a shout out to his cousin Paul who celebrated a birthday last week.

Nguyen now has 3.2 of the 4.5 million chips as he begins heads up play against Greg Ostrander.

Event 24: 4th Place - Diamond

$400 + $50 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) 
     

 Lyle Diamond (Brick, NJ) 

$8,846

Lyle Diamond, who was crippled the hand before by Hoa Nguyen, is on the rail after Nguyen finishes the job.  Nguyen flops a set of 4s to take Diamond's last 400k and knock him out in 4th place.

Chris Farley is also eliminated on the hand as he was down to one grey (5k) chip.

Nguyen now as nearly half the chips in play with 2.1 million, but Greg Ostrander (1.3 million) and David Battaglia (1.1 million) are one double-up away from being on top.

Event 24: 5th Place - Farley

$400 + $50 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) 

Chris Farley (West Deptford, NJ) 

$6,841

After a three-way all in, Chris Farley is left with one grey (5k) chip and is on the rail one hand later.

The key hand has Farley, Lyle Diamond and Hoa Nguyen all in preflop and Nguyen is way ahead with AA.  The other two players both have AQ, and the aces hold.

It's a true triple-up for Farley who has 545k, just 5k less then Farley.  The hand cripples Diamond down to 400k.

Farley was married last month to Amy and says the payday will help defer the costs of the honeymoon.

Event 24: 6th Place - Glassman

$400 + $50 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) 

Greg Glassman (Brooklyn, NY) 

$5,780

Greg Glassman ships his last 200k with AQ and doesn't win the flip against the pocket 8s of Hoa Nguyen.  

Glassman is a professional jazz trumpet player in New York.

Event 24: 7th Place - Hunter

$400 + $50 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)   

 Doug Hunter (Richmond, VA) 

$4,659

The most improbable hand of the tournament comes at Doug Hunter's expense and his emotions range from anger to apologetic.

With nearly 400k, Hunter opens to 80k and gets a call from Lyle Diamond.  Greg Ostrander moves all in for 390k and Hunter snap calls before Diamond folds.

Hunter: A♦ A♣

Ostrander: Q♣ 10♥

Flop: K♣ 8♣ 2♣ (Hunter 97.5% favorite to win the hand)

Turn: 10♦ (Ostrander picks up outs and has a 10% chance to win)

River: Q♦ 

Hunter can't believe Ostrander hits runner-runner, two pairs, to win the hand and he explodes into a controlled tirade.

"How do you do that to me, how!," he yells at the cards.  Hunter then proceeds to twist is sunglasses until they shatter into several pieces.  

After collecting himself, Hunter apologizes to the table and make it clear his anger is directed at the cards, not Ostrander or the dealer.

Ostrander is just as apologetic as he feel bad about delivering the beat saying, "I was just trying to make a move, I usually don't get that lucky."

"That's how my life is," says Hunter, who is left with 10k in chips and busts two hands later.  Ostrander now has the chip lead with a little more than one million.

Event 24: 8th Place - Lee

$400 + $50 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)  

Jeff Lee (Fort Lee, NJ) 

$3,480

Jeffrey Lee gets his last 180k all in with AK against the AJ of Lyle Diamond, but Diamond hits a jack on the flop to get the elimination.

Lee says this was his first cash of the series after "bricking" the first 15 events he's played.

Despite busting on the last level of the night on Day 1B of the Championship Event, cashing in this tournament is a nice consolation prize.   The $3,480 he won in this tournament covers most of the $3,500 he paid to play in the Championship.

Event 24: 9th Place - Estock

$400 + $50 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)   

 Jason Estock (Wilmington, NC) 

$2,359

Jason Estock has mixed emotions on his elimination by Hoa Nguyen

"I was excited to play the final table, but 9th is kind of a bummer," says Estock.  "I'm going to wonder whether or not shoving king-10 with 12 big blinds was correct." 

Event 24: 10th Place - Ferro

$400 + $50 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Jacob Ferro (Syracuse, NY) 

$1,553

It's blind on blind crime when Jacob Ferro shoves his last 10 big blinds from the small blind and Greg Ostrander calls from the big.

Ferro: K 2

Ostrander: A 7

Ferro doesn't catch up and is out in 10th place.

It's been a good series for Ferro, despite busting in Day 2 of the Championship Event.  Ferro won Event 18 (Deep Stack Semi-Turbo) for $22,263, but would have rather still been playing in the Championship.

"I got in just before registration closed," says Ferro who started with 40 big blinds.  "Within an hour I had a bunch of chips and rode it to the end."

Event 24: Final Table

$400 + $50 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)  

Seat-Name-Chip Count

1 Greg Ostrander (Webster, NY) 300k
2 David Battaglia (Buffalo, NY) 725k
3 Hoa Nguyen (Fairfax, VA) 440k
4 Chris Farley (West Deptford, NJ) 400k
5 Doug Hunter (Richmond, VA) 350k
6 Jason Estock (Wilmington, NC) 350k
7 Greg Glassman (Brooklyn, NY) 690k
8 Lyle Diamond (Brick, NJ) 825k
9 Jeff Lee (Fort Lee, NJ) 210k
10 Jacob Ferro (Syracuse, NY) 300k

Event 24: 11th-18th Places

$400 + $50 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)  

Position-Name-Amount

11 Dennis Melandro (Rockville Center, NY) $1,533
12 Harvey Gluckman (Basking Ridge, NJ) $1,533
13 Vito Sparacio (Lansdale, PA) $1,180
14 Laurence O'Halloran (Colonia, NJ) $1,180
15 Franklin Lacava (Marco Island, FL) $1,180
16 Jonathan Lessin (Oceanport, NJ) $1,003
17 Andrew Anderson (Salisbury, MD) $1,003
18 Rick "Rocket" Petroy (Pittsburgh, PA) $1,003

Event 24: 19th-27th Places ($885)

$400 + $50 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)  

Position-Name

19 Charlie Townsend (Dagsboro, DE)
20 Irving McKenzie (Salisbury, MD)
21 George Leandrou (Glen Cove, NY)
22 Ira Marcus (Coral Gables, FL)
23 Edward Cybulski Laurel Springs, NJ)
24 Marvin Lewis (Bayside, NY)
25 Salvatore Busacca (Colts Neck, NJ)
26 Joe Mosca (Bronx, NY)
27 Marsha Wolak (Sarasota, FL)
 

Event 24: 28th-36th Places ($708)

$400 + $50 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Position-Name

28 Jaren Chang (Melville, NY)
29 Iam Mack (Garden City, NY)
30 Anthony Damato (Cherry Hill, NJ)
31 Nishiwaki Masazumi (Tokyo, Japan)
32 Michael Shasho (Ramsey, NJ)
33 Michael Pszczola (Staten Island, NY)
34 Peter Kaemmerlen (Fairport, NY)
35 Gerald Rodman (Hillsdale, NJ)
36 Earl King (Colts Neck, NJ)

WPT BPO: Bag & Tag

$3300 + $200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH

175 players bag and tag for the night with Orson Young still on top with 728k (182 BB).

Two former champions are still alive as defending champion Bobby Oboodi is at 74k (19 BB) and 2010 winner Dwyte Pilgrim has 330k.

Day 3 resumes at noon with an average stack of 202k (51 BB) as blinds will be 2k/4k/400 ante.

End of Night Big Stacks

Orson Young 728k
Batter Hutter 604,500
David Heck 567,800
David Diaz 541,900
Stephen Reynolds 510,800
Cherish Andrews 495,300
Brian Lemke 456,800
Toddy Terry 448,800

Notable Stacks

Ofir Mor 414,600
Allen Cunningham 391,200
David Pham 365,000
Dwyte Pilgrim 330,000
Tony Dunst 304,000
Lee Childs 226,200
Vinny Pahuja 174,800
Darren Elias 100,500
Bobby Oboodi 73,800
Barry Greenstein 57,700