$3300 + $200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
Blinds 1.5k/3k/300 ante
The clock has been paused with 10 minutes left and dealers have been instructed to deal four more hands. Once the hands are completed players will bag and tag for the night.
~180 players remain with an average stack of 197k (66 BB).
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
WPT BPO: Feature Table Loses Affleck
$3300 + $200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
Matt Affleck is gone from a table that still features Todd Terry, John Allan Hinds and Lee Childs.
Here's a recap of the action via Twitter:
John Allan Hinds @JABistro
263k at break, one more lvl to play tonite. Coming back to 1500/3000/300. Busted Affleck AQ>KK aipf #greensteined #WPTBorgata
Todd Terry @toddbterry
320K. Got lucky to double up to 100K TT > AA aipf. Then AA > AKo to get to 200K. #WPTBorgata
Terry, Hinds & Childs
Matt Affleck is gone from a table that still features Todd Terry, John Allan Hinds and Lee Childs.
Here's a recap of the action via Twitter:
John Allan Hinds @JABistro
263k at break, one more lvl to play tonite. Coming back to 1500/3000/300. Busted Affleck AQ>KK aipf #greensteined #WPTBorgata
Todd Terry @toddbterry
320K. Got lucky to double up to 100K TT > AA aipf. Then AA > AKo to get to 200K. #WPTBorgata
WPT BPO: Tweet Counts
$3300 + $200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
Chip Counts Tweeted During the Last Break
Todd Terry 320k
Mukul Pahuja 310k
John Allan Hinds 263k
Jerry Payne 161k
Lee Childs 154k
Jesse Cohen 145k
Michael Marder 125k
Jason Paster 105k
Dave Zeitlin 82k
Allison Schultz 70k
David Stefanski 64k
Jake Toole 55k
Trevor Savage 44k
Chip Counts Tweeted During the Last Break
Todd Terry 320k
Mukul Pahuja 310k
John Allan Hinds 263k
Jerry Payne 161k
Lee Childs 154k
Jesse Cohen 145k
Michael Marder 125k
Jason Paster 105k
Dave Zeitlin 82k
Allison Schultz 70k
David Stefanski 64k
Jake Toole 55k
Trevor Savage 44k
WPT BPO: Last Break of the Night
$3300 + $200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
The 203 remaining players are their last break of the night. The average stack is 174k (58 BB) as blinds are moving up to 1,500/3k/300 ante.
The 203 remaining players are their last break of the night. The average stack is 174k (58 BB) as blinds are moving up to 1,500/3k/300 ante.
WPT BPO: Straighten the Heck Out
$3300 + $200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
David Heck (Colts Neck, NJ) is another player that's hit the 500k mark.
After raising preflop with AK, Heck and one player see a flop of Q J 10, giving Heck the nut straight.
Heck bets 50k and his opponent calls. The turn is a brick, Heck bets 70 and the player calls. Same story on the river, brick, bet, call.
Heck's opponent also flopped a straight as he shows 9 8 for the bottom end. Heck scoops the 430k pot and is up to 520k, while the other player drops to 100k.
David Heck
David Heck (Colts Neck, NJ) is another player that's hit the 500k mark.
After raising preflop with AK, Heck and one player see a flop of Q J 10, giving Heck the nut straight.
Heck bets 50k and his opponent calls. The turn is a brick, Heck bets 70 and the player calls. Same story on the river, brick, bet, call.
Heck's opponent also flopped a straight as he shows 9 8 for the bottom end. Heck scoops the 430k pot and is up to 520k, while the other player drops to 100k.
WPT BPO: Gross Beat, Cherishing Chips
$3300 + $200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
Shortly after Orson Young (Oceanport, NJ) took the chip lead with 650k, his girlfriend, Cherish Andrews (St. Thomas, PA), hits a big hand of her own.
Andrews 5-bet shoves with pocket queens and is in bad shape against the pocket aces of Jeff Gross (Baltimore, MD). She hits a queen on the turn to score the knockout and Andrews takes her stack to 500k.
Gross takes the beat and stride and tweets
Jeff Gross @Jgross5
Just got knocked out of #WPTBorgata 430k pot at 1200/2400 all in pre flop AA to QQ, queen on turn! Ouch Cherish, good luck rest of way
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Texting and tweeting updates to each other is unnecessary for Young and Andrews as their tables are side-by-side. Both are near the top of the chip counts as there are only a few stacks in the 500k+ range.
Queen Andrews Cracks Aces
Shortly after Orson Young (Oceanport, NJ) took the chip lead with 650k, his girlfriend, Cherish Andrews (St. Thomas, PA), hits a big hand of her own.
Andrews 5-bet shoves with pocket queens and is in bad shape against the pocket aces of Jeff Gross (Baltimore, MD). She hits a queen on the turn to score the knockout and Andrews takes her stack to 500k.
Gross takes the beat and stride and tweets
Jeff Gross @Jgross5
Just got knocked out of #WPTBorgata 430k pot at 1200/2400 all in pre flop AA to QQ, queen on turn! Ouch Cherish, good luck rest of way
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Texting and tweeting updates to each other is unnecessary for Young and Andrews as their tables are side-by-side. Both are near the top of the chip counts as there are only a few stacks in the 500k+ range.
WPT BPO: "I Know What I'm Looking For"
$3,300 + 200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
Tyler Patterson (Everett, WA)
Tyler Patterson (Everett, WA) was one of five players at the table to call a 6,000 raise pre-flop. Just as the flop was being put out one of the players in the hand said, "I know what I'm looking for." The dealer put out the Q 2 2 flop, and someone else exclaimed, "Yeah...quads!!" The original raiser put in a 22,000 bet, and Tyler Patterson went into action with a raise. All the chips ended up in the middle, and what did Tyler table....2 2 for quads!!! He was up against A A, and ended up busting the player and padding his stack to over 200,000.
WPT BPO: Level Up, Blinds Up
$3,300 + 200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
The tournament director has just announced the beginning of Level 15, with the blinds increasing to 1,200/2,400/300.
The tournament director has just announced the beginning of Level 15, with the blinds increasing to 1,200/2,400/300.
Event 24: Glassman Breaks Bubble
$400 + $50 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)
Hand-for-hand play lasts one hand as the bubble breaks with a player moving all in with pocket 10s. Greg Glassman (Brooklyn, NY) calls with A 8 and hits an ace to send the remaining 36 players into the money.
The remaining players are guaranteed $708 as the play for the $31,842 top prize. Those still playing include:
Charlie Townson
Rick "Rocket" Petroy
Joe Mosca
Chris Farley
Marsha Wolak
Mike Shasho
Glassman (seated, right) Watches the Flop
Hand-for-hand play lasts one hand as the bubble breaks with a player moving all in with pocket 10s. Greg Glassman (Brooklyn, NY) calls with A 8 and hits an ace to send the remaining 36 players into the money.
The remaining players are guaranteed $708 as the play for the $31,842 top prize. Those still playing include:
Charlie Townson
Rick "Rocket" Petroy
Joe Mosca
Chris Farley
Marsha Wolak
Mike Shasho
WPT BPO: Oh 2 B Young
$3300 + $200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
Orson Young (Oceanport, NJ) came back from dinner break with ~400k and quickly jumps into the chip lead.
A short stack moves all in, a player with 220k calls the bet, before Young makes it 65k, which the player calls again.
Flop: J♣ 4♣ 4x
Young's opponent moves all in for 170k and Young calls with pocket king. His opponent tables A Q, with no club and is drawing thin.
The turn and river are blanks and Young scoops a huge pot to take the chip lead with 650k.
Marguerite Spagnuolo (Staten Island, NY), who is also at the table says, "happy birthday, it was gift wrapped."
Orson Young
Orson Young (Oceanport, NJ) came back from dinner break with ~400k and quickly jumps into the chip lead.
A short stack moves all in, a player with 220k calls the bet, before Young makes it 65k, which the player calls again.
Flop: J♣ 4♣ 4x
Young's opponent moves all in for 170k and Young calls with pocket king. His opponent tables A Q, with no club and is drawing thin.
The turn and river are blanks and Young scoops a huge pot to take the chip lead with 650k.
Marguerite Spagnuolo (Staten Island, NY), who is also at the table says, "happy birthday, it was gift wrapped."
WPT BPO: Dunst Done It
$3,300 + 200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
WPT's Tony Dunst
Tony Dunst (Las Vegas, NV) is a professional poker players who lives in Las Vegas and plays tournaments for a living. He also works for the WPT as a host for the Raw Deal, and has also done commentary during the WPT's live streams. In April of this year the WPT needed to find a fill in because Tony made the TV final table in Jacksonville. It looks like he's going to do his best to throw a wrench in the schedule in this event as well, as Tony sits with about 130,000.
WPT BPO: $10k Winners Update
$3300 + $200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
It's been a roller coaster day for the two players who earned $10,000 as the Day 1A and Day 1B chip leaders.
Brian Lemke (Norristown, PA), who began the day as chip leader, dropped to 29k, but is now back close to where he started the day. Unfortunately for Day 1A chip leader Robert Boyko (Yonkers, NY) he recently hit the rail.
Boyko's bonus is more than 55th place money ($9,589), so not a bad tournament considering he's out on day 2.
It's been a roller coaster day for the two players who earned $10,000 as the Day 1A and Day 1B chip leaders.
Brian Lemke (Norristown, PA), who began the day as chip leader, dropped to 29k, but is now back close to where he started the day. Unfortunately for Day 1A chip leader Robert Boyko (Yonkers, NY) he recently hit the rail.
Boyko's bonus is more than 55th place money ($9,589), so not a bad tournament considering he's out on day 2.
WPT BPO: Table Re-Draws Vicious
$3,300 + 200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
Table 11 has become one of the more difficult tables in the event, as players gain new neighbors with tables on the back end. Some of the residents at Table 11:
Brian Lemke
Ari Albilia
Vinny Pahuja
Dwyte Pilgrim
Table 11 has become one of the more difficult tables in the event, as players gain new neighbors with tables on the back end. Some of the residents at Table 11:
Brian Lemke
Ari Albilia
Vinny Pahuja
Dwyte Pilgrim
WPT BPO: Consolation Prize
$3,300 + 200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
Jesse Silvia (West Tisbury, MA) has just busted, but he's got something pretty big to look forward to...the final table of the WSOP Main Event!
Sylvia is going into the final table as the chip leader, and we'd say that's something that may take the sting out of leaving this year's Borgata Poker Open Championship. Jesse (and his girlfriend Ashley) was nice enough to sit down with me and field some questions, as I tried to get the perspective of a November Niner.
Jesse Silvia (West Tisbury, MA) has just busted, but he's got something pretty big to look forward to...the final table of the WSOP Main Event!
Sylvia is going into the final table as the chip leader, and we'd say that's something that may take the sting out of leaving this year's Borgata Poker Open Championship. Jesse (and his girlfriend Ashley) was nice enough to sit down with me and field some questions, as I tried to get the perspective of a November Niner.
WPT BPO: Coming Back From Dinner
$3,300 + 200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
Players are returning from dinner, as play will resume in seven minutes from now. When the play does resume the blinds will be 1,000/2,000/200.
Players are returning from dinner, as play will resume in seven minutes from now. When the play does resume the blinds will be 1,000/2,000/200.
Event 24: Dinner Time Numbers Game
$400 + $50 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)
Dinner time means time to play the numbers game.
Number of Entries: 304
Players Remaining: 43
Chips in Play: 4.56 million
Average Stack: 106k (21 BB)
Big Stack: 300k (60 BB)
Next Blinds: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Total Buy-In: $121,600
First Prize: $31,842
Places Paid: 36
Play Resumes: 8:31 pm.
Dinner time means time to play the numbers game.
Number of Entries: 304
Players Remaining: 43
Chips in Play: 4.56 million
Average Stack: 106k (21 BB)
Big Stack: 300k (60 BB)
Next Blinds: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Total Buy-In: $121,600
First Prize: $31,842
Places Paid: 36
Play Resumes: 8:31 pm.
WPT BPO: Numbers Game
$3,300 + 200 WPT Borgata Open Poker Championship
Dinner time means time to play the numbers game.
Number of Entries: 1,181
Players Remaining: 295
Chips in Play: 35.43 million
Average Stack: 120k (60 BB)
Big Stack: 430k (215 BB)
Next Blinds: 1k/2k, 200 ante
Total Buy-In: $3,897,300
First Prize: $818,847
Places Paid: 110
Play Resumes: 8:08 pm
Dinner time means time to play the numbers game.
Number of Entries: 1,181
Players Remaining: 295
Chips in Play: 35.43 million
Average Stack: 120k (60 BB)
Big Stack: 430k (215 BB)
Next Blinds: 1k/2k, 200 ante
Total Buy-In: $3,897,300
First Prize: $818,847
Places Paid: 110
Play Resumes: 8:08 pm
WPT BPO: Bowker Building Stacks
$3,300 + 200 WPT Borgata Open Poker Championship
Kyle Bowker has built some big chip stacks. He's up to ~430k, much to the chagrin of his table-mates.
He's sharing the felt on table one with
Jerry Maher
Allen Cunningham
Brandon Guss
Alex Queen
Kyle Bowker
Kyle Bowker has built some big chip stacks. He's up to ~430k, much to the chagrin of his table-mates.
He's sharing the felt on table one with
Jerry Maher
Allen Cunningham
Brandon Guss
Alex Queen
WPT BPO: Pre-Dinner Bustouts
$3,300 + 200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
The following players were just busted before dinner break and will not be receiving a dinner voucher on Day 2:
Travis Williams
Nelson Robinson
Kevin McColgan
The following players were just busted before dinner break and will not be receiving a dinner voucher on Day 2:
Travis Williams
Nelson Robinson
Kevin McColgan
WPT BPO: Dinner Break Around The Corner
$3,300 + 200 WPT Borgata Open Poker Championship
After the last twelve minutes tick down in this level, the remaining players will be going on break. There are 324 players remaining and the chip average in the room is 110,000.
After the last twelve minutes tick down in this level, the remaining players will be going on break. There are 324 players remaining and the chip average in the room is 110,000.
Event 24: Payouts
$400 + $50 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)
Entries: 304
Total Buy-In: $121,600
PAYOUTS:
1: $31,842
2: $17,690
3: $10,970
4: $8,846
5: $6,841
6: $5,780
7: $4,659
8: $3,480
9: $2,359
10 - 12: $1,533
13 - 15: $1,180
16 - 18: $1,003
19 - 27: $885
28 - 36: $708
Entries: 304
Total Buy-In: $121,600
PAYOUTS:
1: $31,842
2: $17,690
3: $10,970
4: $8,846
5: $6,841
6: $5,780
7: $4,659
8: $3,480
9: $2,359
10 - 12: $1,533
13 - 15: $1,180
16 - 18: $1,003
19 - 27: $885
28 - 36: $708
WPT BPO: Ladies Night
$3,300 + 200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
Wendy Freedman (Las Vegas, NV)
With approximately 320 players remaining, we have twelve women remaining in the field. Here is a list of ladies left in the event and their current chip stacks:
Wendy Freedman - 177,000
Jamie Kerstetter - 175,000
Valerie Filion - 103,000
Cherish Andrews - 89,000
Helen Ellis - 80,000
Nancy Martin - 70,000
May Siu - 55,000
Pamela Paladdini - 40,000
Karen Wilner - 35,000
May Siu - 55,000
Pamela Paladdini - 40,000
Karen Wilner - 35,000
Joanne Monteavaro - 27,000
Alli Schultz - 22,000
Marguerite Spagnuolo - 21,000
Event 24: Chip Leader
$400 + $50 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)
Down to 72 players who have just returned from a break. Average stack is ~63k.
Level 13: Blinds 1,200/2,400 with 300 ante.
Looks like the chip leader is Greg Ostrander (Webster, NY). He's up to about 150k.
Down to 72 players who have just returned from a break. Average stack is ~63k.
Level 13: Blinds 1,200/2,400 with 300 ante.
Greg Ostrander
Looks like the chip leader is Greg Ostrander (Webster, NY). He's up to about 150k.
WPT BPO: Tweet-Counts
$3,300 + 200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
Level 13: Blinds 800/1,600 with 200 ante. Play has resumed.
Twitter chip counts from the break:
Jake Toole - 300,000
David Zeitlin - 246,000
John Hinds - 246,000
Kurt Jewell - 220,000
Jerry Payne - 179,200
David Stefanski - 174,000
Steve Ryan - 130,000
Mukul Pahuja - 119,100
Justin Zaki - 113,000
Jason Paster - 80,000
Jesse Cohen - 77,000
Harrison Gimbel - 71,300
Lee Childs - 52,700
Nelson Robinson - 52,000
Antonio Payne - 42,000
Trevor Savage - 41,700
Kyle Loman - 39,600
Michael Marder - 29,600
Todd Terry - 28,300
Brandon Guss reported that he's up to ~100k (in person, not via Twitter).
Level 13: Blinds 800/1,600 with 200 ante. Play has resumed.
Twitter chip counts from the break:
Jake Toole - 300,000
David Zeitlin - 246,000
John Hinds - 246,000
Kurt Jewell - 220,000
Jerry Payne - 179,200
David Stefanski - 174,000
Steve Ryan - 130,000
Mukul Pahuja - 119,100
Justin Zaki - 113,000
Jason Paster - 80,000
Jesse Cohen - 77,000
Harrison Gimbel - 71,300
Lee Childs - 52,700
Nelson Robinson - 52,000
Antonio Payne - 42,000
Trevor Savage - 41,700
Kyle Loman - 39,600
Michael Marder - 29,600
Todd Terry - 28,300
Brandon Guss reported that he's up to ~100k (in person, not via Twitter).
WPT BPO: Break Time
$3,300 + 200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
39 tables (9-handed) remain and those players have taken off for a break.
With approximately 350 players left, the average is ~101k.
They will return and play one more level, then take a dinner break, which will fall just before 7pm.
39 tables (9-handed) remain and those players have taken off for a break.
With approximately 350 players left, the average is ~101k.
They will return and play one more level, then take a dinner break, which will fall just before 7pm.
WPT BPO: New Chip Leader ?
$3,300 + 200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
After winning a pot with Aces versus Kings on a board with an Ace and a King, Scott Schwalich had pocket Aces again, with two shorter stacks all-in.
Michael Delvecchio (Port Jefferson Station, NY) had pocket Kings and Christine Brewer (Port Monmouth, NJ) also had pocket Kings.
Scott did not have to sweat the possibility of one of them flopping a set, but the flop came 8 6 2 -- all diamonds, and Scott did not have the Ace of diamonds. Michael Delvecchio had the K♦ for the flush draw.
The last two fell offsuit 3 8 and Scott scooped the pots, busting both opponents in the process.
Scott is now up to ~380k and possibly the new chip leader. He won the 2012 Winter Open $1k NLH event for over $57k.
Also sharing the felt with Scott are Abe Faroni, Joanne Monteavaro, David Heck, Mukul Pahuja, and Ian Palomo, (who happens to be engaged to Joanne).
After winning a pot with Aces versus Kings on a board with an Ace and a King, Scott Schwalich had pocket Aces again, with two shorter stacks all-in.
Scott Schwalich
Michael Delvecchio (Port Jefferson Station, NY) had pocket Kings and Christine Brewer (Port Monmouth, NJ) also had pocket Kings.
Scott did not have to sweat the possibility of one of them flopping a set, but the flop came 8 6 2 -- all diamonds, and Scott did not have the Ace of diamonds. Michael Delvecchio had the K♦ for the flush draw.
The last two fell offsuit 3 8 and Scott scooped the pots, busting both opponents in the process.
Scott is now up to ~380k and possibly the new chip leader. He won the 2012 Winter Open $1k NLH event for over $57k.
Also sharing the felt with Scott are Abe Faroni, Joanne Monteavaro, David Heck, Mukul Pahuja, and Ian Palomo, (who happens to be engaged to Joanne).
WPT BPO: Stare Down
$3,300 + 200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
David Kim (far right facing camera)
It's been a tough road for both Day 1A and 1B chip leaders. As we were passing by, there was a 22,000 river bet in front of Robert Boyko (Day 1A chip leader). The board was 4d 7h 2c Kh Ks and the action was on David Kim (Flushing, NY). Kim took about three minutes thinking about his next move, which was to announce himself all-in. He put a stack in front of him, and gave Boyko a solid stare down. Boyko asked Kim, "So you got aces," with not even a blink from the stone face of Kim. Boyko eventually folded and Kim won the pot putting himself over 175,000.
WPT BPO: Repeat Offender?
$3,300 + 200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
Stephen Reynolds and Tyler Patterson
Stephen Reynolds (Little Egg Harbour, NJ) was the runner-up the last time he played in a WPT Televised Main Event (Parx Casino). He had been fairly under the radar throughout the early stages of this tournament, but has recently gone on a real heater. Reynolds has over 340,000 to place himself in the top three stacks in the room.
WPT BPO: Totally Tough Table
$3,300 + 200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
Table 37 started out with Cherish Andrews (St. Thomas, PA) and Cuong Phung (Atlantic City, NJ).
As players have departed and tables break, these players have been moved to their table:
Brian Lemke
Phong 'VIP' Nguyen
David Levi
making this a much tougher table.
Cuong Phung is free-rolling in this event as he won his seat as the points leader in the Borgata Summer Poker Open Leaderboard competition.
Table 37 started out with Cherish Andrews (St. Thomas, PA) and Cuong Phung (Atlantic City, NJ).
Table 37
Brian Lemke
Phong 'VIP' Nguyen
David Levi
making this a much tougher table.
Cuong Phung is free-rolling in this event as he won his seat as the points leader in the Borgata Summer Poker Open Leaderboard competition.
WPT BPO: Childs Chips Up
$3,300 + 200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
Level 12: Blinds 600/1,200 with 100 ante.
May Siu opened up front, Fred Goldberg flatted, then Inside The Minds instructor Lee Childs 3-bet from the big blind.
May folded and Fred called.
On the flop of J 3 2, Lee led out and Fred raised. Lee called.
Turn was an 8 and both checked.
River was a Queen (no flush possible) and Lee bet 17k.
Fred, who was enjoying a table-side massage, tanked for a couple of minutes, then surrendered.
John D'Agostino was sharing the felt with these two, but he has busted out. Olivier Busquet, who won the 2009 WPT BPO Championship and $925,514, was moved into his empty seat.
Level 12: Blinds 600/1,200 with 100 ante.
Lee Childs
May Siu opened up front, Fred Goldberg flatted, then Inside The Minds instructor Lee Childs 3-bet from the big blind.
May folded and Fred called.
On the flop of J 3 2, Lee led out and Fred raised. Lee called.
Turn was an 8 and both checked.
River was a Queen (no flush possible) and Lee bet 17k.
Fred, who was enjoying a table-side massage, tanked for a couple of minutes, then surrendered.
John D'Agostino was sharing the felt with these two, but he has busted out. Olivier Busquet, who won the 2009 WPT BPO Championship and $925,514, was moved into his empty seat.
WPT BPO: Updated Bustouts
$3,300 + 200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
Here are the most recent bust outs:
Dan Buzgon
Joe Cada
John Racener
Brian O'Donaghue
Matthew Salsberg
Julie Cornelius
Bob Hwang
Mirsad Kovaci
Nick Blackburn
Ivan Mamuzic
Wendy Rubin
Jim Pechac
Gordon Eng
Here are the most recent bust outs:
Dan Buzgon
Joe Cada
John Racener
Brian O'Donaghue
Matthew Salsberg
Julie Cornelius
Bob Hwang
Mirsad Kovaci
Nick Blackburn
Ivan Mamuzic
Wendy Rubin
Jim Pechac
Gordon Eng
WPT BPO: New Shooter
$3,300 + 200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
Darren Elias (Montclair, NJ)
We have a new chip leader and his name is Darren Elias (Montclair, NJ), and he is currently sitting with 340,000 (340 BB).
Event 24: Voccia Takes Out Two
$400 + $50 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)
Level 9: 500/1k with 100 ante.
Some late entries, who have busted out of the Championship event:
Ylon Schwartz
Abbey Daniels
Jake Ferro
Abe Korotki (Bethany Beach, DE) shoved utg, then Brandon Riha (Auburn, NY) re-shoved.
Daniel Voccia (Hamptons, NY) said "Since my girlfriend is Asian, I gotta call this" and makes the overcall showing pocket 4s (which are unlucky in Asian culture).
Abe had A9. Brandon had pocket 9s.
The flop came A A 4 and Daniel scooped both pots with the full house, busting both opponents in the process.
Level 9: 500/1k with 100 ante.
Some late entries, who have busted out of the Championship event:
Ylon Schwartz
Abbey Daniels
Jake Ferro
Daniel Voccia
Abe Korotki (Bethany Beach, DE) shoved utg, then Brandon Riha (Auburn, NY) re-shoved.
Daniel Voccia (Hamptons, NY) said "Since my girlfriend is Asian, I gotta call this" and makes the overcall showing pocket 4s (which are unlucky in Asian culture).
Abe had A9. Brandon had pocket 9s.
The flop came A A 4 and Daniel scooped both pots with the full house, busting both opponents in the process.
WPT BPO: Under The Hood
$3,300 + 200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
Dwyte Pilgrim won this championship event in 2010, and has just continued his steady form from then on. Dwyte had three bet an opponent pre-flop to 6,100, and watched as a four bet to 12,700 was thrown out. Pilgrim didn't take much time putting out a 28,300 five bet, and after some thought his opponent decided to lay the hand down. Pilgrim now sits at about 85,000.
Dwyte Pilgrim
WPT BPO: Goldberg Eyes Oboodi
$3,300 + 200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
Fred Goldberg, (Plantation, FL) who finished 4th in this event last year, is seated at table 28.
Defending Champion Bahbak 'Bobby Oboodi is seated at table 29, just a couple of feet away.
These two tangled at the final table last year, trading the chip lead back and forth until Bobby busted Fred in 4th place when they got all-in on a 9-high flop. Both had a 9, but Bobby had the better kicker.
Fred's keeping an eye on his nemesis from last year from his perch, one table over.
Fred Goldberg, (Plantation, FL) who finished 4th in this event last year, is seated at table 28.
Defending Champion Bahbak 'Bobby Oboodi is seated at table 29, just a couple of feet away.
Fred Goldberg keeps an eye on Bobby Oboodi
These two tangled at the final table last year, trading the chip lead back and forth until Bobby busted Fred in 4th place when they got all-in on a 9-high flop. Both had a 9, but Bobby had the better kicker.
Fred's keeping an eye on his nemesis from last year from his perch, one table over.
WPT BPO: Goners
$3,300 + 200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
Level 11: Blinds 500/1,000 with 100 ante.
495 players are back in action. Average stack is ~72k.
Goners:
Jeff Madsen
Will Failla
Gavin Smith
Patricia Barsanti-Chou
Tom McCormick
Abbey Daniels
Scott Blackman
Level 11: Blinds 500/1,000 with 100 ante.
495 players are back in action. Average stack is ~72k.
Goners:
Jeff Madsen
Will Failla
Gavin Smith
Patricia Barsanti-Chou
Tom McCormick
Abbey Daniels
Scott Blackman
WPT BPO: Players On Break, New Chip Leaders
$3,300 + 200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
Matt Glantz - 220,000
Kyle Bowker - 235,000
Players are taking a fifteen minute break, and they will be returning to Level 11 with blinds at 500/1,000/100.
WPT BPO: Another Tough Table
$3,300 + 200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
Table 15 is not for the faint of heart.
Seated there are Bobby Wisiak (not pictured) Todd Terry, John Hinds, and Carlos Mortensen.
Table 15 is not for the faint of heart.
Todd Terry, John Hinds, & Carlos Mortensen
Seated there are Bobby Wisiak (not pictured) Todd Terry, John Hinds, and Carlos Mortensen.
WPT BPO: Ellis Folds Queens; Prince's Jacks Good
$3,300 + 200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
Helen Ellis (New York, NY) made a good lay-down against Joey 'Bobo' Cappello. On the turn with a King-high board, Helen let go of her pocket Queens. Joey made the courtesy show -- of pocket Aces.
Dallas Williams (Wilmington, NC) was all-in with pocket 4s against Jean 'Prince' Gaspard (Evanston, IL) who had pocket Jacks.
The board changed nothing and Dallas was half-way to the rail before the river card fell.
Helen Ellis (New York, NY) made a good lay-down against Joey 'Bobo' Cappello. On the turn with a King-high board, Helen let go of her pocket Queens. Joey made the courtesy show -- of pocket Aces.
Jean 'Prince' Gaspard
Dallas Williams (Wilmington, NC) was all-in with pocket 4s against Jean 'Prince' Gaspard (Evanston, IL) who had pocket Jacks.
The board changed nothing and Dallas was half-way to the rail before the river card fell.
WPT BPO: Lemke Losing Traction
$3,300 + 200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
David Diaz (left) as Brian Lemke tanks
Brian Lemke (Norristown, PA) was the chip leader after Day 1B, but has been trending downward since the tournament commenced this morning. On a board of 2d Qs 10c 7s 5h, David Diaz put his last 59,000 in the middle on the river. Lemke thought it over for a few minutes, and eventually decided to call. Diaz turned over Q 10 for top two pair, and Lemke mucked the hand, leaving himself under 100,000.
WPT BPO: Sexton Busts Out
$3,300 + 200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
The wonderful people over at the WPT will no longer have to discuss who will fill in the announcer's chair for the final table. Mike Sexton (Thousand Oaks, CA) just walked over to the WPT media table to fill them in on the unfortunate news of his exit.
The wonderful people over at the WPT will no longer have to discuss who will fill in the announcer's chair for the final table. Mike Sexton (Thousand Oaks, CA) just walked over to the WPT media table to fill them in on the unfortunate news of his exit.
Event 24: Tournament Junkies
$400 + $50 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)
Level 6: Blinds 200/400 with 50 ante.
Registration is open until the break after this level (about 2:35 pm) and many players busting out of the Championship are taking advantage of the opportunity to late register, including Mike Shasho and Alex Rocha.
Also joining the field are
Saad Ghanem
Abe Korotki
John DeGeorge
Hobart Adkins
Doug Rosen
Paul Vacchio
Level 6: Blinds 200/400 with 50 ante.
Registration is open until the break after this level (about 2:35 pm) and many players busting out of the Championship are taking advantage of the opportunity to late register, including Mike Shasho and Alex Rocha.
Also joining the field are
Saad Ghanem
Abe Korotki
John DeGeorge
Hobart Adkins
Doug Rosen
Paul Vacchio
WPT BPO: Tales From the Twitter-Verse
$3300 + $200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
With a field this size, there's no way we can keep up with it all. Thankfully, lots of players use Twitter to let us know what's going on. Here are the latest from the Twitter-verse:
Steve Ryan @SteveRyanPoker
All I can say is WOW ...massive double in ridiculous hand ... Very grateful. Sitting pretty at 144k.. Lil shocked
Alex Queen @ArgentinaBoy
Early double up AA > KK up to 115k 10 minutes left in the first level
Aaron Massey @nevermissmassey
I'm out. I bluffed off 90k into quads. I'm a loser. #stevensegal
DJ MacKinnon @djmacjr
I call with 22 on 643AJ...guy says "nice call man" and pounds the table...I flip my hand then he flips 55 lol...still at 70k #WPTBorgata
Chris Bourassa @BoringAssa
Not the best level. 72.4k going to 4/800/75a. Lost JJ<Ax on AA5 flop then JJ<33 on QT3 flop. #BPO_23
Kyle Loman @Kloman22
64K going to 400/800. Avg stack 62K. Still waiting for my rush.
Jared Hamby @TWKftw
Playing day 2 WPT Borgata. Lost every pot during 1st level, then 1st hand of 400-800 lose AxAd vs TT on T96ddd for hella. Down to 32k
Pierre Deissler @PierreDeissler
Wpt borg Main. 22k 600 bb w/ AK. Utg +2 raises 2k, I make it 5k. AK4 flop. T on turn. He has TT c u next year. #tpedge
With a field this size, there's no way we can keep up with it all. Thankfully, lots of players use Twitter to let us know what's going on. Here are the latest from the Twitter-verse:
Steve Ryan @SteveRyanPoker
All I can say is WOW ...massive double in ridiculous hand ... Very grateful. Sitting pretty at 144k.. Lil shocked
Alex Queen @ArgentinaBoy
Early double up AA > KK up to 115k 10 minutes left in the first level
Aaron Massey @nevermissmassey
I'm out. I bluffed off 90k into quads. I'm a loser. #stevensegal
DJ MacKinnon @djmacjr
I call with 22 on 643AJ...guy says "nice call man" and pounds the table...I flip my hand then he flips 55 lol...still at 70k #WPTBorgata
Chris Bourassa @BoringAssa
Not the best level. 72.4k going to 4/800/75a. Lost JJ<Ax on AA5 flop then JJ<33 on QT3 flop. #BPO_23
Kyle Loman @Kloman22
64K going to 400/800. Avg stack 62K. Still waiting for my rush.
Jared Hamby @TWKftw
Playing day 2 WPT Borgata. Lost every pot during 1st level, then 1st hand of 400-800 lose AxAd vs TT on T96ddd for hella. Down to 32k
Pierre Deissler @PierreDeissler
Wpt borg Main. 22k 600 bb w/ AK. Utg +2 raises 2k, I make it 5k. AK4 flop. T on turn. He has TT c u next year. #tpedge
WPT BPO: David Jones Blocker?
$3,300 + 200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
David Jones Doubles Up
Walking up to Table 30 we see a three bet of 4,500 bet in front of David Jones (York, PA). The action would then be on Daniel Pignataro (Fairfield, NJ), who followed up with a four bet to 8,700. As the action came around to Satish Gorrela (Sterling, VA), he folded he hand (showing the player next to him). Pignataro claimed to have seen the ace of spades, and sure enough that card was then exposed for the players in the hand to see as well. Jones then five bet all-in and Pignataro snap called:
Jones: Ac Ah Pignataro: Ks Kc
Flop: 8d 2c 3h
Turn: 4c
River: 10c
Jones would doubles his stack to over 100,000, while Pignataro who had chipped up since the beginning of the day takes a major hurt to his stack.
WPT BPO: Mad Dog Put Down
$3300 + $200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
Michael 'Mad Dog' Shasho (Ramsey, NJ) got his short-stack all-in with pocket Jacks.
Unfortunately he ran into pocket Kings.
Then a King hit the flop, leaving the Mad Dog drawing slim.
He busted out, then headed over to event 24, where he's now trying again.
Michael 'Mad Dog' Shasho (Ramsey, NJ) got his short-stack all-in with pocket Jacks.
Unfortunately he ran into pocket Kings.
Mad Dog Shasho
Then a King hit the flop, leaving the Mad Dog drawing slim.
He busted out, then headed over to event 24, where he's now trying again.
WPT BPO: Tough Crowd
$3300 + $200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
Back on table 63 is a tough lineup of local tournament grinders.
Jason Paster (Hamilton, NJ), Chris Vandeursen (Philadelphia, PA), and Matt 'Muffins' Mazzeo (E Williston, NY) are all seated at the end of table 63.
Back on table 63 is a tough lineup of local tournament grinders.
Jason Paster, Chris Vandeursen, & Matt Mazzeo
WPT BPO: Level 10 Begins
$3,300 + 200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
Level 10 has just begun, with blinds going up to 400/800/75. Players will have a fifteen minute break at the end of this level.
Level 10 has just begun, with blinds going up to 400/800/75. Players will have a fifteen minute break at the end of this level.
WPT BPO: Peek-A-Boo-di
$3,300 + 200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
Bobby Oboodi
Many people were wondering whether Bobby Oboodi (Morris Plains, NJ) would show up to defend his WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship Title. Bobby won last years event and took home $922,441, edging out Sang Hwang who busted out of this event yesterday and is now playing in Event 24 ($400 + 50 NLH Re-Entry). Dan Buzgon and Fred Goldberg were also members of last years final table, and are still looking for a repeat performance in this years event.
WPT BPO: Rocha's Aces Cracked
$3300 + $200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
Another first-hand-of-the-day departure. Alex Rocha arrived late, but busted out on the first hand he played.
Alex, who finshed third in event 12, $350 NL Six Max -- the one that Grace Sun won -- held pocket Aces, which failed to hold up.
Alex is now playing event 24, the $400 + $50 NL event.
Another first-hand-of-the-day departure. Alex Rocha arrived late, but busted out on the first hand he played.
Alex Rocha
Alex, who finshed third in event 12, $350 NL Six Max -- the one that Grace Sun won -- held pocket Aces, which failed to hold up.
Alex is now playing event 24, the $400 + $50 NL event.
WPT BPO: Hard Day's Night
$3,300 + 200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
WPT's Mike Sexton and Kyle Burnside
It's always exciting to wake up knowing that you're going into Day 2 of the WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship. One of the first thing that many of these players will have done this morning is search for their table draw. The day started with 70 tables, and each table has interesting pairings (so we can't not them all), but here are some of the tougher tables in the room:
Table 1:
Jeff Spence, Harrison Gimble, Brandon Guss, Alexander Queen
Table 29:
Bobby Oboodi, Vincent Napolitano, Scott Baumstein, Roland Israelashvili
Table 34:
Mike Sexton, Kyle Burnside, Justin Zaki, James St. Hilaire
Table 41:
Mukul Pahuja, Jesse Sylvia, Alan Kraut
Table 50:
Olivier Busquet, Shawn Busse, Jacobo Fernandez, Ronald Lee
WPT BPO: WPT Season X POY
$3300 + $200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
The WPT Season X Player of the Year race was hotly contested between Will 'the Thrill' Failla and Joe Serock.
Will jumped out to an early lead, then Joe passed him in the point standing.
Well reclaimed the point lead, only to lose it back to Joe at the very end of the season.
Joe Serock is the WPT Season X Player of the Year. His table broke and he was moved to table 58, just two tables over from Will Failla.
The WPT Season X Player of the Year race was hotly contested between Will 'the Thrill' Failla and Joe Serock.
Joe Serock & Will 'The Thrill' Failla
Will jumped out to an early lead, then Joe passed him in the point standing.
Well reclaimed the point lead, only to lose it back to Joe at the very end of the season.
Joe Serock is the WPT Season X Player of the Year. His table broke and he was moved to table 58, just two tables over from Will Failla.
WPT BPO: Sun Down
$3300 + $200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
Grace Sun, winner of event 12, $350 NL Six Max, and the only woman to win an open preliminary event during this series, has busted out.
According to her table, she shoved for ~20k on the first hand with 32 off...and lost.
Grace Sun, winner of event 12, $350 NL Six Max, and the only woman to win an open preliminary event during this series, has busted out.
Grace Sun, with her trophy from event 12
According to her table, she shoved for ~20k on the first hand with 32 off...and lost.
WPT BPO: Cards Are In The Air
$3300 + $200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
Level 9: Blinds 300/600 with 75 ante.
Day two is underway with 626 returning players packing the event center to capacity (along with event 24).
Level 9: Blinds 300/600 with 75 ante.
Day two is underway with 626 returning players packing the event center to capacity (along with event 24).
Event 24: More Familiar Faces
$400 + $50 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)
More familiar faces are turning up in today's 'other' main event:
Chris Reslock
Will Dugan
Greg Glassman
Howard Wolper
Mike Dentale
Andrew Interdonato
Wazir Baksh
And more players who have busted out of the championship:
Roman Valerstein
Jason 'Gorilla Fish' Evans
John Kolinar
Marsha Wolak
More familiar faces are turning up in today's 'other' main event:
Chris Reslock
Will Dugan
Greg Glassman
Howard Wolper
Mike Dentale
Andrew Interdonato
Wazir Baksh
And more players who have busted out of the championship:
Roman Valerstein
Jason 'Gorilla Fish' Evans
John Kolinar
Marsha Wolak
Event 24: Second Chance?
$400 + $50 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)
Unfortunately for these players, they took their shot in the Championship event, but did not survive day 1A.
Being the poker enthusiasts that they are, they're back today to play in this other main event:
Mike 'Little Man' Sica
Barry Shulman
Jin Hwang
Frank Ingardia
Cathy Dever
Tony Antonious
Andrew Klein
Luigi Grilla
That's the great thing about Borgata...if you bust out of one tournament, there will be another one starting before you know it!
Unfortunately for these players, they took their shot in the Championship event, but did not survive day 1A.
Mike 'Little Man' Sica
Being the poker enthusiasts that they are, they're back today to play in this other main event:
Mike 'Little Man' Sica
Barry Shulman
Jin Hwang
Frank Ingardia
Cathy Dever
Tony Antonious
Andrew Klein
Luigi Grilla
That's the great thing about Borgata...if you bust out of one tournament, there will be another one starting before you know it!
Event 24: Shuffle Up & Deal
$400 + $50 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)
Today's other main event is a one day $400 + $50 No Limit Hold'em tournament.
Players began with 15,000 chips and levels are 30 minutes long.
Level 1 Blinds: 25/50.
Late registrations and re-entries are allowed through the end of the break after level 6.
Players who bust out during the first six levels may chose to re-enter as many times as they like.
This is a one day event, which means they'll play all night until a winner is determined.
Today's other main event is a one day $400 + $50 No Limit Hold'em tournament.
Players began with 15,000 chips and levels are 30 minutes long.
Level 1 Blinds: 25/50.
Late registrations and re-entries are allowed through the end of the break after level 6.
Players who bust out during the first six levels may chose to re-enter as many times as they like.
This is a one day event, which means they'll play all night until a winner is determined.
WPT BPO: Table Assignments
WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship
Event 23: $3,300 + $200 Championship No Limit Hold'em
Entries: 1,181
Total Buy-In: $3,897,300
Players Remaining: 625
Average Chip Stack: 56,700
START OF DAY 2 TABLE ASSIGNMENTS & CHIP COUNTS:
T01 | S01: JASON ANDREWS (PITTSBURG, PA): 66,425
Event 23: $3,300 + $200 Championship No Limit Hold'em
Entries: 1,181
Total Buy-In: $3,897,300
Players Remaining: 625
Average Chip Stack: 56,700
START OF DAY 2 TABLE ASSIGNMENTS & CHIP COUNTS:
T01 | S01: JASON ANDREWS (PITTSBURG, PA): 66,425
T01 | S02: JEFFREY
SPENCE (KING OF PRUSSIA, PA): 30,725
T01 | S03: ERIC TAMM
(PRINCETON, NJ): 25,575
T01 | S04: HARRISON
GIMBEL (JUPITER, FL): 27,375
T01 | S05: JAMES
BROADBENT (SMITHS, BER): 98,925
T01 | S06: SUK SUNG
(TORRANCE, CA): 42,450
T01 | S07: KYLE BOWKER
(WALTON, NY): 201,000
T01 | S08: BRANDON
GUSS (HOLLAND, PA): 141,900
T01 | S09: ALEXANDER
QUEEN (BETHLEHEM, PA): 54,850
T02 | S01: COREY
JACKSON (BROCKVILLE, CAN): 39,300
T02 | S02: BRANDON
SETZER (CHARLOTTE, NC): 51,300
T02 | S03: DAVID
WEISBERGER (NEW YORK, NY): 55,900
T02 | S04: MATTHEW
BRADY (HAVERTOWN, PA): 81,875
T02 | S05: JAMES POPER
(POTTSTOWN, PA): 185,100
T02 | S06: WILLIAM
ONEIL (COLLEGE PARK, MD): 30,375
T02 | S07: PATRICIA
BARSANTI-CHOU (METUCHEN, NJ): 26,625
T02 | S08: ROBERT KOSS
(MACOMB, MI): 65,500
T02 | S09: SCOTT
WARDELL (TABERNACLE, NJ): 13,025
T03 | S01: JOHN
RACENER (TAMPA, FL): 33,200
T03 | S02: TOM
MCCORMICK (FARGO, ND): 36,100
T03 | S03: JEFFREY
GROSS (BALTIMORE, MD): 52,500
T03 | S04: DANIEL
MAKOWSKY (NEW YORK, NY): 93,275
T03 | S05: BRYAN
MORTON (DAVIE, FL): 48,450
T03 | S06: ANTHONY
BALLETTA (VALLEY COTTAGE, NY): 146,525
T03 | S07: TSONG LIN
(CAPE MAY, NJ): 133,625
T03 | S08: RALPH
ROBINSON (STONE MOUNTAIN, GA): 42,875
T03 | S09: DAVIS ADAMS
(TALLAHASSEE, FL): 17,875
T04 | S01: WILLIAM
SHARKEY (LEDYARD, CT): 103,000
T04 | S02: MICHAEL
SHELTON (GUILFORD, CT): 28,125
T04 | S03: JOSEPH
MACRI (ALIQUIPPA, PA): 13,550
T04 | S04: GARY BELLER
(DEERFIELD, IL): 49,400
T04 | S05: MICHAEL
BENISTY (NEW YORK, NY): 64,300
T04 | S06: PETER
MALKOUN (BROOKHAVEN, PA): 24,725
T04 | S07: TOMASZ
GLINIECKI (JACKSON, NJ): 20,000
T04 | S08: MICHAEL
SANTORO (EGG HARBOR, NJ): 78,050
T04 | S09: MARGUERITE
SPAGNUOLO (STATEN ISLAND, NY): 32,575
T05 | S01: FRANCIS
CIPRIANO (WATERTOWN, CT): 30,375
T05 | S02: SCOTT
BLACKMAN (EGG HARBOR TWP, NJ): 64,000
T05 | S03: PAUL
PEDRETTI (MINEOLA, NY): 118,850
T05 | S04: JASON
DEUTSCH (STATEN ISLAND, NY): 51,175
T05 | S05: MICKAEL
MORGOUSKY (BROOKLYN, NY): 53,000
T05 | S06: DOUGLAS
MACKINNON (EAST AMHERST, NY): 69,775
T05 | S07: SOUNG KIM
(STATEN ISLAND, NY): 51,475
T05 | S08: WENDY
FREEDMAN (LAS VEGAS, NV): 100,450
T05 | S09: LAWRENCE
LIPMAN (FORT MYERS, FL): 11,225
Tuesday, September 18
TODAY'S EVENTS (EVENT CENTER)
11AM: Event 24 - $400 + $50 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)
12PM: Event 23 - $3300 + $200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
6 PM: Event 52 - $100 + $20 + $25 Green Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
11AM: Event 24 - $400 + $50 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)
- Players start with 15,000 in tournament chips
- Levels will last 30 minutes each
- Players may Re-Enter through Level 6
- 1-Day event
12PM: Event 23 - $3300 + $200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
- Day 2 Levels will last 75 minutes each
- Day 2 ends after Level 16
- 5-Day event with two starting days
- Structure
6 PM: Event 52 - $100 + $20 + $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
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