$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.
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
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
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