Monday, November 25, 2013

Championship: Photo Slideshow

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Championship: Wexler Bags Day 1B Bonus

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Day 2 Resumes 12 pm (Blinds 500/1k/100 ante)

Wexler Feeling Good About the Bonus

Jonas Wexler (Southampton, PA) spiked a two-outer to pick up a 180k chip pot that propelled him to the Day 1B chip lead of the Borgata Fall Poker Open and the $3,000 bonus.

"I wasn't 4-betting Ace-King and folding," said Wexler who bagged 222k, but in the pivotal hand needed help against his opponent's pocket Kings.

"He tanked for like five minutes and turned over Kings, I couldn't believe they were staring at me," said Wexler who's a Borgata regular with more than $500,000 in career tournament earnings.  "He was on the clock and at the last second, called."

Wexler was drawing thin after Natale Kuey (New York, NY), who called the initial bet, said he folded Ace-King. Wexler hit an Ace on the turn and eliminated his opponent who had nearly 90k.

Second in chips was Anthony Bellino (Palm Beach Garden, FL) whose 203,200 earned him a $1,500 bonus.

Unofficially 215 players finished Day 1B and with 72 finishing Day 1A, the Day 2 returning count is ~287.

Arthur Pro (Dallas, TX) is the overall chip leader with 252k, while Wexler is second.

Play resumes noon Tuesday with the average stack at 65k (65 bb) and blinds going to 500/1k/100 ante.

There were approximately 624 entries which means the top 63 players cash. The official prize pool and payouts will be released Tuesday.

Championship: Day 1B Big Stacks

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Unofficial Numbers

Day 1A Remaining Players: 72
Day 1B Remaining Players: 215
Day 2 Returning Players: ~287 (of ~624 entries)

Average Stack: 65k (65 bb)
Next Blinds: 500/1k/100 ante
Play Resumes: 12 pm Tuesday

Day 1B Chip Leaders

Jonas Wexler 222,100
Anthony Bellino 203,200
Eric Riley 199,500
Joseph Galazzo 171,700
Jonathan Rivera 185,100
Harrison Gimbel 159,300
Will Tonking 158,800
Steven Park 157,000
Norberto Camacho 156,000
Leo Walker 150,900
Morgan Litwin 147,700
John D'Agostino 134,300
Larry Abrams 134,000
Sung Sho 129,100
Joe Opie 124,700
Paul Spiztberg 125,300
William Warner 121,100
Victor Ramdin 121,000
Chris Klodnicki 119,000
Justin Liberto 117,300
Max Rozenfeld 113,000
Orson Young 112,700
Mike Linster 110,700
Joe Reddick 106,600
Daniel Mulhall 105,900
Rose Rainoff 104,900
Abe Faroni 101,900

Check back after 10 am for a full list of chip counts and Day 2 seat assignments.

Championship: 4 More Hands

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Level 10: 400/800/100 ante


The clock is paused with 10 minutes remaining and each table is playing four more hands before bagging and tagging for the night.

Confirmed Eliminations

Andy Frankenberger
Ari Engel
Ryan Eriquezzo
John Hinds
Ralph Massey
Terry Grimes
Chalie Hook
Chris Reslock
Andrew Klein
Dan DiZenzo

Championship: Jonas Jumps to top of Chip Counts

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Level 10: Blinds 400/800/100 ante

Wexler & Kuey

There's a huge hand on Table 3 that may have a direct impact on the end of night chip bonuses.

On the last hand of the prior level, Jonas Wexler (Southampton, PA) raises to 1,700 and gets a call from Natale Kuey (New York, NY). A third player 3-bets to 5k, before Wexler comes over the top to 14,500.

Kuey folds and the remaining player makes it 30k before Wexler moves all in for 90k effective stacks.

The player goes deep in the tank and tries every trick in the book to get a read on Wexler. The player exposes KK on the table and is put on the clock.

The player eventually makes the call and Wexler is in deep trouble with AK. But an Ace hits the turn and Wexler wins the 180k chip pot to take his stack to near 200k. Incidentally, Kuey says he folded AK.

"When I saw that (Kings), I was hoping he'd (Floor Manager) count faster."

Wexler is now in the running for the end of night bonuses that go to the chip leader ($3,000) and second in chips ($1,500).

Championship: Numbers Game

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Level 10:  Blinds 400/800/100 ante

Heading into the last level of the night ~250 players remain of the 452 entries for Day 1B.  That puts the average stack at 54k (68 bb).

Recent Exits Include:

Terry Grimes, "good hands don't hold, Aces, Jacks, they're (players) too good chasing me down from behind."

Chalie Hook, "three-outed."

Chris Reslock, "see you in January."

John Hinds
Ralph Massey
Andrew Klein
Dan DiZenzo

Championship: Registration Closed, Exits are Forever

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Level 9:  Blinds 300/600/75 ante

With registration closed, the cage is verifying the total entries which we have as an unofficial 624 (1A: 172 + 1B: 452).

Now every time there's a cry of, "seat open," it's forever, no more re-entries.

"See you in January," says Chris Reslock who exits the Signature Room and is followed by Andrew Klein a short time later.

Dan DiZenzo is also out and tweets:

Championship: Good Will Tonking

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Level 9:  Blinds 300/600/75 ante

 Will Tonking

Players are back from dinner and Will Tonking (Flemington, NJ) is the mystery player who bagged a 150k pot on the last hand before the break.

On a T 9 7 flop, Tonking says the betting is as follows:

Tonking: 2,400
Opponent: 6,500
Tonking: 19,400
Opponent: All in for 75k
Tonking: call

Tonking: J8 (nut straight)
Opponent: TT (top set)

Tonking dodges a full house on the turn and river and eliminates the player.  "You get lucky sometimes," says Tonking, who is second overall with 168k overall.

Tonking is a familiar Borgata face with four cashes here and nearly $90,000 in career tournament earnings.

Championship: Tweet Stacks

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Dinner Break, Play Resumes 9:05 pm (Blinds 300/600/75 ante)

Chip Counts Reported on Twitter

Harrison Gimbel 125k
Alex Rocha 79k
Mark Dube 74k
John Holley 72k
Tim Chang 69k
Chad Himmelspach 61k
Jamie Kerstetter 60k
Aditya Prasetyo 56k
Dan DiZenxo 52k
Ari Engel 51k
Bob Hwang 34k
Patti Haggerty 34k
Gordon Eng 30k
Andrew Jeffrey 29k
Michael Marder 25k
Jesse Cohen 23k
Ryan Eriquezzo 22k

Championship: Chip Leaders

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Dinner Break, Play Resumes 9:05 pm (Blinds 300/600/75 ante)

A couple of identified big stacks emerged just before dinner, including a player who is now second overall after winning a 150k chip pot on the last hand before break, as reported by the dealer.

We'll get the details when players return at 9:05.

 Will Tonking's Chip Stack

Big Stacks

Humberto Camacho 174k
Table 5, Seat 1 168k
Jonathan Rivera 155k
Leo Walker 150k
Victor Ramdin 145k
Vasillies Hrisafinis 132k
Harrison Gimbel 125k
Pauline Wightman 116k
Steven Park 111k
Tyng Low 110k
John D'Agostino 105k

****9:05 Update****

Will Tonking is second in chips with 168k

Championship: Borgata Players on Break

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Dinner Break, Play Resumes 9:05 pm (Blinds 300/600/75 ante)

Signature Room

The 75 minute dinner break is underway and registration is open until 9:05 pm.

Bon Appétit!

Championship: Inching Towards Dinner

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Level 8:  Blinds 250/500/50 ante

Rivera Picking Up Chips

We're 15 minutes from dinner break and the players are getting restless.  Norberto Camacho is collecting all the green (25) chips and refusing to make change for the antes.  He and Ralph Massey have been jawing with each other and Floor Managers are standing by to keep things calm.

Tournament Director Tab Duchateau just announced 432 players for Day 1B, which puts the Championship Event at more than 600 players, paying 63 spots.

We'll be grabbing big stack chip counts on break and it looks like the Poker Room table of John D'Agostino and Alex Rocha will have some healthy stacks.  Another player climbing the chip counts is Jonathan Rivera (Puerto Rico), who is up to 125k.

Rocha (left) and D'Agostino (third from left) with Chips

Championship: Wicker Gets Max Value with Ace-high

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Level 8:  Blinds 250/500/50 ante

Day 1B is split between two rooms with Media Row in the Signature Room. Across the hall in the Poker Room we pick up the action between Jeff Wicker (Philadelphia, PA) and Max Rozenfeld (New York, NY) on the river.

With the board showing 8 4♣ 2♠ J♠ 6, Rozenfeld bets 4k into the pot and Wicker eventually tank-calls.

"King high," says Rozenfeld who mucks when Wicker turns over Ace-high.

Wicker is up to 25k and would've been down to less than 10k had he lost the hand.  Rozenfeld is comfortable at 80k.

Rozenfeld has two Borgata trophies, including a win in September's kickoff event of nearly 4,500 entries for $363,000. Wicker finished third this series in Event 10 ($660 entry) for $12,000 to push his career earnings past $100,000.

Championship: In & Out

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Level 8:  Blinds 250/500/50 ante

Andy Frankenberger just re-entered the tournament, but no word if Josh Brikis will fire another bullet.

Meanwhile Norman Michalek's Championship Event has come to and end one hour before the dinner break:

Championship: Gimbel's Gamble Pays Off

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Level 7:  Blinds 200/400/50 ante


Running Straight Cards for Gimbel

Another big stack is up to 165k and it belongs to Harrison Gimbel (Jupiter, FL).

Gimbel's opponent opens to 1k, Gimbel makes it 2,600 from the SB and the player calls.

Flop J♠ 7x 4♠

Gimbel bets 2750, opponent pops it to 6k with 20k behind, Gimbel calls

Turn:

5x (check, check)

River: 3x

Gimbel open shoves and his opponent calls.

Gimbel shows 10♠ 6♠ for a 7-high straight and his opponent mucks.

Runner-runner straight takes Gimbel up to 165k and near the chip lead.

Gimbel has $2.6 million in career tournament earnings, including a $2.2 million score by winning
the 2010 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event.

Andy Frankenberger, a two-time WSOP bracelet holder & WPT champion, was on Gimbel's table, but just busted. Still on the table is Jamie Kerstetter (Monroe Twp. NJ) and Patti Haggerty (Scranton, PA).

Level winding down.

Championship: Break Time Chip Chirps

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Level 7:  Blinds 200/400/50 ante 

Keep those Tweets coming!  # BFPO

Here are some chip counts Tweeted during the last break:

Harrison Gimbel 70,375
Dan DiZenzo - 65k
John Holley - 64k
Chad Himmelspach - 61k
Mark Dube - 53k
Laurence Hughes - 47k
Todd Terry - 41,950
Aditya Prasetyo - 41,375
Andy Frankenberger - 40k
Ari Engel -34k
Tim Chang - 34k
Asher Conniff - 27k
Gordon Eng - 22k
Norm Michalek - 17k
Jesse Cohen - 10k
Michael Marder - 7,550

Championship: Chip Leaders

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Level 7:  Blinds 200/400/50 ante


Players return from break and will play two more hours before taking a 75 minute dinner break which will be at 7:50 pm.

Current Chip Leaders

Norberto Camacho (Medford, NY) 166k
Joe Galazzo (Union, NJ) 105k
Eric Riley (Deerfield, FL) 102k
Victor Ramdin (Bronx, NY) 101k
Ian Searing (Smithtown, NY) 98k
Dave Farrah (Fairfield, NJ) 95k
Blake Barousse (Lafayette, LA) 92k
Ze Chen (New York, NY) 85k
John D'Agostino (Egg Harbor Twp. NJ) 80k

Championship: Day 1B Photo Slideshow

 
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Championship: Poker Room Update

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Level 6:  Blinds 150/300/50 ante

Checking in with the poker room.  There are ten tables in action over there.

In 
Kyle Bowker
Jeff Wicker
John D'Agostino
Ari Albilia
Steven Rodriguez
Patrick Chan
Anthony Gregg
Nick Salimbene

Out and In Again
Sam Taylor
Tom Dobrilovic
Matt Brady

Championship: Camacho Catches Club On The River

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Level 5:  Blinds 100/200/25 ante

Norberto Camacho with all this chips in the middle

On the turn with a board of J♣83♣5 and about 24k in the pot, Ari Engel bet 12,200.  Norberto Camacho jammed, having Ari covered.

Ari Engel in the tank

Ari tanked for a few minutes, asking "did you flop a set on me?".  He eventually called, showing pocket Queens.  Norberto was drawing with 6♣4♣ (open-ended straight-draw and flush draw).

River was the K♣ completing the flush for Norberto.  He took the pot and Ari took a re-entry ticket.

Championship: Break Time Tweets

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Level 5:  Blinds 100/200/25 ante

Here's what's buzzing in the Twitter-verse:













Championship: 350 So Far

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Level 5:  Blinds 100/200/25 ante

Players are back from break.

There are 350 entries already today, not including the 172 entries from day 1A.  The $1 Million guarantee has been cleared with ease.

Dinner break will be after level 8 (about 7:50pm) and will be 75 minutes long.

Registration is still open with plenty of time to re-enter.  Last chance will be at the end of the dinner break after level 8 (about 9pm).

Championship: Name Dropping

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Level 4:  Blinds 100/200

Previously unmentioned players in today's field:

Joseph Opie
Bo Toft
Zachary Donovan
Dan Heimiller
Eugene Fouksman
Adam Agaev
Dan Shapiro
Nick Manfredo


Gone, but not forgotten:

Cathy Dever
Andrew Zhu


Out and In Again:

Natale Kuey
Rocco Luciano
Gregg Fishberg
Joe Neiman

Championship: Tweet Time

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Level 4:  Blinds 100/200

Time to check the Tweets from the first break:



Championship: Poker Room Tables

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Level 4:  Blinds 100/200

Blinds up!

First pass through the Poker Room tables yielded lots of familiar faces:

Table 27
Sardor Gaziev
Manh Nguyen
Pofuk Ying
Baruch Thaler

Table 28
John DiBella
Will 'the Thrill' Failla
Jesse Cohen
Norm Michalek

Table 29
Amnon Filippi
Matt Brady
John Holley

Table 30
Theo Tran
Tom Dobrilovic
Justin Liberto

Table 31
Jenny So
Travis Greenawalt
Jay Zimmet
Joe Liberta
Mike Linster
David Inselberg

Table 32
Bob Hwang
Jack Barnes
Scott Baumstein

Table 33
Alex Rocha
David Johnston

Table 34
Daniel Chan
Sam Taylor
Jeff Papola
Lance Funston
Anthony Caruso

Championship: More Signature Table Lineups

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Level 3:  Blinds 75/150

More Signature Tables:

Table 20
Chalie Hook
Andrew Zhu
Patti Haggerty

Table 21
Jonas Wexler
Natale Kuey (has busted out)
Bart Dowling (has busted out)
John Hinds

Table 23
Paul Spitzberg
Ken Silberstein
Abe Faroni
Gregg Fishberg (has busted out)

Table 25
Melad Marji
Victor Ramdin
Fred Paradis
Michael Marder

Table 26
She Lok Wong (has busted out)
Norberto Camacho
Adam Lippert
Jamie Kerstetter

Championship: Overflow

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Level 3:  Blinds 75/150

Players are back in action following the break.

The Championship has overflowed The Signature Room and there are now six additional tables playing in the Poker Room.

Tables 1-26 are in The Signature Room.

Tables 27+ are in the Poker Room.

Championship: First Break, First Timer

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End of Level 2:  Blinds 50/100

End of level 2 and players are enjoying their first break of the day.

 Charles Ashby

Charles Ashby (Staten Island, NY) is playing his first-ever Championship event today.  "I won my seat yesterday in a $300 satellite" he said.  The 59-year-old disabled Navy veteran is hoping to make a strong run.

Thank you for your service, Charles!

Championship: More Table Lineups

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Level 2:  Blinds 50/100

More Table Lineups:

Table 11
Rick Austin
Darren Elias
Joanne Monteavaro

Table 12
AJ DeNicco
Darryll Fish
Steve Ryan
Eric Natishvili

Table 13
Tyng Low
Scott Niebling
Mike Dentale

Table 14
Neville Darrell
John Holley (has busted out)
Tony Campagna
Kalid Ali

Table 16
Frank Ficadenti
Tony Cousineau
Jason Deutsch
Michael Bonita

Table 17
Fritz Stoner
Shankar Pillai

Table 18
Jeremy Stein
Jordan Ludwick
Kat Khaterzai
Melissa Burr

Table 19
Joe Wertz
Dan DiZenzo
Gary Ackerman
Eddie Blumenthal
Abe Korotki

Championship: Table Lineups

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Level 2:  Blinds 50/100

Blinds are up!

Here are some of the familiar faces in action early today:

Table 1
TJ Shulman
Vinny Pahuja
Matt Beier

Table 2
Josh Brikis
Greg Himmelbrand
Russell Crane

Table 3
Ralph Massey
Peter Ippolito
Rocco Luciano
Chris Tryba
Ian Palomo

Table 4
Larry Wolf
Cornel Cimpan

Table 5
Chris Reslock
Tim Little
Joe Neiman
Andrew Jeffrey

Table 6
Leonardo Palermo
Cotton Snuffer

Table 7
Asher Conniff
Fran Cipriano
Dan Walsh
Igor Skochilo

Table 8
Andrew Klein
Gordon Eng
Howard Wolper
Alan Vrooman
Todd Terry

Table 9
Scott Blackman
Ari Engel
Cathy Dever
Aaron Massey

Championship: New Familiar Faces

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$1 Million Guaranteed

Level 1:  Blinds 25/50 

A few familiar faces have turned up today for the first time during the Borgata Fall Poker Open.

WSOP bracelet winner Ryan Eriquezzo arrived to play his first event of this series.

Aaron Massey arrived to join his brother Ralph (after an tough go at Mohegan Sun).

John Holley also appeared today after playing in Connecticut.

Tyng Low, 2011 Borgata Summer Poker Open Champion, is also making his BFPO debut today.

Melad Marji, 2012 Borgata Summer Poker Open Champion, is in today's field.

Tony Cousineau is another fresh face I'm seeing for the first time today.

Championship: Day 1A Chip Counts

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$1 Million Guaranteed

Level 1:  Blinds 25/50

There were 172 entries on Day 1A and 72 of the survived ten levels of play.  Average stack is 72k.

Click here to see the list, sorted by Chip Count.

To meet the $1 Million guarantee on total buy-ins, they need 228 entries today.

Championship: Day 1B Underway

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$1 Million Guaranteed

Level 1:  Blinds 25/50

The Championship event is underway here in The Signature Room.

Players began with 30,000 chips and levels are one hour long today.

This is the second of two starting days.  Players who bagged chips on Day 1A can play again today and take their "best" stack into Day 2.

Late registration and re-entry are available through level 8.

Cards are in the air!  

Monday, November 25th

TODAY'S EVENTS (Poker Room/The Signature Room )

10AM: Event 41 - $270 + $30 Survivor Turbo No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) (~1 in 10 wins $2,700)

  • Players start with 15,000 in tournament chips 
  • Levels will last 15 minutes each
  • Players that bust within the first 8 Levels may Re-Enter (unlimited re-entries)
  • 1-Day event

11AM: Event 13 - $2,500 + $200  Championship Deep Stack Double Play NLH (Re-Entry)
$1 Million Guaranteed

  • Players start with 30,000 in tournament chips 
  • Day 1 Levels will last 60 minutes each | Days 2 & 3 Levels will last 75 minutes each
  • Players may register for Day 1A or Day 1B. Players may Re-Enter tournament on Day 1A and/or Day 1B if they bust out prior to the end of Level 8 of that starting day.
  • Players participating in multiple Day 1’s may choose their “best” stack for start of Day 2. 
  • 3-Day event
  
 
6PM: Event 42 - $100 + $20 + $25 Green Chip Bounty No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)
  • Players start with 12,000 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 that bust within the first 6 Levels may Re-Enter (unlimited re-entries)
  • 1-Day event

Signature Room