Sunday, November 17, 2013

Event 5: Round & Round

$300 + $40 Seniors No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 15k/30k/3k ante

Of the 8 remaining players, nobody has more than 500k or less than 200k. Everyone is right around the chip average of  350k (12 bb).
 
Remaining Players

Mitchell Friedman (Chatham, NJ)
Sam Keyrouze (Harrisburg, PA)
Chuck Newmark (Chapel Hill, NC)
Chris Bourassa (Leesburg, VA)
Jose Gonzalez (Staten Island, NY)
Gerard Ciofalo (Massapequa, NY)
Robert DaCosta (Baiting Hollow,  NY)
Larry DiGiovanna (Brooklyn, NY)

Remaining Prize Pool

1st $16,585
2nd $9,123
3rd $5,253
4th $4,423
5th $3,317
6th $2,765
7th $2,212
8th $1,659

Event 5: 9th Place - Brown

$300 + $40 Seniors No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 12k/24k/3k ante


Don Brown (Westbury, NY)
$1,244

Don Brown is all in for 65k with A♣ J♠ vs the A Q of Sam Keyrouze.

Flop: 9 8 3  

Kerouze flops the flush and Brown is drawing dead.  "It's the best hand I've seen in two hours and it's garbage," says Brown, finishes in 9th place for $1,244.

Event 5: 10th Place - Snoots

$300 + $40 Seniors No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 10k/20k/3k ante

Ray Snoots (Leonardtown, MD)
$1,106 

Ray Snoots is all in for 42k (2 bb) and gets calls from Sam Keyrouze and Chuck Newmark.

Keryouze and Newmark check the board of J-2-8-3, but Kerouze throws out a 20k bet when a King hits the river.  Newmark folds and Snoots sees the bad news as Keyrouze tables K9 for a pair of Kings.

"Had you to the river," says Snoots who shows QJ.

Snoots finishes in 10th place for $1,106.

Event 5: Final Table

$300 + $40 Seniors No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 10k/20k/3k ante

 Top 10 Seniors

Michael Marucci's elimination in 11th place is on the final hand of the previous level. The remaining 10 players now have new seats at the final table.

Seat-Name-Chip Count

1 Don Brown (Westbury, NY) 252k
2 Ray Snoots (Leonardtown, MD) 90k
3 Mitchell Friedman (Chatham, NJ) 364k
4 Sam Keyrouze (Harrisburg, PA) 222
5 Chuck Newmark (Chapel Hill, NC) 261k
6 Chris Bourassa (Leesburg, VA) 308k
7 Jose Gonzalez (Staten Island, NY) 445k
8 Gerard Ciofalo (Massapequa, NY) 103k
9 Robert DaCosta (Baiting Hollow,  NY) 422k
10 Larry DiGiovanna (Brooklyn, NY) 363k

Event 5: 11th Place - Marucci

$300 + $40 Seniors No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 8k/16k/2k ante

Michael Marucci (Bristol, PA)
$1,106

Michael Marucci is the final table bubble boy after Chris Bourassa cracks Marucci's AA to cripple his stack.  Marucci limps with AA and Bourassa sticks around with 5 7 and ends up with quad 7s for 124k double-up.

Marucci is eventually knocked out by Larry DiGiovanna (A8 vs T7) to finish in 11th place for $1,106.

Event 5: 12th Place - Berger

$300 + $40 Seniors No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 6k/12k/1k ante

Marc Berger (Woodbury, NY)
$1,106

Marc Berger has a volatile time at the final two tables as he was down to crumbs after losing a three-way all in with AK (vs AA and JJ). He rebuilt his stack by hitting a miracle straight, but after a few rough hands was left with only 1k after paying the small blind.

Berger is all in with 83 against the pocket Kings of Gerard Ciofalo, but this time there's no miracle.  Berger finishes in 12th place for $1,106.

Event 5: 13th Place - Gross

$300 + $40 Seniors No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 6k/12k/2k ante

 Jeff Gross (Leucadia, CA)
$968 

Jeff Gross runs his A5 into the pocket Aces of Chuck Newmark for his last 131k.

Gross earns $968 for his 13th place finish.

Event 5: 14th Place - Haab

$300 + $40 Seniors No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 6k/12k/2k ante

 Gordon Haab (Richmond, VA)
$968

"I'm going to need some help," says Haab who is slightly ahead with 22 vs Gerard Ciofalo's KQ. There's a King on the flop and coincidentally Haab loses his last 22k on the hand.

Haab finishes in 14th place for $968.

Event 5: 15th Place - Marceca

$300 + $40 Seniors No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)
 
Blinds 5k/10k/1k ante

 Vinnie Marceca (Oakland, NJ)
$968

Vinnie Marceca runs A8 into the pocket Kings of Gordon Haab for his last 80k.

Marceca finishes in 15th place for $968.

Event 5: 16th Place - Meskowitz

$300 + $40 Seniors No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 5k/10k/1k ante


Dan Meskowitz (Glen Head, NY)  
$829

Dan Meskowitz and  Jeff Gross get all the chips in on a 9 7 3 flop.

Meskowitz: T8 (OE straight draw)
Gross: 86 (lower OE straight draw)

Turn: T (Gross straight)

River: 7

Gross wins the hand with a straight and sends Meskowitz home with $829 in 16th place.

Event 5: Final Two Tables

$300 + $40 Seniors No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 5k/10k/1k ante

Table 1

Mitchell Friedman (Chatham, NJ) 240k
Ray Snoots (Leonardtown, MD) 50k
Jeff Gross (Leucadia, CA) 194k
Dan Meskowitz (Glen Head, NY) 69k
Don Brown (Westbury, NY) 141k
Chuck Newmark (Chapel Hill, NC) 360k
Robert Dacosta (Baiting Hollow,  NY) 320k
Sam Keyrouze (Harrisburg, PA) 206k

Table 2

Larry DiGiovanna (Brooklyn, NY) 300k
Michael Marucci (Bristol, PA) 120k
Vinnie Marceca (Oakland, NJ) 100k
Gerard Ciofalo (Massapequa, NY) 200k
Gordon Haab (Richmond, VA) 90k
Jose Gonzalez (Staten Island, NY) 245k
Marc Berger (Woodbury, NY) 118k
Chris Bourassa (Leesburg, VA) 55k

Event 5: 18th - 17th Places

$300 + $40 Seniors No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) 

End of level 18 and time for a color-up break.

Two players have already cashed out, earning $829:

18th - Mark Harrison (Allentown, PA)
17th - Mikail Vainstein (Staten Island, NY)

Play will resume shortly.

Event 6: In The Money

$300 + $40 Seniors No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Level 18: 4k/8k/1k ante 

The bubble has burst and the final 18 players are now in the money and guaranteed to earn at least $829.

They've draw seats and moved to the final two tables.


Event 5: Bubble Time

$300 + $40 Seniors No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Level 18: 4k/8k/1k ante

Down to 19 players which means it is bubble-time.  They're playing hand-for-hand until one more player is eliminated. 

Robert Dacosta

Robert Dacosta is the chip leader with ~400k.

Event 5: Seniors Payouts

Borgata Fall Poker Open
Event 5:  $300 + $40 Seniors (50+) No Limit Hold'em
November 17, 2013

Entries:  190
Total Buy-In:  $57,000



PLACE  

PAYOUT






1

$16,585

2

$9,123

3

$5,253

4

$4,423

5

$3,317

6

$2,765

7

$2,212

8

$1,659

9

$1,244

10 - 12

$1,106

13 - 15

$968

16 - 18

$829

Event 6: Photo Slideshow

 
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Event 6: End of Day 6A

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

Players are bagging up their chips for the night.

James Sansone

James Sansone is the chip leader with 345,500 chips.  He earned a $1,000 bonus.

Chris Leong is second with 290k chips.  He earned a $500 bonus.

Of the 201 entries today, only 27 players remain.  These are the only other stacks over 200k:

Raymond Tetsoshvili - 277k
Hallee LoGrasso - 251k
Reece Lightner - 234,500
Lyle Diamond - 228k
John Mitchell - 202k
Mike Caruso - 200k

Day 2 begins Tuesday at 12 noon.

Tomorrow there are two more flights.  Flight B starts at 11am and flight C starts at 5pm.

Event 6: Last Level

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

Level 16: Blinds 2,500/5k/500

This is the last level of the night.

Only 31 players remain with about 20 minutes left to play.  Patty Haggerty was one of the recent casualties.

When this level is done, the black 100 chips will be colored up before they bag for the night.


Event 6: Mongeluzi Busts Funston

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

Level 15: Blinds 2k/4k/400

Lance Funston (Borgata File Photo)

 Lance Funston was all-in against Dan Mongeluzi.  Dan's AK was ahead of Lance's AQ, until a Queen came on the turn.

Then a King on the river gave Dan the bigger pair, busting Lance in the process.  Dan's now up to ~200k.

Event 5: Dinner's Done

$300 + $40 Seniors No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Level 16: 2,500/5k/500 ante

The Seniors returned from dinner break to some new, bigger blinds.

Now its a race to the finish as this is a one-day event and they'll play until a winner is determined.