BORGATA SPRING POKER OPEN

Alex Queen Interview Clips

2010-04-30T12:00:00.001-04:00

Championship Quotes

2010-04-30T11:59:00.000-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

Alex Queen - $355,535

1st Place - Alex Queen "I entered the day with a 106 thousand at 5k-10k. I was 27 out of 27 and I just played my game. I know how to play short stack poker. I kept winning pots and then once I got to the final table I just chipped up and that's all she wrote. It really hasn't hit me yet at all, I mean a little bit more now, but it feels really good. It's indescribable, I can't, it's amazing.

2nd Place - Jason "Asian J" Min "This is very redeeming and rewarding to see that all of my hard work has paid off. It's been a long time coming. I'm primarily a cash game player and I've been told I need to play in more tournaments and now I see why."

3rd Place - Dan Hindin "Definitely an amazing experience. This is my first big cash in a live no-limit tournament. I'm thrilled with the results. I've down well in pot limit Omaha, but I wanted to go deep and make a final table of a no limit tournament."

Championship Bracelet

EVENT 22: $3300+$200 CHAMPIONSHIP

2010-04-30T09:33:00.001-04:00

Borgata Spring Poker Open 2010
Event 22: $3300 + $200 Championship No Limit Hold'em
April 25 - 30

Entries: 383 Total Buy-In: $1,263,900

FINAL RESULTS
1. ALEXANDER QUEEN (BETHLEHEM, PA): $355,535
2. JASON MIN (EAST MEADOW, NY): $205,965
3. DANIEL HINDIN (DANBURY, CT): $101,756
4. MICKAEL MORGOUSKY (BROOKLYN, NY): $85,818
5. MICHAEL SOMMA (MIDDLE VLG, NY): $73,558
6. MATTHEW WAXMAN (PARKLAND, FL): $61,299
7. ALLEN CHANG (BROOKLYN, NY): $49,039
8. ADAM JUNGLEN (STOW, OH): $36,779
9. JESSE YAGINUMA (SILVER SPRING, MD): $24,520
10. ROGER VANDRIESEN (WHITING, NJ): $15,938
11. MICHAEL CASTALDO (PALISADES, NY): $15,938
12. MICHAEL OMELCHUK (BELLPORT, NY): $15,938
13. RUSS RADOM (WARWICK, PA): $12,260
14. RYAN DANGELO (VESTAL, NY): $12,260
15. IGOR BORUKHOV (REGO PARK, NY): $12,260
16. STEVE KARP (NORTH MIAMI BEACH, FL): $8,582
17. JOSHUA SMITH (NEWARK, DE): $8,582
18. JASON PASTER (HAMILTON, NJ): $8,582
19. ANTHONY COLOMBO (BROOKLYN, NY): $7,356
20. STEVEN LEVY (BROOKLYN, NY): $7,356
21. KEITH CROWDER (ELKINS PARK, PA): $7,356
22. TIMOTHY ULMER (WILLOW GROVE, PA): $7,356
23. GREGORY MERSON (LAUREL, MD): $7,356
24. NICHOLAS GUAGENTI (WESTERVILLE, OH): $7,356
25. JOSEPH BOWLES (NEWTOWN, PA): $7,356
26. SAMUEL BERNSTEIN (ENGLEWOOD, NJ): $7,356
27. ANDREW ROSEN (NY, NY): $7,356
28. ROSLYN QUARTO (EDISON, NJ): $6,130
29. SANGHO YI (WESTBURY, NY): $6,130
30. RYAN MILLER (ANNANDALE, NJ): $6,130
31. CASEY PETERS (BRICK, NJ): $6,130
32. MICHAEL MEREDITH (WESTFIELD, NJ): $6,130
33. STEPHEN REYNOLDS (LITTLE EGG HARBOUR, NJ): $6,130
34. FEMING CHAN (WEST WINDSOR, NJ): $6,130
35. MAURICE PARADIS (JEWETT CITY, CT): $6,130
36. ROBERT DEPPE (LIMA, OH): $6,130

EVENT 26: $200 +$30 NLH

2010-04-30T09:24:00.006-04:00

Borgata Spring Poker Open 2010
April 30

Entries: 257
Total Buy-In: $51,400

1. JENNIFER SHERWOOD (NEWPORT NEWS, VA): $14,957
2. EDWARD ABENDSCHEIN (MTN LKS, NJ): $8,476
3. JOHN NORZ (MANVILLE, NJ): $4,662
4. DAVID BLACK (ROBBINSVILLE, NJ): $3,490
5. GARY BEAVER (NORRISTOWN, PA): $2,991
6. DAVID SPEVAK (NEW YORK, NY): $2,493
7. NEIL PERLOFF (BROOMALL, PA): $1,994
8. YOAV YUHJTMAN (TENAFLY, NJ): $1,496
9. DANILO NENEZIC (BAR): $998
10. JACOB NASSER (YONKERS, NY): $648
11. STEPHEN SUTTON (LANGHORNE, PA): $648
12. FRANK ROTHGEB (WASHINGTON, DC): $648
13. MICHAEL FARAHNICK (NEW YORK, NY): $548
14. HERALD BARBER (SOMERSET, NJ): $548
15. PATRICK VECCHIO (WANTAGH, NY): $548
16. MATTHEW HANES (WEST CHESTER, PA): $449
17. ISHVAR PATEL (COLLEGEVILLE, PA): $449
18. SAMIR HICKSON (COLLEGEVILLE, PA): $449
19. VICTOR ESPINAL (BLOOMFIELD, NJ): $374
20. JAMES KAPLAN (BOCA RATON, FL): $374
21. LAWRENCE MARTINEZ (NEWBURGH, NY): $374
22. JOSEPH AARONS (FEASTERVILLE, PA): $374
23. THOMAS GEHRET (PHILADELPHIA, PA): $374
24. DAVID ANSBRO (MORRISVILLE, NC): $374
25. DONALD NAEGELY (PHILADELPHIA, PA): $374
26. VINCENT KUSTERA (SICKLERVILLE, NJ): $374
27. RICHARD MURPHY (FAIRFAX STATION, VA): $374

EVENT 25: $300+$50 NLH

2010-04-30T09:22:00.001-04:00

Borgata Spring Poker Open 2010
Event 25: $300 + $50 No Limit Hold'em
April 29

Entries: 136 Total Buy-In: $40,800

FINAL RESULTS
1. JOHN LONG (BOWIE, MD): $12,189
2. ANDREW KLEIN (OCEAN, NJ): $6,727
3. DANIEL CHAN (NEW YORK, NY): $3,759
4. MICHAEL SMITH (CHERRY HILL, NJ): $2,770
5. LAWRENCE DIGIOVANNA (BROOKLYN, NY): $2,375
6. DOUGLAS BERMAN (YORK, PA): $1,979
7. BRIAN KRUYD (BOONTON, NJ): $1,583
8. PETER MAVRO (DOUGLASTON, NY): $1,187
9. TIMOTHY MCCORMACK (BROOKLYN, NY): $890
10. RONALD REEVES (JERSEY CITY, NJ): $772
11. SANG KIM (LANSDOWNE, VA): $772
12. BARRY PEVNER (PEMBROKE PNS, FL): $772
13. JEFFREY RUTTER (GAITHERSBURG, MD): $673
14. VICTOR DETORA (MIDDLE ISLAND, NY): $673
15. FRANK LABATE JR. (DIX HILLS, NY): $673
16. EDWARD ABENDSCHEIN (MTN LKS, NJ): $594
17. LAKHWINDE DHILLON (JERSEY CITY, NJ): $594
18. JOSE GATMAITAN IV (PHILADELPHIA, PA): $594

Queen is King - Wins Spring Open

2010-04-29T23:37:00.013-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

Alex Queen (Bethlehem, PA)
1st Place - $355,535

Jason "Asian J" Min (East Meadow, NY)
2nd Place - $205,965

Dan Hindin (Danbury, CT)

3rd Place - $101,756

After a long four days, Alex Queen wins the Championship Event with A♣ 7♥, as he eliminates Jason Min and Dan Hindin in second and third places respectively.

The victory earns Queen $355,535.

Event 26 Champion - Sherwood

2010-04-29T23:36:00.006-04:00

$200 + $30 NL

Jenn Sherwood (Newport News, VA)
1st - $14,957

Edward Abendschein (Mountain Lakes, NJ)
2nd - $8,746

John Norz (Manville, NJ)
3rd - $4,662

Event 25 Champion - Long

2010-04-29T23:34:00.004-04:00

$350 + $50 NL

John Long (Bowie, MD)

1st - $12,189

Andrew Klein (Ocean, NJ)

2nd - $6,727

Daniel Chan (New York, NY)
3rd - $3,759

3 Handed

2010-04-29T23:33:00.002-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

Blinds: 25k/50k/5k ante

On a board of 3♣ 10♦ 3♥ 3♦ J♥, Alex Queen bets 250k. Jason Min puts 1 million on top.

Queen tanks and eventually calls, only to see the bad news. Min has A♦ A♣ for a full house and Min doesn't show.

Queen and Min are now dead even in chips at ~5 million each. Hindin is the short stack with 1.7 million.

Bling Is Out

2010-04-29T23:30:00.003-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

Championship Bracelet

Alex Queen, Dan Hindin & Jason Min (l-r)

4th - Morgousky

2010-04-29T22:36:00.003-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

Michael Morgousky - $85,818

Blinds: 25k/50k/5k ante

Min min raises to 130k
Morgousky shoves 1 million on top with A Q
Min calls with J 10

Flop: 7 8 3
Turn: J (pair for Min)
River 8

Min's pair of jacks eliminates Michael Morgousky in 4th place, earning him $85,818.

Min: "I'm upset right now, but when I look back and see I was 243rd out of 244 players at the start of day 2, it's not too bad."

5th - Somma

2010-04-29T22:35:00.004-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

Mike Somma - $73,558

Blinds: 25k/50k/5k ante

Alex Queen leads out and puts Mike Somma all in for his last 760k.

Queen: J♥ 9♥
Somma: A♥ Q♠

Flop: 5♣ 2♣ 7♣
Turn: 8♠ (Queen picks up a gut shot)
River: 10♦

A river straight by Queen eliminates Somma in 5th place, who picks up $73,558.

6th - Waxman

2010-04-29T22:30:00.004-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

Matt Waxman - $61,299

Blinds: 25k/50k/5k ante

Waxman jams 440k with A 9
Morgousky calls with 7 7

Flop: 9 5 8 (pair of 9s for Waxman, gut shot straight draw for Morgousky)
Turn: 5
River: 6

Morgousky rivers a straight to eliminate Waxman in 6th place, earning him $61,299

Blinds Are Up

2010-04-29T22:26:00.003-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

Level 28 (25k/50k/5k ante) is underway. Tournament director Tab Duchateau calls this the "level of death."

Waxman Doubles

2010-04-29T22:00:00.001-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

Blinds: 20k/40k/4k ante

Matt Waxman doubles 216k through Mike Somma.

Waxman: KJ
Somma AQ

Waxman flops two pairs and Somma can't catch up.

Level 27 complete and players are on a 10 minute color break. Orange (1k) chips are now off the table.

Big Stacks Collide

2010-04-29T21:56:00.003-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

Blinds: 20k/40k/4k ante

UTG: Soma calls
MP: Hindin calls
SB: Waxman 180k
BB: Queen 300k (480k total)
Soma and Hindin fold

Waxman tanks and after a short 2 minutes Min calls for the clock.

Waxman calls.

Flop Ah♥ 7♥ Kd♦

Waxman checks
Queen bets 550k
Waxman calls

Turn: 4♠

Waxman checks dark
Queen is all in for 1.7 mil
Waxman snap calls.

Waxman: A♦ K♦ (two pairs)
Queen: K♣ K♥ (set of kings)

River: 2♠

Queen wins the 3.5 million chip pot, Waxman drops to 240k.

Somma All Over the Map

2010-04-29T21:45:00.003-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

Blinds: 20k/40k/4k ante

Cutoff: Min raises to 100k
BB: Somma jams all in for 1.2 total
Min calls.

Min: K♦ J♣
Soma: K♠ 10♦

The board is clean and Somma drops to 187k.

Next hand:

Mike Somma picks up A♥ A♠ in the small blind and shoves all in. Mickael Morgousky calls 147k more with 4♣ 6♠ and Somma doubles.

A few hands later:

Min raises to 100k, Somma shoves for 386k.

Min: 6♥ 8♥
Somma: Q♥ 10♦

It's a clean board and Somma is now up over 800k.

Min Doubles Through Queen

2010-04-29T21:33:00.002-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

Blinds: 20k/40k/4k ante

Jason Min has less than 500k and all the money is in preflop

Min K 10 vs the K J of Alex Queen.

The turn brings a 10 and new life to Min who's back over 1 million chips.

Huge Hand

2010-04-29T21:15:00.001-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

Blinds: 20k/40k/4k ante

UTG: Min opens for 90k
UTG+1 Waxman reraises to 220k
Min 4 bets to 1.6 million & has Waxman covered

Waxman tanks. "The last time you did this you had queens."
Min no reaction
Waxman eventually calls.

Waxman: 10♥ 10♣
Min: 5♥ 7♥

Flop: 5♣ Q♠ 6♥
Turn: 8♣ (Min picks up a gut shot straight draw)
River: 8♥

Waxman wins the 3.2 million chip pot and is now the chip leader, Min drops to less than 400k

Waxman vs Somma

2010-04-29T21:08:00.001-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

Blinds: 20k/40k/4k ante

Button: Waxman raises to 85k
BB: Somma calls

Flop 8♠ 6♥ 6♦

Check, check

Turn: K♠

Somma leads for 115k
Waxman calls

River: 9♦

Somma leads for 200k
Waxman reraises to 500k
Somma folds

Event 25: Payouts!

2010-04-29T21:00:00.003-04:00

$350 +$50

Entries: 136
Total Buy-In: $40,800

Place-Amount

1 $12,189
2 $6,727
3 $3,759
4 $2,770
5 $2,375
6 $1,979
7 $1,583
8 $1,187
9 $890
10-12 $772
13-15 $673
16-18 $594

Ramp It Up

2010-04-29T20:53:00.003-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

Seat-Player-Count

1 Matthew Waxman 1.1 mil
2 Alex Queen 2.7 mil
5 Mike Somma 1.7 mil
7 Mickael Morgousky 1.3 mil
9 Dan Hindin 2.4 mil
10 Jason Min 2.3 mil

Level 27 (20k/40k/4k ante) is underway.

7th - Chang

2010-04-29T20:40:00.000-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

Allen Chang - $49,039

Blinds: 15k/30k/3k ante (last hand of the level)

UTG: Allen Chang opens for 70k
MP: Somma call
Button: Min call
BB: Queen reraises to 250k
Chang shoves all in for 800k total
Somma and Min fold
Queen calls.

Chang: 10♥ 10♦
Queen: A♦ A♣

Board runs clean and Chang finishes in 7th place, good for $49,039

Players are on a 10 minute break.

More Chips for Morgousky

2010-04-29T19:40:00.004-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

Blinds: 15k/30k/3k ante

UTG: Morgousky raise to 70k
BB: Somma calls 40k more

Flop: 5♣ Q♦ 8♠

Somma bets 105k
Morgousky calls

Turn: J♥

Somma asks for a count from Morgousky and the number is 486k.
Somma goes all in, Morgousky calls and is at risk

Morgousky: A♥ Q♥ (pair of queens)
Somma 6♦ 9♦ (gut shot straight draw)

River 6♠

Morgousky wins the nearly 1.4 million chip pot, Somma loses 600k and is down to 2 million chips.

Back From Dinner

2010-04-29T19:35:00.006-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

Level 26 (15k/30k/3k ante) is underway

Chip Leader Dan Hindin

Chip Updates

2010-04-29T18:56:00.003-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

Seat-Player-Count

1 Matthew Waxman 975k
2 Alex Queen 1.4 mil
4 Allen Chang 1.7 mil
5 Mike Somma 2.1 mil
7 Mickael Morgousky 510k
9 Dan Hindin 2.6 mil
10 Jason Min 2.1 mil

Average stack 1.6 million, blinds going up to 15k/30k/3k ante

Staying Alive

2010-04-29T18:24:00.005-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

Blinds: 12k/24k/3k ante (last hand of the level)

MP: Michael Morgousky shoves 228k
Button: Matt Waxman calls
BB: Allen Chang tanks and folds

Morgousky: Q♣ 8♣
Waxman: A♥ J♠

Chang shows a Queen

Flop: 6♣ 4♣ 2♣

Morgousky wins with a flush and doubles to a little more than 500k.

"Allen, you can't call there," asks Morgousky. "You would've lost," says Chang, "the cards would've come out different.

Players are on a one hour dinner break.

4 Way Action

2010-04-29T18:00:00.001-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

Blinds: 12k/24k/3k ante

High Jack: Waxman raise to 55k
Cut Off: Queen calls
Button: Chang folds
SB: Somma calls
BB: Morgousky calls

Flop: 7♦ 3♣ 8♦

Checks around to Queen who bets 140k
Fold, fold, fold
Queen takes 241k pot, Morgousky's stack shrinks to less than 10BB

Hindin Shows Heart(s)

2010-04-29T17:50:00.001-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

Blinds: 12k/24k/3k ante

SB: Morgousky completes 12k
BB: Hindin checks

Flop: J♠ 4♥ 5♦

Morgousky checks
Hindin bets 24k
Morgousky calls

Turn: 7♥

Check, check

River: J♥

Morgousky checks
Hindin bets 150k
Morgousky calls

Hindin: 10♥ 2♥

Hindin wins the 393k pot, Morgousky is down to 230k.

Chang vs Somma

2010-04-29T17:40:00.002-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

Blinds: 12k/24k/3k ante

Button: Chang opens for 59k
SB: Somma reraises 175k (234k total)
Chang 4 bets: 484k (659k)
Somma folds

Chang takes the 513k pot.

Queen Good

2010-04-29T17:19:00.003-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

Blinds: 12k/24k/3k ante

UTG: Chang opens for 60k
BB: Queen raises 100k (160k total)
Chang Calls

Flop: 8♥ Q♠ 6♦

Queen bets 190k
Chang folds

Back From Break

2010-04-29T17:12:00.004-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

Seat-Player-Count

1 Matthew Waxman 950k
2 Alex Queen 1.2 mil
4 Allen Chang 1.9 mil
5 Mike Somma 1.8 mil
7 Mickael Morgousky 1.1 mil
9 Dan Hindin 2.8 mil
10 Jason Min 2.1 mil

Level 25 (12k/24k/3k ante) is underway.

8th - Junglen

2010-04-29T16:57:00.005-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

Adam Junglen - $36,779

Blinds: 10k/20k/2k ante
Alex Queen UTG raises to 52k
Adam Junglen ships 320k total

Queen: J♥ J♦
Junglen: A♠ Q♠

Board runs clean and Junglen's eliminated in 8th place, good for $36,779.

"You never want to complain when you go deep in a big tournament, so I'll take it as a positive experience. I haven't played a lot of tournaments this year, but I feel like when I'm focused and on my game, I can play with anyone."

Players are on a 10 minute break.

Mike vs Mickael

2010-04-29T16:43:00.002-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

Red kings vs black kings. Kings win, chop it up.

9th - Yaginuma

2010-04-29T16:35:00.004-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

Jesse Yaginuma - $24,520

Blinds 10k/10k/2k

MP: Jesse Yaginuma opens for 46k
Button: Jason Min calls

Flop: 2♣ 6♥ 8♣

Yaginuma: 72k
Min: All in and has Yaginuma covered
Yaginuma calls 400k more

Min: A♣ Q♣ (flush draw with 2 over cards)
Yaginuma: 10♥ 10♠

Turn: Q♥
River: K♠

Yaginuma's eliminated in 9th place, earning $24,520.

Min Doubles through Somma

2010-04-29T16:08:00.005-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

Blinds: 10k/20k/2k ante

Pick up the action on a board of

Q♥ J♦ 9♦

Min: checks
Somma: 200k
Min: All in 450k more
Somma: call

Somma: A♠ A♣
Min: K♦ Q♦

Turn: 2♦ (Min flush)
River A♠

Min: "Aces are no good," as he takes his stack to 1.3 million, Somma drops to 1.9 million.

Chip Counts

2010-04-29T15:43:00.007-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

Seat-Player-Count

1 Matthew Waxman 1.9 million
2 Alex Queen 520k
4 Allen Chang 1.6 mil
5 Mike Somma 2.8 mil
6 Jesse Yaginuma 520k
7 Mickael Morgousky 432k
8 Adam Junglen 500k
9 Dan Hindin 2.3 mil
10 Jason Min 1.1 mil

Level 24 (10k/20k/2k ante) is underway.

10th - Van Driesen

2010-04-29T15:25:00.007-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

Roger Van Driesen - $15,938

Blinds 8k/16/2000 ante (last hand at this level)

UTG +2: Min opens for 39k
Hijack: Roger Van Driesen call
Button: Michael Somma call

Flop 2♠ Q♥ A♣

Min Check
Van Driesen bets 55k
Somma raise 140k (195k total)
Min Fold
Van Driesen reraise 215k (410k total)
Somma puts Van Driesen all in who has 650k more
Van Driesen calls

Van Driesen: A♠ J♠ (pair of aces)
Somma A♥ Q♣ (two pairs)

Turn: 8♦
River: K♥

Van Driesen finishes 10th, earning $15,938.

"Not too bad," says Driesen who satellited his way in for $390. "Except for that last hand. That wasn't a good idea. He does a lot of bluffing, but also thinks other people are bluffing."

Somma is now the chip leader with 2.8 million.

Level 23 complete, players are on a 15 minute break.

Yaginuma Huge Lifeline

2010-04-29T15:15:00.006-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

Blinds 8k/16k/2k ante

UTG: Jesse Yaginuma opens for 38k
MP: Dan Hindin raise 74k (112k total)
BB: Mickael Somma reraise 180k (292k)
Yaginuma: All in 450k (742k)
Hindin: Call & has Yaginuma covered
Somma: folds and tables Q♦ Q♣

Yaginuma: A♠ A♦
Hindin: K♣ K♠

Flop: K♥ J♥ 2♥ (Hindin set of kings)
Turn: 7♥
Hindin "no heart"
River 8♥

Flush on the board, chop it up.

Min Folds in Disgust

2010-04-29T15:10:00.005-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

Blinds 8k/16k/2k ante

UTG: Alex Queen opens for 40k
UTG+2: Allen Chang calls
SB: Min raise 210k (250k total)
Queen fold
Chang reraise 700k (950k total)
Min fold, tables A♦ K♦
Chang shows K♥ K♠

Min, while pounding the table, "how does that happen?"

Final 10

2010-04-29T15:09:00.002-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

Rail Birds Watching the Action

Castaldo - 11th

2010-04-29T14:16:00.005-04:00

Jesse Yaginuma moved in for 177k on the button, then Michael Castaldo called all-in for 79k from the small blind. After a little thought, big stack Michael Somma called from the big blind. Jesse was ahead with AQ off. Castaldo held AJ offsuit and Somma held T9 off.

The board came K 7 3 5 K and Jesse's AQ-high was good. He more than doubled up. Michael Castaldo (Palidades, NY) was busted in 11th place, earning $15,938.

Michael Castaldo - 11th place

The final ten players drew seats and moved to a single table. Here's the new lineup:

Seat Player
1 Matthew Waxman
2 Alex Queen
3 Roger Van Driessen
4 Allen Chang
5 Michael Somma
6 Jesse Yaginuma
7 Mickael Morgousky
8 Adam Junglen
9 Daniel Hindin
10 Jason Min

Play continued, still playing 6k/12k with 1k antes.

Omelchuk - 12th

2010-04-29T14:05:00.002-04:00

Michael Omelchuk (Bellport, NY) raised utg and Matthew Waxman re-raised from the small blind. Michael moved in and Matthew called. Michael's AQ suited was in bad shape against Matthew's pocket Aces. The flop came K 4 2 with one of Michael's suit. He picked up a flush draw on the turn, but the river was a brick and Matthew took the pot. Michael finished 12th place for $15,938.

Michael Omelchuk - 12th place

11 players remain at two tables. Play continues.

Chip Counts

2010-04-29T13:55:00.005-04:00

Play resumed with level 23, blinds 6k/12k with 1k antes. Here are the rough chip counts as of the break:

Michael Somma - 2.256 million
Daniel Hindin - 1.725 million
Matthew Waxman - 1.475 million
Jason Min - 1.465 million
Allen Chang - 1.36 million
Roger Van Driessen - 680k
Adam Junglen - 576k
Alex Queen - 560k
Mickael Morgousky - 513k
Michael Omelchuk - 490k
Michael Castaldo - 301k
Jesse Yaginuma - 246k

With 12 players left, the average stack is over 950k, but even the shortest stack has more than 20 big blinds.

Break!

2010-04-29T13:45:00.004-04:00

Matthew Waxman opened for 68k from the cutoff and Daniel Hindin raised to 188k from the button. After a couple of minutes in the tank, Daniel called. Flop came 6 4 4, check, check. Turn was a 2, check, check. River was a 3 and Matt bet 200k. Again Daniel gave it some thought, then called. Matt rolled over pocket Kings. Daniel patted the felt and mucked his hand.

That was the last hand of level 22 and players are taking ten.

Borukhov 15th, D'Angelo 14th, Radom 13th

2010-04-29T13:19:00.008-04:00

On a flop of T 8 2, Igor Borukhov (Rego Park, NY) got all in against Daniel Hindin. Igor's pocket Kings were crushing Daniel's AQ, but an Ace fell on the turn giving Daniel the lead. River was a brick and Daniel took the pot. Igor took 15th place and $12,260.

Igor Borukhov - 15th place

Roger Van Driessen raised from the button and Ryan 'g0lfa' D'Angelo came over the top from the small blind. Roger got all-in holding AT off and was up against Ryan's 87 suited. The flop came T 9 7 giving both a pair and giving Ryan an open-ender. Last two were Q K, however, and Roger's pair of Tens was good for the double-up. Ryan was left with only ~50k and busted out on the next hand. Ryan (Vestal, NY) finished in 14th place ($12,260).

Ryan 'g0lfa' D'Angelo - 14th place

On the turn with a board of K 7 3 A, Russ Radom (Warwick, PA) got all-in against Daniel Hindin. Daniel can do no wrong now. He held pocket 7s for the set and was killing Russ' pocket 3s (lower set). Russ had one out in the deck and it did not appear on the river. Russ finished 13th for $12,260.

Russ Radom - 13th place

Karp -16th

2010-04-29T13:11:00.005-04:00

Roger Van Driessen doubled up and now has about 220k.

Alex Queen got all-in with AJ against Ryan D'Angelo's pocket 4s. The board came A K 5 9 A and Alex doubled up.

Jesse Yaginuma got all in for 105k with AK suited and doubled through Steve Karp, who had AJ offsuit.

After Michael Somma opened for a raise, Steve Karp (N. Miami Beach, FL) moved all-in. Michael called, showing pocket Kings. Steve had him crushed with pocket Aces. Then the board came J 8 8 2 K and Michael caught the 2-outer on the river to take the pot. Steve finished 16th for $8,582.

Steve Karp - 16th place

Chip Counts

2010-04-29T12:29:00.004-04:00

Play resumed after the break with level 22, blinds 6k/12k with 1k antes. Here are the approximate chip counts as of the break:

Michael Somma - 1.67 million
Jason Min - 1.6 million
Allen Chang - 1.26 million
Matthew Waxman - 831k
Adam Junglen - 787k
Daniel Hindin - 740k
Igor Borukhov - 720k
Ryan D'Angelo - 610k
Russ Radom - 570k
Alex Queen - 560k
Michael Castaldo - 510k
Mickael Morgousky - 480k
Jesse Yaginuma - 432k
Michael Omelchuk - 393k
Steve Karp - 330k
Roger Van Driessen - 126k

Paster - 18th, Smith - 17th

2010-04-29T12:17:00.005-04:00

Jason Paster (Hamilton, NJ) got all-in for 325k, Joshua Smith (Newark, DE) was all-in for 349k, and Allen 'Luckbox' Chang had the both covered in chips and smothered with pocket Aces. Jason held pocket Queens and Joshua held pocket Kings.

The board ran out 8 3 2 9 4 and Allen took all their chips. Because he started the hand with fewer chips, Jason finished in 18th place. Joshua took 17th place. Both earned $8,582.

Jason Paster - 18th place

Joshua Smith - 17th place

Level 21 saw the departure of 11 players. The 16 remaining players are taking a ten minute break.

Colombo - 19th

2010-04-29T12:05:00.004-04:00

Ryan D'Angelo opened for 22k, then Steve Karp raised to 85k. Anthony Colombo (Brooklyn, NY) moved in for ~155k. Ryan folded and Steve called, showing pocket Queens. Anthony held pocket 7s. The board bricked out for Anthony and he busted in 19th place ($7,356).

Anthony Colombo - 19th place

Steve Karp says "Hi Mom! I'm still here!"

With 18 players remaining, they broke table three and moved those players to the empty seats at the other two tables.

Guagenti 24th, Merson 23rd, Ulmer 22nd, Crowder 21st, Levy 20th

2010-04-29T11:41:00.005-04:00

Nicholas Guagenti (Westerville, OH) got all-in with pocket Jack, only to discover he was crushed by Russ Radom's pocket Kings. The Kings held up and Nicholas finished in 24th place ($7,356).

Nicholas Guagenti - 24th place

After action folded to him on the button, Greg Merson (Laurel, MD) shoved. Jesse Yaginuma called from the big blind showing AK. Greg held 97 off. The board bricked out and Jesse took the pot. Greg took 23rd place ($7,356).

Greg Merson - 23rd place

Tim Ulmer (Willow Grove, PA) shoved with pocket Queens, only to run into the pocket Aces of Michael Omelchuk. The Aces held and Tim finished in 22nd place ($7,356).

Tim Ulmer - 22nd place

On the turn with a board of 9 8 2 6, Keith Crowder (utg) of Elkins Park, PA, moved in and Michael Somma (sb) tanked for a couple of minutes, then called. Keith held AJ (two overs) and Michael was ahead with pocket Tens. River was a 5 and Michael took the pot. Keith took 21st place and $7,356.

Keith Crowder - 21st place

Allen 'Luckbox' Chang limped from the small blind and Steve Levy (Brooklyn, NY) shoved from the big. Allen called, showing pocket 9s. Steven held AJ and it was race time. Unfortunately, the board brought no help for Steven and he hit the rail in 20th place ($7,356).

Steven Levy - 20th place

Rosen 27th, Bernstein 26th, Bowles 25th

2010-04-29T11:25:00.006-04:00

Andrew Rosen (New York, NY) got his last chips in with AQ, running into the AK of Jason Min. The board came T T 6 3 4 and Jason's nut-no-pair was good for the pot. Andrew finished 27th for $7,356.

Andrew Rosen - 27th

Samuel Bersntein (Englewood, NJ) made his desperation shove with KT suited, getting action from Anthony Colombo, who held pocket Jacks. The flop came K Q 3 with two hearts, giving Samuel the lead with a pair of Kings and a flush draw to go with it. Turn was an offsuit Jack, however, giving Anthony the lead back with a set. Sam needed a heart on the river that didn't pair the board to survive, but it was an offsuit 6 and Anthony took the pot. Samuel finished 26th for $7,356.

Samuel Bernstein - 26th place

Michael Morgousky got his chips in with AQ and facing Igor Borukhov's pocket Kings. The flop brought and Ace for Michael and he doubled up.

Joseph Bowles ( Newtown, PA) made his last stand with A4 suited, only to run into Joshua Smith's pocket Queens. The Queens held up and Joseph was busted in 25th place ($7,356).

Joseph Bowles - 25th place

Radom Doubles First Hand

2010-04-29T11:10:00.002-04:00

Cards are in the air with level 21, blinds 5k/10k with 1k antes.

On the first hand, chip leader Jason Min raised from the button and Russ Radom flatted from the big blind. The flop came 8 4 3 all hearts and Russ checked. Jason fired 42k and Russ called. Turn was an offsuit 9 and Russ checked, Jason shoved, and Russ called. Jason held 64 of diamonds for a pair of 4s and was crushed by Russ' slow-played pocket Aces (with the Ace of hearts). River was an offsuit Ten and Russ doubled up to ~700k.

EVENT 24: $350+$50 NLH

2010-04-29T10:34:00.002-04:00

Borgata Spring Poker Open 2010
Event 24: $350 + $50 No Limit Hold'em
April 28

Entries: 213 Total Buy-In: $74,550

FINAL RESULTS
1. DAVID BELL (SUNRISE, FL): $21,694
2. LENBERT SMITH (ROSEDALE, NY): $12,293
3. ABRAHAM KOROTKI (VENTNOR CITY, NJ): $6,761
4. MICHAEL KALFA (LTL EGG HBR, NJ): $5,062
5. ROBERT COLEMAN (ABSECON, NJ): $4,339
6. CHARLES WELSH (BENSALEM, PA): $3,616
7. JACK DEUTSCH (STATEN ISLAND, NY): $2,893
8. SALVATORE ACCARD (DIX HILLS, NY): $2,170
9. HASSAN SADER (BEVERY, MA): $1,447
10. DANIEL CHAN (NEW YORK, NY): $940
11. MICHAEL DOLAN (W WYOMING, PA): $940
12. ERIC MILLER (ENGLISHTOWN, NJ): $940
13. MARVIN MARSHALL (SPOTSYLVANIA, VA): $796
14. MICHAEL HIGGINS (BOULDER, CO): $796
15. JUSTIN LE (BROOKLYN, NY): $796
16. JEREMY JOSEPH COLE (NEW CASTLE, DE): $651
17. HOWARD WOLPER (ATLANTIC CITY, NJ): $651
18. WILLIAM BEASLEY (HOLLYWOOD, FL): $651
19. DAVID KATZ (CHERRY HILL, NJ): $542
20. FRANK GIUNTA (COLLEGEVILLE, PA): $542
21. GARY HUMPHREY (BROOKLYN, NY): $542
22. RONNIE DUDLEY JR (ELLICOTT CITY, MD): $542
23. MICHAEL LEWIN (DELRAY BEACH, FL): $542
24. VITO VENTURA (BROOKLYN, NY): $542
25. RONALD SVEC (STATEN ISLAND, NY): $542
26. JOSEPH SHERMAN (MAHOPAC, NY): $542
27. MINH TAM NGUYEN (LANCASTER, PA): $542

Event 24 Champion - Bell

2010-04-29T04:30:00.006-04:00

$350 + $50 NL

David Bell (Parkland, FL)
1st - $21,694

Lenny Smith (Queens, NY)
2nd - $12,293

Abraham Korotki (Ventor City, NJ)
3rd - $6,761

"Asian J" Interview Clips

2010-04-29T00:02:00.000-04:00

Day 4 Table Assignments

2010-04-29T00:01:00.000-04:00

Table-Seat-Name-Place-Chip Count

1	1	MICHAEL	SOMMA	MIDDLE VLG	NY	$1,064,000
1	2	ALLEN	CHANG	BROOKLYN	NY	$470,000
1	3	KEITH	CROWDER	ELKINS PARK	PA	$153,000
1	4	STEVEN	LEVY	BROOKLYN	NY	$242,000
1	5	RYAN	DANGELO	VESTAL	NY	$636,000
1	6	SAMUEL	BERNSTEIN	ENGLEWOOD	NJ	$247,000
1	7	STEVE	KARP	NORTH MIAMI BEACH	FL	$171,000
1	8	ANTHONY	COLOMBO	BROOKLYN	NY	$438,000
1	9	MICHAEL	CASTALDO	PALISADES	NY	$289,000


2	1	TIMOTHY	ULMER	WILLOW GROVE	PA	$202,000
2	2	ANDREW	ROSEN	NY	NY	$119,000
2	3	IGOR	BORUKHOV	REGO PARK	NY	$947,000
2	4	ROGER	VANDRIESEN	WHITING	NJ	$342,000
2	5	MICHAEL	OMELCHUK	BELLPORT	NY	$277,000
2	6	JASON	MIN	EAST MEADOW	NY	$1,406,000
2	7	MICKAEL	MORGOUSKY	BROOKLYN	NY	$205,000
2	8	RUSS	RADOM	WARWICK	PA	$350,000
2	9	NICHOLAS	GUAGENTI	WESTERVILLE	OH	$358,000


3	1	JOSHUA	SMITH	NEWARK	DE	$569,000
3	2	JESSE	YAGINUMA	SILVER SPRING	MD	$238,000
3	3	ADAM	JUNGLEN	STOW	OH	$353,000
3	4	JOSEPH	BOWLES	NEWTOWN	PA	$109,000
3	5	MATTHEW	WAXMAN	PARKLAND	FL	$703,000
3	6	DANIEL	HINDIN	DANBURY	CT	$971,000
3	7	JASON	PASTER	HAMILTON	NJ	$410,000
3	8	ALEXANDER	QUEEN	BETHLEHEM	PA	$106,000
3	9	GREGORY	MERSON	LAUREL	MD	$186,000

End of Day 3 Chip Counts

2010-04-29T00:00:00.000-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

Position-Name-Count

1. Jason Min 1,406,000
2. Mike Somma 1,064,000
3. Dan Hindin 971,000
4. Igor Borukhov 947,000
5. Matt Waxman 703,00
6. Ryan D'Angelo 636,000
7. Josh Smith 569,000
8. Allen Chang 470,000
9. Anthony Colombo 438,000
10. Jason Paster 410,000
11. Nick Guagenti 358,000
12. Adam Junglen 353,000
13. Russ Radom 350,000
14. Roger Van Driesen 342,000
15. Michael Castaldo 289,000
16. Michael Omelchuk 277,000
17. Sam Bernstein 247,000
18. Steven Levy 242,000
19. Jesse Yaginuma 238,000
20. Mickael Morgousky 205,000
21. Tim Ulmer 202,000
22. Greg Merson 186,000
23. Steve Karp 171,000
24. Keith Crowder 153,000
25. Andy Rosen 119,000
26. Joseph Bowles 109,000
27. Alex Queen 106,000

Shut It Down

2010-04-28T21:00:00.005-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

"Asian J"

Jason "Asian J" Min (East Meadow, NY) is the chip leader at the end of Day 3 play. Min has more than 1.4 million chips and is well above the 426k chip average.

27 players return 11 am Thursday to play for the $355,535 top prize.

Last Lady Dancing

2010-04-28T20:55:00.004-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

Roslyn Quarto - $6,130

Rosyln Quarto (Edison, NJ) is the last woman standing, but her run ends when she shoves 163k with A7 and loses to the AK of Igor Borukhov (Rego Park, NY).

Borukhov raises to 21K UTG and from the SB Quarto makes it 141 more. Borukhov snap calls and his hand holds, as Quarto takes home $6,130 for 28th place.

Table 4 is breaking and the final 27 players will play on three tables for the last two minutes of this level. The purple chips (500) are then going to be removed and players will bag and tag for the night.

Million Man March

2010-04-28T20:47:00.006-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

Sangho Yi - - $6,130

Jason "Asian J" Min seizes the chip lead after taking down several small pots and by eliminating Sangho Yi (Westbury, NY).

The action folds to Yi who shoves 108k from the button with AJ and Min makes the call with JJ. The board runs clean and Yi is out in 29th place, earning him $6,130.

Min is the first play to crack the 1,000,000 chip count.

Level 20 (4k/8k/500 ante) continues.

Three More Down

2010-04-28T20:30:00.006-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

Miller's Time is Over

Mike Meredith (Westfield, NJ) ships 170k to Jason Paster and is out in 32nd place.

Casey Peters (Brick, NJ) shoves his last 71k with A 10. Jason Min's pocket 8s hold and Peters finishes 31st.

Dan Hindni raises UTG and Ryan Miller (Annandale, NJ) ships 100k from the button. Hindin snap calls with KK vs KQ and Miller's on the rail in 30th place.

Meredith, Peters and Miller all earn $6,130.

29 players remain with an average stack of 396k.

Table 4 Gluttony

2010-04-28T19:35:00.001-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

32 players remain with an average stack of 360k.

A look at the big stacks: (Unofficial)

Table 1

Seat 8: Greg Merson 560k

Table 2

Seat 5: Jason Min 820k

Table 3

Seat 8: Tim Ulmer 650k

Table 4

Seat 5: Dan Hindin 876k
Seat 8:Mike Somma 839k
Seat 9: Josh Smith 890k

Level 20 (4k/8k/500 ante) underway.

Dinner Time

2010-04-28T18:35:00.002-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

The 32 remaining players are on a one hour dinner break. The plan is to play down to 27 before stopping play tonight.

Since the bubble, there's been a couple of monster hands. Michael Castaldo gets paid with quad 7s, but Sangho Yi can't milk anything out his flopped aces-full.

Chan 34th, Reynolds 33rd

2010-04-28T18:21:00.004-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

Feming Chan got his short-stack in with pocket 4s, only to run into the pocket Kings of Matthew Waxman. The Kings held up and Feming was dispatched in 34th place.

Feming Chan - 34th place

Stephen Reynolds opened for 13,500, got one caller, then Joshua Smith popped it to 43,500 from the small blind. Stephen then shipped it for over 300k. The caller got out of the way and Joshua snap-called, showing AQ suited. Stephen held A6 suited. Joshua was ahead the whole way, but a Queen on the turn sealed the deal. He collected the pot, stacking up to over 700k. Stephen took 33rd place.

Stephen Reynolds - 33rd place

Both of these players collected $6,130.

Deppe 36th, Paradis 35th

2010-04-28T18:11:00.002-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

Robert Deppe (Lima, OH) is the first player to cash in the Championship Event. Michael Somma, from the cutoff raises to 16k and Deppe, from the SB jams 170k with pocket twos. Somma makes the call and shows A K, the flop brings a king and the end to Deppe's day.

Deppe takes home $6,130, as does Maurice Paradis (Jewett City, CT), who busts in 35th place.

In the Nick of Time

2010-04-28T18:00:00.004-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

While play was hand for hand (11 hands over 30 minutes) Nicholas Guagenti doubles again through Gregory Merson, one of the big stacks.

On a board of 2♠ 6♣ 7♦ A♥, Guagenti leads out on the turn and Merson calls. The turn is the 9♦ and Guagenti checks. Merson pushes all in and Guagenti snap calls with the nuts, showing a straight with 10♣ 8♦.

Merson tables A♦ K♦ and ships 130k. Guagenti's slowly building his stack and has more than 400k after being one of the short stacks before the bubble.

Sharp Bursts Bubble

2010-04-28T17:50:00.008-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

Action folded to Michael Meredith in the small blind, who put in a small raise. Tim Ulmer called from the big blind and the flop came A 5 2 rainbow. Michael bet 23k and Tim called. Turn was a 7 and Michael bet 35k. Tim called. River was a Ten and Michael asked how much Tim had left (about 100k). They both checked and Michael showed A4 for a pair of Aces. Tim showed A6 for the same pair and his kicker played, narrowly avoiding a split pot. Tim pulled the pot.

Jesse Yaginuma got all-in against Lawrence Sharp and both held AK suited, which usually results in a chop. Jesse held hearts and Lawrence held diamonds. The flop came Q T 4 with two hearts and Jesse took a slight lead. Turn was the 8 of hearts and Jesse completed the flush to double up. Lawrence was left with ~30k.

On the next hand, Lawrence put his last chips in holding A5 and gets action from Daniel Hindin, who held KQ. The board came Q 7 5 T T and Daniel took the pot. Lawrence Sharp is this event's bubble-boy finishing 37th for $0.

Lawrence Sharp - Bubble-Boy

Double on the Bubble

2010-04-28T17:35:00.004-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

On a flop of Q T 8, Daniel Hindin checked over to Tim Ulmer (button) who bet 70k. Daniel moved all-in and Tim insta-called, showing the current nuts: J9 for the straight. Daniel held pocket Queens for top set. The turn brought an 8, which paired the board and changed everything. Daniel had a full house and Tim was drawing dead.

Daniel's all-in was 370,500 and he more than doubled that. Tim was left with with ~170k.

Still 37 players, still hand-for-hand.

Haber Hacked; Stevens Shipped

2010-04-28T17:25:00.003-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

Eric 'sheets' Haber got his chips in with pocket 9s, only to run into Rosyln Quarto's pocket Tens. The Tens held up and Sheets was sent packing.

Eric 'sheets' Haber

David Stevens got his chips in with pocket Tens, only to run into Feming Chan's pocket Jacks. The Jacks held up and David reported to the rail.

37 players remain, which means it is bubble-time. They are now playing hand-for-hand until one more player busts.

No Thrill for Will

2010-04-28T17:19:00.005-04:00

Will Heger (Union City, NJ) puts his last 120k all in with QJ vs KK of Samuel Bernstein. The board runs clean and Heger's out in 39th place.

The short stacks on table 1 have been taking nibbles out of chip leader Gregory Merson's stack. Mike Castaldo (37k) and Nicholas Guagenti (88k) both double through Merson.

Castaldo then double again through Feming Chan when his AK vs. Chan's QQ spikes an ace on the river. Castaldo takes 86k on the hand and is breathing a sigh of relief, "lucky, " he says. "Very, very, lucky."

Chan is now crippled.

Adler Busts; Junglen Doubles

2010-04-28T17:08:00.004-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

Adam Adler got his last chips in holding pocket Tens, only to run into Casey Peter's pocket Jacks. The board ran dry and Casey took the pot, sending Adam to the rail.

After Michael Omelchuk raised, Stephen Reynolds called, then Adam Junglen (bb) moved in for 127k on top. Michael opted out, then Stephen made the call. Adam held AJ offsuit and was ahead of Stephen's KQ off. The the flop came K T 2 giving Stephen a pair of Kings. Turn was a 5 and no help, but the Queen on the river gave Adam Broadway and the double-up.

40 players remain.

Big Stack Update

2010-04-28T16:58:00.003-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

Play resumed after the break with level 19, blinds 3k/6k with 500 antes.

Here's an update on the big stacks:
Greg Merson - 940k
Michael Omelchuk - 854k
Jason Min - 720k
Tim Ulmer - 590k
Igor Borukhov - 490k
Michael Meredith - 439k
Stephen Reynolds - 430k

Bye Bye Black Chips

2010-04-28T16:50:00.003-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

Dipak with an Eye on Things

Nobody's happier than blogger extraordinaire Kaelaine for the color up break. The black chips (100) are off the table, making it a lot easier to eye ball chip counts.

Play resumes with Level 19 (3k/6k/500 ante) and the the average stack is 280k.

Hindin Doubles; Kuchik Busts

2010-04-28T16:45:00.002-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

On a flop of Q 7 5, Daniel Hindin got all-in (175,700) against Lawrence Sharp, who held Q9 suited in the cutoff. Daniel was ahead with pocket Kings. The last two came 6 4 and Daniel doubled up to almost 400k.

Michael Omelchuk opened for 15k, then Alex Kuchik moved all-in. Michael called, showing AQ. Alex was ahead with pocket Kings. The flop came K J 3, extending Alex's lead to a set. Turn was a 4 and changed nothing, but the river brought a Ten, giving Michael the Broadway straight and the pot. He's now over 900k and most likely the chip leader.

Despite losing with a set of Kings twice today, Alex Kuchik was a good sport and shook hands before leaving. He also asked me to thank his nephew Aaronchik for the good luck wishes.

41 players remain and they have fled the room for a ten minute break while the staff colors up the black 100 chips.

Event 24: Payouts!

2010-04-28T16:19:00.002-04:00

$350 + $50 NL

Entries: 213
Total Buy In: $74,550
Remaining Players: 110

Place-Amount

1 $21,694
2 $12,293
3 $6,761
4 $5,062
5 $4,339
6 $3,616
7 $2,893
8 $2,170
9 $1,447
10-12 $940
13-15 $796
16-18 $651
19-27 $542

Busts Everywhere

2010-04-28T16:14:00.003-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

Busts Everywhere -- and I'm not talking about the cocktail waitresses.

On a flop of 7 7 3 with two hearts, Igor Borukhov (bb) check-raised Steven Levy to the tune of 92,500. Steven folded and Igor showed 53 of clubs. "That's how we do it in Queens" Igor said as he was collecting his chips.

After Jesse Yaginuma opened for 12,300, Tim Ulmer kicked it up to 35k from the cutoff. Eric 'sheets' Haber (bb) raised to 1125k straight. Tim folded out of the way and Tim announced he was all-in (262,800). Eric groaned as he made the call, showing pocket 9s. Tim held pocket Kings. The board fell A 5 4 8 7 (apparently Jesse folded an Ace) and Tim collected the double-up to over 540k. Sheets was left short with about 150k.

On the turn with a board of K Q 3 4, Leonid Lerner bet 185k (all of his blue chips) leaving himself less than 14k behind (all his other chips). Greg Merson tanked for a bit, then made the call. Leonid held K6 for top pair, but Greg had him out-kicked with KJ. The river was a brick and Leonid was busted.

Nicholas Skyllas has also busted out.

Konstantino Dimitroulakos got all-in pre-flop holding pocket Tens and was racing against the AK of Michael Meredith. The board came 9 8 7 2 K and Michael rivered the better pair to take the pot. Konstantino got the boot.

Konstantino Dimitroulakos

42 players remain. Average stack is ~273k.

Bubbling Over

2010-04-28T15:30:00.004-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

Stevens Hanging On

Now that we're 9 spots from the money, here are some varying perspectives on how to approach the bubble. The min cash is $6,130, while first place is $355,535. The average stack is 245k.

Dave Stevens (Wilton, CT), Current Count: 100k - "I've been short all tournament and came in 75th out of 79. I have to wait for hands and play to double up. I can't play marginal hand, I have to wait for a good spot."

Casey Peters (Brick, NJ), Current Count: 140k - "I'd like to make the money, especially after putting in this much time. But I don't have enough to just sit here. I have to do something."

Maurice Paradis (Jewett City, CT) Current Count: 170k "I'm here for a big cash. I'll ship it on the bubble I have to. If it's the right play, it's going in."

Ryan D'Angelo (Vestasl, NY) Current Count: 660k "You have to figure out who cares about the money and who doesn't. Abuse those who are trying to cash and play normally against those who don't care. I'll pick my spots, but I'll be careful if people play back at me."

Level 18 (2500/5000/400 ante) is underway.

Jiacopella Jilted

2010-04-28T15:17:00.002-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

Dan Jiacopella got his chips in with pocket Tens, only to run into Greg Merson's pocket Aces. The board came K 4 3 A 8 and Dan was busted. Greg is up to ~678k and vying for the chip lead.

Greg Merson

Table 6 has broken and the players scattered to empty seats at other tables. 45 players remain. Only 36 will get paid.

End of level 17 and players are taking 10.

More Drama

2010-04-28T14:43:00.004-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

Dennis Frederick got his last chips in good with pocket Kings, getting action from Bobby Deppe, who held AK. The flop was clean for Dennis: 6 3 2, but the killer Ace fell on the turn, giving Deppe the bigger pair. River was a 3 and Dennis was busted.

48 players remain.

WSOP bracelet holder Jason Young just appeared at the rail, yelling at Stephen Reynolds for yelling at the floor. "This ain't the internet, kid" Jason said repeatedly. Remarkably, Stephen kept his mouth shut and the floor advised Jason to move along.

Jason came back later and offered to teach Stephen what poker is all about. "He can't hide behind his computer in a live tournament".

Nixon Nixed

2010-04-28T14:20:00.003-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

John Nixon shoved the previous hand (sb) and picked up the big blind. When he shoved on the button, he ran into Allen Chang's pocket Aces in the small blind. John's KQ off would need major help to survive, but he got none as the board blanked out. Allen took the pot and John took the walk.

Start of Day 2 chip leader Narinder Khasria has also gotten the ax.

50 players remain.

Blinds Up

2010-04-28T14:02:00.000-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

Play resumed with level 17, blinds 2k/4k with 400 antes.

Igor Borukhov is still the chip leader with over 700k. Ryan D'Angelo is up to 625k thanks to an AJ-suited flush draw that came through to crack pocket Kings.

52 players remain. Average stack is ~220k.

Igor Borukhov

Three-Way Crazy Action

2010-04-28T13:48:00.003-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

Stephen Renynolds, who was penalized for the last 45 minutes of the tournament yesterday for cursing and yelling at a floorperson, started today with 192,100 remaining. He still had 187,800 when this hand took place.

Stephen was all-in in a three-way pot against shorter-stacked Nicholas Kamen and larger-stacked Alex Kuchik. Stephen opened from the middle, Alex flatted the raise, then Nicholas shoved from the cutoff. Stephen went all-in and Alex called.

Alex held pocket Kings for the lead. Nicholas was second with pocket Tens. Stephen was dead-last with A9 suited. The flop came J T 8 giving Nicholas the lead with a set of Tens. Then the turn brought a King, giving Alex back the lead with a set of Kings. It looked like he would be dispatching two players at once, but the river delivered a Queen, which gave Stephen the Broadway straight and a big pot. Nicholas was busted and Alex was left shaking his head with ~106k.

Alex Kuchik

End of level 16 and players are taking ten.

Paradis Doubles; More Goners

2010-04-28T13:39:00.004-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

Maurice Paradis got all-in with pocket Jacks against Steven Levy's AQ. The flop was a good one for Levy as it came A Q 5 giving him two pair and leaving Paradis drawing to two remaining Jacks. Make that one, as a table-mate admits to folding a Jack. The last two came 6 J and Paradis caught his one out on the river to double up.

Steven Levy paid it forward by busting Aurthur Peters on the next hand.

Other goners:
Maurice Hawkins
George Chen
James Casement
Donald Matusow
Ming Zheng
James St. Hilaire
James Johnston
Randall Pfeifer
Onofrio Reina
Taha Maruf

Joanne Monteavaro has also busted out, which leaves Roslyn Quarto as the last woman sitting.

New Chip Leader

2010-04-28T13:20:00.004-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

Igor Borukhov (button) and Adam Junglen (small blind) just tangled in a huge pot and Igor came out on top. Igor held 54 and Adam held pocket Aces. On a flop of A 3 2, fireworks ensued. The board failed to pair and Igor's flopped wheel held up to crack Adam's set of Aces. Igor doubled up to over 600k, good for the chip lead. Adam was left with just under 100k.

It is bizarre that these two landed next to each other at the same table today. They shared a table on day two yesterday and tangled up in a bizarre encounter involving Adam's prosthetic leg. You can read about it here.

Igor Borukhov & Adam Junglen

Action, Action, Everywhere!

2010-04-28T12:58:00.004-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

Jason Paster doubled through Michael Somma when his AQ outran Michael's 65 suited on a board of 5 2 2 Q 3.

Mike Dentale has been short-stacked since the middle of day two, but he managed to hang on, until now. Tim Ulmer made it 7k to play from the button and Mike shoved from the big blind. Tim called, showing QJ. Mike's QT was badly dominated and he was unable to catch help on the board. He reported to the rail.

Eric 'sheets' Haber made it 8k from the button and Keith Crowder (bb) stared at him for a few seconds, then said "What's your name?". "Eric" replied Eric "So much drama over one big blind?". Keith decided to let it go.

On a flop of A T 4, Daniel Jiacopello and Joseph Cutler got all their chips in the middle. Joseph held A4 for two pair, but Daniel held AT for top two pair. The last two came Q K and when the chips were counted down, Daniel had Joseph covered. Another one bites the dust.

Daniel Jiacopello

Michael Somma got somma his chips back from Jason Paster. His pocket 9s held up against Jason's AK when the board came J 5 3 J J and Michael doubled up.

Level Up

2010-04-28T12:30:00.003-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

Play resumed with level 16, blinds 1,500/3,000 with 300 antes.

Ryan D'Angelo is still leading the pack with about 500k.

Ryan 'g0lfa' D'Angelo

For those of you who didn't know, the 'k' following a number stands for 'thousand'. Someone asked me this yesterday. After spending 21 years in the computer industry, I thought everyone spoke geek. I guess not. As far as I know, that's where the use of 'k' as a substitute for thousands came from, as in "10k bps" means 10,000 bits per second (a bit transfer rate, which by today's standards is pathetically slow; now we use "10mbps" or 10 mega-bits per second, which is 10 million bits per second). Now back to poker!

More Depratures

2010-04-28T12:25:00.001-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

Andrew Knee got his last chips in good holding pocket Jacks, getting action from Leonid Lerner, who held pocket 9s. Bad news for Andrew when a 9 hit the flop and he was busted.

Ian Palomo ran his pocket King into pocket Aces and was busted.

Marco Frigeri got his last chips in holding A6 suited, only to run into Keith Crowder's pocket Kings. An Ace on the flop was good news for Marco and it appeared he was headed for a double, but Keith spiked a King on the river for a set to take the pot. Marco was busted.

Another table broken. 63 players remain at seven tables.

End of level 15 and players are taking ten.

50/50 Time

2010-04-28T11:46:00.001-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

72 Players remain in the main event, which means it is 50/50 time. Half of the remaining players will get paid (the final 36) and the other 50% will leave with nothing.

Eng and Other Early Departures

2010-04-28T11:36:00.003-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

Several players have busted out already today. After a raise from Alex Queen on the button, Gordon Eng shoved from the big blind. Alex called, tabling AK. Gordon was caught holding A3. The board ran dry and AK took the pot. Gordon hit the rail.

Gordon Eng

Other players catching early departures: William Stradley, Al Grimes, and Michael Affa.

On the turn with a board of A x 4 x, Sam Bernstein got all-in and called by Michael Costaldo. Michael's AQ was beat by Sam's A4 (two pair). River was a King and Sam doubled through.

Cards Fly on Day 3

2010-04-28T11:07:00.001-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

Cards are in the air for day 3 of the Championship event! Play began with Level 15, blinds of 1,200/2,400 with 300 antes.

EVENT 23: $400+$50 NLH

2010-04-28T10:51:00.003-04:00

Borgata Spring Poker Open 2010
Event 23: $400 + $50 No Limit Hold'em
April 27

Entries: 171 Total Buy-In: $68,400

FINAL RESULTS
1. DENNIS MCGLYNN (BELTSVILLE, MD): $20,435
2. BARRY DAVIDOWITZ (BROOKLYN, NY): $11,279
3. MITCHELL BROWN (BAYONNE, NJ): $6,303
4. TIMOTHY MCCORMACK (BROOKLYN, NY): $4,644
5. BARRY HUTTER II (BRADENTON, FL): $3,981
6. HARRY WOLFINGER (PHILADELPHIA, PA): $3,317
7. JAMES SIVOLELLA (E HANOVER, NJ): $2,654
8. BRIAN WOODS (LUTHERVILLE, MD): $1,991
9. ZHI HONG HUANG (BROOKLYN, NY): $1,493
10. CHRISTOPHER SENAPE (NEW YORK, NY): $1,294
11. FOTIOS NICOLES (CLIFTON, NJ): $1,294
12. MARK BRODSKY (HARRISBURG, PA): $1,294
13. ROBERT JACKSON (CHELTENHAM, PA): $1,128
14. ATHANASIOS DIAKOS (JERSEY CITY, NJ): $1,128
15. RICHARD CORLEY (BROOKLYN, NY): $1,128
16. PETER MAVRO (DOUGLASTON, NY): $995
17. JAMES WETHINGTON (RALEIGH, NC): $995
18. FRANCIS PETRILLO (UNION, NJ): $995

Event 23: Champion - McGlynn

2010-04-28T03:29:00.004-04:00

$400 + $50 NL

1st - Dennis McGlynn (Beltsville, MD)
$20, 435

2nd - Barry Davidowitz (Brooklyn, NY)
$11,279

3rd - Mitch Brown (Bayonne, NJ)
$6,303

Done for the Night

2010-04-27T21:17:00.010-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

Ryan D'Angelo

Ryan D'Angelo (Endicott, NY) makes a steady climb all day and is the chip leader with 434,500 at the end of Day 2.

"I played very well," says D'Angelo, who started the day sixth in chips. "I didn't run into many bad situations. I saw a lot of opportunities to pick on the shorter stacks who didn't want to go broke."

D'Angelo and the other 77 remaining players (147k avg.) return at 11 am Wednesday for Day 3 play, as they vie for the top prize of $355,535.

END OF DAY 2 CHIP COUNTS:
1. RYAN DANGELO (VESTAL, NY): 435,400
2. LAWRENCE SHARP (NORTH WHALES, PA): 360,300
3. JASON MIN (EAST MEADOW, NY): 348,600
4. TIMOTHY ULMER (WILLOW GROVE, PA): 315,000
5. MICHAEL SOMMA (MIDDLE VLG, NY): 309,000
6. ERIC HABER (MUTTON TOWN, NY): 294,200
7. ANTUAN BUNKLEY (WEST PALM BEACH, FL): 271,100
8. NICHOLAS SKYLLAS (WEST NYACK, NY): 245,600
9. ALEX KUCHIK (BROOKLYN, NY): 230,700
10. ANDREW ROSEN (NEW YORK, NY): 222,900
11. ROGER VANDRIESEN (WHITING, NJ): 221,800
12. JOSEPH BOWLES (NEWTOWN, PA): 219,800
13. MICHAEL MEREDITH (WESTFIELD, NJ): 216,300
14. MATTHEW WAXMAN (PARKLAND, FL): 215,500
15. IGOR BORUKHOV (REGO PARK, NY): 214,000
16. DANIEL HINDIN (DANBURY, CT): 209,700
17. JOSEPH CUTLER (BAY SHORE, NY): 202,400
18. ANTHONY COLOMBO (BROOKLYN, NY): 197,200
19. MAURICE HAWKINS (TAMARAC, FL): 196,200
20. STEPHEN REYNOLDS (LITTLE EGG HARBOUR, NJ): 192,100
21. WILLIAM HEGER (UNION CITY, NJ): 190,000
22. JASON PASTER (HAMILTON, NJ): 187,000
23. DANIEL JIACOPELLO (EGG HARBOR, NJ): 186,700
24. SANGHO YI (WESTBURY, NY): 183,800
25. RUSS RADOM (WARWICK, PA): 180,300
26. RYAN CAREY (FALL RIVER, MA): 180,200
27. CASEY PETERS (BRICK, NJ): 177,100
28. GREGORY MERSON (LAUREL, MD): 177,100
29. STEVEN LEVY (BROOKLYN, NY): 173,600
30. MICHAEL CASTALDO (PALISADES, NY): 173,000
31. KEITH CROWDER (ELKINS PARK, PA): 167,800
32. RYAN MILLER (ANNANDALE, NJ): 167,700
33. ADAM JUNGLEN (STOW, OH): 161,500
34. LEONID LERNER (BROOKLYN, NY): 160,000
35. ROSLYN QUARTO (EDISON, NJ): 150,000
36. MARCO FRIGERI (NEW YORK, NY): 146,900
37. DENNIS FREDERICK (DREXEL HILL, PA): 141,600
38. NICHOLAS GUAGENTI (WESTERVILLE, OH): 138,800
39. JOSHUA SMITH (NEWARK, DE): 132,700
40. GEORGE CHEN (ELMHURST, NY): 128,000
41. NARINDER KHASRIA (MILTON, CAN): 126,800
42. ALEXANDER QUEEN (BETHLEHEM, PA): 120,400
43. WILLIAM STRADLEY (BOOTHWYN, PA): 117,000
44. STEVE KARP (NORTH MIAMI BEACH, FL): 116,200
45. MICKAEL MORGOUSKY (BROOKLYN, NY): 115,000
46. MICHAEL OMELCHUK (BELLPORT, NY): 114,700
47. JAMES ST HILAIRE (GLEN BURNIE, MD): 108,900
48. NICHOLAS KAMEN (SCARSDALE, NY): 108,100
49. MAURICE PARADIS (JEWETT CITY, CT): 108,000
50. KONSTANTINO DIMITROULAKOS (TINTON FALLS, NJ): 107,300
51. LAWRENCE LAKATOSH (RED LION, PA): 105,400
52. FEMING CHAN (WEST WINDSOR, NJ): 100,500
53. JAMES JOHNSTON (BROOKLYN, NY): 98,500
54. IAN PALOMO (SAN ANTONIO, TX): 98,100
55. ADAM ADLER (AVENTURA, FL): 90,000
56. ANDREW KNEE (MOUNT SINAI, NY): 87,500
57. DONALD MATUSOW (BRYN MAWR, PA): 85,900
58. ALLEN CHANG (BROOKLYN, NY): 85,500
59. JARED RUBIN (BRIGHTON, MA): 81,700
60. ONOFRIO REINA (ELIZABETH, NJ): 81,500
61. EVAN JARVIS (TORONTO, CAN): 81,400
62. SAMUEL BERNSTEIN (ENGLEWOOD, NJ): 78,600
63. NATALE KUEY (BRONX, NY): 75,300
64. MING ZHENG (GERMANTOWN, MD): 74,900
65. JAMES CASEMENT JR (SAINT CHARLES, IL): 71,500
66. MARK WEBER (SICKLERVILLE, NJ): 70,000
67. TAHA MARUF (MOTIJHEEH, IND): 69,300
68. ARTHUR PETERS (BRICK, NJ): 64,700
69. JESSE YAGINUMA (SILVER SPRING, MD): 63,500
70. RANDALL PFEIFER (CHEEKTOWAGA, NY): 62,400
71. AL GRIMES (MILLER PLACE, NY): 60,000
72. ROBERT DEPPE (LIMA, OH): 58,500
73. JOANNE MONTEAVARO (BRONX, NY): 55,700
74. MICHAEL DENTALE (BROOKLYN, NY): 52,000
75. DAVID STEVENS (WILTON, CT): 51,100
76. JOHN NIXON (TORONTO, CAN): 48,600
77. GORDON ENG (CLIFFSIDE PARK, NJ): 48,000
78. FRANCIS CIPRIANO (WATERBURY, CT): 46,600
79. MICHAEL AFFA (TOMS RIVER, NJ): 39,600

* Penalty, blinded off last 45 minutes.

Towards the end of play Gene Castro and Eric Doerr both busted when their pocket kings were cracked.

At it Again

2010-04-27T20:25:00.005-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

The emotions of Stephen Reynolds (Little Egg Harbour, NJ) has earned himself a penalty after he stands up, violently throws his cards across the table and gets nose to nose with the floor manager while cursing him out. The initial one orbit penalty has been extended to the end of Level 14, putting Reynolds on the rail for 45 minutes.

Reynolds, who we highlighted Monday for excessive celebration, is in a hand with Konstantino Dimitroulakos (Tinton Falls, NJ) and is adamant that Dimitroulakos' hand should be dead after the cards are held above the table and visible to some bystanders before the preflop betting is complete.

The manager rules that the hand is still live and attempts to diffuse the situation by having play continue. The board is 6♥ 5♥ 3♥ 10♦ J♣ and Reynolds checks the river, followed by Dimitroulakos who says, "you check? I have pocket sevens."

With that, Reynolds explodes from his seat, fires his cards across the table and on to the floor. He screams down the floor and storms out of the Poker Room. After returning to the tournament area Reynolds gets word he's done for the night.

D'Angelo Doing Damage

2010-04-27T20:03:00.002-04:00

Players are back from break and playing the final level of the night. We've been tracking Ryan D'Angelo (Endicott, NY) who began the day 6th in chips with 116k.

He's been on a steady uptick all day and appears to be the chip leader as he approaches 350k.

We'll get the big stacks and notables when they bag and tag at 9 pm.

Level 14 (1000/2000/200 ante) continues.

Feeling Ill

2010-04-27T19:25:00.003-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

It's tough to determine which will be a harder recovery for Adam Gerber. His 24 hour illness or going from 250k in chips to the rail in four hands.

Gerber's first confrontation comes against Keith Crowder on a board of A 7 3, with Gerber holding AK. The turn is an 8, followed by a river 9. Crowder is all in for 100k and Gerber's cut in half when Crowder tables J 10 for runner, runner straight.

A few hands later against Joe Bowles (Newtown, PA), they see a board of K 3 5 10 J. Gerber leads out for 22k with 60k behind. Bowles shoves and Gerber, who's at risk, calls.

The river jack is a killer card, as it gives Bowles the straight with AQ vs the two pairs, kings and jacks for Gerber.

And just like that Gerber's on the rail, while Bowles is close to 250k. Crowder doubles to ~200k.

Level 13 (800/1600/200 ante) winding down.

Do You Hear What I Hear?

2010-04-27T19:01:00.003-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

A smattering of comments overhead from the tables:

Maurice Hawkins, "I'm telling you if you reraise me one more time, my next bet will be all in. Anyone in this room knows I'm not kidding. I don't care what I have, you reraise me, I'm all in.

Gene Castro, "The over/under for me is 7 o'clock. Although I say a lot of stuff that's not true." (Castro's still in the field at 7:05 pm).

Konstantino Dimitroulakos, "I had nothing, how many times do you want me to say it? Five? I had nothing."

Event 23: Payouts!

2010-04-27T18:53:00.002-04:00

$400 + $50 NL

Place-Amount

1 $20,435
2 $11,279
3 $6,303
4 $4,644
5 $3,981
6 $3,317
7 $2,654
8 $1,990
9 $1,493
10-12 $1,294
13-15 $1,128
16-18 $995

The 49 players remaining are on dinner break.

Chip Counts

2010-04-27T18:39:00.005-04:00

Championship Event
$3300 + $200 NL

As players return from break, here's a look at some of the chip leaders:

"Asian J" Min 315k
Andy Rosen 266k
Larry Sharp 265k
Adam Gerber 280k
Alex Kuchik 260k
Ryan D'Angelo 220k

117 players remain with an average stack of 98k.