Event 7: 8th Place - Youngken

$350 + $50 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) 

Russell Youngken (Levittown, PA)

$6,927

Blinds are up to 50k/100k with 10k ante.

John DeGeorge opened from the middle, then Russell Youngken shoved from the button for 435k total.

Ben Butler (bb) called, as did John.

On the flop of K 8 4 with two diamonds, Ben bet 250k.  John folded.

Russell rolled over AQ off.  Ben had him crushed with pocket 4s that had flopped a set.

The last two were T 5 and the big stack got bigger.

Russell Youngken finished in 8th place, earning $6,927.

Event 11: 17th Place - Nagata

$260 + $40 Seniors No Limit Hold'em

Jeff Nagata (New York, NY)

$662

Event 11: 18th Place - Patella

$260 + $40 Seniors No Limit Hold'em

Martha Patella (Massapequa Park, NY)

$662

Event 7: 9th Place - Gonzalez

$350 + $50 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

Angel Gonzalez (Brooklyn, NY)

$4,786

Aleksandr Rapoport opened from the hijack and Angel Gonzalez shoved from the small blind.

Aleksandr gave it some thought, then made the call.

Angel's pocket 9s were racing against QT suited.

The board came T 5 5 4 2 and Aleksandr took the pot, chipping up to ~3.1 million.

Angel Gonzalez finished in 9th place, earning $4,786.

Event 10: 13th-18th ($784)

$350 + $50 Six-Max Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)



Position - Name


18 Matthew Lindsay (New York, NY)
17 John M Welgan (Dover, DE)
16 Rashad Maysand (Springfield, VA)
15 Ryan Schroeder (Ridgeville, OH)
14 Felipe Villagran (New York, NY)
13 Jonathan Del Rossi (Mantua, NJ)

Event 7: Double, Double

$350 + $50 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) 

Angel Gonzalez got his last 370k all-in pre-flop and called by big stack Ben Butler.

Angel's A9 suited was dominated by AK, but the board came T T 9 7 2 and Angel doubled up to over 800k.  Ben still had about 6 million.

Then it was Jason Edelman's turn.  He was all-in for 925k and called by Rick Rossetti in the small blind.

Jason's pocket 8s were crushed by Rick's pocket Queens.  The board came T 3 2 4 5 with four clubs, and Jason had the only club.  Jason doubled up to over 1.9 million.  Rick was left with ~900k.

Event 7: 10th Place - Blaszczak

$350 + $50 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

Kamil Blaszczak (Ridgewood, NY)

$3,149

Kamil Blaszczak raised to ~200k from the button and Ben Butler (sb) three-bet with a stack of pink 100,000 chips that looked like more than 1 million.

Kamil moved the last of his chips in and showed pocket Kings.  Ben had AT offsuit.

The flop was a King-killer:  T T 3.  Ben's trips took the lead.

The last two were 9 Q and no good for Kamil.  He hit the rail in 10th place ($3,149).

Ben's big stack got bigger.

Event 7: Butler Extends Lead

$350 + $50 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

The final table has relocated to The Boardroom, the Ultra-high limit room in the back of the poker room.  Play has resumed.

Blinds are up to 40k/80k with 10k ante.

Average stack is 1.85 million.   That's about 23 big blinds.

Ben Butler has extended his chip lead to about 5 million (62 big blinds).

Event 10: 19th-24th ($588)

$350 + $50 Six-Max Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)



Position - Name


24 Jeffrey Paradise (Brooklyn, NY)
23 Timothy Mahon (Hopewell Junction, NJ)
22 Stephen Celeste (Howell, NJ)
21 Robert Kang (Bensalem, PA)
20 Sherwin Agard (Randolph, MA)
19 Andrew Carnevale (Conshohocken, PA)

Event 11: Money Time!

$260 + $40 Seniors No Limit Hold'em

Michael Mauro (Chatham, NJ) is the unfortunate bubble boy, but he doesn't leave disappointed as one player gives him a hardy handshake on his way out the door.

The final 18 players are on break as the purple (500) chips are colored-up.

Event 10: A Good Spot...Normally

$350 + $50 Six-Max Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)



With blinds at 8k/16k Mark Salem had been raising a number of pots, and continued that trend on this particular hand.  He made it 40k, and was met by an all-in from Felipe Villagran (Long Island, NY).  It was another 227k for Mark to call, and he took a significant amount of time to make his decision.  Felipe was doing a lot of talking while Salem was in the tank, and Salem was doing a lot of talking to himself.  Salem decided to call and tabled his 9 9, and he was up against the A 9 of Villagran.  Not a bad spot to be in for Salem, but he ended up drawing dead on the flop of A A 8.  Villagran scoops up the sizable pot, and sits with over 500k.

Event 7: Final Table Chip Counts

$350 + $50 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

The final ten players with their seat assignments and rough chip counts:

1 - Rick Rossetti - 1.9 million
2 - Russell Youngken - 1 million
3 - Angel Gonzalez - 600k
4 - Jordan Ludwick - 1.7 million
5 - Kamil Blaszczak -  2 million
6 - Ben Butler - 3 million
7 - Jason Edelman - 1.4 million
8 - Gregory Shvartz - 2.6 million
9 - John DeGeorge - 1.9 million
10 - Aleksandr Rapoport - 2.1 million

Average stack is 1.85 million.

They completed the 30k/60k level without anyone busting out, then took a break.

Event 10: Slowing Down The Pace

$350 + $50 Six-Max Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)



Things have certainly come to a screeching halt since the bubble bursted, as we still sit with 24 players.  Our the biggest stacks left belong to:


Paul Vacchio - 515,000
Chris Arnken - 480,000
Ruslan Allakhveranov - 600,000

Event 7: 12th - Agaev; 11th - Fyke

$350 + $50 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

 Adam Agaev (Brooklyn, NY) & Christian Fyke (Monroeville, PA)

$3,149

In another battle of the blinds, Adam Agaev (sb) was all-in pre-flop and at risk against Aleksandr Rapoport (bb).

Adam held 95 off.  Aleksandr held AK suited.

The flop came T 8 7, giving Adam an open-ended straight draw, but the last two fell 4 3 and were no help to Adam.  He busted out in 12th place ($3,149).

Aleksandr chipped up to ~2.2 million.

In another blind battle, Christian Fyke (bb) was all-in against John DeGeorge (sb).  Christian had QT suited and was dominated by John's KQ suited.

The board ran out A 5 3 A 9 and John took the pot with King-high.

Christian finished in 11th place ($3,149).

The final ten drew for seats and moved to the final table.

Event 7: 14th - M. Rodriguez; 13th - Yoo

$350 + $50 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

Mario Rodriguez (Jersey City, NJ) & Byung Yoo (Norwood, NJ)

$2,267

Nearly simultaneous all-ins and bust-outs!

In a battle of the blinds, Jordan Ludwick (sb) and Mario Rodriguez (bb) got all the chips in the middle.  Jordan's pocket Queens were way ahead of Mario's pocket 7s.  The board came J 8 4 4 A and Jordan took the pot, chipping up to over 1.6 million.

Mario busted out in 14th place, earning $2,267.

On the other table, Byung Yoo was all-in holding pocket 8s against Kamil Blaszczak's pocket Kings.  The board fell T 6 4 4 5 and Kamil chipped up to ~2 million.

Yoo busted out in 13th place, good for $2,267.

Event 11: Seniors Still Grinding

$260 + $40 Seniors No Limit Hold'em

27 seniors remain as the money is in sight (18 cash). The average stack is 78k (16 BB) as blinds are moving up to 2,500/5k/500 ante.

Event 10: Bubble Bursts

$350 + $50 Six-Max Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

Our bubble boy was all in for his last 30500, and was called by the button and the small blind.  After a flop of 2s 7h 4s it went check-check.  The turn brought the Qh, and the button (who asked to be referenced as "Cambyman") fired out 60k.  The small blind folded, and it was Camby's Q J against the 6 6 of our anonymous bubble boy.  A river 5c couldn't help his cause, and all the players remaining are now in the money.

Event 7: 15th Place - Mitchell

$350 + $50 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

John Mitchell (Media, PA)

$2,267

 
Blinds are up to 30k/60k with 5k ante.

On a flop of A Q 9, John Mitchell was all-in holding AK (top/top) but had been out-flopped by Ben Butler's AQ (top two). 

The last two came 7 9 and were no help for John.  He hit the rail in 15th place ($2,267).

Ben chipped up to ~3.5 million, good for the chip lead.

Event 10: Hand-for-Hand-for-Hand...

$350 + $50 Six-Max Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

Hand-for-hand play has been ongoing for 40+ minutes through the entire 3k/6k/500 ante level.

Three players have doubled-up in that time.

Felipe Villagran (Hicksville, NY) dodged the biggest bullet when he was dominated with top pair against a set of threes, but Villagran goes runner-runner for the flush and the 168k double-up.

Also surviving their all-ins: Ryan Schroeder (Cleveland, OH) when he doubles through Villagran with two pairs, and Dan Stein (Valley Stream, NY) who survives with pocket jacks.

Play continues at 4k/8k/1k ante.

Event 7: 16th Place - S. Rodriguez

$350 + $50 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

Steven Rodriguez (Staten Island, NY)

$1,562

Steven Rodriguez got his chips in the middle holding pocket Jacks and was racing against the KQ of Aleksandr Rapoport. 

Aleksandr caught a Queen on the turn to take the lead and Steven was busted.  He finished 16th for $1,562. 

Aleksandr is up to ~1.6 million.

15 players remain.  Average stack is 1.2 million.

Event 10: Payouts

$350 + $50 Six-Max Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

Entries: 231
Total Buy-In: $80,850

Place - Amount

1st $20,786
2nd $12,353
3rd $9,411
4th $7,450
5th $5,882
6th $4,313
7th $3,333
8th $2,353
9th $1,372
10-12 $980
13-18 $784
19-24 $588

Event 7: 17th Place - Tasker

$350 + $50 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

Michael Tasker (Asbury Park, NJ)

$1,562

Michael Tasker was the next player to report to the rail.  He finished 17th for $1,562.

Blinds are up to 25k/50k with 5k ante.

Event 7: 18th Place - Alwan

$350 + $50 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

Khaled Alwan (Wayne, NJ)

$1,562

Khaled Alwan was the first to bust after settling in to the final two tables.   He finished 18th for $1,562.

Khaled was the first player to reach 1 million chips in this event and held the chip lead for a while.

17 players remain.  Average stack is almost 1.1 million.

Event 11: Payouts

$260 + $40 Seniors No Limit Hold'em

Entries: 175
Total Buy-In: $45,500

Place - Amount

1st $13,241
2nd $7,282
3rd $4,193
4th $3,531
5th $2,648
6th $2,207
7th $1,765
8th $1,324
9th $993
10-12 $883
13-15 $772
16-18 $662

Event 7: Final Two Tables

$350 + $50 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) 

Nobuo Tarui (New York, NY) got his last chips in with KJ suited, but was dominated by AK.  The board fell Q Q 8 9 8 and the Ace played.

Nobuo finished in 19th place.  He'll collect $1,335.

The final 18 drew for seats and moved to the final two tables.

Event 7: Back in Action

$350 + $50 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

Play has resumed with blinds of 20k/40k and 4k antes.

19 players remain.

Here's a reminder of what's at stake:

1st $58,443
2nd $34,008
3rd $20,782
4th $17,130
5th $13,855
6th $11,336
7th $9,069
8th $6,927
9th $4,786
10-12 $3,149
13-15 $2,267
16-18 $1,562
19th $1,335

Event 7: 20-27 ($1,335)

$350 + $50 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

Position-Amount

20 Barry Leventhal (Brooklyn, NY)
21 Ariel Albilia (Syosset, NY)
22 Nicholas David (Manchester, NH)
23 Alan Kraut (Doylestown, PA)
24 Daniel Chan (New York, NY)
25 Marcus Nguyen (Clayton, NJ)
26 Robert Klaus (Flushing, NY)
27 Hanoch Guttman (Brooklyn, NY)

Event 7: Dinner Break Stats

$350 + $50 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

Mitchell Turns Over the Winner vs Leventhal (standing center)

19 players are on dinner break as Barry Leventhal (Brooklyn, NY) goes out just on the last hand of 15k/30k/4k.

The average stack is 974k (24 BB) and Gregory Shvarts (Brooklyn, NY) continues to lead the way with 2.4 million chips.

John Mitchell (Media, PA), who knocked out Leventhal, jumps to second in chips with 1.9 million

Play resumes at 8:05 pm with blinds at 20k/40k/4k ante.

All In or Fold!

7 pm tournament

Newhouse Celebrates as Dever (left) & Pickell Cheer

While all three main events are on dinner break, the fun continues in the Poker Room with the first All In or Fold tournament.

At one of the more raucous tables, Borgata regulars Cathy Dever (Ephrata, PA) and Lisa Pickell (Brick, NJ) cheer on Tyler Newhouse (New York, NY) who is left with a chip and a chair.

The field is more than 100 strong and there's still a line at the registration window.

Event 10: A Miracle Times Two

Nikki DiFransesco (Connecticut)

From the book of things you're likely to see once in a lifetime, we had a three way all in as we passed one of the remaining tables in the event.  It was the Ac 8c of Nikki DiFransesco, along with the K K and Kd Jd of her opponents:

Flop: 6d 5d 2d

The player holding Kd Jd had just hit gold with that flop, and had both Nikki and the other player in the hand covered.  Nikki began to pack her things:

Turn: 3d

An interesting turn, but just how many times do we always see some sort of sweat in these all in hands?

River: 4d 

Nikki's excitement could definitely be heard by the surrounding tables, as the three players were now left to chop the pot.  It's unlikely anyone at the table will ever see something like that happen again, and DiFransesco was quick to text her rail.

Event 10: Leading The Pack

$350 + $50 Six-Max Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

      Jason "Gorilla Fish" Evans                 Chris Arnken

42 players now remain in Event 10, with Jason Evans (Bronx, NY) and Chris Arnken (Springfield, PA) leading the way.  Both have close to 300k, with the chip average for this event sitting at 142k.  The blinds are 2k/4k/400 and players have 25 minutes until they will be going on break for dinner.

Event 7: 28-36 ($1,184)

$350 + $50 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

Position-Name

28 Joe Wertz (Brigantine, NJ)
29 Alik Sitnyakovsky (Brooklyn, NY)
30 Michael Hickman (Media, PA)
31 Roy Feinson (Washington, D.C.)
32 Ameer Yassin (West Milford, NJ)
33 Mark Gomez (New Rochelle, NY)
34 Garu Comi (Lansdowne, VA)
35 Bob Taylor (Garwood, NJ)
36 Chris Larrea (Philadelphia, PA)

Event 11: Chip Leader

$260 + $40 Seniors No Limit Hold'em

Kerry Small (Ventnor, NJ)

Players are back from a ten minute break with the blinds going up to 1200/2400/300, with a chip average of 46k (45 players remaining).  Nobody has decided to really separate themselves from the field, but Kerry Small (Ventnor, NJ) sits with the chip lead at about 75k.

Event 7: Blinds Up/23 Left

$350 + $50 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

23 players remain with an average stack of 804k (27 BB).

Blinds: 15k/30k/4k ante

Chip Leaders

Gregory Shvarts (Brooklyn, NY) 2.2 million (73 BB)
John DeGeorge (Toms River, NJ) 1.3 million
Byung Yoo (Norwood, NJ) 1.2 million

Event 7: Places 37-45 ($1,058)

$350 + $50 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

Position-Name

37 Jordan Meadow (Poughkeepsie, NY)
38 Frank Richardone (North Bergen, NJ)
39 Kevin McGee (Union City, NJ)
40 Patrick Divers (Levittown, NY)
41 Justin Yuka (Point Pleasant, NY)
42 Frank Walden (Briarwood, NY)
43 Joseph Bovino (Camden, NJ)
44 Daniel Santiago (Bronx, NY)
45 Jonathan Lessin (Oceanport, NJ)

Event 7: No Breathing Room

$350 + $50 Six-Max Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

Chipleaders Rick Rossetti and Gregory Shvarts

Event 7: 46-54 ($1,058)

$350 + $50 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

Position-Name

46 Victor Paulino (Dedham, MA)
47 Yoon Jung (Maple Glen, PA)
48 Christine Brewer (Port Monmouth, NJ)
49 David Spevak (New York, NY)
50 Dennis Zollo (Middletow, NY)
51 Evan Sosler (New York, NY)
52 Alex Nepomnyaschiy (Staten Island, NY)
53 Stephen Moy (New York, NY)
54 Mike Kalfa (Bayville, NJ)

Event 10: Update

$350 + $50 Six-Max Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)



The minutes are ticking away of Level 12 with blinds at 1k/2k/200 and a chip average of 66k.  We currently have 84 players remaining, and those remaining at 7:30pm will be going on an hour dinner break.

Event 11: Update

$260 + $40 Seniors No Limit Hold'em



Players are currently in Level 10, with blinds at 600/1200/200 and a chip average of 30k.  70 players remain of the 175 that began the tournament, and those who remain at 7:30pm will be going on an hour dinner break.

Event 7: New Chip Leader

$350 + $50 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

Rick Rossetti (Ventnor, NJ)

We walked over as the turn was be peeled on an 3 4 A 6 board, and all the chips were in the middle between Rick Rossetti and "Player X."  When the cards were turned over it was the A A of Rossetti against his opponents 8 8.  Rossetti was at risk but couldn't lose the hand, and became the chip leader with that monstrous pot.  He sits with 1.4 million and may still be stacking the pile of chips as we type away.

"All In Or Fold:" No Other Options

It's not uncommon for Borgata to provide a "first time occurrence" when it relates to the Borgata Poker Room.  Tonight at 7:00 pm will be the inaugural "All In Or Fold" tournament ($150 + 30 + 20 Yellow Chip Bounty NLH).  It plays exactly how it sounds, you either fold or go all in.  An "All In or Fold tournament can be one fun tournament to play.  However, playing in this type of poker tournament takes skill like any other tournament. While many players may think it is all luck with these types of tournaments, they are completely wrong. Cards always fall how they fall. It's either your in the hand or not that will push your chip stack higher or get knocked out of the tournament.  We will be keeping our eye on this one as the night progresses.

Event 7: Final Four Tables

$350 + $50 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

 Edelman Edging Out the Field

Players are just back from break and 36 players are now on four tables.

The chip leader is Jason Edelman (Monroe Twp. NJ) who is at 1.3 million (65 BB).

"It doesn't mean anything now," says Edelman, "check back with me in four hours."

Just behind him is Khaled Alwan (Wayne, NJ), who coincidentally began Day 2 play at Edelman's table.

The average stacks is 514k (26 BB) as blinds are now 10k/20k/3k ante.

Big Stacks

Jason Edleman 1.3 million
Khaled Alwan1.2 million
Byung Yoo 990k
Gregory Shvarts 900k
Michael Hickman 885k

Event 7: Places 55-63 ($831)

$350 + $50 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

Position-Name

55 Robert Albert (Manalapan, NJ)

56 Taisiya Kuznetsova (Brooklyn, NY)

57 Christopher Wilson (Vineland, NJ)

58 Nicholas Curattalo (Massapequa, NY)

59 She Lok Wong (Forest Hills, NY)

60 Christopher Dobrzanski (Bridgewater, NJ)

61 Nick Landino (New Haven, CT)

62 Michael Forca (Babylon, NY)

63 Dave Schletter (Succasunna, NJ)

Event 10: Joining The Century Club

$350 + $50 Six-Max Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

It didn't take long after we posted the first two players to eclipse the 100k mark for a handful of other players to join the club.  The following players are the only that are currently sitting above 125k in the field:

Dan Stein (Valley Stream, NJ) - 170k

Mark Salem (New York, New York) - 189k

Paul Vacchio (New York, New York) -  180k

Jamaal Ford (Secaucus, NJ) - 169k

Doug Lovelace (Mays Landing, NJ) - 190k

Event 7: Places 64-72 ($731)

 $350 + $50 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

Position-Name

64  Joseph Brand (Fairlawn, NJ)
65  Makram Kais (Springfield, VA)
66 Howard Wolper (Atlantic City, NJ)
67 Farrokh Forca (Bala Cynwyd, PA)
68 Nicholas Salimbene (Brick, NJ)
69 Jason Henrici (Old Tapan, NJ)
70 Marcus Bower  (S. Williamsport, PA)
71 Hyun Auh (Flushing, NY)
72 Harry Korotki (Owings Mills, MD)

Event 10: Chip Leader

$350 + $50 Six-Max Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

Dan Stein (Valley Stream, NJ)

With the seconds ticking down on Level 9, the blinds will be going up to 600/1200/200 and the chip average sits at 62k.  There are two players over the century mark, and one of them is Dan Stein (Valley Stream, NJ).  Dan sits with approximately 130k (113 BB), with his closest competitor just over 100k.  

Event 11: Flexing His Muscles

$260 + $40 Seniors No Limit Hold'em

Tony "Muscles" Campagna

That title fits literally and figuratively as Tony "Muscles" Campagna is one of the top stacks in the tournament, sitting with just under 70k.  Over this past weekend, Tony took down 1st place in the NPC Long Island Bodybuilding Championships (Men's Over 50).  He's hoping for two trophies in one week, and at this rate may be able to back up the talk.  On a side note, his wife (Joy Campagna) may be the true bodybuilder in the family, as she took the overall women's championship and Miss Long Island Figure over the same weekend.

Event 11: Some Senior Moments

$260 + $40 Seniors No Limit Hold'em

Greg Uzoaga (Brooklyn, NY) and Event 9 Third-Place Winner Terry O'Brien

Hollis Ball (Peabody, MA) with Vinny and Darcey

Registration is now closed for this event, and we will post the payouts as soon as all of the numbers are calculated.  The blinds are currently 200/400/50 and a chip average just at 15k, players are taking a ten minute break.  While we were waiting, we had a chance to meet some of our field, and they really are some great people.

Event 10: Wick-ed Good Run

$350 + $50 Six-Max Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

Jeff Wicker

Jeff Wicker (Bristol, PA) is no stranger to these events at the Borgata, and after bubbling Event 1 is hoping for a deeper run today.  He sits with about 55k, and with the blinds at 400/800/75, seems to be setting himself up nicely.

Event 7: First to Cash, First to One Million

$350 + $50 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

Alwan's Poker Face

On the bubble, Harry Korotki (Owings Mills, MD) and Khalded Alwan (Wayne, NJ) are in a big hand.

Blinds 5k/10k/1k ante

Korotki (370k)
Alwan (700k)

From middle position, Korotki raises to 24k and Alwan calls from the BB.

Flop: Q 8 2

Korotki bets 30k
Alwan calls

Turn: Q

Korotki bets 50k
Alwan calls

River: 9

There's an all in and call for Korotki's last 265k.

Alwan: 9 9 (full house)
Korotki: A Q (trip queens)

Korotki is surprised his trips are a loser and says, "I can't believe you kept calling my bets."

"I didn't believe you had a queen," replies a sheepish Alwan, who is now the first player to reach 1 million chips.

For Kortoki, he's the first to cash as he earns $731 for his 72nd place finish.

Alwan, Million Chip Man

Event 7: Bubble Breaks

$350 + $50 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

"DonkFish" Breaks Bubble

Play is hand-for-hand when Tom McGarry (Hazlet, NJ) is all in with pocket 4s for 150k.  Alik "DonkFish" Sitnyakovsky (Brooklyn, NY) wins the coin flip with A K and sends McGarry to the rail just before money.

McGarry almost gets a reprieve when there's a knockout on another table, but when Harry Korotki (Owings Mills, MD) has more chips and is officially the first player to cash with a 72nd place finish ($731).

Unfortunately for McGarry he's 73rd and only gets two days of memories and experience as the bubble boy.

"What are you going to do," he says, there's always another tournament.

Event 7: Queens Hold x 3

$350 + $50 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

As the field speeds towards the money we see three straight hands were pocket queens hold and a short stack is eliminated.

Danny Santiago starts it off with QQ vs Q2.
Then two tables over Bob Taylor's QQ holds against 9 4
Finally, back at Santiago's table, Mike Tasker sweats with QQ vs JJ when his opponent picks up a straight draw, but Tasker's hand is good.

The three knockouts set the field at 78, six from the money.

Start of Day 2 chip leader Gregory Shvarts is the first player to crack 700k.

Event 7: Back from Break

$350 + $50 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

90 players remain with an average stack of 206k (35 BB) as we're 18 spots from the money. 

The four big stacks are all around 550k and includes Barry Leventhal, Khaled Alwan, Gregory Shvarts and Buyng Yoo.

Leventhal has been on a hot streak picking up pocket aces four times (twice witnessed by the Gorilla)!

Play resumes with blinds at 3k/6k/500 ante.

Event 10: Registration Closed

$350 + $50 Six-Max Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

On a busy day of the Borgata Summer Poker Open has everyone in the Poker Room hustling.  Dealers, Floor Associates, Borgata Babes and even the players are moving and shaking (table breaks, re-entries, late reg.).

First order of business is to announce that the re-entry period of the six-max is closed.

Players must now play without a safety net. No more gambling or bouncing back from bad beats, when your out, your out.

Level 5 (150/300/25 ante) is underway.

Event 11: Lost & Hopefully Found

$260 + $40 Seniors No Limit Hold'em

Nancy on Sunday Before Pen Was Lost

One of the nicest players at Borgata needs your help.  Nancy Martin (Washington Crossing, PA) is extremely upset that she's misplaced a personalized silver Cross pen that she got as a gift 25 years ago.

The pen was last scene doing good deeds Sunday on Day 1A of Event 7 ($350 + $50) at Table 1 located near the Racebook.

Nancy, who is currently playing in the Senior's event, has her name engraved on the clip and the bloggers are offering a small reward if the pen is returned unharmed with no questions asked.

If the pen is located you can turn it into Borgata security or stop by Media Row and we'll make sure Nancy gets it back.

Thank you for keeping an eye out for it!

Similar Looking Cross Pen

Event 7: Barry's Barrage of Bullets

$350 + $50 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

Leventhal Stands Waiting for Klaus (2nd from right) to Decide

(l-r) Cuong Phung (Atlantic City, NJ), 
Romaine Lewis (Orange, NJ) & Moy Watch as Well

Twice in four hands Barry Leventhal (Brooklyn, NY) gets pocket aces and he's 1 and 1 on the day.

First he doubles up short stack Stephen Moy (New York, NY) who cracks Leventhal's aces.

Three hands later, Raymond Palmieri (Vineland, NJ) moves all in for 96k. Leventhal calls which sends Robert Klaus (Flushing, NY) into the tank.

Klaus who is the shorter of the three players folds and is glad when he sees Leventhal with aces again.  This time they hold and Palmieri's out when his pocket 9s don't connect.

The next exchange adds 37k to Leventhal's stack and he's now up to more than 200k.

Event 11: Welcome Back

$260 + $40 Seniors No Limit Hold'em

Just a few of the friendly faces in the field:

Bob Santilli
Nancy Martin
Tony O.G. Shurilla
Don Brown
Martha Patella
Tony "Muscles" Campagna

Event 11: Golden Oldies

$260 + $40 Seniors No Limit Hold'em

The most seasoned and easy going players in the world are here to play in one of the more relaxed tournaments of the Borgata Summer Poker Open.  Hoodies and earphones are replaced with sweaters and hearing aids, but it's still NL Texas Hold'em.

Players start with 12k in chips and levels are 30 minutes each.

This is a one day tournament, but there's no truth to the rumor that the Senior's dinner break will be at 4 pm.

Event 7: Grind Time

$350 + $50 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

 Shvarts Starts on Top

The longest grind of the day kicks off in the next few minutes with 130 players returning for their shot at the $58,443 first prize.

The top 72 cash in this event, so the short stacks will be looking to hold on while the big stacks jockey for position heading towards the final table.

Gregory Shvarts (Brooklyn, NY) returns as chip leader with 420k. He and Marcus Nguyen (Clayton, NJ) with 349k were the top two stacks from Day 1B, while Mark Gomez (New Rochelle, NY) led Day 1A with 345k.

The average stack is 143k (29 BB) as Day 2 begins with Level 16 (2,500/5k/500 ante).

Event 10: Practice Makes Perfect

$350 + $50 Six-Max Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

 All Smiles for Saladin

Two players in the field got a warm up with a cash in last night's 7 pm version of the same event.

Ted Geier (Sunnyside, NY) and Rob Saladin (Chester, NY) were both at the final table and back looking for an even bigger score.

****12:30 Update****

Saladin has busted and is using his re-entry, something he didn't need Monday night.

Leaderboard Update (6/12)

Borgata Summer Poker Open Leaderboard
By participating in any Borgata Summer Poker Open event (June 6 - 22, 2012), players earn points based upon the Borgata Poker Tournament Leaderboard Formula.

Below are the top scores for the 2012 Borgata Summer Poker Open Leaderboard*

(Final Results from Main events: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 
Qualifiers and Secondary events: 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)

327.000:  VYACHESLAV EYZEROVICH

267.800:  THOMAS MCGARRY

237.500:  YEVGENI RAPOPORT

225.325:  GREG POGARSKY

217.975:  CHRISTOPH CSIK

203.875:  ADAM BRAGAR

200.150:  MICHAEL MELKERSEN

196.505:  ZAUR MAMEDOV

189.000:  JOSEPH GARGAN

185.000:  JOSEPH WERTZ

184.150:  JASON LEAKE

180.300:  DENNIS THURMAN

168.425:  LANA OBRIEN

167.875:  BENJAMIN LAVES

167.250:  THOMAS FLANAGAN

166.775:  ERIC SIEGEL

165.925:  BYUNG YOO

161.865:  BRIAN ADRAGNA

160.155:  MICHAEL CARUSO

156.375:  CHRISTOPHER PORTO

Event 10: 6 Packs

$350 + $50 Six-Max Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

Recognizable faces in the field include:

James Boyle
Ted Geier
Dan Spirer
Eric Miller
Cathy Dever
Barbara Rogers
Rob Saladin
Stephanie Hubbard
Ben Geller

Event 10: Six-Max Attack

$350 + $50 Six-Max Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

If you like short-handed aggressive poker than the the six-max is for you.

It's all about position and everyone has it. At a full table UTG+1 is also in the high jack position, so it's ABB (Always Be Betting!)

Players start with 25k chips and levels last 30 minutes each (16 + / 40 min.), with unlimited re-entries for the first four levels.

The one day tournament is underway.

Event 7: Start of Day 2 Seat Assignments

Borgata Summer Poker Open
Event 7 - $350 + $50 Deep Stack Double Play NLH
June 10-12, 2012


Entries:  742
Total Buy-In:  $259,700


START OF DAY 2 SEAT ASSIGNMENTS & CHIP COUNTS:
T01 | S01 - LUIS NARGENTINO (FLORAL PARK, NY):  125,500

T01 | S02 - ALAN YAKUBOFF (HUNTINGTON, NY):  208,500

T01 | S03 - TIMOTHY MCCORMACK (BROOKLYN, NY):  101,500

T01 | S04 - DENNIS ZOLLO (MIDDLETOWN, NY):  101,000

T01 | S05 - JONATHAN LESSIN (OCEANPORT, NJ):  272,000

T01 | S06 - ARIEL ALBILIA (SYOSSET, NY):  260,000

T01 | S07 - ALBERT B MUIR (ANSONIA, CT):  48,500

T01 | S08 - ALAN KRAUT (DOYLESTOWN, PA):  223,500

T01 | S09 - ROBERT ALBERT (MANALAPAN, NJ):  246,500

T01 | S10 - MARCUS BOWER (S WILLIAMSPORT, PA):  128,000

T02 | S01 - CHRISTOPHER LEONG (NEW YORK, NY):  240,500

T02 | S02 - ALEKSANDR RAPOPORT (BROOKLYN, NY):  145,500

T02 | S03 - ROY FEINSON (WASHINGTON, DC):  151,500

T02 | S04 - GARY COMI (LANDSDOWNE, VA):  123,000

T02 | S05 - JASON HENRICI (OLD TAPPAN, NJ):  177,000

T02 | S06 - NEAL GAY (NEW YORK, NY):  91,500

T02 | S07 - JOHN DEGEORGE (TOMS RIVER, NJ):  107,000

T02 | S08 - JOSEPH BRAND (FAIRLAWN, NJ):  43,000

T02 | S09 - JUSTIN LIBERTO (FALLSTON, MD):  173,500

T02 | S10 - HYUN AUH (FLUSHING, NY):  101,000

T03 | S01 - RICHARD FRUMKIN (HAZELTON, PA):  93,000

T03 | S02 - MICHAEL KALFA (BAYVILLE, NJ):  215,000

T03 | S03 - SHE LOK WONG (FORREST HILL, NY):  270,000

T03 | S04 - MARTHA PATELLA (MASSAPEQUA PARK, NY):  35,500

T03 | S05 - GREG POGARSKY (REXFORD, NY):  90,500

T03 | S06 - QING GUO (EDISON, NJ):  90,000

T03 | S07 - JOHN MITCHELL (MEDIA, PA):  176,500

T03 | S08 - ROBERT TAYLOR (GARWOOD, NJ):  64,000

T03 | S09 - DIANE GRIPPO (HOLBROOK, NY):  100,000

T03 | S10 - JAMES STUTZMAN (NEW YORK, NY):  58,000

T04 | S01 - JORDAN LUDWICK (CHERRY HILL, NJ):  241,000

T04 | S02 - JOSHUA BRUCKNER (HICKSVILLE, NY):  58,000

T04 | S03 - CHRISTOPHER WILSON (VINELAND, NJ):  93,000

T04 | S04 - RICHARD MIGLIORISI (BROOKLYN, NY):  80,500

T04 | S05 - BENJAMIN BUTLER (WILLIAMSPORT, PA):  258,000

T04 | S06 - NICHOLAS SALIMBENE (BRICK, NJ):  147,000

T04 | S07 - JOSEPH REDDICK (BRONX, NY):  130,500

T04 | S08 - JINHING CHIN (NEW YORK, NY):  92,000

T04 | S09 - VIRGILIO BENCOSME (BRONX, NY):  139,500

T04 | S10 - FRANK INGARDIA (STATEN ISLAND, NY):  90,000

T05 | S01 - SCOTT SHOYER (FLOURTOWN, PA):  59,000

T05 | S02 - LUIS URIOSTE (FLUSHING, NY):  47,500

T05 | S03 - MARCUS NGUYEN (CLAYTON, NJ):  349,000

T05 | S04 - DANIEL SANTIAGO (BRONX, NY):  270,500

T05 | S05 - MICHAEL TASKER (ASBURY PARK, NJ):  258,000

T05 | S06 - MARC LUNENFELD (VIRGINIA BCH, VA):  47,500

T05 | S07 - JARED HUTT (FORKED RIVER, NJ):  109,000

T05 | S08 - TAISIYA KUZNETSOVA (BROOKLYN, NY):  123,000

T05 | S09 - LAWRENCE SHARP (NORTH WALES, PA):  168,000

T05 | S10 - EVAN SOSLER (NEW YORK, NY):  107,500

T06 | S01 - CUONG PHUNG (ATLANTIC CITY, NJ):  190,000

T06 | S02 - BARRY LEVENTHAL (BROOKLYN, NY):  165,000

T06 | S03 - ROMAINE LEWIS (ORANGE, NJ):  187,000

T06 | S04 - ROBERT KLAUS (FLUSHING, NY):  105,000

T06 | S05 - STEPHEN MOY (NEW YORK, NY):  59,500

T06 | S06 - DANIEL GELBINOVICH (BROOKLYN, NY):  162,000

T06 | S07 - JUSTIN GERARDO (LAKE HIAWATHA, NJ):  101,000

T06 | S08 - DAVE SCHLETTER (SUCCASUNNA, NJ):  90,000

T06 | S09 - RAYMOND PALMIERI (VINELAND, NJ):  126,500

T06 | S10 - KAMIL BLASZCZAK (RIDGEWOOD, NY):  64,500

T07 | S01 - DAVID SPEVAK (NEW YORK, NY):  88,000

T07 | S02 - JOSEPH BOVINO (CAMDEN, NJ):  105,500

T07 | S03 - NICK LANDINO (NEW HAVEN, CT):  78,500

T07 | S04 - JOSEPH WERTZ (MONTOURSVILLE, PA):  182,000

T07 | S05 - HOWARD WOLPER (ATLANTIC CITY, NJ):  84,500

T07 | S06 - NICHOLAS DAVID (MANCHESTER, NH):  88,000

T07 | S07 - MARK GOMEZ (NEW ROCHELLE, NY):  344,500

T07 | S08 - FRANK WALDEN (BRIARWOOD, NY):  163,000

T07 | S09 - YOON JUNG (MAPLE GLEN, PA):  176,500

T07 | S10 - GENE MAZZA (ELIZABETH, NJ):  40,500

T08 | S01 - ALEX NEPOMNYASCHIY (STATEN ISLAND, NY):  84,000

T08 | S02 - HANOCH GUTTMAN (BROOKLYN, NY):  203,000

T08 | S03 - MICHAEL SWANSON (DANVILLE, VA):  54,000

T08 | S04 - JOSEPH MARINO (HAZLETON, PA):  201,000

T08 | S05 - THOMAS MCGARRY (HAZLET, NJ):  144,000

T08 | S06 - RICHARD ROSSETTI (VENTNOR, NJ):  168,500

T08 | S07 - ALEXANDER RESTREPO (WEST HARTFORD, CT):  95,500

T08 | S08 - ANGEL GONZALEZ (BROOKLYN, NY):  220,000

T08 | S09 - ALFRED WARRINER (ABSECON, NJ):  192,500

T08 | S10 - NIKOLA CURANOVIC (BRONX, NY):  20,000

T09 | S01 - FRANK TOSCANO (STATEN ISLAND, NY):  152,500

T09 | S02 - GRIGORIY SHVARTS (BROOKLYN, NY):  420,000

T09 | S03 - SUNG OH (LANSDALE, PA):  83,000

T09 | S04 - WILLIAM SKOWRON (CLARKSBURG, MD):  140,000

T09 | S05 - ADAM AGAEV (BROOKLYN, NY):  171,000

T09 | S06 - DMITRY SKLYAROV (BROOKLYN, NY):  70,500

T09 | S07 - NICHOLAS CURATTALO (MASSAPEQUA, NY):  327,500

T09 | S08 - GENNADI JOSOVICH (MERRICK, NY):  110,000

T09 | S09 - PATRICK DIVERS (LEVITTOWN, NY):  128,000

T09 | S10 - WILLIAM BRINDISE (RUMSON, NJ):  311,000

T10 | S01 - YEVGENI RAPOPORT (BROOKLYN, NY):  103,500

T10 | S02 - HARRY KOROTKI (OWINGS MILLS, MD):  241,500

T10 | S03 - JUSTIN YUKA (PT PLEASANT, NJ):  33,000

T10 | S04 - CHRISTOPHER LARREA (PHILADELPHIA, PA):  86,000

T10 | S05 - AMIRALI MAFI (BETHESDA, MD):  118,500

T10 | S06 - JEFFREY BICER (ASHBURN, VA):  73,000

T10 | S07 - NOBUO TARUI (NEW YORK, NY):  73,000

T10 | S08 - SETH MANFIELD (CHEVY CHASE, MD):  273,500

T10 | S09 - LEONARDO PALERMO (TOMS RIVER, NJ):  85,500

T10 | S10 - JORDAN MEADOW (POUGHKEEPSIE, NY):  60,000

T11 | S01 - MICHAEL HICKMAN (MEDIA, PA):  151,000

T11 | S02 - DOUGLAS CONANT (SUTTON, WV):  165,500

T11 | S03 - JONATHAN KRAMER (FOREST HILL, NY):  181,000

T11 | S04 - DANIEL CHAN (NEW YORK, NY):  62,500

T11 | S05 - HAMILTON DIMAYA (SADDLE BROOK, NJ):  51,000

T11 | S06 - AMEER YASSIN (WEST MILFORD, NJ):  221,000

T11 | S07 - JOHN HINDS (WINTERVILLE, NC):  117,500

T11 | S08 - CHRISTIAN FYKE (MONROEVILLE, PA):  120,000

T11 | S09 - BYUNG YOO (NORWOOD, NJ):  341,000

T11 | S10 - CHRISTINE BREWER (PORT MONMOUTH, NJ):  339,000

T12 | S01 - VICTOR PAULINO (DEDHAM, MA):  203,000

T12 | S02 - CHRISTOPHER DOBRZANSKI (BRIDGEWATER, NJ):  147,000

T12 | S03 - GIUSEPPE PIZZOLATO (RIDGEWOOD, NY):  146,500

T12 | S04 - KHALED ALWAN (WAYNE, NJ):  156,000

T12 | S05 - TIMOTHY LITTLE (CHEVERLY, MD):  81,500

T12 | S06 - JASON EDELMAN (MONROE TWP, NJ):  105,000

T12 | S07 - STEVEN RODRIGUEZ (STATEN ISLAND, NY):  90,000

T12 | S08 - MOHAMED ELKERDAWY (BRIGANTINE, NJ):  92,000

T12 | S09 - OLEG SITNYAKOVSKY (BROOKLYN, NY):  97,000

T12 | S10 - KEVIN MCGEE (UNION CITY, NJ):  124,000

T13 | S01 - MAKRAM KAIS (SPRINGFIELD, VA):  119,000

T13 | S02 - FARROKH FORCE (BALA CYNWYD, PA):  137,000

T13 | S03 - ROSS SANTOS (TARDER, MA):  114,500

T13 | S04 - MICHAEL FORCA (BABYLON, NY):  122,500

T13 | S05 - KIJOON PARK (FLUSHING, NY):  65,000

T13 | S06 - GREGORY JOSLYN (MILFORD, PA):  71,500

T13 | S07 - RUSSELL YOUNGKEN (LEVITTOWN, PA):  308,000

T13 | S08 - MARIO RODRIGUEZ (JERSEY CITY, NJ):  105,000

T13 | S09 - FRANK RICHARDONE (NO BERGEN, NJ):  230,000

T13 | S10 - ADRIAN STOCH (BAYONNE, NJ):  167,000