Champ: 10 Minute Tank

$2500 + $200 Championship NLH

Dever, Ali Tabatabai & Dentale

Event 8 Champion Mike Dentale (Brooklyn, NY) goes deep in the tank when faced with his tournament life.  The board is 6♥ 8♣ 9♥ J♥ when Dentale bets 20k into a 30k pot and sees Cathy Dever (Lancaster, PA) move all-in.

Dentale is at risk and shows the table 8♠ 9♠ for two pairs.  After a few minutes Dever agrees to show her hand if Dentale folds, leaving himself with 111k.

After a few more minutes Dentale folds and Dever shows Q♠ 10♣ for a turned straight.

"Unbelievable," says Dentale, who took home $31,716 for his win, "I don't play a hand for 19 hours and she has the nuts."

We're still 10 spots from the money and nobody has busted in the last 20 minutes.

Event 18: 4th Place - Stewart

$400 + $50 Deep Stack Semi-Turbo NLH

Paul Stewart (Egg Harbor Twp, NJ)
$4,563

Paul Stewart gets his last 250,000 in good with Q♣ Q♥ but is called by monster stack of Laura Camuso who already had 150,000 in.

Laura's A♦6♦ picked up a nut flush draw on the turn then spiked an ace on the river for the knock-out blow.

Paul took it like a champ and is happy with his finish.

He says hi to the gang at RIRA'S a local casino bar/restaurant where he is a partner.

Board: 7♣ 5♥ 5♦ 7♦ A♣

Champ: Women's Final Four

$2500 + $200 Championship NLH

With the recent elimination of Nancy Martin, four woman are still alive with 65 players remaining.

Stephanie Hubbard & Cathy Dever are on table 6, while Grace Sun and Joanne Monteavaro are still in the mix.

Martin says she was never above 58k in the tournament and was grinding a short stack all day.

Event 18: 5th Place - Gunter

$400 + $50 Deep Stack Semi-Turbo NLH

Matt Gunter (Bel Air, MD)
$3,422

Matt Gunter is one for one in 2012 Borgata Spring Poker Open cashes with $3,422 tonight.

In fact he has cashed the last four times he played tournament poker. Only thing is his cashes are weeks apart.

Guess we'll see Gunter in a few weeks where he'll probably come back for another hit and run.

His last hand - Matt stufffed with A-6 UTG and ran into Minho Choe's A-K on the button.

Board: J-7-7-2-8

Event 18: 6th Place - Siprajim

$400 + $50 Deep Stack Semi-Turbo NLH

Vichien Siprajim (Pasadena, MD)
$2,852

Vichien got the last of his chips in at risk against Minho Choe (Fulton, MD).

Classic race that ended in defeat for Vichien.

Vichien 66 vs Choe's A-K

Board: 10-K-J-4-3

Champ: Two Steves Hit the Mat

$2500 + $200 Championship NLH 
 

 Steve Saklad (left) and Elan Branas (right) 

Take Out Dannenmann

Steve Ryan, Steve Dannenmann and Matt Glantz are the latest casualties as 68 players remain with an average stack of 229k (58 BB).

Blinds are now 2k/4k, 400 ante.

Event 18: 7th Place - Kim

$400 + $50 Deep Stack Semi-Turbo NLH

David Kim (Flushing, NY)
$2,281

David Kim had 130,000 or four big blinds and shipped with Q-8. He failed to connect and fell to A-6 of Opponent.

Champ: Chou Chou Train Derails Hoover

$2500 + $200 Championship NLH

Chou-ing Up the Competition

Ben Chou (Astoria, NY) arrives at table 2 with 600k+ and the table says he gets a gift of 250k from Willie Hoover (Williamsport, PA).

The bottom line is that Hoover flopped a set of kings and when a third club hits the turn gets into a betting war with Chou.  The chips are all in on the river and Chou tables A 2 for the nut flush.

"He punted 250," says one player as Chou now has the chip lead with 875k.

Also arriving at the table is Larry Abrams (Mahwah, NJ) who was the dinner break chip leader with 580k and he's holding steady.  Chou is on Abrams' immediate left so it should be interesting poker between the big stacks.

Event 18: 8th Place - Vacchio

$400 + $50 Deep Stack Semi-Turbo NLH

Paul Vacchio (Long Island, NY)
$1,711

End of the road for Paul Vacchio who got it in with A-2 but ran into Opponent's A-Q.

Board ran dry and knocked out Paul.

Laura Camuso is still the chip leader with over 1 million.

Champ: Richey Removed

 $2500 + $200 Championship NLH

Brett Richey (New York, NY) puts his last 22k (7 BB) in the middle with Q♠ 8♠ and doesn't improve against the A Q of Wooyang Lin (Morristown, NJ).

Lin won his Championship Event seat with a $300 qualifier and is looking to turn it into a $5,020 min cash pay day.

Event 18: Chop It Up

$400 + $50 Deep Stack Semi-Turbo NLH

Paul Stewart & Laura Camuso mix it up. Paul 4-bet Laura with red A-J. While Laura was thinking he says, "Don't you ever fold". She got a count and called.

Laura showed a black A-Q and was looking to grow her tournament chip lead.

Stewart was thrilled to see the board double pair giving him half the pot for a life saving chop.

Board: 6-4-7-7-6.

Laura said, "Nice hand - for you at least".

Blinds 15,000 / 30,000 with 4,000 antes.

Event 18: 9th Place - VanAuken

$400 + $50 Deep Stack Semi-Turbo NLH

Eric VanAuken (Ridgewood, NJ)
$1,283

Eric lost a big hand then was forced to shove with K-6 off. Unfortunately he ran into Opponent's K-Q which held up.

Eric finished in 9th Place and earned $1,283.

Champ: Back in Action

$2500 + $200 Championship NLH

The 82 returning players have their eyes on the money bubble as we're less than 30 players from the money.  The plan is to finish the 1.5k/3k, 300 level (49 minutes remain) and then play two more levels before bag and tag at ~12:15 am. 

Getting into the money will be tough as play will tighten up as the field closes in on 54th place and the $5,020 min. cash.

Event 18: 10th Place - Interdonato

$400 + $50 Deep Stack Semi-Turbo NLH

Andrew Interdonato (Washington, D.C.)
$1,141

Borgata regular Andrew Interdonato makes another final table. Tried to double his short stack and things didn't work out this time.

Event 18: Final Table Set

$400 + $50 Deep Stack Semi-Turbo NLH

Seat Pos......Name................Chip Count

1. Paul Vacchio ......................................240,000
2. Minho Choe .......................................560,000
3. Eric VanAuken ...................................170,000
4. Andrew Interdonato .............................95,000
5. Len Vizirov ..........................................125,000
6. Paul Stewart ..........................................70,000
7. David Kim............................................410,000
8. Matt Gunter..........................................370,000
9. Vichien Siprajim ...................................570,000
10. Laura Camuso ...................................1,100,000

Boys and Laura are back from dinner ready to play until conclusion here in Borgata Poker Room.

Blinds are 12,000 / 24,000 with 3,000 antes.

Total Buy-In $58,800

Champ: Tweet Counts

$2500 + $200 Championship NLH

As the field thins we only have three tweeters checking in:

John Lakatosh 400k
Larry Sharp 307k
Steve Scales 210k

JL's assesment:

John Lakatosh ‏ @johnlak

Dinner break @BorgataPoker 240k playing a little passive or would have 400!

Event 18: Turbo Dinner Break

$400 + $50 Deep Stack Semi-Turbo NLH

Number of Entries:  147
Players Remaining: 10
Chips in Play: 3.675 million

Big Stack: 1.1 million (55 BB)
Average Stack: 368k (18 BB)

Blinds: 10k/20k, 3k ante

Total Buy-In: $58,800
First Prize: $17,110
Places Paid: 18

Play Resumes: 8:30 pm

Event 18: In The Money

$400 + $50 Deep Stack Semi-Turbo NLH

Bust-outs for Event 18

11th - Irving McKenzie (Salisbury, MD) - $1,141
12th - Gennaro Cammarota (Hawthorne, NJ) - $1,141
13th - Shane Labounty (Waterford, NY) - $998
14th - Jonathan Reinhardt (Danbury, CT) - $998
15th - Leonard Cortellino (Lewiston, ME) - $998
16th - David Elyazyan (Brooklyn, NY) $856
17th - Nissim Benjamin (Brooklyn, NY) - $856
18th - Robby Devries (Paterson, NJ) - $856

Champ: Dinner Break

$2500 + $200 Championship NLH

Number of Entries: 520
Players Remaining: 82
Chips in Play: 15. 6 million

Average Stack: 190k
Big Stack: 680k

Blinds: 1.5k/3k, 300 ante

Total Buy-In: $1,300,000
First Prize: $312,483
Places Paid: 54

Play Resumes: 8:45 pm

Event 18: Final Table Triple-Up

$400 + $50 Deep Stack Semi-Turbo NLH

Blinds 10k/20k/3k ante

Len Vizirov raises to 85k
Paul Stewart calls
Vichien Siprajim (SB) moves all in for 174k total
Laura Camuso (BB) tank folds
Vizirov calls
Stewart calls

Vizirov and Stewart check down the board of 8 7 4 9 6.  The player in seat 9 confidently turns over
pocket 6s for a set of 6s and triples up and with the blinds and antes is up to 550k.

Event 18: Final Table Bubble

$400 + $50 Deep Stack Semi-Turbo NLH

Irving McKenzie (Salisbury, MD) is on the rail when his pocket 6s are outflopped by his opponents K Q.  The remaining 10 players are drawing for final table seats.

McKenzie earns $1,141 for his 11th place finish.

Champ: Dinner Getting Close

$2500 + $200 Championship NLH

82 players remain with an average stack of 190k (63 BB) as blinds are moving up to 1.5/3k, 300 ante.  Dinner break is at 7:30 pm sharp!

One of Borgata's best tweeters reports:

Steve Ryan ‏ @SteveRyanPoker

<90 players remain but field has some great players still alive. About 90k still at 2400... Gonna be an important level before dinner!

Champ: Richey Doubles Through Pearlman

$2500 + $200 Championship NLH

Brett Richey (New York, NY) doubles 43k through Akiva Pearlman (Providence, RI).  Richey has AQ against pocket 4s and wins the race when an ace hits the turn.

With blinds and antes Richey is close to 100k, while Pearlman has an average stack of 200k.

Event 18: Payouts

$400 + $50 Deep Stack Semi-Turbo NLH

Place..........Amount

1.....................$17,110
2....................$9,411
3....................$5,418
4....................$4,563
5....................$3,422
6....................$2,852
7....................$2,281
8....................$1,711
9....................$1,283
10-12..............$1,141
13-15................$ 998
16-18.................$ 856

Total Buy-In - $58,800

Number of Entries: 147

Event 18: First to Cash

$400 + $50 Deep Stack Semi-Turbo NLH

 Robby Rides Short Stack into the Money

Robby DeVries (Paterson, NJ) is the first to cash after squeaking into the money with only 28k. He's out when his pocket 10s are beaten by the K 3 of Laura Camuso (Woburne, MA) who flops two pairs.

Camuso is the last woman standing again. She finished in 9th place in Event 14 ($1k) for $3,274.

DeVries gets the min cash of $856 and recaps the bubble on Twitter.


Robby Devries♠ ‏ @X18robbase

Lol I made the with 2 big blinds !!!!28k blinds are 6/12k