Champ: 42nd Place - Hasan

$2500 + $200 Championship NLH  

Shiraz Hasan (Middletown, DE)

$5,648

Ara Melikian opened for 20k, then Shiraz Hasan moved all-in.  Russ Dykshteyn called, then Ara folded.

Shiraz had AK off and was racing against Russ' pocket Jacks.  The board came J 8 3 9 8 and Russ took the pot with Jacks full.

Shiraz Hasan finished in 42nd place, earning $5,648.

Champ: 43rd place - Stefanski

$2500 + $200 Championship NLH  

David Stefanski (East Lyme, CT)

$5,648

David Stefanski was all-in for his last ~80k holding AQ off against Angel Gonzalez' pocket 5s.

There was an Ace in the door, but when the dealer spread the flop, there was a 5 right behind it.

Angel took the pot with a set of 5s.  David took 43rd place and $5,648.

Champ: Back From Break

$2500 + $200 Championship NLH 

Level 20:  Blinds 4k/8k, 500 ante

Play has resumed after the break.

43 players remain.  Average stack is 363k.

An interesting Tweet from the break:

Ronnie Bardah ‏ @RonnieBardah
Just AA 3 times last level and NO ACTION!! Wow..going to 4-8k...200k in chips 43 left @BorgataPoker main #teamMurder #teamjewballs

Champ: New Chip Leader

$2500 + $200 Championship NLH 

End of level 19 and time for a break.

Chad Batista has taken the chip lead.  He's up to 940k.

Matt Woodward has dropped to second with 815k.

The short-stack is David Stefanski.  He's down to ~80k.

Champ: 44th Place - Ladny

$2500 + $200 Championship NLH 

Eric Ladny (Mercerville, NJ)

$5,648

Eric Ladny was all-in pre-flop holding AK suited and got looked up by Chad Batista, who had pocket Queens. 

The flop came A Q T, giving Chad a set, but giving Eric hope with a gutshot, needing a King to make Broadway.

The last two came 9 6, however, and Eric was busted.  He finished 44th for $5,648.

Champ: 45th Place - Scales

$2500 + $200 Championship NLH

Steve Scales (Red Bank, NJ)

$5,648

Will Dugan was all-in pre-flop holding 88.  Steve Scales moved in behind him with AQ suited.  Everyone else got out of the way, including Mike Dentale, who says he folded AK.

The board came J T 6 2 6 and Will doubled up.  Steve was left with ~50k.

He was all-in soon after, holding QJ, but ran into the pocket Queens of Jeffrey McAlister.  The board came  K 6 2 7 K and Jeffrey collected the last of Steve's chips.

Steve Scales finished in 45th place ($5,648).

Champ: Irish Poker - Dublin Up

$2500 + $200 Championship NLH

Eric Landy is at risk for 200k with Q Q and is in bad shape against Nick Petrangelo's A A. "Solid poker," Landy smirks after a queen flops and doubles-up with a set of queens.

Steve Scales doubles 51k with A J vs K Q and is on his way to table 1 with new life.

Champ: 46th Place - Monteavaro

$2500 + $200 Championship NLH

Joanne Monteavaro (Bronx, NY)

$5,020

Joanne Monteavaro moves her last 120k all in with AQ and is dominated against the AK of Eric Landy.

The board is no help and Monteavaro finishes in 46th place for $5,020.

Table 6 is being broken as we're 9-handed on five tables and moving up the pay scale.   37th-45th places take home $5,648.

Champ: 47th Place - Putinas

 $2500 + $200 Championship NLH

Gintautas "G" Putinas (Richmond, VA)

$5,020

"G" Putinas is all in for his last 24k. John Lakatosh & Joe Neiman check it down from the blinds.  .  Putinas doesn't connect with K J and Neiman shows the winner with 7 8 for a pair of 7s

Putinas takes home $5,020 for his 47th place finish.

Champ: 49th - Primavera; 48th - Darden

$2500 + $200 Championship NLH

 Joe Primavera (Brooklyn, NY)

$5,020

Joe Primavera got all-in pre-flop holding pocket 6s, but ran into Morgan Litwin's pocket Aces.  The Aces held and Joe busted out in 49th place ($5,020).

Paul Darden Jr. (Hampton, CT)

$5,020

Paul Darden was all-in pre-flop holding AK off against Fran Cipriano's pocket Kings.  The Kings held up and Paul was busted in 48th place ($5,020).

John Escobalez's pocket Aces held up for a double-up via Michael Borovetz' AK.

Champ: 50th Place - Tabatabai

$2500 + $200 Championship NLH

Ali Tabatabai (Cockeysville, MD)

$5,020

Ali Tabatabai runs pocket queens into the pocket kings of Cameron Cornell.  Tabatabai ships 195k across the table and finishes in 50th place for $5,020

Champ: 51st Place - Dever

$2500 + $200 Championship NLH

Cathy Dever (Ephrata, PA)

$5,020

Cathy Dever is a victim of set over set vs Steve Saklad.

Dever starts the hand with 250k and ships all in when she turns a set of 5s.  Saklad flopped a set of 7s and sends Dever to the cage with $5,020 for her 51st place finish.

Champ: Blinds Up

$2500 + $200 Championship NLH  

Level 19:  Blinds 3k/6k, 500 ante

Back from break.  Play has resumed.  51 Players remain.

Champ: 52nd Place - Sardella

$2500 + $200 Championship NLH 

Andrew Sardella (Clifton Park, NY)

$5,020

Blinds 2,500/5,000, 400 ante

Andrew Sardella got all his chips in the middle with pocket Jacks against Cliff 'JohnnyBax' Josephy, who had AT.  The flop came A 8 5 7 K and Cliff took the pot.

End of level, short break, then back for level 19.

Champ: Branas Doubles

$2500 + $200 Championship NLH 


Blinds 2,500/5,000, 400 ante

On a flop of J 7 2 rainbow, both Elan Branas (bb) and Brian England (button) checked.  Turn was a 9.  Elan led out for ~60k and Brian announced he was all-in. 

Elan tanked for about 5 minutes, then the clock was called.  Before his time expired, he called all-in.

Elan had KJ (pair of Jacks) and had Brian's QJ out-kicked.  River was a Ten and Elan doubled up.

Champ: 53rd Place - Aaronson

$2500 + $200 Championship NLH

Robert Aaronson (Brooklyn, NY)

$5,020

 Blinds 2,500/5,000, 400 ante

Robert Aaronson was all-in pre-flop holding pocket 9s but ran into the pocket Jacks of Edward Pham (Lansdale, PA).

The Jacks held up and Edward took the pot.  Robert finished in 53rd place, earning $5,020.

Champ: 54th Place - Milo

$2500 + $200 Championship NLH

 Rich Milo (Franklin Square, NY)

$5,020

Returning short stack Rich Milo has less than the big blind with 4k and is all in with pocket 2s. He's up against Dan Wach who has K 3 and hits a three on the flop.

Rich Milo his the first player to cash the Borgata Spring Poker Open Championship, finishing in 54th place for $5,020.

Champ: Early Doubles

$2500 + $200 Championship NLH

Robert Pardo moves his final 108k all in on the river and Andrew Sardella reluctantly calls.  Pardo shows the winning set of 2s against Sardella's two red aces.

Angel Gonzalez doubles 150k by flopping quad 4s against Morgan Litwin.

The first 30 minutes are in the books and players are on break so the black (100) chips can be colored-up.

Leaderboard Update (4/18)

Borgata Spring Poker Open Leaderboard
By participating in any Borgata Spring Poker Open event (April 4-20, 2012), players earn points based upon the Borgata Poker Tournament Leaderboard Formula.

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

(Final Results from events 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)

533.610:  MARK WAHBA

463.043:  MANH NGUYEN

383.525:  PAUL DARDEN  JR

370.063:  RANDALL PFEIFER

366.430:  SUNGWOO TAE

353.800:  BRIAN LEMKE

351.533:  JEREMIAH MCKENNA

342.363:  HENRY MICHAEL BOROVETZ

341.298:  MICHAEL WOLL

333.600:  MICHAEL DENTALE

333.420:  YUEBIN GUO

314.900:  TRAVELL THOMAS

302.173:  ALEXANDER ROCHA

301.938:  DARYL BLACK

300.013:  ELLIOTT ZAYDMAN

281.675:  WAZIR BAKSH

276.843:  QING GUO

276.250:  VINEET PAHUJA

Champ: Play Has Resumed

$2500 + $200 Championship NLH

54 players have returned and unbagged their chips, ready to battle it out for the top prize of $312,483.

Level 18 blinds are 2,500/5,000 with 400 antes.  29 minutes remain in this level.

Here's a reminder what they're playing for:

1st $312,483
2nd $175,700
3rd $112,950
4th $89,733
5th $70,280
6th $57,730
7th $45,808
8th $35,768
9th $25,100
10-12 $16,315
13-15 $12,550
16-18 $9,413
19-27 $6,903
28-36 $6,275
37-45 $5,648
46-54 $5,020

Event 19: Registration Line

$170 + $30 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) 

The line to register for this event still extends




out the poker room








and down the hall.








Players can enter through the break after level 8.

There is a separate line for re-entries (which is very short right now).  Players who bust out can re-enter through the break after level 8.

Event 19: Poker Room Faces

$170 + $30 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

Level 2:  Blinds 50/100

Over in the Poker Room, they have tables 21-59 already up and running with room for more.

These are the familiar players I spotted over there:
Amarender Puri
Don Brown
John Zoldak
Brian Ali
James 'Suits' Salters
Eric Natishvili
David Kim
Mickey Woll
Michael Shasho
Mike Kalfa
Bob Santilli
Carless 'Joe' Boatwright
Jesse Cohen
Kelly Armentrout
Karthik
Steve Ryan
Allen Lubin
Rathe Miller
Ta Wey
Andrew Klein
Jimmy Wong

Event 19: Familiar Faces

$170 + $30 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) 

Familiar faces in Signature Room:

Larry Gold
Eric Miller
Lisa Pickell
Jeff Hunter
Tommy Colamaria

Table 10 is particularly loaded:
Sungwoo Tae
Alex Torres
Rosa Klaneski
Barbara Rogers

Event 19: Deep Stack Wednesday

$170 + $30 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) 
$75,000 GUARANTEED PRIZE POOL

Players are piling into the Signature Room (tables 1-20) and the Poker Room (tables 21+) for today's trophy event.

The Deep Stack and the guarantee on the prize pool brings them out in droves. 

Players began with 25,000 chips and 25 minute levels (1-10).

Late registrations and re-entries will be allowed through the first 8 levels (until about 2:50pm).

 Level 1 blinds are 25/50 and cards are in the air!

Championship Day 3 Seat Assignments

Borgata Spring Poker Open
$2500 + $200 Championship No Limit Hold'em
April 15 - 19, 2012

Entries:  520
Total Buy-In: $1,300,000

Average Chip Stack:  280,000

START OF DAY 3 SEAT ASSIGNMENTS & CHIP COUNTS:
T1 | S1 - JIA LIU:  345,300

T1 | S2 - MATTHEW WOODWARD:  841,400

T1 | S3 - NICHOLAS PETRANGELO:  494,000

T1 | S4 - WILLIAM DUGAN:  90,400

T1 | S5 - PAUL DARDEN, JR:  140,600

T1 | S6 - FRANCIS CIPRIANO:  164,000

T1 | S7 - JEFFERY MCALISTER:  198,600

T1 | S8 - VINEET PAHUJA:  285,600

T1 | S9 - MICHAEL DENTALE:  102,500

T2 | S1 - ALI TABATABAI:  263,800

T2 | S2 - JOHN ESCOBALEZ:  60,700

T2 | S3 - ERIC LADNY:  420,600

T2 | S4 - CAMERON CORNELL:  228,800

T2 | S5 - H MICHAEL BOROVETZ:  485,000

T2 | S6 - ROBERT PARDO:  202,600

T2 | S7 - CLIFF JOSEPHY:  309,100

T2 | S8 - ANDREW SARDELLA:  229,300

T2 | S9 - CHAD BATISTA:  682,600

T3 | S1 - RICHARD MILO:  10,700

T3 | S2 - IAN PALOMO:  546,100

T3 | S3 - MAURICE PARADIS:  102,700

T3 | S4 - WILLIAM CAMPBELL:  384,700

T3 | S5 - RONNIE BARDAH:  123,300

T3 | S6 - STEPHANIE HUBBARD:  210,300

T3 | S7 - DANIEL WACH:  289,100

T3 | S8 - THOMAS MCGARRY:  264,600

T3 | S9 - LAWRENCE SHARP:  534,700

T4 | S1 - DAVID STEFANSKI:  322,000

T4 | S2 - ROCCO LUCIANO:  204,600

T4 | S3 - MORGAN LITWIN:  425,500

T4 | S4 - CHII CHING SUN:  281,100

T4 | S5 - TONY SINISHTAJ:  176,500

T4 | S6 - ROBERT AARONSON:  143,200

T4 | S7 - ANGEL GONZALEZ:  143,300

T4 | S8 - JOSEPH PRIMAVERA:  67,800

T4 | S9 - EDWARD PHAM:  245,500

T5 | S1 - BRIAN ENGLAND:  461,500

T5 | S2 - LAWRENCE ABRAMS:  738,000

T5 | S3 - ELAN BRANAS:  214,000

T5 | S4 - BEN CHOU:  686,800

T5 | S5 - DANIEL ROHDE:  142,700

T5 | S6 - ARA MELIKIAN:  410,700

T5 | S7 - JOANNE MONTEAVARO:  74,300

T5 | S8 - MIKE MESKIN:  570,200

T5 | S9 - RUSLAN DYKSHTEYN:  317,700

T6 | S1 - SHIRAZ HASAN:  318,200

T6 | S2 - LAWRENCE LAKATOSH:  295,300

T6 | S3 - JOSEPH NEIMAN:  371,100

T6 | S4 - GINTAUTAS PUTINAS:  37,000

T6 | S5 - STEPHEN SCALES:  119,400

T6 | S6 - STEVEN SAKLAD:  283,400

T6 | S7 - OFIR MOR:  268,500

T6 | S8 - CATHERINE DEVER:  242,300

T6 | S9 - DAVID INSELBERG:  88,600