$1000 + $90 Six-Max NL (Re-Entry)
On a board of 3 8 3, Mickey Woll is all in and at risk.
Woll: 8 4
Leah: K 8
Leah has the better kicker, but when the case 8 hits the turn both have the same full house, 8s full of 3s. The river queen means it's a chopped pot and Woll stays alive.
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Event 16: Moving Up & Over
$1000 + $90 Six-Max NL (Re-Entry)
As the Signature Room closes for the night the last two tournament players have been relocated to the Poker Room. Mike Leah still has a 2 to 1 chip lead over Mickey Woll, who has 1 million chips (42 BB).
Blinds are now 12k/24k with a 3k ante.
As the Signature Room closes for the night the last two tournament players have been relocated to the Poker Room. Mike Leah still has a 2 to 1 chip lead over Mickey Woll, who has 1 million chips (42 BB).
Blinds are now 12k/24k with a 3k ante.
Event 17: Day 1A End of Night Chips
$2500 + $200 Championship NLH Double Play (Re-Entry)
Current Standings from Day 1A
1. Matt Woodward................. 294,700
2. Danny Currie..................... 209,400
3. Jeff Papola......................... 179,000
4. Eric Ladney........................ 158,600
5. Mike Dentale...................... 153,325
6. Morgan Litwin................... 145,300
7. Joel Gola............................. 142,000
8. Joe....................................... 140,000
9. Orson Young....................... 135,900
10. Rep Porter......................... 117,700
11. Anthony Cousineau........... 111,000
12. David Clarke...................... 110,800
13. Tony Sinishtaj.................... 108,300
14. Brock Parker...................... 108,100
Average stack is 72,000
Congratulations again to the chip leader Matt Woodward who takes home a $3,000 bonus for having the most chips.
Another 3K will be awarded at the end of Day 1B which kicks off April 16th at 11AM.
Unofficially 55 players wrapped things up in the Signature Room and bagged their chips.
Current Standings from Day 1A
1. Matt Woodward................. 294,700
2. Danny Currie..................... 209,400
3. Jeff Papola......................... 179,000
4. Eric Ladney........................ 158,600
5. Mike Dentale...................... 153,325
6. Morgan Litwin................... 145,300
7. Joel Gola............................. 142,000
8. Joe....................................... 140,000
9. Orson Young....................... 135,900
10. Rep Porter......................... 117,700
11. Anthony Cousineau........... 111,000
12. David Clarke...................... 110,800
13. Tony Sinishtaj.................... 108,300
14. Brock Parker...................... 108,100
Average stack is 72,000
Congratulations again to the chip leader Matt Woodward who takes home a $3,000 bonus for having the most chips.
Another 3K will be awarded at the end of Day 1B which kicks off April 16th at 11AM.
Unofficially 55 players wrapped things up in the Signature Room and bagged their chips.
Event 17: End of Night Chip Leader
$2500 + $200 Championship NLH Double Play (Re-Entry)
In one of the last hands of the night, Matt flopped a set a fives and improved to a full house for a healthy scoop. That hand pushed Matt to a secure victory as the chip leader.
After a count, he officially wins the $3,000 end of night bonus prize.
"This is great...I don't bring any cash...now I can play some Borgata tables" said Woodward.
Danny Currie comes up short with 209,400 and is second guessing again whether or not he should have finalized a deal with four hands to go.
Matt Woodward - 294,000
In one of the last hands of the night, Matt flopped a set a fives and improved to a full house for a healthy scoop. That hand pushed Matt to a secure victory as the chip leader.
After a count, he officially wins the $3,000 end of night bonus prize.
"This is great...I don't bring any cash...now I can play some Borgata tables" said Woodward.
Danny Currie comes up short with 209,400 and is second guessing again whether or not he should have finalized a deal with four hands to go.
Event 16: Heads Up
$1000 + $90 Six-Max NL (Re-Entry)
Mike Leah has a 2 to 1 chip lead over Mickey Woll as heads up play is underway. First prize is $42,373, while the runner-up earns $25,043.
Mike Leah has a 2 to 1 chip lead over Mickey Woll as heads up play is underway. First prize is $42,373, while the runner-up earns $25,043.
Event 17: Four More Hands
$2500 + $200 Championship NLH Double Play (Re-Entry)
Floor announces just four more hands to go until we call it a night.
Unless a huge pot brews, it looks like a two person race for the 3K bonus.
Matt Woodward and Danny Currie.
It's really too close to call as each guy has 210,000 - 220,000.
Floor announces just four more hands to go until we call it a night.
Unless a huge pot brews, it looks like a two person race for the 3K bonus.
Matt Woodward and Danny Currie.
It's really too close to call as each guy has 210,000 - 220,000.
Event 17: Ladny Does Some Laundry
$2500 + $200 Championship NLH Double Play (Re-Entry)
Eric Ladny (Corner of 4th & River) admits he just sucked out on Alex Queen to knock him out.
Matt Woodward opened the pot, Eric 3-bet with A-Q off and Alex shoved with KK.
Matt got out of the way and Eric came along for the ride. He hit runner-runner for the flush.
Edward Pham occupied the empty seat causing Eric to say, "Body Bag coming in".
Pham is sitting directly to Mike Sica's right.
Other bustouts include Vinny T losing his last short stack race when his 66 fell to a rivered A.
Also saw Jessie Cohen heading towards the exits.
56 remain.
Eric Ladny (Corner of 4th & River) admits he just sucked out on Alex Queen to knock him out.
Matt Woodward opened the pot, Eric 3-bet with A-Q off and Alex shoved with KK.
Matt got out of the way and Eric came along for the ride. He hit runner-runner for the flush.
Edward Pham occupied the empty seat causing Eric to say, "Body Bag coming in".
Pham is sitting directly to Mike Sica's right.
Other bustouts include Vinny T losing his last short stack race when his 66 fell to a rivered A.
Also saw Jessie Cohen heading towards the exits.
56 remain.
Event 16: 3rd Place - Lerner
$1000 + $90 Six-Max NL (Re-Entry)
Lenny Lerner is the short stack and loses most of his chips to Mike Leah on a J J 5 5 x board. Leah shows down J 9 for the winning full house and Lerner mucks saying he had the smaller boat with A 5.
Lerner then ships his last 250k with Q 8 and Mickey Woll wins the hand with pocket fives.
Lerner is a retired physical therapist who is originally from the Ukraine and loves the six-max action. "It's more exciting," he says comparing it to a full ring game. "You don't have time to wait for hands, the blinds go, go, go."
Lerner finishes in third place and takes home $19,293. It's one his largest tournament cash, second only to his 2010 Borgata score of $102,000 in one of the guaranteed double plays.
Lenny Lerner (Brooklyn, NY)
$19,293
Lenny Lerner is the short stack and loses most of his chips to Mike Leah on a J J 5 5 x board. Leah shows down J 9 for the winning full house and Lerner mucks saying he had the smaller boat with A 5.
Lerner then ships his last 250k with Q 8 and Mickey Woll wins the hand with pocket fives.
Lerner is a retired physical therapist who is originally from the Ukraine and loves the six-max action. "It's more exciting," he says comparing it to a full ring game. "You don't have time to wait for hands, the blinds go, go, go."
Lerner finishes in third place and takes home $19,293. It's one his largest tournament cash, second only to his 2010 Borgata score of $102,000 in one of the guaranteed double plays.
Event 17: Four In At Three
$2500 + $200 Championship NLH Double Play (Re-Entry)
And Table-3 seems like a nice table.
61 Players remain.
Table 3
Alex Villarreal (Long Island, NY) finds luck at the right time to quad up. The winner of the main pot was Adam Miller (Philadelphia, PA) with A-K.
Alex had A-J and found a gutterball on the turn and is now sitting on 25,000.
One player was knocked-out by Adam in the 70,000 pot.
Board: Q-K-8-10-4
Elan Branas is sitting a couple seats to Adam's left and had good things to say after playing with him all day..."Adam is a nice guy".
Alex had A-J and found a gutterball on the turn and is now sitting on 25,000.
One player was knocked-out by Adam in the 70,000 pot.
Board: Q-K-8-10-4
Elan Branas is sitting a couple seats to Adam's left and had good things to say after playing with him all day..."Adam is a nice guy".
And Table-3 seems like a nice table.
61 Players remain.
Event 17: Papola Party
$2500 + $200 Championship NLH Double Play (Re-Entry)
Jeff Papola has joined the end of the night party and is in the running for the 3K bonus.
He wakes up to AA and has a couple shorter stacks simultaneously spaz out.
Jeff knocks two players out and collects their 20,000 & 10,000 stacks.
Matt Woodward is the tournament leader now with 220,000.
Joe improved his stack after hitting a non-diamond gutterball on the river for the straight and the scoop. This of course caused Mikey Dentale to stand up in amazement and say, "How do you do that? How do you make that happen?"
Danny Currie told me he was in the running during the 2012 Borgata Winter Poker Open 3K bonus and the other leader in the race offered a split. Danny looked down at JJ and turned him down. The leader hit a King on the river and went on to win the prize.
"I'll never turn that down again" said Danny who called his move greedy and dumb.
Jeff Papola - 185,000
Jeff Papola has joined the end of the night party and is in the running for the 3K bonus.
He wakes up to AA and has a couple shorter stacks simultaneously spaz out.
Jeff knocks two players out and collects their 20,000 & 10,000 stacks.
Matt Woodward is the tournament leader now with 220,000.
Joe improved his stack after hitting a non-diamond gutterball on the river for the straight and the scoop. This of course caused Mikey Dentale to stand up in amazement and say, "How do you do that? How do you make that happen?"
Danny Currie told me he was in the running during the 2012 Borgata Winter Poker Open 3K bonus and the other leader in the race offered a split. Danny looked down at JJ and turned him down. The leader hit a King on the river and went on to win the prize.
"I'll never turn that down again" said Danny who called his move greedy and dumb.
Event 16: Final Three Chip Counts
$1000 + $90 Six-Max NL (Re-Entry)
Mike Leah (Las Vegas, NV) 1.3 million
Mickey Woll (Manahawkin, NJ) 1.1 million
Leonid Lerner (Brooklyn, NY) 700k
Blinds going up to 10k/20k/3k ante
Mike Leah (Las Vegas, NV) 1.3 million
Mickey Woll (Manahawkin, NJ) 1.1 million
Leonid Lerner (Brooklyn, NY) 700k
Blinds going up to 10k/20k/3k ante
Event 16: 4th Place - Corley
$1000 + $90 Six-Max NL (Re-Entry)
Richard Corley (Brooklyn, NY)
$15,132
Richard Corley loses most of his stack to Mike Leah and is then knocked out by Lenny Lerner.
Blinds 8k/16k, 2k ante
Leah opens, Corley calls.
Flop: A 7 x
Leah bets, Corely calls
Turn: Q
Leah bets, Corley calls
River: 7
Leah bets, Corely calls
Showdown:
Leah: 5 7 (trip 7s)
Corley: Q 10
"He was opening a lot of pots," says Corley, "so I floated the flop and hit the queen. Not betting was a mistake."
Corley is left with only 100k and is out soon after losing the hand to Leah.
Corley, who works in NYC, picks up his second cash of the series, which doesn't include a final table in one of the Borgata Spring Poker Open 7 pm tournaments.
He takes home $15,132, the largest tournament cash of his career, for his 4th place finish.
Event 17: Busacca Socks Cohen
$2500 + $200 Championship NLH Double Play (Re-Entry)
48,000 pot is taken down by Sal Busacca (Colts Neck, NJ) after his QQ cracks Jessie Cohen's AA.
Cohen is still alive with 14,000.
It was only Sal's third hand dealt after a table change to Table 5. Welcome to the table!
70 Players remain.
62,142 average stack.
Blinds: 300 / 600 with 75 antes.
48,000 pot is taken down by Sal Busacca (Colts Neck, NJ) after his QQ cracks Jessie Cohen's AA.
Cohen is still alive with 14,000.
It was only Sal's third hand dealt after a table change to Table 5. Welcome to the table!
70 Players remain.
62,142 average stack.
Blinds: 300 / 600 with 75 antes.
Event 16: 5th Place - Maio
$1000 + $90 Six-Max NL (Re-Entry)
Anthony Maio was the chip leader heading into Day 2, but a missed timed bluff cost him half his stack and is eliminated a short time later. Maio bluffed his K 6 into the pocket aces of Richard Corley who doubled to 600k.
The blow cut Maio in half and he was ousted by Mickey Woll who had him dominated AK vs AJ.
This is Maio's second cash of the Borgata Spring Poker Open as he takes home $11,727 for his fifth place finish.
Anthony Maio (Jamison, PA)
$11,727
Anthony Maio was the chip leader heading into Day 2, but a missed timed bluff cost him half his stack and is eliminated a short time later. Maio bluffed his K 6 into the pocket aces of Richard Corley who doubled to 600k.
The blow cut Maio in half and he was ousted by Mickey Woll who had him dominated AK vs AJ.
This is Maio's second cash of the Borgata Spring Poker Open as he takes home $11,727 for his fifth place finish.
Event 17: Currie Clocks Cimpan
$2500 + $200 Championship NLH Double Play (Re-Entry)
Danny Currie collects a big pot and knocks out two players when his A-K holds against A-J and A-J.
Cornell Cimpan 4-bet shoved 90,000 with A-J and was called by big stack Currie.
Board ran out A-9-7-6-3.
Currie in better shape to collect the $3,000 bonus with just south of 200,000.
Danny Currie collects a big pot and knocks out two players when his A-K holds against A-J and A-J.
Cornell Cimpan 4-bet shoved 90,000 with A-J and was called by big stack Currie.
Board ran out A-9-7-6-3.
Currie in better shape to collect the $3,000 bonus with just south of 200,000.
Event 16: 6th Place - Dannenmann
$1000 + $90 Six-Max NL (Re-Entry)
Steve Dannenmann ships 10 big blinds with Q J and is up against chip leader Mike Leah's A Q.
The board is A Q K 4 J and Leah's two pairs is best as he adds Dannenmann's last 160k to his stack; Leah is close to 1 million in chips.
This is Dannenmann's second Borgata final table of 2012 as he finished 9th in the Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship for a $44,000 payday.
Dannenmann, the 2005 WSOP Main Event runner-up to Joe Hachem, is a CPA, so wondered how he could be playing poker in the midst of tax season. "Because I'm the boss," he says with a hardy laugh.
April 15th is the normal deadline to file income taxes, but because the 15th is on a Sunday you have until the 17th.
With his 6th place finish Steve Dannenmann, now has $6,431 to account for in next year's tax bill.
Steve Dannenmann (Severn, MD)
$6,431
Blinds 8k/16k, 2k ante
Steve Dannenmann ships 10 big blinds with Q J and is up against chip leader Mike Leah's A Q.
The board is A Q K 4 J and Leah's two pairs is best as he adds Dannenmann's last 160k to his stack; Leah is close to 1 million in chips.
This is Dannenmann's second Borgata final table of 2012 as he finished 9th in the Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship for a $44,000 payday.
Dannenmann, the 2005 WSOP Main Event runner-up to Joe Hachem, is a CPA, so wondered how he could be playing poker in the midst of tax season. "Because I'm the boss," he says with a hardy laugh.
April 15th is the normal deadline to file income taxes, but because the 15th is on a Sunday you have until the 17th.
With his 6th place finish Steve Dannenmann, now has $6,431 to account for in next year's tax bill.
Event 17: Currie Buries Table
$2500 + $200 Championship NLH Double Play (Re-Entry)
Danny Currie just flipped over a nice bluff holding K-2. This kid has been building up a nice wall of chips throughout the day.
At this point the top three in the room battling for the $3000 bonus end of night prize is Danny Currie and Matt Woodward.
All are on different tables and are taking care of business there.
Danny Currie - 165,000
Danny Currie just flipped over a nice bluff holding K-2. This kid has been building up a nice wall of chips throughout the day.
At this point the top three in the room battling for the $3000 bonus end of night prize is Danny Currie and Matt Woodward.
All are on different tables and are taking care of business there.
Event 16: Level Up
$1000 + $90 Six-Max NL (Re-Entry)
After coming back from dinner the six remaining players finished the 6k/12k, 2k ante level which had 36 minutes remaining. There's been no significant changes in chip stacks as blinds are now 8k/16k, 2k ante.
After coming back from dinner the six remaining players finished the 6k/12k, 2k ante level which had 36 minutes remaining. There's been no significant changes in chip stacks as blinds are now 8k/16k, 2k ante.
Satty Celebration
Championship Qualifier
The 12 pm Satellite ($300, ~1 in 10 win seats) is in the books and nine players are heading to the Championship Event. Wooyang Lin (Morristown, NJ) who calls himself the "Lin-sanity of Poker" had 40% of the chips in play and did a a lot of the heavy lifting to help trim the field.
"I had good fortune today," says Lin, who finished third in Event 5 for $10,450. "I has hitting everything, straights and flushes." But Lin doesn't expect the trend to continue in the Championship.
"Anytime I do well in a satellite it never continues," he says. "So I'm going to play slow during the first levels and only play good cards. I'm going to trust my instincts."
The nine seat winners will be playing in Monday's Day 1B, while Edward Lyston (Hanover, PA) earns $843 for finishing in 10th place.
Satellite Seat Winners
Wooyang Lin (Morristown, NJ)
Harmon Steiner (Hartford, CT)
Robert Aaronson (Brooklyn, NY)
Jeremiah McKenna (Norwalk, CT)
Steve Scales (Redbank, NJ)
Paul Darden (Warterbury, CT)
Mike Monter (Fredricksburg, VA)
Mark Borges (Glen Rock, NJ)
Luong Phung (Anytown, USA)
10th Place - Edward Lyston (Hanover, PA) $843
Lin-sanity Ready for Day 1B
The 12 pm Satellite ($300, ~1 in 10 win seats) is in the books and nine players are heading to the Championship Event. Wooyang Lin (Morristown, NJ) who calls himself the "Lin-sanity of Poker" had 40% of the chips in play and did a a lot of the heavy lifting to help trim the field.
"I had good fortune today," says Lin, who finished third in Event 5 for $10,450. "I has hitting everything, straights and flushes." But Lin doesn't expect the trend to continue in the Championship.
"Anytime I do well in a satellite it never continues," he says. "So I'm going to play slow during the first levels and only play good cards. I'm going to trust my instincts."
The nine seat winners will be playing in Monday's Day 1B, while Edward Lyston (Hanover, PA) earns $843 for finishing in 10th place.
Wooyang Lin (Morristown, NJ)
Harmon Steiner (Hartford, CT)
Robert Aaronson (Brooklyn, NY)
Jeremiah McKenna (Norwalk, CT)
Steve Scales (Redbank, NJ)
Paul Darden (Warterbury, CT)
Mike Monter (Fredricksburg, VA)
Mark Borges (Glen Rock, NJ)
Luong Phung (Anytown, USA)
10th Place - Edward Lyston (Hanover, PA) $843
Event 17: New Chip Leader
$2500 + $200 Championship NLH Double Play (Re-Entry)
Matt Woodward has over two million in career earnings. If he continues to be the chip leader, he'll tack on another 3,000 and be in good position for Day 2.
"I played a lot of big pots" said Matt whose been at the same seat and table all day.
Another player at the table chimed in how Matt is a dead ringer for Star Trek actor Chris Pine.
You be the judge.
Matt Woodward - 185,000 & Actor Chris Pine
Matt Woodward has over two million in career earnings. If he continues to be the chip leader, he'll tack on another 3,000 and be in good position for Day 2.
"I played a lot of big pots" said Matt whose been at the same seat and table all day.
Another player at the table chimed in how Matt is a dead ringer for Star Trek actor Chris Pine.
You be the judge.
Event 17: Dinner Done
$2500 + $200 Championship NLH Double Play (Re-Entry)
Mike "Little Man" Sica admits he's superstitious when it comes to poker. For the Championship Event he brought out the tooth pick canister with his name on it. It'll stay on the table as long as he continues to run well.
Mike finished in 5th Place in Event 13 a few nights ago.
He started off the day playing beside Gordon Eng, Alex Queen, and Brock Parker. Now he's been moved to a table that has the chip leader with 176,000.
Pop-Pop Sica says "Hello to my grandchildren, Juliana (7) and Tommy (4).
Dinner break is over - play resumes in the Signature Room.
Don't forget the chip leader at the end of the night pockets a $3000 cash prize.
Pick Your Teeth Clean After Dinner
Mike "Little Man" Sica admits he's superstitious when it comes to poker. For the Championship Event he brought out the tooth pick canister with his name on it. It'll stay on the table as long as he continues to run well.
Mike finished in 5th Place in Event 13 a few nights ago.
He started off the day playing beside Gordon Eng, Alex Queen, and Brock Parker. Now he's been moved to a table that has the chip leader with 176,000.
Pop-Pop Sica says "Hello to my grandchildren, Juliana (7) and Tommy (4).
Dinner break is over - play resumes in the Signature Room.
Don't forget the chip leader at the end of the night pockets a $3000 cash prize.
Event 17: Good Cop Walks Bad Beat
$2500 + $200 Championship NLH Double Play (Re-Entry)
Mario Rodriguez (Jersey City, NJ) says he would have been the chip leader if not for a runner runner hit courtesy of Joe.
Mario tells us during dinner break how he raised every street and Joe called him down with a flush draw then hit Q-Q for the best hand and a 60,000 pot.
We thank Mario for his service the past 11 years as a Police Officer. "I can spot when these guys are trying to steal" says the man in blue.
Mario Rodriguez - 40,000
Mario Rodriguez (Jersey City, NJ) says he would have been the chip leader if not for a runner runner hit courtesy of Joe.
Mario tells us during dinner break how he raised every street and Joe called him down with a flush draw then hit Q-Q for the best hand and a 60,000 pot.
We thank Mario for his service the past 11 years as a Police Officer. "I can spot when these guys are trying to steal" says the man in blue.
Event 16: Chip Counts
$1000 + $90 Six-Max NL (Re-Entry)
Name-Chip Count
Leonid Lerner (Brooklyn, NY) 770k
Mike Leah (Las Vegas, NV) 730k
Anthony Maio (Jamison, PA) 620k
Mickey Woll (Manahawkin, NJ) 575k
Richard Corley (Brooklyn, NY) 398k
Steve Dannenmann (Severn, MD) 168k
Name-Chip Count
Leonid Lerner (Brooklyn, NY) 770k
Mike Leah (Las Vegas, NV) 730k
Anthony Maio (Jamison, PA) 620k
Mickey Woll (Manahawkin, NJ) 575k
Richard Corley (Brooklyn, NY) 398k
Steve Dannenmann (Severn, MD) 168k
Event 17: Eats & Tweets
$2500 + $200 Championship NLH Double Play (Re-Entry)
Rep Porter
Dinner break. I have 96k. Ave is 52k
Gordon Eng
Almost dinner time up to 50k bb 500
Mike Dentale
Just won a 60k pot in epic fashion. You guys would love this story.
Manh Nguyen
Lost a flip to Edward Pham for my tournament life. There's always tomorrow!
Rep Porter
Dinner break. I have 96k. Ave is 52k
Gordon Eng
Almost dinner time up to 50k bb 500
Mike Dentale
Just won a 60k pot in epic fashion. You guys would love this story.
Manh Nguyen
Lost a flip to Edward Pham for my tournament life. There's always tomorrow!
Event 17: Dinner Time
$2500 + $200 Championship NLH Double Play (Re-Entry)
The remaining 81 Players are taking a 75 minute dinner break.
Everyone was given a dinner voucher to use at the The Cafeteria, The Metropolitan, Bread+Butter, Izakaya, Wolfgang Puck American Grille, SeaBlue, Borgata Buffet, Fornelletto, etc.
Due back at 8:45 PM to play until Level 10 ends (around midnight).
Average chip stack - $53,705
After dinner break Level 9 blinds will be 300 / 600 with 75 antes.
The remaining 81 Players are taking a 75 minute dinner break.
Everyone was given a dinner voucher to use at the The Cafeteria, The Metropolitan, Bread+Butter, Izakaya, Wolfgang Puck American Grille, SeaBlue, Borgata Buffet, Fornelletto, etc.
Due back at 8:45 PM to play until Level 10 ends (around midnight).
Average chip stack - $53,705
After dinner break Level 9 blinds will be 300 / 600 with 75 antes.
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