Six Hand Gbehan

$700 + $70 NLH 6-Hand



Tuan Gbehan (Toms River, NJ) ran into some chip trouble when his A-Q ran into Opponents K-K and a Queen hit top pair on the flop.

Borgata regular Tuan told me six-handed was his specialty. "I like it. I like to punish these guys...or they punish me."

Tuan got some chips back from same Opponent after his A-2 saw a board of Q-A-6-J-A.

Tuan kept talking and betting and I guess his Opponent didn't believe him as he said, "I'll pay you off. I sort of owe you." Opponent flashes a Q. Tuan scoops.

Back From A Ten Minute Break.

Level 3 Begins - Borgata Blinds - 75 / 100.

Ace Magnet

$300 + $50 NLH

Student Bill (seat 3) Teacher Tuan (seat 10)

Bill Kitzerow (Centreville, VA) makes the right laydown against Tom Blackwell (Hatfield, PA).

Bill - "I had pocket kings, raised and got re-raised. I said to myself if an Ace hits the flop I'm gonna fold". Sure enough an Ace hit, Tom bet and Bill folded.

Both players agreed to show and honored the agreement. Bill's K-K vs. Tom's A-K.

Also at table 8 is poker pro Tuan Gbehan. Last year Bill recognized Tuan at a tournament and having only played for one year, asked him for some advice. Tuan's advice was helpful and Bill cashed big in his next tournament.

Bill's wife Yeeman is playing a couple tables over. She's been sending our blog all over Asia and the World. Thanks Yeeman.

Yes or No?

$170 + $30 NL Re-Entry

Not a "Syn"-koski to Re-Enter

A bad beat, a missed draw and redemption for flat out awful play are all reasons to get back in line and re-enter the tournament. But not everyone is willing to take advantage of a second chance.

Here's what people are saying about the option to re-enter:

James "Suits" Salters (Lakeview, NY), "Absolutely, but I don't plan on it."

Tuan Gbehan (Toms River, NJ), "No, I just won't do it."

Luis Santiago (Newark, NJ), "Nope, I'm one and done."

Kathy Synkoski (Fredrick, MD), "I plan on making a big comeback, with or without it."

Level 3 (75/150) is underway.

Event 12: $500+$60 Deep Stack Final Results

Borgata Summer Poker Open 2010
Event 12: $500 + $60 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em

June 20 - 22

Entries: 489 Total Buy-In: $244,500

FINAL RESULTS
1. TORPEKAY HABASHZADA (BROOMALL, PA): $67,877
2. JERRY BROWN (PHILADELPHIA, PA): $36,761
3. MICHAEL MURPHY (WILKES BARRE, PA): $18,973
4. KEVIN JOHNSON (BRIDGEWATER, NJ): $16,602
5. JENNIFER SO (GALLOWAY, NJ): $14,230
6. JEFFREY BLACK (VENTNOR, NJ): $11,858
7. DAVID GROSS (BROOKLYN, NY): $9,487
8. WILL JAFFE (BRIDGEHAMPTON, NY): $7,115
9. GEORGE ZIAS (BETHPAGE, NY): $4,744
10. JAY JOHNSON (PHILADELPHIA, PA): $3,083
11. BERNARD COLLINS (BAYVILLE, NJ): $3,083
12. ANTHONY CARUSO (MEDFORD, NJ): $3,083
13. MISAEL SANTIAGO (PHILADELPHIA, PA): $2,253
14. PHIL YEUNG (FLORAL PARK, NY): $2,253
15. THOMAS HUDSON (VIRGINIA BEACH, VA): $2,253
16. JUSTIN BLAIR (MARYDEL, DE): $1,636
17. ADAM COOK (PASADENA, MD): $1,636
18. RANDY GARCIA (WASHINGTON TWP, NJ): $1,636
19. ANTHONY GELFEN (REISTERSTOWN, MD): $1,304
20. TUAN GBEHAN (TOMS RIVER, NJ): $1,304
21. ROBERT JOHNSON (BRIDGEWATER, NJ): $1,304
22. BRYAN BINDERT (WENONAH, NJ): $1,304
23. YEVGENY GUREVICH (MANALAPAN, NJ): $1,304
24. GARY LOBELLO (HOLMDEL, NJ): $1,304
25. LEONARDO PALERMO (TOMS RIVER, NJ): $1,304
26. DAVID GOLDSTEIN (VOORHEES, NJ): $1,304
27. SHANE GOSLINE (BENSALEM, PA): $1,304
28. ROBERT KERZMAN (NEW YORK, NY): $996
29. GEORGE KOPP (OWINGS MILLS BA, MD): $996
30. NEELESH KALANI (PHILADELPHIA, PA): $996
31. WILLIAM JESSE (DALLAS, PA): $996
32. AKIM AKIMOV (PHILADELPHIA, PA): $996
33. MICHAEL DEFRANCESCO (PITTATON, PA): $996
34. PHILIP MORTON FELDMAN (PHILADELPHIA, PA): $996
35. THOMAS MARION (NETCONG, NJ): $996
36. ERIC SIEGEL (MELVILLE, NY): $996
37. DAVID SCHULMAN (BRIARCLIFF MANOR, NY): $878
38. MATTHEW CARROLL (PALOS PARK, IL): $878
39. BRETT ASNAS (ROSLYN HEIGHTS, NY): $878
40. MIKE RODRIGUEZ (LEDGEWOOD, NJ): $878
41. HARRY PIACITELLI (PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA): $878
42. DIMITRIOS BERGOS (BALTIMORE, MD): $878
43. PATRICK HARTILL (OZONE PARK, NY): $878
44. WILLIAM EVANS (ROCKVILLE, MD): $878
45. JON-MICHAEL REA (STEUBENVILLE, OH): $878

Last Level

Players Remaining: 40
Average Chip Stack: 95k
Blinds: 1,200/2,400/300 ante (Level 13)

Still in the field: Mike Dentale, James Salters, Sheree Bykofsky & Tuan Gbehan

Chip Counts for Day 2

$500 +60 NL Deep Stack NLH

Position-Name-Place-Chip Count

1	DENNIS	FREDERICK	DREXEL HILL	PA	341,400
2	GARY	LOBELLO	HOLMDEL	NJ	319,000
3	AKIM	AKIMOV	PHILADELPHIA	PA	277,300
4	JERRY	BROWN	PHILADELPHIA	PA	260,700
5	ADAM	COOK	PASADENA	MD	255,400
6	ROBERT	JOHNSON	BRIDGEWATER	NJ	232,500
7	PAUL	RAMBO	NEW CASTLE	DE	231,200
8	TORPEKAY	HABASHZADA	BROOMALL	PA	218,400
9	DANIEL	CHAN	NEW YORK	NY	206,100
10	MARK	TOMASKO	LITITZ	PA	197,900
11	DAVID	GOLDSTEIN	VOORHEES	NJ	194,100
12	ERIC	SIEGEL	MELVILLE	NY	192,600
13	SHANE	GOSLINE	BENSALEM	PA	192,200
14	MICHAEL	MURPHY	WILKES BARRE	PA	190,600
15	JEFFREY	BLACK	VENTNOR	NJ	177,500
16	RONALD	SESSINGER	WEST CHESTER	PA	177,300
17	PHILIP MORTON	FELDMAN	PHILADELPHIA	PA	175,000
18	BRUCE	BARTFELD	CHURCHVILLE	MD	167,200
19	BRETT	ASNAS	ROSLYN HEIGHTS	NY	161,800
20	JAY	JOHNSON	PHILADELPHIA	PA	158,400
21	ANTHONY	LAM	FAIRFAX	VA	158,100
22	ANTHONY	CARUSO	MEDFORD	NJ	154,000
23	JAMES	ROMOSER	WASHINGTON	DC	151,500
24	JAMES	SALTERS	WEST HEMPSTEAD	NY	148,300
25	ROBERT	KERZMAN	NEW YORK	NY	142,300
26	CARLOS	VALDIVIESO	ARLINGTON	TX	140,200
27	SACHIN	RAMRAKHANI	FORT LEE	NJ	140,000
28	KEVIN	JOHNSON	BRIDGEWATER	NJ	139,600
29	CRAIG	HUNKELE	ALLISON PARK	PA	135,200
30	TUAN	GBEHAN	TOMS RIVER	NJ	135,100
31	DAVID	GROSS	BROOKLYN	NY	135,000
32	GEORGE	ANTONAKOS	BALTIMORE	MD	128,700
33	NEELESH	KALANI	PHILADELPHIA	PA	127,200
34	MICHAEL	CARUSO	FLOURTOWN	PA	122,100
35	JON-MICHAEL	REA	STEUBENVILLE	OH	121,900
36	LOUIS	PETEROY	STATEN ISLAND	NY	121,000
37	MIKE	RODRIGUEZ	LEDGEWOOD	NJ	120,100
38	PATRICK	HARTILL	OZONE PARK	NY	119,400
39	GEORGE	ZIAS	BETHPAGE	NY	117,800
40	THOMAS	HUDSON	VIRGINIA BEACH	VA	116,600
41	BRYAN	BINDERT	WENONAH	NJ	116,000
42	USHER	LEMBERG	FAIR LAWN	NJ	115,500
43	THOMAS	PSCHAR	RINGOES	NJ	109,700
44	PETER	LOMBARDO	BROOKLYN	NY	108,800
45	SUNG BOK	LEE	SEOUL	89	108,100
46	CRAIG	SANTORO	ANNANDALE	NJ	106,200
47	KENNETH	BENES	LAKE GROVE	NY	105,800
48	DAVID	SCHULMAN	BRIARCLIFF MANOR	NY	103,600
49	SHEREE	BYKOFSKY	ATLANTIC CITY	NJ	103,000
50	ROBERT	GALLAGHER	PHILADELPHIA	PA	102,200
51	DANIEL	SPIRER	MECHANICSVILLE	PA	101,100
52	RANDY	GARCIA	WASHINGTON TWP	NJ	98,500
53	SHANNON	TOWNSEND	VILAS	NC	97,100
54	ROBERT	KASLOV	STATEN ISLAND	NY	96,700
55	JEFFREY	KEHOE	HADDONFIELD	NJ	94,800
56	KOBI	WALDFOGEL	PHILADELPHIA	PA	94,300
57	BERNARD	COLLINS	BAYVILLE	NJ	93,400
58	LEONARDO	PALERMO	TOMS RIVER	NJ	92,600
59	MAZEN	KARNABY	NEW YORK	NY	89,300
60	WILL	JAFFE	BRIDGEHAMPTON	NY	89,200
61	ANTHONY	GELFEN	REISTERSTOWN	MD	89,000
62	HOVAN	NGUYEN	PASADENA	MD	88,000
63	JOHN	DORAN	WOOLWICH TWP	NJ	87,800
64	MIKHAIL	KAZAKEVICH	RICHBORO	PA	86,300
65	ALBERT	GARVER	WASHINGTON	DC	83,500
66	HARRY	PIACITELLI	PLYMOUTH MEETING	PA	83,500
67	LEIBY	GOLDBERGER	BROOKLYN	NY	81,100
68	GREGORY	ROCHESTER	DEER PARK	NY	79,900
69	BRETT	YORIO	HARTSDALE	NY	79,000
70	TRAVIS	HORNING	SHERMANS DALE	PA	77,800
71	DIMITRIOS	BERGOS	BALTIMORE	MD	77,300
72	MISAEL	SANTIAGO	PHILADELPHIA	PA	77,200
73	CLIFFORD	PETERSON	CHESAPEAKE CITY	MD	76,800
74	YEVGENY	GUREVICH	MANALAPAN	NJ	73,000
75	TIMOTHY	DALESSANDRO	WEST CHESTER	PA	72,500
76	BARBARA	ROGERS	LOCK HAVEN	PA	69,700
77	JOSEPH	BOVINO	WESTMONT	NJ	69,600
78	MICHAEL	DEFRANCESCO	PITTATON	PA	67,900
79	JOSHUA	HERTZ	GLENSIDE	PA	67,200
80	THOMAS	MARION	NETCONG	NJ	63,500
81	ASHOKKUMA	DESAI	EDISON	NJ	63,300
82	PHIL	YEUNG	FLORAL PARK	NY	62,500
83	STACY	BRACEY	NASHVILLE	NC	62,300
84	FRANK	GIUNTA	COLLEGEVILLE	PA	61,100
85	ROBERT	NGUYEN	W. NEW YORK	NJ	61,000
86	MATTHEW	MAZZEO	E WILLISTON	NY	60,000
87	IGOR	LULOV	BROOKLYN	NY	58,700
88	JEFFREY	WICKER	BRISTOL	PA	57,300
89	DANIEL	ONISZCZUK	FAIR LAWN	NJ	57,000
90	DOMINIC	POPOLIZIO	DOWNINGTOWN	PA	56,300
91	EDWIN	LAU	PHILADELPHIA	PA	55,900
92	JOSEPH	CALDERON	EDEN	NY	53,700
93	WILLIAM	JESSE	DALLAS	PA	52,700
94	PHIL	LIFSCHITZ	LIVINGSTON	NJ	52,600
95	JENNIFER	SO	GALLOWAY	NJ	51,900
96	ROBERT	PECORARO	ROCHESTER	NY	51,700
97	PATRICK	YUN	LAWRENCEVILLE	NJ	49,400
98	STEVEN	COSENZA	NEW YORK	NY	49,000
99	CHRISTOPHER	CURTIN	WARMINSTER	PA	48,300
100	ROBERT	WOTCZAK	GARDEN CITY	NY	45,600
101	DOUGLAS	ROSEN	TAPPAN	NY	44,900
102	GEORGE	KOPP	OWINGS MILLS	MD	44,000
103	DAVID	SHAFRIN	BELLEVILE	NJ	42,400
104	WILLIAM	EVANS	ROCKVILLE	MD	40,600
105	JAMES	CALLARI	HICKSVILLE	NY	40,000
106	JAMES	WEAVER	CORAOPOLIS	PA	38,700
107	MATTHEW	CARROLL	PALOS PARK	IL	36,100
108	RICARDO	FRANCO	PHILADELPHIA	PA	36,100
109	JINGWU	CAI	HAZEL PARK	MI	35,500
110	NANCY	MARTIN	WASH.CROSS	PA	35,500
111	DEREK	BLENMAN	ARVERNE	NY	30,500
112	WILLIAM	BRADEN	TOMS RIVER	NJ	29,800
113	KENNETH	SMITH	LAS VEGAS	NV	28,300
114	ROBERT	GEOGHEGAN	STAT. ISLAND	NY	28,000
115	RICHARD	RICE	HAYMARKET	VA	25,600
116	JUSTIN	BLAIR	MARYDEL	DE	21,200

End of Day 1B Chip Counts

1st in chips: Dennis Frederick (Philadelphia, PA) 341,400

2nd in chips: Gary Lobello (Holmdel, NJ) 319,000

3rd in chips: Akim Akimov (Havertown, PA) 277,300

Event #12 $500 + $60 Deep Stack NLH (1B)

Number of Entries on 1A: 153
Number of Entries on 1B: 336
Number of Total Entries: 489

Total Buy-In: $244,500

Unofficial Chip Counts From Day 1B

1. Dennis Frederick.................341,000
2. Gary Lobello.........................319,000
3. Akim Akimov........................277,300
4. Jerry Brown..........................260,700
5. Robert P. Johnson................232,500
6. Paul Rambo...........................231,200
7. Torpekay Habashzada.........218,400
8. Daniel Chan............................206,100
9. Mark Tomasko......................197,900
10. Eric Siegel...............................192,600

Ten tables remain from 1B and will be added to the 31 players remaining from 1A.

Day 2 scheduled to begin at 2PM June 22, 2010 in Borgata Poker Room.

Sidenote on our overall chipleader Dennis Frederick (Philadelphia, PA). He was down to 3,000 chips early on, build back up, then dropped down again to 6,000.

Dennis - "When I had only 4,000 chips I folded A-K pre-flop. Everyone thought I was crazy but the guy had pocket eights and they held. I would have lost and been out."

Deep Stack 1A Chip Counts:
1. Adam Cook 255,400
2. David Goldstein 194,100
3. Shane Gosline 192,200
4. Ronald Sessinger 177,300
5. Philip Morton Feldman 175,000
6. Brett Asnas 161,800
7. Anthony Caruso 154,000
8. James Romoser 151,500
9. James Salters 148,300
10. Craig Hunkele 135,200
11. Tuan Gbehan 135,100
12. Patrick Hartill 119,400
13. George Zias 117,800
14. Thomas Hudson 116,600
15. Bryan Bindert 116,000
16. Usher Lemberg 115,500
17. Sheree Bykofsky 103,000
18. Jeffrey Kehoe 94,800
19. Mazen Karnaby 89,300
20t. Albert Garver 83,500
20t. Harry Piacitelli 83,500
22. Leiby Goldberger 81,100
23. Gregory Rochester 79,900
24. Misael Santiago 77,200
25. Joshua Hertz 67,200
26. Dominic Popolizio 56,300
27. Edwin Lau 55,900
28. Phil Lifschitz 52,600
29. Douglas Rosen 44,900
3o. Robert Geoghegan 28,000
31. Justin Blair 21,200

In The House

$200 + $30 NL

Borgata Regulars in the field:

James Boyle
Joe Brooks
Eric Doerr
Tuan Gbehan
Ahmad Wardak

Joey "The B" Brooks

End of Day 1A Chip Counts

$500 +60 NL Deep Stack (1A)

Adam Cook

Position-Name-Chip Count

1. Adam Cook 255,400
2. David Goldstein 194,100
3. Shane Gosline 192,200
4. Ronald Sessinger 177,300
5. Philip Morton Feldman 175,000
6. Brett Asnas 161,800
7. Anthony Caruso 154,000
8. James Romoser 151,500
9. James Salters 148,300
10. Craig Hunkele 135,200
11. Tuan Gbehan 135,100
12. Patrick Hartill 119,400
13. George Zias 117,800
14. Thomas Hudson 116,600
15. Bryan Bindert 116,000
16. Usher Lemberg 115,500
17. Sheree Bykofsky 103,000
18. Jeffrey Kehoe 94,800
19. Mazen Karnaby 89,300
20t. Albert Garver 83,500
20t. Harry Piacitelli 83,500
22. Leiby Goldberger 81,100
23. Gregory Rochester 79,900
24. Misael Santiago 77,200
25. Joshua Hertz 67,200
26. Dominic Popolizio 56,300
27. Edwin Lau 55,900
28. Phil Lifschitz 52,600
29. Douglas Rosen 44,900
3o. Robert Geoghegan 28,000
31. Justin Blair 21,200