Event 9: Dalessandro Down

$300 + $50 PLO

Tim Dalessandro (West Chester, PA)

8th Place - $920

Tim Dalessandro is on the rail after his pair of kings in the hole are beaten by Mark Steitz who holds 7-4-6-5. Steitz flops two pairs and winds up with a straight when an 8 hits the turn, as Dalessandro heads to the cage for an 8th place finish at the Borgata Summer Poker Open.

Blinds are up to 3k/6k as Level 16 is underway.

Event 9: Jonesing for the Money

$300 + $50 PLO

Mark Jones (Philadelphia, PA)

9th Place - $690

Mark Jones is in the big blind for 4k and reluctantly puts in his final 6k to try and stay alive.

There's a dry side pot between Darren Sylvin and Frank Pugliese and when the dust settles, Pugliese tables A-5-3-7 for trip 5s to eliminate Jones in 9th place in Event 9 of the Borgata Summer Poker Open.

Event 9: Off The Marc

$300 + $50 PLO

Aronson Out in 10th (Bubble Boy)

The bubble breaks when Marc Aronson (Bronx, NY) puts in his last 25k after flopping a set. Mark Steitz makes the call and gets help when he hits a gutter ball on the turn.

Steitz's straight knocks out Aronson in 10th place, guaranteeing the final nine players at least $690.

Level 15 (2k/4k) continues.

Event 9: Boiling Bubbles

$300 + $50 PLO

Borgata's Top 10 in PLO

The action is really heating up with the two big stacks colliding as the remaining 10 players are on the bubble, one spot off the money.

Steven Buckley has no fear and on back-to-back hands pots the action preflop after a raise by chip leader Mark Steitz. After folding the first time, Steitz makes the call and they see a flop of
A♠ 4♠ J♣.

Buckley, who projects the image of a wild man, leads out for 30k and after tanking, Steitz makes the call.

The turn is the 3♣, and Buckley pushes all in for ~80k, putting Steitz to the test. Steitz, the more conservative of the two players, folds after a lot of internal deliberation. "I picked up another draw," he says.

Buckley's now the chip leader and quickly tables A♣ 6♣, for top pair and the nut flush draw.

Steitz has lost ~70k since play is down to one table.

Players are now on dinner break and play resumes with Level 15 (2k/4k).

Event 8: Slow Go

$300 + $50 NLH

Only one player has busted since the field returned from dinner break, putting the number at 39.

Bob Florence (Martinsburg, WV) continues to muscle his table with the big stack.

Level 12 (1k/2k/300 ante) is underway.

Event 9: Final Table (Sort of)

$300 + $50 PLO

The final 10 players are all seat at one table, but some in the poker world don't consider it a final table until only nine remain. That's a debate for another time, but for now these players are on the bubble as the top nine cash.

Seat-Name-Chip Count

1. Darren Sylvin (Parsippany, NJ) 38k
2. Peter Harmon (Gaithersburg, MD) 24k
3. Marc Aronson (Brooklyn, NY) 86k
4. Mark Steitz (Marlton, NJ) 170k
5. Mike DiFilipo (Marlton, NJ) 31k
6. Kevin Wolbach (Macungie, PA) 63k
7. Tim Dalesssandro (West Chester, PA) 32k
8. Steven Buckley (Washington Township, NJ) 155k
9. Frank Pugliese (West Patterson, NJ) 143k
10. Mark Jones (Philadelphia, PA) 20k

Event 8: Chow Time

$300 + $50 NLH

Entries: 251
Players Remaining: 40
Average Stack: 63k
Top Prize $21,912
Places Paid: 27

Level 12 (1k/2k/300 ante) resumes at 7:40 pm.

Event 9: Chip Leader

$300 + $50 PLO

After level 12 concluded, the PLO players took off for a break while the staff colored up the black 100 chips. The top three in chips are

Mark Steitz - 122k
Steven Buckley - 109k
Kevin Wolbach - 90k

Play has now resumed with level 13, blinds 1k/2k.

Event 9: Difilipo Doubles

$300 + $50 PLO

Playing 800/1,600:

Mark Steitz doubled up a short-stacked player when his K886 double-suited fell to his opponent's K976.

Mike Difilipo (button) moved his last chips in on the turn with the board showing K 5 4 4 (two spades). Steve Tindle (small blind) gave it some thought, then made the call, showing A764 (hearts/clubs) for trip 4s. Mike held KJ74 (spades/hearts) for Fours-full of Kings. Only an Ace on the river would help Steve, but instead it was a 6. Mike doubled up to about 50k.

On the next hand, seat 4 moved his last chips in on a flop of A 5 2. Mike made the call showing AA85 for top set. Seat 4 held J922 for bottom set. Only the case 2 would save him, but it did not appear and he was busted. Mike chipped up to about 90k, making a nice comeback.

With 18 players remaining, they did a redraw and moved to the final two tables. Only the final 9 will get paid.

Event 8: A Mountain-eer of Chips

$300 + $50 NLH

Florence & Caruso

Bob Florence (Martinsburg, WV) has nearly $150,000 in career tournament earnings, which includes a WSOP circuit championship, and now the Mountaineer man is running over his table at the Borgata Summer Poker Open.

Florence has most of the field covered with just his gray, 5k chips (130k) and has nearly just has much in the other denominations for 245k total. "I've been getting some cards I guess," says the southern gentleman.

Seated directly to his left is Anthony Caruso (Medford, NJ) who has around 25k, which is roughly half of Florence's orange, 1k chips. "Help me," Caruso mouths across the room, as he clearly has the worst seat in the house.

Level (800/1600/200 ante) continues.

Event 9: Steitz Snuffs Simmons

$300 + $50 PLO

About half-way through level 11, blinds 600/1,200.

Mark Steitz

After Mark Steitz (Marlton, NJ) opened, Joe Simmons moved all-in for 10,800 from the button. Mark thought about it for a few moments, then made the call. Joe tabled JJ54 (spades/clubs). Mark held KQQT (spades to nullify Joe's spades).

The flop came A Q T giving Mark a set. When a Ten paired the board on the turn, it was all over. Mark had made a full house and Joe was sent packing.

Mark is up to ~105k and coincidentally is sitting to the left of chip leader Steven Buckley, who has about 115k.

21 players remain. Average is over 37,600.

Event 8: Going Green

$300 + $50 NLH

The green (25) chips are off the table as players return from their third break of the day.

Entries: 251
Players Remaining: 63
Average Stack: 40k
Top Prize $21,912
Places Paid: 27

Level 10 (600/1,200/200 ante) is underway.

Event 9: Buckley Busts Another

$300 + $50 PLO

Playing level 10 with 500/1,000 blinds:

Self-proclaimed donk Steven Buckley continues to run well. After the utg player limped, Steven raised pot to 4,500. Seat 7 (big blind) called, as did the utg player.

On the flop of T 9 5 with two spades, they checked to Steven, who pointed to the pot and said "Whatever that is is what I bet". Turns out the bet was 14k. Seat 7 looked him over and then moved all-in. The utg player opted out.

Steven eagerly made the call, tabling TT72 (clubs) for top set. Seat 7 held JJ99 double-suited in hearts and diamonds. His set was in bad shape and he was drawing slim to a Jack for a bigger set or an 8 for the straight (without the board pairing).

It was not meant to be as the last two came running 4s, giving Steven the full boat and the pot. Steven is now up to ~114k.

27 players remain.

Event 8: Shrinking Fast

$300 + $50 NLH

All players are now in the tournament area of the poker room as 68 players remain on 7 tables.

Random quotes we've heard throughout the day.

"Nice hand sir, 10-8," says David Rao (Fredricksburg, VA). "I'm going to start playing that when I go home and play on (Poker) Stars."

"I play Full Tilt," the older gentleman replies.

"Then I guess we won't be playing each other. And I'll make sure the 10 8 is offsuit when I play it."

***********

"Ace-King is the worst hand to have," says Ivan Bailey (Washington, D.C.). "I hate that hand," he says while eliminating a player with it. "Everyone knows what I mean," adding. "I hate it."

Level 9 (500/1k/100 ante) continues.

Event 9: New PLO Leader

$300 + $50 PLO

As I was squinting at Steven Buckley's chips trying to get an eyeball-estimate, he said "It's about 87k, I think". That looks about right to me and puts him firmly in the chip lead.

Steven Buckley

Steven, who claims to be a 'Minute Man' from Washington Township, NJ, said "I'm such a donk. Come back in a few minutes and it'll be about 10k and much easier to count.

"Hey Minute Man, it's your small blind" said the dealer. Had to let Steven get back to business.

They're down to 30 players. Only the final 9 get paid. Average stack is about 26,300.

Level 9 has concluded and they're taking a break.

Event 8: Blog It!

$300 + $50 NLH

Bradley Battles Back

After tearing up his home game and burning up the internet with his blog posts, Bradley Utz (Raliegh, NC) is playing in his second event of the Borgata Summer Poker Open.

Utz is in the big blind when the button limps and the two see a flop of J♠ 9♣ 2♥. Utz leads out, is reraised and then, with stealth like precision, slides in his last 5,800.

The big blind tanks and folds as Utz feigns a sigh of relief and follows it with, "you should've called off on the end," as neither player shows.

Utz, no relation to the pretzel family, is now at 23k after suffering a bad beat when his set was chased down by runner-runner flush.

Level 9 (500/1000/100 ante) is underway.

(Chips in this photo may or may not reflect an accurate count)

Event 9: Dallessandro Dominating

32 players remain. Playing 300/600:

Tim Dallessandro and four other players limped to a flop of K 6 2 with two hearts. Seat 9 (big blind) led out with a pot-sized bet of 3k. Kevin Wolbach folded, Tim called, and the other two players folded.

They were heads-up to the turn which was an offsuit Deuce. Again seat 9 fired 3k and Tim flat-called. River was an offsuit 6 and this time seat 9 checked. It was Tim's turn to fire out a 3k bet and he got the call. Tim rolled over KQ52 double-suited (spades/clubs) for Deuces-full of Kings. Seat 9 mucked.

With that pot, Tim chipped up to ~53k.

Event 9: Grinding Away

$300 + $50 PLO

They're down to five tables over in the PLO event.

Defending runner-up Thomas Palombo is history. His Buddha card protector didn't do the job today and he has busted out.

Kevin Wolbach and Tim Dallessandro

Kevin Wolbach (Macungie,PA) is the current chip leader with about 55k and Tim Dalessandro could be second with ~40k. They also happen to be seated side-by-side.

The last few minutes of level 7 (blinds 200/400) are winding down. Play will continue into level 8 with blinds of 300/600.

Event 8: Strong Motivation

$300 + $50 NLH

Quads: So Easy a Donk Can Win with them

If motivational speaker Rob Grosch's clients knew that his friends call him "Donk," they may not
as quick to sign up for his seminars.

"It's only because of my poker," says the Ridge Field, NJ resident, "it doesn't have anything to do with work."

Grosch is an energetic player who's picking up chips after a long dry spell earlier in the day. "It was the best hand I saw in three hours he says," while holding A 10. The flop gives him trip tens and he cracks pocket aces to win a 20k pot.

A few hands later, Grosch picks up pocket queens vs pocket jacks and it's overkill when he goes runner-runner quads. The hand adds another 10k to his stack and Grosch is now close to 70k.

Level 8 (400/800/75 ante) is underway.

Event 8: 64 Thousand Chip Question

$300 + $50 NLH


Knowing your opponent helps Mark Vogler (Deer Park, NY) take down a nice pot, pushing his stack to 64k.

"I played with him last night," says Vogler, who sets up his man with pocket aces from the big blind. "I knew if it looked like I was making a move I could trap him."

After two players call a preflop raise, Vogler pumps the pot and gets one player to call. The flop comes king high and Vogler moves all-in, an over bet for the pot size.

His opponent calls and is bad shape with KQ, dusting off 17k to Vogler when the aces hold.

Level 7 (300/600/75 ante) is underway.

Event 9: Title Defense

$300 + $50 PLO

Thomas Palombo

Thomas Palombo (Pennington, NJ) is (sort of) defending his title today. He actually finished second in this event during last year's Borgata Summer Poker Open ($8,628).

His Buddha card protector isn't helping so far today as Thomas' stack is dwindling.

Play has proceeded into level 6 with blinds of 150/300.

Event 9: Payouts!

$300 + $50 PLO

Entries: 79
Total Buy-In: $23,700

Place-Amount

1............ $8,046
2............ $4,368
3............ $2,759
4............ $2,069
5............ $1,609
6............ $1,379
7............ $1,149
8.............. $920
9.............. $690

Event 8: Payouts

$300 + $50 NL

Official player count for this event is 251, generating total buy-ins of $75,300. The final 27 players will get paid as follows:

1st ............ $21,912
2nd ........... $12,417
3rd ............ $6,829
4th ............ $5,113
5th ............ $4,382
6th ............ $3,652
7th ............ $2,922
8th ............ $2,191
9th ............ $1,461
10-12th ........ $950
13-15th ........ $803
16-18th ........ $657
19-27th ........ $548

16 tables remain with about ten minutes to go in level 5.

Event 9: Level 4

$300 + $50 PLO

The PLO players took their first break after level 3 and have resumed play with level 4, blinds 75/150.

Mike Difilipo and Steve Tindle

Mike Difilipo (Marlton, NJ) and Steve Tindle (Washington, DC) are two of the bigger stacks in the room. Mike has about 31k and Steve has about 25k. They also happen to be sitting next to each other at the same table.

Joe Simmons is up to about 20k.

They're down to 7 tables now.

Event 8: Kings Good

$300 + $50 NL

After seat 9 three-bet to 2,400, Peter Nolastname (Brick, NJ) moved in from the button. After a couple of minutes in the tank, seat 9 called all in, tabling pocket 9s. Peter held pocket Kings and was out in front.

He was relieved his opponent wasn't holding AK when the flop came A 6 5. (Apparently there is an unwritten rule that when someone is holding pocket Kings, and Ace will always flop.) The last two fell safely for Peter with no 9 appearing and he took the pot, chipping up to about 23k. Seat 9 reported to the rail.

19 tables remain in this event, so fewer than 190 players remain.

Mark Vogler

Mark Vogler (Deer Park, NY) is up to about 44k and he pulled another pot while I was watching. His opponent bet 1,500 on the river on a very scattered board. Mark called and his pocket 3s were good when his opponent produced nothing but King-high. After adding a couple thousand more to his stack, Mark should be second is chips now.

Charles Zadikow looks to be third in chips with about 43k.

Play continues in level 5 with blinds of 150/300 and 25 antes.

Event 8: Back from Break

$300 + $50 NL

At the end of level 3, the No Limit players took their first break of the day. They've now returned to the felt with level 4, blinds 100/200.

Jim Coffey is still in the lead. He's expanded his stack to about 50k.

21 tables remain. About 210 (or fewer) players are still alive.

Event 9: Blinds Up

$300 + $50 PLO

PLO players are in level 2 with blinds of 25/50. Nine tables are now in action but the last one only has three players, so the player count is creeping up on 90. Entries are still being accepted through level 2.

A handful of players who have busted out of today's 11am NL Hold'em event are appearing in the PLO field, perhaps hoping a change of game will change their luck.

Joe Simmons

Most notable among the PLO players is Joe Simmons (Philadelphia, PA). Joe made his mark on the poker world in 2007 when he final-tabled the $10k Borgata Poker Classic WPT Championship event, finishing 4th for $387,709. His lifetime tournament earnings are now over $740,000.

Joe is a DJ, rapper, writer, producer, and former manager of the internationally acclaimed hip-hop group The Roots. He's also a regular in the high-stakes cash games here at Borgata.

Event 8: Blinds Up

$300 + $50 NL

Level 3: Blinds 75/150. Play continues.

Jim Coffey

A chip leader has emerged over on table 13. Jim Coffey (Stanford, CT) is sitting behind about 40k, quadruple what he started with just two levels ago.

His first double-up came thanks to pocket Aces that held up. Then he had pocket Queens, flopped top set, and busted a player. Then he had pocket Aces, again, which held up, again. "Tell 'em I'm getting run over by the deck" Jim said. I should say so!

They just replaced the shuffle machine on table 13 due to a malfunction, so it will be interesting to see if Jim's rush continues.

Event 9: PLO Underway

$300 + $50 PLO

Cards are in the air on the far side of the room as about seven tables (10 handed) of Pot Limit Omaha enthusiasts are in action. They began with 10,000 chips and blinds of 25/25.

Levels last 30 minutes and late entries will be taken through the first two levels.

Event 8: The Usual Suspects

$300 + $50 NL


Level 2: Blinds 50/100. Play continues. There are 22 ten-handed tables in action with players still entering, so the player count should be in the neighborhood of 220-230.

Today's event is filled with many of the same faces you've seen over the previous week. I spotted Gregory Bock, Matt 'Muffins' Mazzeo, and Joanne Monteavaro.

Ed Corrado

Also in the field today is Ed Corrado (Naples, FL). Ed finished 4th in the WSOP Circuit Bayou Poker Challenge Championship Event last month, taking home over $59,000. That put his lifetime tournament earnings over half a million.

Another roar from the crowd meant the USA scored and tied Slovenia 2-all in their World Cup match. There was another roar soon after, but the goal that would have put the USA in the lead was nullified due to an offsides call.

Event 8: Cards are in the Air

$300 + $50 NL

Cards are in the air for Event 8, the $300+$50 No Limit event. Players began with 10,000 chips and 25/50 blinds.

Players are still registering (over 225 so far) and there is a "relatively short" line at the registration window. Entries will be taken through the first two levels which are 40 minutes each.

The poker room is a bit quiet this morning, (unlike last night during game 7 of the NBA Finals) except when the USA scored against Slovenia in the World Cup match currently showing on most of the screens. A load roar went up from the crowd, despite the fact that the USA is still down by a goal.

Friday, June 18

TODAY IN THE POKER ROOM

11AM - Event 8: $300 + $50 No Limit Hold'em

• 10,000 in starting chips
• Levels last 40 minutes
• 1-day event

12pM - Event 9: $300 + $50 Pot Limit Omaha High

• 10,000 in starting chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• 1-day event

5PM - Event 32: $200 + $30 No Limit Hold'em

• 10,000 in starting chips
• Levels last 20 minutes
• 1-day event
  

Event 7: $200+$30 Deep Stack Turbo NLH Final Results

Borgata Summer Poker Open 2010
Event 7: $200 + $30 Deep Stack Turbo No Limit Hold'em
June 17

Entries: 363 Total Buy-In: $72,600

FINAL RESULTS
1. DANIEL HILL (ST COLLEGE, PA): $20,421
2. LEWIS SAXON (PHILADELPHIA, PA): $11,831
3. DOUGLAS BLACKBURN (NEW BERLIN, NC): $5,845
4. MATTHEW MAZZEO (E WILLISTON, NY): $4,930
5. GENE BELOW (MECHANICSBURG, PA): $4,225
6. HERMENEGILDO TRILLO (ATLANTIC BCH H, NY): $3,521
7. ANDREW ODDI (TWP WASHINTONNS, NJ): $2,817
8. MICHAEL DICHIARO (WOODCLIFF LK, NJ): $2,113
9. SEAN GOODMAN (REISTERSTOWN, MD): $1,408
10. NAZIR TYREWALA (SEVERN, MD): $915
11. BRIAN FITZGERALD (TOMS RIVER, NJ): $915
12. TREVOR SAVAGE (MANTUA, NJ): $915
13. JAMES SCHAEFER (SHILLINGTON, PA): $704
14. DIPEN PATEL (S PLAINFIELD, NJ): $704
15. DMITRIY TKACHENKO (BROOKLYN, NY): $704
16. RYAN ORTIZ (PINE HILL, NJ): $493
17. LOUIS DELBROCCO (PHILADELPHIA, PA): $493
18. TODD MESLER (LINDEN, NJ): $493
19. RYAN MILLER (ANNANDALE, NJ): $423
20. RAYMOND HINK (NEW HAMPTON, NY): $423
21. ROBERT GERSTENZANG (EAST OTTO, NY): $423
22. PATRICIA HAGGERTY (SCRANTON, PA): $423
23. AARON GOLDBERG (RED BANK, NJ): $423
24. DAVID SCHILLER (SILVER SPRING, MD): $423
25. STEVEN RIBACK (MONTVILLE, NJ): $423
26. YEWONDWOSSEN HAILU (ARLINGTON, VA): $423
27. MICHAEL MALETTA (HICKSVILLE, NY): $423
28. DAVID CHAVIN (PRINCETON, NJ): $352
29. CRAIG PANELLA (MANALAPAN, NJ): $352
30. CHAO LIN (HICKSVILLE, NY): $352
31. JASON PAOLICELLI (HOWELL, NJ): $352
32. MARK WEBER (SICKLERVILLE, NJ): $352
33. JAMES CALLARI (HICKSVILLE, NY): $352
34. DAVID HECK (COLTS NECK, NJ): $352
35. JORDAN BROAD (LONG BRANCH, NJ): $352
36. DANIEL LOMBARDI (HUNTINGTON, NY): $352

Event 6: $300+$50 Seniors NLH Final Results

Borgata Summer Poker Open 2010
Event 6: $300 + $50 Seniors No Limit Hold'em
June 17

Entries: 141 Total Buy-In: $42,300

FINAL RESULTS
1. GARY BRUDNER (UNIVERSITY PARK, FL): $12,638
2. KEVIN YE (FLUSHING, NY): $6,975
3. ANTHONY DONATO (CEDARVILLE, NJ): $3,898
4. MORRIS FEINSTEIN (FLUSHING, NY): $2,872
5. TIMOTHY EISENHUT (FLEMINGTON, NJ): $2,462
6. ROBERT BRANHAM (CAPE CORAL, FL): $2,052
7. KIM EISLER (BETHESDA, MD): $1,641
8. MARVIN LEWIS (BAYSIDE, NY): $1,231
9. ANTHONY SHURILLA (ALBURTIS, PA): $923
10. GILBERT SACKS (BALA CYNWYD, PA): $800
11. STEPHEN BIRK (HUNTINGDON VALLEY, PA): $800
12. WILLIAM HEILMAN (BRIDGEPORT, NJ): $800
13. MICHAEL EINHORN (RYDAL, PA): $698
14. DREW KRAFTE (WYCKOFF, NJ): $698
15. SHEREE BYKOFSKY (ATLANTIC CITY, NJ): $698
16. BERNARD COLLINS (BAYVILLE, NJ): $615
17. ROBERT REUSING (READING, PA): $615
18. JAMES FARRELL (BLUE POINT, NY): $615

One Senior Stands Alone

$300 + 50 NLH Seniors

CHAMPION
Gary Brudner (Sarasota, FL)
1st Place - $12,638

Gary Brudner's K8 outflops A7 and Borgata crowns another champion, this time one over the age of 50.

The southern gentleman got his poker wish, "I've been looking for a five figure score, " he told Borgata Poker Blogger Jeff Shurilla.

Congrats to the Seniors Event Champion, the night ends with bundles of cash and the Borgata trophy going back to Florida.

Senior?

$300 + 50 NLH Seniors

Kevin Ye (New York, NY)
2nd Place - $6,975

The kids' age was in question, but not his poker skill. The no-show then back again gambler played well down the stretch, well done kid.

Another Great Finish

$300 + 50 NLH Seniors

Anthony Donato (Cedarville, NJ)
3rd Place - $3,898

"It's my fourth cash in the Seniors tournament."

With 35th, 15th, 5th and 3rd place finishes, Donato becomes the clear cut favorite to win it next year. Another great showing from the mild-mannered family man.

Morris Mucks

$300 + 50 NLH Seniors

Morris Feinstein (Queens, NY)
4th Place - $2,872

Good Game Sir

$300 + 50 NLH Seniors

Tim Eisenhut (Flemington, NJ)
5th Place - $2,462

Bye Bye Bob

$300 + 50 NLH Seniors

Bob Branham (Waldorf, MD)
6th Place - $2,052

Eisler Iced

$300 + 50 NLH Seniors

Kim Eisler (Bethesda, MD)
7th Place - $1,641

"I got withered away, had to shove my last bit of
chips with 89 offsuit..."

The former reporter and law consultant made a deep run, congrats on the final table.

Marvin Mucks

$300 + 50 NLH Seniors

Marvin Lewis (Queens, NY)
8th Place - $1,231

9th Place - Shurilla

$300 + 50 NLH Seniors

Anthony 'Gorilla Sr' Shurilla (Longswamp Twp, PA)
9th Place - $923

Tony Shurilla is the second man down at the final table when he shoves all-in for 80k with KJ, and is quickly called by Anthony Donato who opens the betting with a raise to 30k.

Donata shows KQ and when the board runs clean the "Original Gorilla" is out in 9th place. It's Shurilla's second cash of the Borgata Summer Poker Open and second final table at Borgata in 2010.

10th Place - Sacks

$300 + 50 NLH Seniors

Gil Sacks (Bala Cynwyd, PA)

10th Place - $800

Gil Sacks is one of the short stacks at the final table and ships his last 30k with K 10 and is disappointed to see Morris Feinstein has him dominated with A 10.

This was Sacks second final table after winning Event 1 of the Borgata Summer Poker Open.

Final Table

$300 + 50 NLH Seniors

Seat-Name-Chip Count

1. Morris Feinstein (Queens, NY) 124k
2. Anthony Donato (Cedarville, NJ) 165k
3. Anthony Shurilla (Longswamp Twp., PA) 105k
4. Gary Brudner (Sarasota, FL) 240k
5. Kevin Ye (New York, NY) 85k
6. Gil Sacks (Bala Cynwyd, PA) 46k
7. Marvin Lewis (Queens, NY) 325k
8. Bob Branham (Waldorf, MD) 160k
9. Tim Eisenhut (Flemington, NJ) 50k
10. Kim Eisler (Bethesda, MD) 85k

Dirty Dozen

$300 + 50 NLH Seniors

12 players remain in Event 6 of the Borgata Summer Poker Open.

Level 16 (3k/6k/500 ante) winding down.

Over the Hill

$200 + 30 NLH Re-Entry

CHAMPION

Dan Hill (State College, PA)
1st Place - $20,421

Sick Score Sax

$200 + 30 NLH Re-Entry

Lou Saxon (Philadelphia, PA)
2nd - $11,831

Blackburn -ed

$200 + 30 NLH Re-Entry

Douglas Blackburn (New Bern, NC)
3rd Place - $5,845

Makin' Muffins

$200 + 30 NLH Re-Entry

Matt 'Muffins' Mazzeo (East Williston, NY)
4th Place - $4,930

Down Below

$200 + 30 NLH Re-Entry

Gene Below (Mechanicsburg, PA)
5th Place - $4,225

Trillo Tripped Up

$200 + 30 NLH Re-Entry

Hermenegildo Trillo (Brooklyn, NY)
6th Place - $3,521

Au Revoir Oddi

$200 + 30 NLH Re-Entry

Andrew Oddi (Washington Township, NJ)
7th Place - $2,817

Man Down

$200 + 30 NLH Re-Entry

Michael Dichiaro (Woodcliff Lake, NJ)
8th Place - $2,113

Goodman Gone

$200 + 30 NLH Re-Entry

Sean Goodman (College Park, MD)
9th Place - $1,408

First Final Table Bust

$200 + 30 NLH Re-Entry

Nazir Tyrewala (Severn, MD)
10th Place - $915

Down the Stretch

$200 + 30 NLH Seniors

The remaining 18 players are in the money,
Seat Assignments listed below:

Table - Seat - Name - Chip-Count

1 - 1 - Anthony Donato - 95,000
1 - 2 - Krafte - 151,000
1 - 3 - 'Cousin' - 79,000
1 - 4 - Kevin Ye - 48,000
1 - 5 - Kim Eisler - 43,000'
1 - 6 - Sheree Bykofsky - 72,000
1 - 7 - Gary Brudner - 52,000
1 - 8 - Marvin Lewis - 305,000
1 - 9 - Steve Birk - 154,000

2 - 1 - Gil Sacks - 46,000
2 - 2 - Tim Eisenhunt - 29,000
2 - 3 - Bill Heilman - 79,000
2 - 4 - Bob Graham - 165,000
2 - 5 - Einhorn - 71,000
2 - 6 - Feinburg - 98,000
2 - 7 - 'Gorilla' Shurilla Sr - 68,000
2 - 8 - 'Salty Dog' Collins - 28,000

Final Table

$200 + $30 Deep Stack Turbo NLH
Seat-Name-Chip Count

1. Dan Hill (State College, PA) 527k
2. Lou Saxon (Philadelphia, PA) 1.3 million
3. Douglas Blackburn (New Burn, NC) 2.6 million
4. Michael Dichiaro (Woodcliff Lake, NJ) 380k
5. Hermenegildo Trillo (Brooklyn, NY) 718k
6. Nazir Tyrewala (Severn, MD) 822k
7. Sean Goodman (College Park, MD) 279k
8. Andrew Oddi (Washington Township, NJ) 1.1 million
9. Matt Mazzeo's (East Williston, NY) 1.2 million
10. Gene Below (Mechanicsburg, PA) 311k

Blinds are 50k/100k/10k ante

Turbo is Flying

$200 + $30 Deep Stack Turbo NLH

Since coming back from break, the bust outs have been in epic proportions as 13 players have been eliminated in twenty minutes and are the first to cash.

23 players remain as the field continues to rave about the deep stacks and 15 minute blinds.

One player on the move is Nazir Tyrewala (Severn, MD) who's crossed the one million chip mark.

I'd post the blinds, but by the time you read this they'll have increased three more times!

No Show Owns

$300 + 50 NLH Seniors

The suspected "unknown" has creeped into the top 5 chip counts with only 21 players remaining. Seat 3 remains empty, the 28-year-old that snuck into the Seniors Event remains a no-show for most of the tournament.

He comes back and forth just long enough to gamble and gather chips, his tablemates claim "he's beating up on the Blackjack tables, kid loves the casino floor." We'll see how long our empty seat can compete.

Stack Sizes

$300 + 50 NLH Seniors

With only 23 players left in the Seniors Event,
here's the Chip Leaders:


Name - Chip Count:

Marvin Lewis - 178,000
Drew Krafte - 143,000
Mike Einhorn - 113,000
Sheree Bykofsky - 104,000
'Unknown' - 97,000
Moe Feinburg - 94,000

Back From Break

$200 + $30 Deep Stack Turbo NLH

The 36 remaining players are back from break and resume play with blinds at 15k/30k/4k ante.

Unofficial Chip Leaders:

Douglas Blackburn (New Burn, NC)550k
Sean Goodman (College Park, MD) 523k
Patti Haggerty (Brigantine, NJ) 520k
Andrew Oddi (Washington Township, NJ) 512k
Dave Schiller (Rockville, MD) 510k
Matt "Muffins" Mazzeo's (East Williston, NY) 490k
Nazir Tyrewala (Severn, MD) 489k

Patti Cake - Last Woman Standing

$200 + $30 Deep Stack Turbo NLH

Last Woman Standing

Patti Haggerty (Brigantine, NJ) opens for 95,000 and everyone folds. I asked her if it's been like this all day? "I'm a chick, it's easy."

Patti owns an Irish Pub in Scranton, PA but moved to Brigantine to chill on the beach and play poker full time. As for the Borgata Summer Poker Open deep stack turbo format? "I like the aggressive play. I get more respect - it works for me" said Patti.

Haggerty currently has ^500,000 chips.

Can Patti beat-up the rest of the boys and take home all the cake? We'll see.

Bubble Breaks

$200 + $30 Deep Stack Turbo NLH

After playing hand-for-hand for 25 minutes, the bubble breaks in Event 7 of the Borgata Summer Poker Open.

Dave Schiller (Rockville, MD) sends everyone into the money when the Q♣ hits the river for the straight.

The all-in player has A♠ Q♦ and is in good shape to double his 110k when an ace comes on the turn, but when he hits two pairs on the river it gives Schiller a straight.

Schiller: A♠ Q♦
Opponent: K♥ 10♣

Board: 3♠ J♣ 2♥ A♥ Q♣

The remaining 36 players are dinner break and are guaranteed to earn at least $352 as they compete for the top prize of $20,000.

Seniors Dinner Break

$300 + 50 NLH Seniors

Seniors - Time to Eat!

Players currently on Dinner Break,
play will continue at 7:30pm.

3 Tables left.

Senior Short Stack Shove Time

$300 + $50 Seniors NLH

Down But Not Out

Dominic Rinaldi (New York, NY) thought he was out the door twice in back-to-back hands.

Hand #1: His A-5 all in lost to a set of Jacks. Dominic didn't realize he had his Opponent just barely coverd.

Hand #2: Holding K-10 of clubs with a flop of 7-8-9 (two clubs) he thought he lost when a club didn't hit. The river ten gave him the pot.

"I was ready to go to dinner but now I'm still in" said Rinaldi.

3 tables - 24 players remaining.

Lewis Lights Up

$300 + 50 NLH Seniors



Marvin Lewis has become one of the tournament chip leaders with less than 30 players remaining.

The Marketing manager is in good shape with Dinner Break approaching.

Wrong Tourney?

$200 + 30 NLH Turbo

Douglas Blackburn - 293,500 Chips

The North Carolina native mistakenly signed up for the Deep Stack Turbo instead of the Seniors Event, the registration error helped as the Carolina Panthers fan becomes one of the tournament chip leaders.

Turbo Chip Leaders

$200 + $30 Deep Stack Turbo NLH

A Common Site During Turbo Madness

Top Turbo Three according to Me:

Craig Panella (Manalapan, NJ) 540,000 knocked out two more players when his A-A held.

Trevor "Tremomey" Savage sitting on 510,000

Lou Saxon (Philadelphia, PA) 450,000

Matt "Muffins" Mazzeo's monster stack took a hit when his A-K fell to A-10 - (ten on the turn).

Turbo Borgata Blinds: 10,000 / 20,000

4 tables left - 39 players

4 Tables Left

$170 + 30 NLH Seniors

Number of Entrants: 141
Players Remaining: 39

Seniors Event Chip Leaders:

Gilbert Sacks - 79,000 chips
- Tourney Veteran, tons of experience

Sheree Bykofsky - 66,000 chips
- Female Poker fixture

"Cousin" - 52,000 chips
- Day job includes "making deliveries"

Peter Lametta - 48,000 chips
- Real Estate Broker

Bink On The Brink

$200 + $30 Deep Stack Turbo NLH

It's Miller Time

Everyone was standing around the table as three players we're all in pre-flop.

K-J suited vs. 9-9 vs. K-Q offsuit.

Board reads: 4-10-6-10-7 - no flushes.

Atlantic City native son Ryan "The Bink" Miller's pocket nines hold up amongst cheers from his rail bird buddies Dominic and Frank.

The Bink now has 220,000 after eliminating two players.

Turbo Level 19: Borgata Blinds 6000 / 12000 with 2000 antes.

Early Chip Leader

$200 + 30 NLH Turbo

Rob Gerstenzang - 161,000 Chips

The Tournament Poker Pro takes a break from the tournament trail to play "something friendly and close to home".

Draft Guinness beer, good tunes on the iPod and 161,000 chips makes for a decent afternoon, good luck Rob.

Senior Payouts

$300 + $50 Seniors NLH

PAYOUTS

1....................................$ 12,638
2....................................$ 6,975
3....................................$ 3,898
4....................................$ 2,872
5....................................$ 2,462
6....................................$ 2,052
7....................................$ 1,641
8....................................$ 1,231
9....................................$ 923
10-12..............................$ 800
13-15..............................$ 698
16-18..............................$ 615

Number of Entries: 141
Total Buy-In: $42,300
Prize Money: $41,031

Turbo Payouts

$200 + 30 NLH Turbo

Number of Entrants: 363
Players Remaining: 110
Prizepool: $72,600

Official Payouts:
1st ............ $20,421
2nd ........... $11,831
3rd ............ $5,845
4th ............ $4,930
5th ............ $4,225
6th ............ $3,521
7th ............ $2,817
8th ............ $2,113
9th ............ $1,408
10-12th ........ $915
13-15th ........ $704
16-18th ........ $493
19-27th ........ $423
28-36th ........ $352

Poker Cop Sends Donk To Slammer

$300 + $50 Senior NLH

Drew Krafte Has The Table Surrounded

Retired Washington Township police officer Drew Krafte (Wyckoff, NJ) punches a fellow Senior out after out-flopping him.

Up against A♦ J♣, Drew, holding K♠ Q♠ loved seeing the flop 3♠ 6♠ Q♥ and hitting top pair and a flush draw.

As the betting was coming down, I kid you not, a tablemate not in the hand tossed a lemon flavored ricola candy at the dealer and said, "Let's sweeten the pot". Ah, wrapped hard candy from Grandpa - happy memories.

Turn 2♣ and river 3♣ gave Krafte the 15,000 pot and a 62,000 stack.

"The Senior tournament is great. No kids in sunglasses with ipods jumping all around" exclaimed Drew.

I asked Drew as a former cop if it was okay to steal in poker? He laughed and said, "of course - you can lie too".

As for doing some detective work to track down this blog and website...Drew assigned his ten year old son Ion in charge who will have to help his Pop solve the case.

We're currently on a Ten Minute Break

When we return: Level 10 - Borgata Blinds - 600 / 1200 with 200 antes.

43 Players remain on 6 tables.

The Top

$300 + 50 NLH Seniors

Number of Entrants: 141
Players Remaining: 49
Blinds @ 500/1,000/100a

Chip Leaders - Seniors Event

Dennis Aiello - 81,000 chips
- Auto Broker from New Jersey

Sheree Bykofsky - 79,900 chips
- Poker Author, Travel Writer

Bob Graham - 59,500 chips
- Retired from Florida to Maryland

Tony 'Big Boy' Romanelli - 51,000 chips
- Retired Brick Mason

Senior Women

$300 + 50 NLH Seniors

Sheree Bykofsky - 89,700 Chips

The accomplished author, public speaker and avid poker player jumps into the chip lead with 52 players left in the Seniors Event. The freelance travel writer has small tourney experience and considers Borgata her "home court."

Other women making waves in the Field...

- Martha Patella grinded her stack to 35,400 before running a "stone cold cooler" small blind versus big blind, KK's into AA's puts her on life support with only 7,900 chips.

- Real-Estate poker mom, Nancy Martin, grinds the short stack on the outer table, she sits with 11,100 chips.

Pickell Picking Her Spot

$200 + $30 Deep Stack Turbo NLH

Turbo Deepstacker Lisa Pickell

The always adorable, Borgata regular Lisa Pickell looking to double up.

A lot of shoving and shipping going on. Fast and furious action everywhere!

Senior Champ Looking To Repeat

$300 + $50 Seniors NLH

Big Boy with Big Stack

Last year's Borgata Summer Open Senior Champion Anthony "Big Boy" Romanelli (Woodmere, NY) is sitting on a 25,000 stack after hitting top pair on the flop against Opponent's flush draw that missed all streets.

Big Boy trying to repeat for his wife Rhonda and daughter Alana who are rooting for him at home.

Perhaps to intimidate the other players, Anthony is carrying the newspaper clippings from his victory last year.

Maybe today Borgata will add to Big Boy's portfolio.

Senors going on a 10 minute chip color up break.
Next up: Level 7 - Borgata Blinds - 300 / 600 with 75 antes.

One Two Panella Knock Out Punch

$200 + $30 Deep Stack Turbo NLH

Craig Panella - Turbo Deepstacker

Craig Panella (Manalapan, NJ) knocks two birds out with one stone.

All the action gets in pre-flop.

Craig's A-K suited takes care of J-10 of hearts and A-9 of clubs when the Ace of hearts hit the river.

Craig scoops the 80,000 pot and pads his stack to 140,000. "I've played a lot of Borgata deep stacks but this is my first turbo. I like it a lot. Lots of action" said Panella.

Level 9: Borgata Blinds - 500 / 1000 with 100 antes.

Senior In College Maybe

$300 + $50 NLH Seniors

Sr. Bill? & Sr. Mark

Mark "Dr. J" Jaffe (Bedminster, NJ) in the one seat immediately started in on much younger Bill, when he arrived at the table stating, "He's not a Senior. A senior in college maybe."

The table laughed, continuing with the friendly intimidation and jabbing. Dr. J - "See, the young guys try to come over and take advantage of us."

Bill also from NJ takes the ribbing well.

Jaffe is hovering around his starting stack.

Level 7: Borgata Blinds - 300 / 600 with 75 antes.

Broad Mixes it Up With Broads At Table

$200 + $30 Deep Stack Turbo NLH

Jordan Broad 44,000

Early action and gender wars at Table 3 in the Deep Stack Turbo.

Jordan Broad (Middleton, NJ) risked his entire stack on a read, was correct and got paid off.

Jordon's 6-8 offsuit versus Opponents' 9-10 suited..

Flop fell 5-7-8.
With top pair and open ended draw, Jordon check raised once the K hit the turn.
With high end open ended draw, Opponent jammed the rest of her 12,000 deep stack and Jordon called.

River 9 gave the pot to Jordon and knocked the female Opponent out the door.

She was pretty upset, shouting, "How can you make that call for all your chips? I shoved all in."

Jordon's thinking was he had a made hand and she didn't.

"He's a baaaaad boy" said Borgata Deepstack Regular - Ju Wang in the 2 seat. "She was mad. Macho Man picking on us woman."