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

See You Tuesday

We'll see you back in the poker room at 2pm where we'll play Day 2 until conclusion.

Also June 22:

Event 14 - 11AM $300 + $50 No Limit Hold-em

Event 15 - 12PM $400 + $50 H.O.S.E. (8-Hand Rotate)

Have a great night! See you at the tables!

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

"Frankie Fish" Hooks A-K

$500 + $60 Deep Stack NLH (1B)

Sung Lee a.k.a Frankie Fish

Sung Lee's pocket Jacks hold up against two players each with A-K.

The double-up plus gives Frankie Fish some breathing room and a 200,000 stack.

Five hands to go until we call it a night.

Level 13 - Then We Quit For The Night

$500 + $60 Deep Stack NLH (1B)

Jerry Brown Taking A Break

Forty minutes in Level 13 then we bag and tag for the night.

Gary Lobello Having Fun

A couple big stacks worth mentioning with 113 players remaining:

Jerry Brown (Philadelphia, PA) 227,000

Akim Akimov (Havertown, PA) 222,000

Gary Lobello (Holmdel, NJ) 210,000

Eric Siegel's aces hold - he's at 185,000

Borgata Blinds: 1200 / 2400 with 300 antes.

Siegel Gets Torpekay To Fold Aces Pre-Flop

$500 + $60 Deep Stack NLH (1B)

I have Aces in the sb...okay - I'll give you a walk!

Now I've seen everything.

Torpekay Habashzada is sitting on 220,000 after turning a boat and knocking out yet another Opponent.

According to Poker Players International's Eric Siegel (who's to Torpekay's left) everyone keeps folding to her huge stack for fear she'll three and four bet pre-flop.

Sure enough in a blind battle between Torpekay and Siegel, it folds around to Torpekay's small blind.

Eric pipes up "C'mon, show the table you can fold from the small blind."

Habashzada didn't realize Eric was in the big blind and hadn't acted yet.

Thinking she's being nice, she tables two black Aces and mucks em.

Siegel wins with only Q-7.

"I've beaten Aces before but never like that" laughed Eric.

Cap Your Cards

$500 + $60 Deep Stack NLH (1B)

Nick Gandhi (Stamford, CT)

Looking to double up his 30,000 short stack.

Nick cashed in a WSOP event recently, is looking forward to playing Borgata Summer Poker Open Main Event, then will fly back to Rio for the WSOP Main Event.

Even though it's the first day of summer, Nick is wearing his lucky wool hat which he always wears.

136 players remain.

61,313 average stack.

Blinds are up: Level 12 - 1000 / 2000 with 300 antes

New Chip Leader

$500 + $60 Deep Stack NLH

Daniel Amsalem 225,000

Daniel Amsalem is the unofficial chip leader after his J-7 sees three callers and he flops the joint.

Opponent ships 55,000 on a flop of 8-9-10 holding J-J.

Daniel fades the Queen and his straight wins a monster pot.

Eugene Gurevich (Manalapan, NJ) has 160,000 and said he's gunning for Daniel.

Dimitri Beros (Baltimore, MD) grinds up to 110,000

Players return from a ten minute break and begin Level 11: 800 / 1600 with 200 antes.

Habashzada Leaves Opponent With Nada

Be very cautious when you tangle with deep stack chip leaders.

On a board of 4♥ 9♥ 2 ♦ 6 ♦ Opponent raises and Torpekay Habashzada re-raises 15,000.

Opponent ships 50,000 total.

Before Habashzada decides, Opponent accidentally tables two black Kings and says, "Let these be good." Habashzada thinks for four seconds then makes the call showing A♥ 2♥.

Railbird confidently whispers to me, "she's gonna hit it". And just like that the 6♥ flushes the felt and Torpekay torpedoes to the chip lead with 160,000.

"You gotta be kidding. What's with these people!" exclaimed Opponent as he immediately left Borgata Poker Room.

I asked Habashzada what went through her mind when he tabled Kings. "I thought I could lose but I didn't think about folding" she said.

Just Stopping By

$500 +60 NL Deep Stack NLH (1B)

As Colonel Poker once wrote, bloggers are always "panning for gold, looking for a big hand or a tasty poker nugget," and the Gorilla spies a little glitter on table 19.

Dan Amsalem (Brooklyn, NY) reraises a player all-in for 30k and gets a call.

Amsalem: K 9
Opponent: K J

Both players have top pair, but a nine on the turn gives Amsalem the best hand as he takes his stack to 125k and is now one of the big stacks in the room.

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

Not Afraid Of The Dark

Vinny Gugliucii (Staten Island, NY) flopped quad sixes and couldn't believe his ears. "I'm all in - in the dark" said his Opponent holding A-K hearts and drawing dead on the heart heavy flop.

Vinny took down the 20,000 pot, knocked out a player and pads his stack to 70,000.

Borgata Ink - Armed And Dangerous

$500 + $60 Deep Stack NLH (1B)

Dave Shafrin (Belleville, NJ) 44,000

Deepstacker Dave Shafrin (Belleville, NJ) shows us his forearm tatts.

For everybody asking us about dinner. THERE IS NO DINNER BREAK - we're playing until 9:00pm through Level 13.

23 Tables remain. 207 players. Ave. chip stack - 40,580.

After ten minute break:
Level 9 - Borgata Blinds: 500 / 1000 with 100 antes.

Dragon Triples Up

$500 + $60 Deep Stack NLH (1B)

Bruce "Dragon" Bartfeld

Three short stacks shove with great starting hands: J-J vs. 10-10 vs. A-A.

Bruce Bartfeld (Churchville, MD) may have had the worst hand going in but ended up tripling his stack to 30,000 when his 10-10 boated on the river to a paired board.

Bruce, who has a residency in Atlantic City, is a five day a week Borgata cash player (5-10 tables) but also plays the occasional Summer Open tournament.

Jamshidi's Better Half

$500 +60 NLH Deep Stack (1B)

Habashzada - Kids 1st, Poker 2nd

Sirous Jamshidi (Broomall, PA) is an accomplished Borgata regular, who has $1.7 million in career tournament earnings, including a 2nd place finish ($370k) in the 2010 Winter Poker Open Championship event. Since Jamshidi can't play in the Deep Stack, his wife, Torpekay Habashzada, is taking his place, both at the table and at the top of the chip counts.

"She's good," says one player pointing to her 90k stack, "she hasn't had any big hands," as Habashzada clearly has the table's respect.

Habashzada's quick to point out that Jamshidi's the better player and that she doesn't play in tournaments often. "The kids are the most important thing," she says while taking down a 5k pot. "I let Sirous do all the playing."

"Don't let her kid you," chimes in one player, "she taught him everything he knows."

Habashzada, who's originally from Afghanistan, has two teenage children and a 20-year old living at home. She expects Jamshidi to make it to Borgata for the Championship event which starts Friday.

Until then, Habashzada will keep up the family legacy of running well as she's clearly one of the early big stacks.

"Tell Roy his chips are with her," says Alex Im (Washington, D.C.) who hit a three outer to eliminate Roy Winston earlier in the day. "I chased two flush draws and missed and she took it down."

Im is now down to less than 20k after winning the 50k pot from Winston.

Havin' A Balla

$500 + $60 Deep Stack NLH (1B)

Tom "Crystalballer" Balla

Tom Balla (Queens, NY) is among the chipleaders with 96,000.

Took down a big pot after sniffing out a bluff and calling an all-in with middle pair.

A fellow tablemate chimed in, "He had one nice call and three gifts."

In case you're wondering, there's no lenses in Tom's glasses. "They help me see through player's souls", joked Balla. As for the blue glass bird card protector? "I got all the gimmicks today. He's the blue bird of happiness."

Tom (screen name: Crystalballer) won a WSOP main event seat on-line and will head out after finishing up a few more Borgata Summer Poker Open events.

PAYOUTS: Event #12 - $500 + $60 Deep Stack NLH

$500 + $60 Deep Stack NLH (1B)

PAYOUTS:

1...................$ 67,877
2...................$ 36,761
3...................$ 18,973
4...................$ 16,602
5...................$ 14,230
6...................$ 11,858
7...................$ 9,487
8...................$ 7,115
9...................$ 4,744
10-12.............$ 3,083
13-15.............$ 2,253
16-18.............$ 1,636
19-27.............$ 1,304
28-36.............$ 996
37-45.............$ 878

Number of Entries (total both days): 489
Number of Entries today (1B): 336
Total Buy-In (both days): $244,500
Prize Money: $237,165

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

Say What?

$500 +60 NL Deep Stack (1B)

Will Jaffee (Bridgehampton, NY): "I'm on mega-tilt. I've been bluffed and hero called. No more messing around. Check back in an hour to see if I'm the chip leader or out."

Jason Warriner (Absecon, NJ): "Frustrating, very frustrating. People want to play big pots against me when I flop the nuts. And of course they out draw me. (eliminated during the 5th level)

Robert Nguyen (Brooklyn, NY): "I'm the worst player in the world. Never fold a set of 6s again, ever." (after folding to two players all-in action with two hearts on board, both were on a draw and missed)

Level 5 (200/400/50 ante) is underway.

Sneak Peak

$500 +60 NL Deep Stack (1B)

The unofficial head count for the second starting day is close 350, which puts the two day total at ~500 players (153 Day 1A).

While the cage verifies the buy-ins and the staff calculates the prize pool, here's a look at the ballpark payouts.

Total Entries: 489
Total Buy-In: $244,500
First Prize: ~$68,000
Places Paid: 45
Minimum Cash: ~$875

These total are unofficial until they've been verified.

Level 5 (150/300/25 ante) is underway.

Roy Runs Bad

$500 +60 NL Deep Stack (1B)

Joe Simmons can't help but laugh as Roy Winston shows him the odds calculator for his bad beat hand.

Unless your opponent is drawing dead, it doesn't matter how much of a favorite you are to win a hand, you can still be beat. Roy Winston (New York, NY) is a seasoned pro, who's seen it many times, but says, "this is one of the worst beats I've seen in a long time."

Winston starts the hand with J♦ 10♦ and calls a 450 raise from the button and 5 players go to the flop.

Flop: Q♦ 9♦ 4♠ (Winston flops an open ended straight flush draw)

Checks to Winston, who bets 2k and gets a call from Alex Im (Washington, D.C.).

Turn: K♣ (Winston nut straight, with redraws to the flush and straight flush)

Im checks, Winston bets 6k, Im reraises to 12k, Winston shoves all-in and is at risk.

Im tables K♥ Q♠ (two pairs, and needs the K♠, Q♣ or Q♥ to win)

River: K♠

Im hits the three outer for a full house to win the hand and eliminate Winston during the second level. "All I can do is get it in as a 93% favorite," says Winston, who can only laugh and chalk it up to, "that's poker."

As he stacks the chips, Im says, "I got lucky. I had a feeling about the hand and hit it," as he stacks 50k in chips.

It was no secret that Winston is an accomplished pro and the table breathes a sigh of relief to see "The Oracle" on the rail. Winston smiles, shakes Im's hand and says, "there's nothing more I can do."

Level 4 (100/200) is underway.

Odds Calculator Going to the River

Seat Open, Really!...Seat Open, Really?

$500 +60 NL Deep Stack (1B)

Even deep stacks and long levels aren't enough to keep people from busting early, and this isn't a tale of set over set or anything remotely considered a bad beat.

Basically John Merriam (Parsippany, NY) is given a gift from a player that used to be in seat 7. Merriam limps with KK, looking to trap. When his opponent raises, Merriam 4 bets to 4k and the player calls.

The flop is all low spades, seat 7 moves all-in with an open ended straight draw (no spade) and Merriam thinks about it for two nano-seconds and calls with the king of spades and calls. When the board bricks out Merriam adds 15k to his stack.

"It's a long way to go," says Merriam, "a long way to go."

Players are on a break, getting ready for Level 3 (75/150).

Profile - Monteavaro

Name: Joanne Monteavaro
Town: Bronx, NY

Occupation: Lawyer

Family: Youngest of two daughters, who have two wonderful parents. Aunt to three nephews and one niece.

Interests: International traveling, especially the Caribbean

Poker Start: Small home tournament in 2007

Best Borgata Moment: Final tabled the first real casino tournament I played. It was the $1k, during the 2008 Borgata Winter Poker Open. It was my first real tournament and I thought, wow I can do this.

Ipod Selections: I have different music for my different moods. When I'm on tilt I'll put Out of my Head (Fastball) on repeat. Short stacked: Holding Out for a Hero (Bonnie Tyler). Tired: Gonna Fly Now (Rocky Theme Song/Bill Conti). I know my selections are cheesy, but I love them!

Favorite Album: Joshua Kadison, "Painted Desert Serenade"

Favorite Television Show: 24. I'm disappointed the show's over. I'll miss it, but I'm looking forward to the movie.

Fictional Character to Best Represent Style of Play: Jack Bauer, he's resourceful, always gets the job done and stays alive.

Player Would Most Like to Face Heads-Up: Phil Ivey, because I love a good challenge and could learn something. I enjoy playing people who are better than me. (But only if we're playing low stakes!)

Guilty Pleasure: Anything chocolate

Quote to Live By: "The only people who never fail are those who never try."

Who Dat?

$500 +60 NL Deep Stack (1B)

Scanning the more than 30 tables in play, a look at who's in the house.

Kelly Armentrout
Nancy Martin
Robert Nguyen
Steve Ryan
Eric Siegel
Joe Simmons
Olga Varkonyi
Robert Varkonyi
Roy Winston

Level 2 (50/100) is underway.

Bigger & Better

$500 +60 NL Deep Stack (1B)

The second starting day in Event 12 of the Borgata Summer Poker Open will have bigger and better numbers than the 153 players that played in Day 1A. Traditionally the second starting day has larger numbers, add in Sunday was Father's Day, and many of the dad's are getting a "bonus" day to celebrate by playing in the Deep Stack.

There's a steady line at the cage and players can register through the first two levels.

Players start with 25k in chips, Blinds begin at 25/50 and levels last 40 minutes.

31 players remained after Day 1A, with Adam Cook (Pasadena, MD) leading the way with 255k and Sunday's average stack at 124k. All remaining players return 2 pm Tuesday to play for the title.

Monday, June 21

TODAY IN THE POKER ROOM

11AM: Event 12 - $500 + $60 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em
(Day 1B)

• 25,000 in starting chips
• Levels last 40 minutes
• 2-day event (with Day 1A and Day 1B starting days)
• Day 2 starts on Tuesday, June 22 at 11AM

7PM: Event 34 - $100 + $20 No Limit Hold'em

• 10,000 in starting chips
• Levels last 20 minutes

Omaha Hi/Lo Recap

Borgata Summer Poker Open 2010
Event 13: $300 + $50 Omaha H/L
(June 20)

At high-noon on Father's Day Sunday, 104 brave souls entered the Borgata Poker Room to take their shot at Omaha Hi/Lo. Their $300 buy-ins created a total prize pool of $30,264 which would be awarded to the final 18 players.

It took fourteen long hours, but in the end it was Vince Coleman of Camden, NJ, who claimed the top prize of $9,321. "I was down to 5,000 chips" Vince said. That was his situation during the play-down from 27 players to the 18 that would get paid. During hand-for-hand play, Vince was nervously circling the tables, checking for other short stacks.

Once the money bubble burst, Vince kicked it into overdrive, pulling off a comeback for the record books. Within an hour, he had grown those 5,000 chips into a stack approaching 100,000. Another half-hour and Vince had doubled his stack again. When they reached the final table, he never looked back. In addition to the prize money, Vince is taking home a beautiful crystal trophy.

Sach Ramrakhani (New York, NY) had to settle for second place and $5,145. Another New Yorker, Jeff Hunter of the Bronx, took 3rd place and $2,875.

Other notables among the field were two previous Borgata Champions. Adel Shakerian of Falls Church, VA, won the Omaha Hi/Lo event during the Borgata Spring Poker Open in April 2010. That earned him $13,489. Tonight he finished 6th for $1,514. He had hoped to repeat as champion, but as he put it, "This is a high variance game. I got unlucky."

William 'Bill' Hine of Bricktown, NJ, won the Omaha Hi/Lo event during the Borgata Winter Poker Open in January 2010. Thanks to a field twice the size of this one, Bill claimed $22,407 for that victory. Tonight he finished 7th for $1,211.

Joseph Gaval (Barnegat, NJ) finished 8th, earning $908. In addition, he claimed the "Father of the Day" award this Father's Day. He has seven children, four girls and three boys, ranging in age from 18 down to 5. "I got up early and did the Father's Day thing, then left to come play poker". Well done, Joseph!

Event 13: $300+$50 Omaha Final Results

Borgata Summer Poker Open 2010
Event 13: $300 + $50 Omaha H/L 8B
June 20

Entries: 104 Total Buy-In: 31,200

FINAL RESULTS
1. VINCENT COLEMAN (VOORHEES, NJ): $9,321
2. SACHIN RAMRAKHANI (FORT LEE, NJ): $5,145
3. JOHN HUNTER (BRONX, NY): $2,875
4. WALTER SOHO (EAST SETAUKET, NY): $2,119
5. MARK JONES (PHILADELPHIA, PA): $1,816
6. ADEL SHAKERIAN (FALLS CHURCH, VA): $1,514
7. WILLIAM HINE (BRICKTOWN, NJ): $1,211
8. JOSEPH GAVAL (BARNEGAT, NJ): $908
9. SEAN SCAVILLO (WARRINGTON, PA): $681
10. TERRY WELLS (BALTIMORE, MD): $590
11. VAL SEIFERT (STEVENSON, MD): $590
12. MICHAEL DEMCOVITZ (LINDEN, NJ): $590
13. ANTOINETT PENNINGTON (GALLOWAY, NJ): $514
14. KOSTADINOS KOTATIS (NEW MILFORD, NJ): $514
15. CHARLES CADY JR (MIDDLETOWN, NJ): $514
16. KEVIN DWYER (WANTAGH, NY): $454
17. DANIEL SPEAR (NEWTOWN SQ, PA): $454
18. NORBERTO SOPENA (ROANOKE, VA): $454

Event 10: $1000+$90 NLH Final Results

Borgata Summer Poker Open 2010
Event 10: $1,000 + $90 No Limit Hold'em
June 19 - 20

Entries: 153 Total Buy-In: $153,000

FINAL RESULTS:
1. HAL NEEMAN (CHERRY HILL, NJ): $45,710
2. JACK BARNES (BRICK, NJ): $25,230
3. BENEDETTO BIANCO (FRANKLIN SQUARE, NY): $14,099
4. EDWARD CORRADO (NAPLES, FL): $10,389
5. JOHN DORAN (WOOLWICH TWP, NJ): $8,905
6. JOANNE MONTEAVARO (BRONX, NY): $7,421
7. JIM DEFINA (NEW YORK, NY): $5,936
8. SEAN MCLAUGHLIN (HOLTSVILLE, NY): $4,452
9. ILYA SOYFER (MORGANVILLE, NJ): $3,339
10. ANDREW EGAN (HICKESSIN, DE): $2,894
11. EUGENE F FOUKSMAN (MANALAPAN, NJ): $2,894
12. AVRAHAM CLIPMAN (UNIVERSITY, OH): $2,894
13. DAVID THUR (STATEN ISLAND, NY): $2,523
14. WILLIAM REILLY (OAKDALE, PA): $2,523
15. ARTHUR PETERS (BRICK, NJ): $2,523
16. EVANGELOS ZIKOPOULOS (ASTORIA, NY): $2,226
17. JOSEPH ALTOMONTE (WEST PATERSON, NJ): $2,226
18. JAMES MORTON (BARBOURSVILLE, VA): $2,226

Omaha Hi/Lo Champion - Vince Coleman

$300 + $50 Omaha H/L

Mark Jones busted out while I was making the previous update and from there, they fell like dominoes. Vince Coleman, who was down to a single 5k chip during the play-down to the bubble, ended up with all the chips and a shiny new trophy! That's one helluva comeback!!

Vince Coleman - 1st place - $9,321

Sach Ramrakhani - 2nd place - $5,145

Jeff Hunter - 3rd place - $2,875

Walter Soho - 4th place - $2,119

Mark Jones - 5th place -$1,816

Five Alive

$300 + $50 Omaha H/L

During level 22 (limits 16k/32k) three players busted out.

Joseph Gaval finished 8th for $908.

Bill Hine

William (Bill) Hine finished 7th for $1,211. Bill won this event during the Borgata Winter Poker Open, taking home $22,407.

Adel Shakerian, the Borgata Spring Poker Open Champ, finished 6th for $1,514.

Another level expired and the limits increased to 20k/40k. The final five players continue to battle. Average stack is 208k.

10th - Wells; 9th - Scavillo

$300 + $50 Omaha H/L

Terry Wells (Baltimore, MD) busted out very quickly once the final table got back to business.

The final 9 took a break at the end of the level, then resumed play with level 21, limits 12k/24k.

Jeff Hunter (small blind) got his last chips in on the turn with the board showing T 5 2 2. Vince Coleman and Adel Shakerian both called and the river was a 7. Vince held AA43 for the nut low and Aces-up. Adel held AKJ3 for the same nut low and Ace-high. Vince took three-quarters of the side pot, leaving only one-quarter for Adel.

Jeff tabled a very ragged T962 for deuces-full to take half the main pot. Vince and Adel split the low half.

After three players limped, Joseph raised all-in for 8k more from the small blind. Sean Scavillo called from the big blind and all the limpers called. On the flop of 9 4 2 with two clubs, Jeff Hunter bet, Adel Shakerian called, and Sean folded. Turn was an offsuit 4 and again Jeff bet and Adel called. River was the 6 of clubs. Jeff bet, Adel called.

Jeff tabled AKQ3 with two clubs for the King-high flush and nut low. Adel showed 7642 for fours-full to take the high-half of the side pot. Joseph rolled over AJ43 for the same nut-low to claim a quarter of the main pot, sharing it with Jeff. Adel got half the main pot with his full house.

A short while later, Sean Scavillo was all-in on a flop of K 9 4. Vince and Adel called and the last two came A 7. Vince held ATT9 for Aces-up. Adel held AT63 for the low. Sean showed AQQ5 and couldn't claim any portion of the pot. He was eliminated in 9th place ($681).

Sean Scavillo - 9th place

Final Table

$300 + $50 Omaha H/L

Last-woman-sitting Toni Pennington was the next player out. She finished 13th, earning $514.

Joseph Gaval was all-in against two opponents and caught runner-runner for the flush and the high and runner-runner for the nut-low and scooped the pot. He was all in again a couple of hands later and scooped again for another double-up!

Sean Scavillo (Jamison, PA) was all-in against Vince Coleman and Adel Shakerian. Adel got all his chips in on the turn and ended up getting quartered by Vince for the low in both the main and side pots. Sean got half the main pot with a straight. Adel was left with only about 25k.

Michael Demcovitz (Atlantic City, NJ) hit the rail in 12th place earning $590.

Play continued into level 21 with limits of 10k/20k.

Val Seifert was all-in on the flop against 3 players. Sean Scavillo got all-in on the turn against Vince Coleman (Sach Ramrakhani dropped out). Vince and Sean chopped the pot and Val was ousted in 11th place ($590) .

The final ten players drew seats and moved to the final table:

Seat - Player - Hometown
1 - Bill Hine - Bricktown, NJ
2 - Terry Wells - Baltimore, MD
3 - Walter Soho - Long Island, NY
4 - Jeff Hunter - Bronx, NY
5 - Mark Jones - Philadelphia, PA
6 - Sach Ramrakhani - New York, NY
7 - Vince Coleman - Camden , NJ
8 - Adel Shakerian - Falls Church, VA
9 - Joseph Gaval - Barnegat, NJ
10 - Sean Scavillo - Jamison, PA

Baker's Dozen

$300 + $50 Omaha H/L

Two players were all-in against a third:

Kostadines Kotatis held KQ55 and was the shortest stack.

Val Seifert (Baltimore, MD) held A972 and was the middle stack.

Adel Shakerian held AK44 and had them both covered.

The board came K 9 7 J 8 and with no low possible, Val Seifert took he pot with two pair, 9s & 7s. Konstadines Kotatis (New Milford, NJ) finished in 14th place ($514).

At the end of level 17, they took a break and colored up the 500 chips. Here are some chip counts as of the break:

Vince Coleman - 208k
Walter Soho - 118k
Adel Shakerian - 110k
Jeff Hunter - 107k
Terry Wells - 98k
Bill Hine - 71k
Toni Pennington - 54k
Val Seifert - 51k
Joseph Gaval - 31k

13 players remain. Average stack is 80k.

Level 18 has begun with limits of 8k/16k.

Walter Soho showed me a drawing his six year old daughter made for him. Her name is Victoria and she made this four-leaf clover to give her daddy good luck. It must be working as he is currently second in chips!

Six-Year-Old Victoria's Drawing of a 4-Leaf Clover

Down to 14

$300 + $50 Omaha H/L

Despite his comeback while playing down to the money, Norberto Sopeno wasn't able to maintain the momentum. He was the first player to cash out, finishing 18th and earning $454.

Daniel Spear (Newtown Square, PA) was next to hit the rail. He finished 17th ($454).

Early chip leader Kevin Dwyer has reported to the rail in 16th, good for $454.

Charles Cady, Jr (Middletown, NJ) made the first money bump, finishing 15th for $514.

Meanwhile, Vince Coleman (Camden, NJ) is staging a comeback of his own. During play-down, he was as low as 5,000 chips and now is back up to about 95k!

Vince Coleman

14 players remain as they move into level 18 with limits of 6k/12k. Average stack is just over 74k.

Bubble Burst!

$300 + $50 Omaha H/L

The comeback kid, Norberto Sopeno, (Roanoke, VA) is back up to 17k after being down to only 1,500 chips at one point. As players were dropping between 27 and 20, Norberto was all-in repeatedly and kept winning at least half the pots. During hand-for-hand play he continued to chip up to About 24k.

With 19 players remaining, they began playing hand-for-hand. Also, level 16 concluded and they moved into level 17 with limits of 5k/10k.

Toni Pennington (Galloway, NJ) has been the last woman in this event for quite a while and she ended up also being the shortest stack at bubble-time. She had her last 4k all-in and short for the big blind, which should have been 5k. The under-the-gun player put his last 8k all-in and Adel Shakerian made the call. Here are their hands:

Adel: A943
Toni: A♥Q♣7♥7♠
utg: A332 (spades)

The flop came K♥T♥4♥ giving Toni new life with the nut flush. The last two came 2♥ J♠ and there was no low possible. The utg player was busted as the bubble-boy. Adel took the side-pot with just a pair of 4s and Toni was up to 14,500 and in the money!

With 18 players remaining they took a break and then will redraw for seats and move to the final two tables.

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

Bubble Looms

$300 + $50 Omaha H/L

They resumed play after dinner with level 15, limits 3k/6k.

Only in Omaha Hi/Lo can you flop the nut straight, turn a straight-flush, and end up with only half the pot. That happened to a player holding 8♦6♦5♣5♠. The flop was 7♦6♠4♦ giving him the nut straight, then the 5♦ landed on the turn giving him the straight-flush and a hammer lock on half the pot. His opponent took the other half with A2xx for the nut low.

Terry Wells

Players were dropping fast as the high limits were eating up the short stacks. Terry Wells has taken the lead. He's up to 105k. Adel Shakerian has about 90k.

Walter Soho told me he's taking it easy right now, but as soon at they make the money, (18 players) he's going to kick it into high gear and take this one down!

With 21 players remaining, level 15 concluded and they continued into level 16 with limits of 4k/8k.

Another short-stack was dispatched and with 20 players left they were just two away from payday.

Joseph Gaval (Barnegat, NJ) wins the Father of the Day award this Father's Day. He has seven children, four girls and three boys, ranging in age from 18 down to 5. "I got up early and did the Father's Day thing, then left to come play poker". He lives about 40 minutes away, so the drive wasn't too bad. Perhaps his Father's Day present will be cashing in this tournament!

Joseph Gaval

It's a Wrap

$500 +60 NL Deep Stack (1A)

The final hand of the day 1A Deep Stack is unkind to Justin Blair who calls the all-in bet of Dominic Popolizio, who's at risk for his final 25k. Blair tables pocket aces vs K 5 and is way ahead until Popolizio flops two pairs and doubles up.

It's a tough hand for Blair who finishes the day last in chips with only 21,200, while giving Popolizio a much needed double up to 56,300.

The chip leader is Adam Cook (Pasadena, MD) who has 255,400 and is looking for another Borgata Summer Poker Open Deep run, after finishing 4th in Event 1 ($200 +$30).

31 players finish the day with an average stack of 124k. Day 1B is Monday at 11 am, with the Day 2 final scheduled for Tuesday.

Back in Action

$300 + $50 Omaha H/L

The Omaha Hi/Lo players have resumed play with level 14, limits of 2k/4k. Already a couple of short-stacks have busted out.

They are down to 28 players at four tables (9-handed) and will break another table when one more player departs. Average stack is over 37,000.

Only the final two tables (18 players) will get paid.

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

Stacking Greys

$500 +60 NL Deep Stack (1A)

Hunkele Hunkers Down

Craig Hunkele (Pittsburgh, PA) makes a 25k river bet on a board of 7♥ 4♦ Q♠ 9♣ 6♠, his opponent tanks and folds. Hunkele flashes pocket 4s for a flopped set and another big pot.

Hunkele is now the unofficial chip leader with ~200k as he has a healthy stack of the grey (5k) chips.

Level 12 (1k/2k/300 ante) continues. They'll play one more level and then shut it down for the night. Players will be bagging and tagging around 9 pm.

Dinner Time!

$300 + $50 Omaha H/L

The fifth table broke meaning they are down to the final forty players as the last couple of minutes in level 13 ticked away.

Players were dispatched on a 50-minutes dinner break. Play will resume at about 8:20pm.

Walter Soho is at 60k and has been eclipsed for the chip lead by Kevin Dwyer, (Montaugh, NY) who is up to 65k. Coincidentally, Kevin landed in the seat to Walter's left when his table broke, so the two biggest stacks in the room are side-by-side.

Kevin Dwyer

Omaha Hi/Lo Defending Champ

$300 + $50 Omaha H/L

Adel Shakerian


Adel Shakerian (Falls Church, VA) is playing today trying to repeat his success from April. During the Borgata Spring Poker Open, Adel took top prize in the Omaha Hi/Lo event, earning $13,489. 



Adel's doing all right so far today with about 30k in chips.



Walter Soho is still leading the field with about 65k.

Walter Soho


Five tables remain with fewer than 50 players still alive. They're currently playing in level 12 with limits of 1k/2k.

1K Recap

Borgata Summer Open 2010
Event #10 - $1,000 + 90 NL
Entries: 153
Prizepool: $153,000

The biggest buy-in tournament of this year's series to date drew a tough field of 153 players. Over the course of two days we saw sensational poker and sick suckouts.

We began the day with the final 10 players fighting for their shot at the $45,710 first prize and Borgata trophy and it ended with Hal Neeman (Cherry Hill, NJ) standing alone as our champion. The Final Table saw Borgata regulars, 'Benny Benz' Bianco and Ed Corrado, put up a good fight, but fall short to the young kid on a card rush.

David Rosenau, Manny Patel, Adam Gerber and Tom Dobrilovic were listed as notables that anted up and busted on Day 1. Sheree Bykofsky and Joanne Monteavaro headlined the female participants, with Monteavaro placing sixth, good for $7,421.

After a busy Father's Day at Borgata, Monday's schedule includes:
- Day 1B of the $560 NL Deep Stack
- $120 NL tournament at 7 pm

Chugging Along

$300 + $50 Omaha H/L

Entries: 104
Total Buy-In: $31,200
Top Prize: $9,321
Places Paid: 18

Players Remaining:60
Average Chip Stack: 17k
Blinds: 500/1k (Level 11)

Courtesy Double-Up

$500 + $60 Deep Stack NL

Playing in level 9, blinds 500/1,000 with 100 antes:

After a raise to 3k and a couple of callers, Tomasz Gliniecki (Jackson, NJ) shipped his last 15k from the big blind. Everyone but big stack Larry Nguyen opts out and Larry makes the call, showing KT of clubs. Tomasz is holding the weapons of mass destruction, pocket Aces.

The board ran out 7 6 4 7 2 with not a club in sight and Tomasz more than doubled up.

Patrick Hartill

After that hand, Larry was down to about 125k and is no longer the chip leader. Patrick Hartill (Queens, NY) is currently sitting behind 162k.

Other stacks of interest:
James 'Suits' Salters - ~93k
Sheree Bykofsky - ~92k

There are currently 8 tables in action, so fewer than 80 players remain.

Congrats, Hal

$1,000 + 90 NL

Borgata has crowned another Champion,
we have a winner in the 1K...

Hal Neeman (Cherry Hill, NJ)
1st Place - $45,710

"It was two long days of poker, I never tilted and was fortunate enough to take it down," said the newest Borgata Summer Open Champion.

1K Busts

$1,000 + 90 NL

Event #10
Number of Entrants: 153
Total Buy-In: $153,000

Recent 1K Bustouts...

Jack Barnes (Brick, NJ)
2nd Place - $25,230

'Benny Benz' Bianco (Franklin Square, NY)
3rd Place - $14,099

Nut Nut

$300 + $50 Omaha H/L

Neil Levine (Norristown, PA) has been short stacked for the last few levels, but picks up new life when he turns the nut-nut. Levine's K ♦ 2 ♦ 3 ♦ 5♣ turns the high and low nuts on a board of
A ♦ Q♠ 5 ♦ 7 ♦.

His opponent flops top two and needs to pair the board to win the high part of the hand, but when the 6♠ hits the river Levin scoops the pot taking his stack back to 7,500.

The clear chip leader is Walter Soho (Long Island, NY) who has 37k. "Fast and steady," he says, while one player chimes in, "he's hitting boat after boat after boat." Soho smiles and responds, "yup."

80 players remain as Level 10 (400/800) continues.

1K Info

$1,000 + 90 NL

Number of Entries: 153
Prizepool: $153,000

Blinds @ 10,000/20,000/3,000a

Name - Chip-Counts:

Hal Neeman - 1,100,000
Jack Barnes - 810,000
'Benny Benz' Bianco - 475,000

Ed Exits

$1,000 + 90 NL

Ed Corrado (Naples, FL)
4th Place - $10,389

The long time gambler loses a coinflip with A♣ K♠ vs 3♠3♥ to bust in 4th. His wife packs up her romance novel and the couple exits Borgata's Poker Room, another solid showing from the old school poker veteran.

Doran Dusted

$1,000 + 90 NL

John Doran (Woolwich Twp, NJ)
5th Place - $8,905

Hal Neeman limped from the small blind and trapped John Doran, who found all his chips in the middle with Q♣10♣ vs A♥A♣.

The board ran out dry and we're left with 4 players.

Chip Leader Emerges

$500 +60 NL Deep Stack (1A)

Larry Nguyen (Bridgewater Twp., NJ) says he's been "lucky" early in this tournament and is riding the wave to the unofficial chip lead. Nguyen has 160k after flopping the nut flush against pocket jacks to win a 50k pot.

He also takes down a 40k pot when he hits a set of 7s on a 4 club board. "He only bet three-thousand," says Nguyen about the turn bet. "For that price I'll try and hit a boat." The board pairs on the river and Nguyen's opponent moves all-in with a 9 high flush, which is far from the nuts.

85 players remain as Level 8 (400/800/75 ante) is underway.

Jonestown

$300 + $50 Omaha H/L

Engelbert & Jones

After finishing 9th in the Pot Limit Omaha tournament two days ago, Mark Jones (Philadelphia, PA) is looking for another Borgata Summer Poker Open cash in the high/low version of the game.

"I'm a more cautious player," says Jones, "so this is my better game." Comparing PLO to H/L, Jones likes that you can see more cards without risking as many chips in this game. "Earlier today I had the best hand, but it only cost me one big bet. If it had been PLO, I would've been been bet off the hand because he was representing something better than what he had.

Jones has 13k as players are back from break. Sitting to his right is Glenn Engelbert (Gloucester Twp., NJ) who has 17k. "No big hands," he says, "nothing really."

Jones says he hopes to have a better run of cards than the did in PLO. "I was happy to make the money," he says. "I was lucky to get as far as I did."

Level 7 (200/400) is underway.

Last Girl Gone

$1,000 + 90 NL

Joanne Monteavaro (Bronx, NY)
6th Place - $7,421

Borgata local and last woman standing lost a critical coinflip to end her day. With her parents on the rail, she shoved 8♥8♠ into A♠K♣ to bust in sixth place. She dodged the flop and turn, but couldn't fade the river A♦. Joanne takes home a nice payday for her efforts, a solid showing from the tournament regular.