Badecker Beat-Down

$2500 + $200 CHAMPIONSHIP NLH

Andrew Badecker - 640,000 - Chip Leader

They're calling him the human luckbox at the table. Andrew Badecker, the kid from Vernon, CT continues to chip up and dominate. "Assuming I cash tonight, I'm 4 for 4 in Borgata tournament cashes" said Andrew who won a WSOP bracelet last summer in the $1500 triple shootout to the tune of $359,000.

"I've been a poker pro for four years" said Badecker.

Level 18: Blinds are 2500 / 5000 with 400 antes.

Bitker Bites Victor

$2500 + $200 CHAMPIONSHIP NLH

Bitker Takes Chip Lead

After moving to table 4, Chip leader Victor Ramdin is in a huge pot with Adam Bitker (New Haven, CT).

There's more than 400k in the pot and board shows 10♥ A♣ A♦ 5♥ J♥. After Ramdin checks, Bitker bets 95k from the button.

Ramdin goes in the tank and after cutting out his chips a number of times, he eventually lets the hand go.

Bitker now has 625k, taking the chip lead from Ramdin, who drops to 500k.

100 players remain and we're 37 spots from the money. Play continues until the bubble breaks and everyone is expecting a long night.

Doctor Detroit

$2500 + $200 CHAMPIONSHIP NLH

I caught a hand, thissss big

Okay, I've never seen anything quite like the end of this hand. Eugene "Doctor Detroit" Juergens (Brighton, MI) shoved all in on the river then clapped his hands, stood up, sprinted towards the exit, returned with his arms raised like Rocky, then ran around some more as his Opponent was in the tank. He didn't even win the hand yet. Is this some kind of tell?

Board: J-3-K-7-J (two clubs and two diamonds).

A crowd gathered around the table as Opponent thought and thought.

Eugene continued to celebrate as if he won, until Opponent finally called with A-K.

Eugene tabled J-10 for trip jacks and the 111,800 scoop.

No Spinella Zone

$2500 + $200 CHAMPIONSHIP NLH

Anthony Spinella - 590,000

Since Anthony Spinella got moved to Table eight he's gone from 380,000 up to 590,000.

The last big hand for Spinella: He opened with Q-Q and got two callers.

Anthony bet 28,000 when his Queen hit the turn. He bet another 45,000 when a heart hit the river, even though that put three hearts on the board.

"I wasn't worried about the heart" said Spinella who made the right value-bet as Opponent called then tossed his cards into the much upon seeing trips.

Anthony is amongst the chip leaders with 590,000.

David 'Coldstone' Inselberg

Those of us that watch the World Poker Tour know that David 'Coldstone' Inselberg narrowly missed winning the Foxwoods World Poker finals in October 2010.  He ended up taking home $325,608 for his second place finish in that event.  It was also during the televised coverage of that event that we learned of his foray into the world of ice cream, hence his new nickname 'Coldstone'.

 David 'Coldstone' Inselberg

Since that final table, Inselberg has been on a hot streak.  In November 2010, he made the final table of a tournament at the American Casino in the Dominican Republic.  In December 2010, he final-tabled two events here at Borgata's December Series, winning the second event.  Not a bad way to wrap up 2010 -- four final tables with one win.

So far this year, he has reported six cashes, including a 307th place finish in the World Series of Poker Main Event, good for over $35,000, and two cashes so far during this Fall Poker Open series.

It is no surprise that he has become a member of Team Bustout, joining other well-known pros like Chad Brown, Matt Stout, and Lee Childs.   They wear Bustout apparel, which can be found at BustoutPoker.com and travel to events sponsored by Bustout, such as their annual Dominican Republic Poker Championship.

Blue Shark Optics, which has now combined marketing efforts with Bustout, is also involved.  David is working with them to improve their sunglasses designed for playing poker.

Unfortunately David's run in the Borgata Fall Poker Open Championship event was cut short, but he's hoping to expand the scope of his poker travels in the coming years. 

When not playing poker, David is a family man who goes home to Long Beach, New York, to his wife and two children.  His teenage son has already taken an interest in the game, discussing strategy and bankroll management with his dad.

Great Fold

$2500 + $200 CHAMPIONSHIP NLH

A man simply known as "Lefevre" just made a fold worthy of some props. He had A-10 on a board of 10-7-J-A-2.

Short stack Paul Spitzberg (Tenafly, NJ) jams the river. Lefevre folds and shows the table his A-10.

Nobody could believe the fold for only a few thousand more chips. Paul claimed he has 2-3 and caught the river but whispered the truth to me. He had K-Q for the Broadway nuts.

Lefevre traveled all the way from France. This is his first Borgata Poker Open Championship.

Event 20: Top Ten Players

$270 + $30 + $100 Black Chip Bounty NLH

Final Table

Seat-Name-Chip Count

1 Alan Haddy (Oakland, NJ) 120k
2 James Bergen (Sykesville, MD) 276k
3 Vick Harris (Forest Hills, NY) 202k
4 Ron Vitello (Cherry Hill, NJ) 809k
5 Alfred Benecke (Brooklyn, NY) 247k
6 Lawrence Payden (Chester Springs, PA) 130k
7 Nissam Benjamin (Brooklyn, NY) 242k
8 Tyler Chen (Piscataway, NJ) 203k
9 Ilya Vasserman (Huntingdon, NY) 346k
10 Wayne Wolff (Middlesex, NJ) 140k

Event 20: 11th Place - Shablovsky

$270 + $30 + $100 Black Chip Bounty NLH

Vyacheslav Shablovsky (Staten Island, NY)
$759

Event 20: 12th Place - Laves

$270 + $30 + $100 Black Chip Bounty NLH

Benjamin Laves (Somerset, NJ)
$759

Event 20: 13th Place - D'Agostino

$270 + $30 + $100 Black Chip Bounty NLH

Dan D'Agostino (Belleville, NJ)

$642

Good Deck For Badecker

$2500 + $200 CHAMPIONSHIP NLH

Andrew Badecker (Vernon, CT) pads his stack after rivering an inside straight against Corey Lieblein who flopped a set of fours. "I had to pay him off" said Corey.

Andrew is up to 562,000 which is gaining on Victor Ramdin's 600,000.

Richard Marshall (Raleigh, NC) just busted in 109th place at table 1.

Marshall finished 15th in the WPT Sept. Borgata Poker Open and 4th in Event 18 for $19,419.

Thanksgiving Day Table

$2500 + $200 CHAMPIONSHIP NLH

Pass The Cranberry

Huge table of chips with Yat Cheng (blue cap) at 340,000, Aaron Massey (seat 7) at 450,000 and Victor Ramdin (seat 8) at 600,000.

Yat scored a nice knock-out with 6-4 in the big blind. Victor raised with A-K, Opponent flatted with Q-Q, and Yat called, getting in cheap.

Yat flopped da nuts looking down at 2-3-5 and checks. Victor checks A-K and Q-Q jams.

Yat calls, Victor folds, and Yat scoops. Turn - K. River - 10.

Q-Q blamed himself for not jamming pre-flop. However, Victor probably would have called and won the pot on the turn anyway.

Next closest stack to Ramdin seems to be Andrew Badecker (Vernon, CT) with 530,000.

Victor is the chip leader in the room.

Players are on a fifteen minute break.

110 remain - 63 get the pumpkin pie!

Event 20: Eliminations

$270 + $30 + $100 Black Chip Bounty NLH

Bustouts have been fast and furious since returning from dinner break.

Position-Name-Amount

14 Alli Schultz (Upper Saddle River, NJ) $642
15 Don Brown (Westbury, NY) $642
16 Timothy Bryan (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $584
17 Michael Endress (Staten Island, NY) $584
18 Bundhit Intachai (Waipahu, HI) $584
19 Marc Ginsberg (Scotch Pains, NY) $526
20 Kevin Sullivan (Los Angeles, CA) $526
21 Darwin Valdez (Brooklyn, NY) $526
22 Christopher Winter (Hamilton, OH) $526
23 Brian Spencer (Tinton Falls, NJ) $526
24 Robert Teti (Sewell, NJ) $526
25 Timothy Little (Cheverly, MD) $526
26 Michael Feld (Sparta, NJ) $526
27 Ronald Spain (Plymouth, MN) $526

Black Friday Sweat

$2500 + $200 CHAMPIONSHIP NLH

Corey Lieblein - 240,000

Self-proclaimed rank amateur Corey Lieblein (Port Washington, NY) started the day with 72,000 and built his stack up to above average at 240,000.

Corey noticed my "Pokerjunkies" hat and was telling me how he was playing at the same table at the WSOP main event Day-3 with actor-producer Mars Callahan.

Corey owns a consumer electronics company so his products will be on store shelves all across the country on Black Friday which is a huge day for Corey and his company. Naturally he'll be sweating it out, hoping for a big shopping turnout.

Early on today Corey's A-A vs. A-K wasn't much of a sweat but did score Lieblein the double-up.

Some of the pros at the table were providing some friendly banter and Corey wasn't afraid to defend himself and spar back saying to a short stack, "I'm gonna clean your clock out like it's my job". At least for today, making the cash really is the only job at hand.

Last Woman Standing

$2500 + $200 CHAMPIONSHIP NLH

Barbara Rogers - Last Woman Standing

Congratulations to Card Player magazine writer Barbara Rogers (Lock Haven, PA) who is having a good Fall Poker Open. She took 8th place for $7,566 in Event 18 and is the Last Woman Standing in the Championship.

Her table just broke up sending Barbara over to table 7, seat 9. We talked about how poker is both a mental and physical game.

On the mental side, Barbara was up all night re-playing hands from yesterday in her mind. Things she did, things she could have done differently.

Physically, today she's very tired - very fatigued. She's afraid she's making mistakes because of her lack of sleep.

"In one tournament to wake myself up and get the oxygen flowing, during breaks I ran up ten flights of stairs and that helped" explained Barbara.

125 players remain on 14 tables.

Average chip stack is 160,800.

5 High Shove = Winner

$2500 + $200 CHAMPIONSHIP NLH

Former chip leader Mikhail Zemlyansky (Hewlett, NY) and his opponent check the flop of Q♥ 9♣ 4♠.

The turn is the 9♠ and Zemlyansky bets 13k. The remaining player makes it 40k, Zemlyansky moves all in for 93k, and the player calls.

Zemlyansky: 3♥ 5♥ (five high)
Opponent: K♠ J♠ (king high, flush draw, gutshot straight draw)

River: 5♦

The table erupts as Zemlyansky hits a pair of fives to take his stack back to more than 200k. "You're supposed to fold there," says Zemlyansky.

The reply, "how can I fold, I'm supposed to win there."

Level 15 (1,200/2,400/300 ante) is underway.

Linster With Monster Stack

$2500 + $200 CHAMPIONSHIP NLH

Mike Linster - 440,000

What a comeback for former poker-pro Mike Linster who is making an incredible run in the Championship. "I started the day with 83,475 then dropped to 18,000 losing to set over set" Mike explained.

Mike's 9-9-9 fell short to J-J-J in Level 1 nine hours ago. Steady grinding has brought Linster from 18,000 up to 440,000 which is amongst the chip leaders.

The electrician from Island Park, NY says hi to all his friends and family and hopes he'll be bringing the money home for Thanksgiving dinner!

Quadzilla

$2500 + $200 CHAMPIONSHIP NLH

3-3-3-3

In back to back hands a player is crippled then knocked-out.

Hand #1) Robert Chung-Shui bets 21,000 on the turn and his Opponent jams all-in. Robert calls and has him covered.

Robert's 9♣9♦ flopped a set and Opponent's 5♣6♣ picked up a flush draw and a double-gutter.

Cards up to the turn: 3♥ 9♥ 7♣ A♣

The river K gave the pot to Robert. With the double up he's up to 150,000.

After missing a ton of outs Opponent was crippled to 700 and shoved it in the next hand holding A♣ 4♣ .

Four players were in the hand trying to score the knock-out.

Tony Nguyen holds wired threes and sees a miracle flop of 3-8-3 . Another player in the hand has 8-8 and gives Tony action.

When the dust settles on a three-mendous board of 3-8-3-6-A, Tony's quad 3's knocks out two players.

Event 20: Dinner Break Chip Leader

$270 + $30 + $100 Black Chip Bounty NLH

Vitello Vanquishes Five

Ron Vitello (Cherry Hill, NJ) is the chip leader with 443k and at one point during hand-for-hand play had more than 500k, or 20% of the chips in play. Vitello, who has a WSOP circuit ring, doubled-up one player on the bubble for 50k, but still has a comfortable lead.

"I've been lucky," he says, while holding five $100 bounties. Another player chimes in that Vitello hit a three-outer earlier in the day to stay alive before going on a sick heater.

The 27 remaining players are on a 45 minute dinner break and all in the money.

Ron & Eva Vitello

Dinner Time Tweets

$2500 + $200 CHAMPIONSHIP NLH 

Some dinner-time tweets from the remaining players:

BeatByRags Tim Byrd
80k to start dinner break !!! Good luck me!

Andrewbadecker Andrew badecker
Lost 55k on last hand before dinner. Still have heaps and lots of bad players at the table.

toddbterry Todd Terry
92k going to dinner.

D_Dayy Nelson Robinson
235k on dinner break. Come back to 1200/2400/300

sickallkris chris grove
100k at dinner.come back to 1200/2400 300a.apparently I spewed off earlier to an evil genius, mrperfekt and didnt kno it.

SteveRyanPoker Steve Ryan
Hmmm dinner break. Not feeling amazing. 73k going up to 1200/2400. 300 table tough running poor but still grinding.

ArgentinaBoy Alex Queen
344k going to dinner break probably top 15 stack, 130ish people left

poochpoker Joe Cappuccio
63K 1.2K/2.4K after dinner

nevermissmassey Aaron Massey
Dinner break 3rd in chips w 349.8k. avg is 135k. 149 players left. I busted Matt Glanz and have Victor Ramdin on my left.

Eli_Loewenthal Eli Loewenthal
Dinner break with @nevermissmassey @KevinSauLivePro @TheReaLMander. 124k (about average) with ~135 left 63 ITM. blinds kicking to 1200/2400

MrPerfekt Jason Deutsch
100k on dinner break----my boy @sonnyalbo has tree-fiddy

Post Dinner Play Has Begun

$2500 + $200 CHAMPIONSHIP NLH 

Play has resumed following dinner with level 15, blinds 1,200/2,400 with 300 antes.

149 players remain.  Only 63 will get paid.  Average stack is 135k (56 big blinds).

Chip Leader John Myung's 530k stack is over 220 big blinds.

Event 20: Bubble Breaks

$270 + $30 + $100 Black Chip Bounty NLH

Michael "Feld"s His Way to the Money

After doubling-up, Marc Ginsberg (Scotch Plains, NJ) provides the knockout that sends the final 27 players into the money. Ginsberg has pocket jacks UTG, and the BB, who's down to 2200, reluctantly calls with 9 3 offsuit.

The flop brings a jack and the anonymous player is on the rail and disappointedly says, "no chance you get my name."

One guy who's thrilled to make the final 27 for a $526 min cash is Michael Feld (Sparta, NJ). He was blinded down to 2300 and staring down the barrel of the blinds before surviving to make the money.

Payout Reminder

$2500 + $200 CHAMPIONSHIP NLH

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

Place - Amount

1st   $388,657
2nd  $218,531
3rd   $137,594
4th   $111,694
5th     $89,031
6th     $73,653
7th     $59,084
8th     $44,516
9th     $30,756
10-12 $21,044
13-15 $15,378
16-18 $11,331
19-27   $8,903
28-36   $7,932
37-45   $7,123
46-54   $6,313
55-63   $5,504

The plan for today is to play to the money, then call it a night.

Event 20: Stayin' Alive

$270 + $30 + $100 Black Chip Bounty NLH

Schultz Still Standing

As blinds increase to 3k/6k/500 ante, several short stacks are doubling-up.

The last woman standing, Alli Schultz (New York, NY) doubles through Dan D'Agostino (Belleville, NJ) with pocket queens after Vic Harris (Forrest Hills, NY) agonizes and folds pocket 6s, which would've lost.

Marc Ginsberg (Scotch Plains, NJ) stays alive with pocket aces against chip leader Ron Vitello (Cherry Hill, NJ); Ginsberg doubles 50k to grab some bubble breathing room.

Event 20: Bubble Trouble

$270 + $30 + $100 Black Chip Bounty NLH

With 29 players remaining, one spot before hand-for-hand play, UCLA student Kevin Sullivan (Los Angeles, CA) get a much needed double-up against Don Brown (Westbury, NY) when he hits a three-outer on the river to double 28,300.

Shortly after that one elimination means dinner break is postponed until the bubble breaks.

Dinner Time

$2500 + $200 CHAMPIONSHIP NLH

At the end of level 14, the dinner bell was rung.

149 remaining players were rewarded with a dinner break.

Play will resume at about 7:50pm.

Wardell Doubles Thru Phung

$2500 + $200 CHAMPIONSHIP NLH

After a raising war, Scott Wardell (Winterville, NC) was all-in pre-flop.  Cuong Phung (Atlantic City, NJ) tanked for a couple of minutes, faced with call of an additional 90k.

He eventually decided to call, showing pocket Queens.  Scott held pocket Kings and was way ahead.

The board came 8 7 3 A 5 and Scott's Kings were good for a double-up to ~256k. 

Cuong was left with ~75k.

New Chip Leader

$2500 + $200 CHAMPIONSHIP NLH

Jesse Yaginuma picked the wrong time to run a bluff.

He fired on every street while John Myung (Vienna, VA) called him all the way.

 John Myung

On the river with an innocuous 8-high board with two hearts, Jesse shoved about 100k.  And John called.

Jesse only had King-high.  John had pocket Aces to claim the pot, bust Jesse, and claim the chip lead. John is now up to about 500k.

Aaron Massey is up to ~365k after felting Matt Glantz.

Chip Lead Update

$2500 + $200 CHAMPIONSHIP NLH

All players are now in the Signature Room, so I checked in on my two big stacks.

John Andress is still the leader, but is still at about 375k where he was before.

Nick Manfredo is also still sitting on about 320k, the same as he had before.

Travis Greenawalt has claimed 2nd place with 325k.

I found no other players over 300k, but Aaron Massey is getting close with ~290k and Mikhail Zemlyansky is up to 280k.

18 tables remain with about 162 players still in the fight.  Average stack is about 124k.

Break-Time Tweets

$2500 + $200 CHAMPIONSHIP NLH

Time to check the Tweets:

JohnnyBaxPoker Cliff Josephy
52k on long break as we switch rooms. Going up to 1k-2k/200.

sickallkris chris grove
105k at break..1k/2k blinds when we come back..looks about 180 left.

SugDpoker David Zeitlin
We're going to 1k-2k. Table isn't too tough, it could be a nice spot.

mscell Mark Scellato
125K at break. 1000/2000 when we return.

toddbterry Todd Terry
81k going to 1/2k

poochpoker Joe Cappuccio
110K 1k/2k/200

BeatByRags Tim Byrd
2nd break 80k or so! Laid down qq on a 843 board raise utg i flat, he bet 4200 I raised to 11900, he made it 30k shitty situation!!!

BBOY3110 Larry Sharp
Awful level, have like 52k going into 1/2k after break, lost big pot w 99 where dude leads 762 after flatting sb w J9 n turns a J

D_Dayy Nelson Robinson
After 2nd break I have 210k going to 1k/2k/200. Avg stack is 110k

BigCheese_poker Thomas Marchese
120 going into 1/2. Table isn't the best.

SteveRyanPoker Steve Ryan
90k approx going up to 2k bb.

nevermissmassey Aaron Massey
Break 288.9k avg is 107k w 189 players left blinds will be 1-2k. I lost my first hand but I lost min.. playing perfect today. BorgotaMain

mrhahn5 Michael Hahn
228k going to 1k/2k. tables tough

Event 20: Payouts

$270 + $30 + $100 Black Chip Bounty NLH

Entries: 223
Total Buy-In: $60,210

Place - Amount

1st $16,353
2nd $9,637
3rd $5,548
4th $4,497
5th $3,504
6th $2,920
7th $2,336
8th $1,752
9th $1,168
10-12 $759
13-15 $642
16-18 $584
19-27 $526

Event 20: Poker Room Update

$270 + $30 + $100 Black Chip Bounty NLH

Dan's Plan to Crack the Top 10

This is a one day tournament and a Main Event trophy is on the line. We're down to 5 tables and and not only is Dan D'Agostino (Belleville, NJ) the chip leader with 145k, but he's poised to make a run in the Borgata Fall Poker Open Leaderboard.

D'Agostino is currently 11th in the standings as the top 10 earn prizes. "I've got my eye on the camera," he says, "and then we'll go from there."

They're down to five tables and 45 players remain with an average stack of 59k.

Numbers

Number of Entries: 223
Players Remaining: 45
Chips In Play: 2.68 million

Average Stack: 59k (25 BB)
Big Stack: 145k (60 BB)

Blinds: 1,200/2,400/300 ante

Total Buy-In: $60,210
First Prize: $16,353
Places Paid: 27

Victor Makes Hero Call vs Frankenberger

$2500 + $200 CHAMPIONSHIP NLH

Play resumed after the break with level 14, blinds 800/1,600 with 200 antes.

I had his hand recounted to me by the players themselves.  It happened during the previous level.

Due to table breaks and player moves, Victor Ramdin has landed at table twelve with WPT POY Andy Frankenberger on his right.  Matt Glantz is also now at table 12.

Andy raised and Victor 3-bet.  Andy called and the flop fell Q Q 4 with two hearts.  Andy checked, Victor bet, and Andy called.

Turn was an Ace and Andy led out for 12,500.  Victor raised to 30k and Andy called.

River was a blank.  Andy shoved for 46k.  Victor tanked and/or nit-rolled, (depending on the source) and eventually called.  Andy had Q9 for trip Queens.  Victor had QT for trip Queens with a slightly better kicker to take the pot and double-up.

As of the break, Victor was up to ~190k while Andy was down to ~55k.

Bag & Tag

$2500 + $200 CHAMPIONSHIP NLH

Mike Sica (left) & Co. Bag & Tag

The players in the Poker Room are getting a dry run on what they hope to be doing late tonight/early Wednesday morning, bagging and tagging.

The remaining six tables in the Poker Room are moving to the Signature Room as approximately 175 players remain with an average stack of 115k (57 BB).

The next time players bag and tag, they'll be in the money and done for the night before returning Wednesday to play for the top prize of $388,657.

Break!

$2500 + $200 CHAMPIONSHIP NLH

Kevin Saul is done.  His rivered flush was out-rivered by quadzilla.

John Hinds was all-in on a flop of A J 7 with a set of Jacks.  Unfortunately for John, his opponent had a set of Ace.  He has also reported to the rail.

Level 13 is done and time for another break.

During this break, the remaining tables will be moved over from the poker room so that the entire field is finally in one room.

Filippi Felted

$2500 + $200 CHAMPIONSHIP NLH

On a flop of 9 7 5 with two hearts, Amnon Filippi (New York, NY) was all-in against Sung Ha Kim (Cliffside Park, NJ).

Amnon held AJ of hearts for the nut flush draw with two overcards.  Kim held 87 of spades for middle pair with gutshot.

The last two came offsuit 2 6 and Kim improved to a straight on the river to claim the pot, felting Amnon in the process.

Kim chipped up to ~170k.

Leonid Lerner got all-in holding 97 suited against pocket 3s.  The flop included a 9 and two of his suit, so it was all Leonid.  He doubled up to about 100k.

More Goners

$2500 + $200 CHAMPIONSHIP NLH

These folks have vanished into the mist:

Aaron Overton
Greg Fishberg
Tony Campagna
Joe Boatwright
Emmanuel Kouhaiz
Ian Palomo
Jeff Papola
Eric Siegel
Leonid Vizirov

Pagliuca Hits 4-Outer

$2500 + $200 CHAMPIONSHIP NLH

After hearing repeatedly "Yes! Yes! Yes!" from across the room, I had to go see what had transpired on table 9.

On a flop of J 9 5, Henry Pagliuca (Bloomfield, NJ) was all-in holding J9 (top two pair) against a player holding pocket 5s (bottom set). 

 Henry Pagliuca

Henry had 4 outs to save his tournament life, needing a Jack or 9 to survive.

That's when the Jack fell on the turn, giving Henry the suck-out and the double-up.  He's now got over 200k.

Recent Action

$2500 + $200 CHAMPIONSHIP NLH

Blinds are up to 800/1,600 with 200 antes for level 13.

Scott Wardell (Tabernacle, NJ) was all-in for 40,400 holding AQ off against Michael Shasho's (Ramsey, NJ) pocket Kings. 

And Ace on the turn gave the pot and the double-up to Scott.  Michael was left with about 140k, still in good shape.

Eli Loewenthal's (Carmel, IN) pocket Aces were good for a double-up.

Cliff Josephy's (Muttontown, NY) pocket Queens did not hold up.  Then he lost a race with AQ against pocket 6s.  He's down to ~60k.

Signature Chip Leader

$2500 + $200 CHAMPIONSHIP NLH

Back in the Signature Room, some interesting moves have taken place.

Borgata Poker Open champion Bobby Oboodi has busted out.  Day 1B chip leader Sakip Shehu (Brooklyn, NY) has landed in his empty seat at table 10.

Table 5 has gotten a lot tougher as players have moved in to fill empty seats:
Alex Queen
Leonid Vizirov
Natale Kuey
Sean Knitter
Kirkor 'Coco' Tekneci
Bruce Yamron
Arkadiy Tsinis

Nick Manfredo

But the only player in the Signature Room with over 300k is Nick Manfredo (Levittown, NY) on table 3.  He's currently stacking over 320k and is second in chips overall.

Tournament Chip Leader

$2500 + $200 CHAMPIONSHIP NLH

I made a brief foray into the Poker Room to check out the 9 remaining tables over there, and found some interesting lineups.

Table 26
Leonard Sande
Steven Rodriguez
Kevin Saul
Barbara Rogers
'Action' Bob Hwang

Table 29
Aaron Massey
Darren Elias
Tony Sinishtaj

Table 32
Scott Einiger
Lonnie Heimowitz
Miguel Borrero
Alex 'Jedi' Nepomnyaschiy
Paul Spitzberg
John Andress

John Andress (Doylestown, PA) is the tournament chip leader with 375k.

John Andress

230 Remain

$2500 + $200 CHAMPIONSHIP NLH

17 tables are still in action here in the Signature Room.  9 tables are still going in the Poker Room.

That's 26 total nine-handed tables.  TD Tab Duchateau has tweeted that there are 230 players remaining.

Eventually all tables will be moved to the Signature Room, but there are only 25 tables in here.

There's still a long way to go to get to the money at 63 players.

Time to Check the Tweets

$2500 + $200 CHAMPIONSHIP NLH

Play resumed after the break with level 12, blinds 600/1,200 with 100 antes.

Here are some Tweets from the break:

sickallkris chris grove
85k at break...pretty rough 2 lvls...come back to 600/1200...plenty still.

KevinSauLivePro Kevin Saul
1st break, been very card dead haven't played too many pots. 67,600 after level 11 borgata main

Andrewbadecker Andrew badecker
Lost a little that level. Got 81k going into 600-1200. About average #timetobuild #borgatafpo

JABistro John Allan Hinds
1st break, exactly where I started the day. Might try to make FT w/ $20k, that would be fun

BBOY3110 Larry Sharp
130k on break, going into 6/1200

toddbterry Todd Terry
80k at 1st break.

SugDpoker David Zeitlin
Picked some good spots, up to 62k going to 600-1200.

JohnnyBaxPoker Cliff Josephy
Guy just totally misplayed KK v my QQ. I only lost 7500 lol. Have 94k at break. Going to 600-1200/100.

BigCheese_poker Thomas Marchese
130k on first break.

mscell Mark Scellato
130K at break.

nevermissmassey Aaron Massey
Borgota Main Event Day 2 After the first 2 levels I'm up to 232k. 269players left the avg is 76k w blinds at 6-1200 Darren Elias on my left

mrhahn5 Michael Hahn
163k going to 600/1200/200...new table w/ caecilius on direct left w a mound of chips..table looks decent otherwise

Goners

$2500 + $200 CHAMPIONSHIP NLH

These are some of the folks that have hit the rail:

Miami John Cernuto
Mike Delvecchio
Christian Harder
Michael Newman
'Lucky' Lee Kirsch
Kenny Nguyen
Jennifer So
Jeremy McLaughlin
Brian O'Donoghue
Michael McNeil

End of level 11 and time for a color-up break.

Leaderboard Final

Borgata Fall Poker Open Leaderboard - Final Results

By participating in any Borgata Fall Poker Open event (November 9-23, 2011), players earned points based upon the Borgata Poker Tournament Leaderboard Formula.

Winners are:
1. MICHAEL MICHNIK (HOLLYWOOD, FL):
    $3,500 entry into Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship event (January 29 - February 3, 2012)

2. HARRY KOROTKI (OWINGS MILLS, MD)
    Apple iPod Touch

3. MICHAEL LYDON (MIDDLE VILLAGE, NY)
    Apple iPod Touch

4. STEVEN RODRIGUEZ (STATEN ISLAND, NY)
    Apple iPod Touch

5. JOHN MCGUINNESS (TOMS RIVER, NJ)
    Keurig coffee maker

6. AMANDA MUSUMECI (PHILADELPHIA, PA)
    Keurig coffee maker

7. ERIC DOERR (NEWARK, DE)
    Keurig coffee maker

8. DANIEL DAGOSTINO (BELLEVILLE, NJ)
    Nikon digital camera

9. LANA OBRIEN (ENGLISHTOWN, NJ)
    Nikon digital camera

10. AUSTEN JOHNSON (WOODSBORO, MD)
      Nikon digital camera

Below are the top 200 scores for the Borgata Fall Poker Open Leaderboard*
(Final Results from all Borgata Fall Poker Open events)

516.275 PTS:  MICHAEL MICHNIK (HOLLYWOOD, FL)

416.138 PTS:  HARRY KOROTKI (OWINGS MILLS, MD)

414.475 PTS:  MICHAEL LYDON (MIDDLE VILLAGE, NY)

370.700 PTS:  STEVEN RODRIGUEZ (STATEN ISLAND, NY)

366.113 PTS:  JOHN MCGUINNESS (TOMS RIVER, NJ)

361.775 PTS:  AMANDA MUSUMECI (PHILADELPHIA, PA)

343.625 PTS:  ERIC DOERR (NEWARK, DE)

329.413 PTS:  DANIEL DAGOSTINO (BELLEVILLE, NJ)

329.100 PTS:  LANA OBRIEN (ENGLISHTOWN, NJ)

322.385 PTS:  AUSTEN JOHNSON (WOODSBORO, MD)

312.320 PTS:  JOHN DELROSSI (MANTUA, NJ)

312.000 PTS:  BARRY LEVY (BROOKLYN, NY)

296.348 PTS:  MARK SYKES (HAMDEN, CT)

294.500 PTS:  ANDREW BADECKER (VERNON, CT)

288.350 PTS:  ILYA VASSERMAN (HUNTINGDON VY, PA)

285.925 PTS:  ROBERT BROWN (MILFORD, NH)

281.525 PTS:  SUNG HA KIM (CLIFFSIDE PARK, NJ)

279.475 PTS:  JOHANSSY JOSEPH (SPRING VALLEY, NY)

277.763 PTS:  THOMAS FORMICHELLA (BROOKLYN, NY)

270.825 PTS:  ARIEL ALBILIA (SYOSSET, NY)

267.650 PTS:  THANG VAN NGUYEN (MCLEAN, VA)

265.615 PTS:  ERIC SIEGEL (BELLMORE, NY)

265.550 PTS:  MICHAEL SICA JR (N BRUNSWICK, NJ)

264.140 PTS:  TONY SINISHTAJ (FLUSHING, NY)

263.600 PTS:  ANDREW INTERDONATO (WASHINGTON, DC)

263.225 PTS:  JEFFREY PAPOLA (NEW YORK, NY)

262.738 PTS:  JOHN BUGLION (COMMACK, NY)

259.508 PTS:  DOUGLAS LOVELACE (MAYS LANDING, NJ)

258.538 PTS:  KEVIN SAUL (WARRENVILLE, IL)

258.500 PTS:  EDWARD GRAU (MIDDLE RIVER, MD)

254.500 PTS:  ERIC LISICA (GLEN BURNIE, MD)

252.075 PTS:  JAMES BOYLE (HAVRE DE GRACE, MD)

250.000 PTS:  ROBERT BAESCH (BERLIN, MD)

240.788 PTS:  JAMES SLOAT (HALETHORPE, MD)

237.965 PTS:  CUONG PHUNG (ATLANTIC CITY, NJ)

235.825 PTS:  ENNIO SORGINI (HOBOKEN, NJ)

233.063 PTS:  MICHAEL HAHN (CARMEL, IN)

225.538 PTS:  TA WEY (HACKENSACK, NJ)

224.813 PTS:  HAYONG ZHOU (BALTIMORE, MD)

223.575 PTS:  CHARLES BARRETT (DUNKIRK CAL, MD)

221.475 PTS:  JOSEPH LIBERTA (BERLIN, NJ)

219.403 PTS:  RYAN ERIQUEZZO (DANBURY, CT)

218.418 PTS:  JAMES MCKEON (LATTINGTOWNE, NY)

215.840 PTS:  DEAN CHEN (ELLENVILLE, NY)

215.245 PTS:  WOOYANG LIN (MORRISTOWN, NJ)

212.913 PTS:  DARYL BLACK (VOORHEES, NJ)

210.000 PTS:  AVRAHAM LIPMAN (UNIVERSITY HTS, OH)

209.825 PTS:  SON NGUYEN (ELKRIDGE, MD)

208.150 PTS:  SAAD GHANEM (ROSEDALE, MD)

205.300 PTS:  AARON MASSEY (ELMWOOD PARK, IL)

204.725 PTS:  IBRAIM IBRAIMOVIC (BROOKLYN, NY)

204.275 PTS:  NORMAN RODRIGUEZ (W HEMPSTEAD, NY)

202.150 PTS:  ALEXANDER QUEEN (BETHLEHEM, PA)

201.930 PTS:  ELI LOEWENTHAL (CARMEL, IN)

201.175 PTS:  CARLOS COLON (EAST PATCHOGUE, NY)

201.125 PTS:  ADAM AGAEV (BROOKLYN, NY)

201.000 PTS:  LEONID VIZIROV (CHALFONT, PA)

200.638 PTS:  BENJAMIN KLIER (VERSAILLES, KY)

200.593 PTS:  CAMIL IBROCEVIC (STATEN ISLAND, NY)

199.650 PTS:  CHRISTOPHER GROVE (BROOKLYN PARK, MD)

198.475 PTS:  JAMES BERGEN (SYKESVILLE, MD)

196.585 PTS:  JOHN HINDS (WINTERVILLE, NC)

195.984 PTS:  JAMIE KERSTETTER (MONROE TWP., NJ)

194.725 PTS:  PAUL RADFORD (NEW YORK, NY)

192.000 PTS:  PAUL LONGO (WHITE PLAINS, NY)

190.625 PTS:  TRAVIS GREENAWALT (LANDISVILLE, PA)

188.450 PTS:  JACOB TOOLE (SHARON, MA)

188.388 PTS:  JUSTIN FRIEDMAN (YARDLEY, PA)

188.000 PTS:  CRAIG FELDHERR (MERRICK, NY)

185.888 PTS:  NAVEEN THORATI (MARLBOROUGH, MA)

185.525 PTS:  ARKADIY TSINIS (LAS VEGAS, NV)

184.675 PTS:  TIMOTHY BRYAN (CENTERVILLE, VA)

184.188 PTS:  TEDDY FATOVIC (ARLINGTON, VA)

182.955 PTS:  MICHAEL LINSTER (ISLAND PARK, NY)

181.070 PTS:  GREG VANDERLIP (HAYMARKET, VA)

180.788 PTS:  DAVID INSELBERG (LONG BEACH, NY)

178.688 PTS:  PAUL DIPOPOLO (CLAYTON, NJ)

178.163 PTS:  ARTHUR BRESSLER (MANALAPAN, NJ)

176.728 PTS:  ROBERT TOFT (YARDLEY, PA)

176.250 PTS:  DANIEL PENRITH (SEWELL, NJ)

174.700 PTS:  LEE SIM (N POTOMAC M, MD)

173.125 PTS:  KHALED ALWAN (WAYNE, NJ)

173.050 PTS:  BRIAN ADRAGNA (E MEADOW, NY)

172.963 PTS:  GONZALO VILLARREAL (E HANOVER, NJ)

172.925 PTS:  KALID ALI (SILVER SPRING M, MD)

172.488 PTS:  JOHN DEGEORGE (TOMS RIVER, NJ)

172.200 PTS:  ALEX SMITH (HIGHLAND PARK, NJ)

170.550 PTS:  DARREN ELIAS (PHILADELPHIA, PA)

169.620 PTS:  GREGORY GLASSMAN (BROOKLYN, NY)

169.288 PTS:  ERIC NATISHVILI (HOBOKEN, NJ)

167.088 PTS:  THOMAS GLEASON (HILLTOP, NJ)

163.850 PTS:  ANTONIO WALKER (WILLINGBORO, NJ)

163.790 PTS:  MICHAEL TAUMAN (METUCHEN, NJ)

163.650 PTS:  LEONARDO PALERMO (TOMS RIVER, NJ)

163.200 PTS:  DANIEL PIGNATARO (FAIRFIELD, NJ)

162.500 PTS:  CHRISTOPH BRAND (LITTLE EGG HARBOR TWP, NJ)

162.405 PTS:  JAYAKRISHNAN NAIR (REDMOND, WA)

161.875 PTS:  SIROUS JAMSHIDI (BROOMALL, PA)

161.863 PTS:  JAMAAL FORD (SECAUCUS, NJ)

161.513 PTS:  JAY ZIMMET (MANALAPAN, NJ)

161.393 PTS:  KELLY ARMENTROUT (ALEXANDRIA, VA)

161.075 PTS:  SEUNGHWAN LEE (ALBERTSON, NY)

160.300 PTS:  KETAN PATEL (EASTVILLE, VA)

159.538 PTS:  GIONNI DEMERS (JACKSON, NJ)

158.563 PTS:  WILLIAM KAKON (MIAMI, FL)

157.475 PTS:  NICHOLAS SALIMBENE (BRICK, NJ)

156.875 PTS:  DAVID ROTCHES (VENTNOR, NJ)

156.625 PTS:  THE VO (HARRISBURG, PA)

156.350 PTS:  TAM MINH NGUYEN (LANCASTER, PA)

156.225 PTS:  JOHN ALMANZAR (NORTH BERGEN, NJ)

155.650 PTS:  JOSEPH ISABELLA (EGG HARBOR TWP, NJ)

155.613 PTS:  STEPHEN BOYER (SEBOYETA, NM)

155.538 PTS:  STEVEN LEVY (PEABODY, MA)

155.310 PTS:  MICHAEL DEVINSKY (MIDDLETOWN, NJ)

154.150 PTS:  ROBERT HWANG (BARNEGAT, NJ)

153.025 PTS:  SAHU HABIBI (NEW YORK, NY)

152.663 PTS:  JOSEPH CAPPUCCIO (HAMMONTON, NJ)

151.383 PTS:  SEAN LANGO (HARRISON, NJ)

151.375 PTS:  TOMASZ GLINIECKI (JACKSON, NJ)

151.168 PTS:  TIMMY BYRD (HAMDEN, CT)

151.150 PTS:  KAREN HARUTYUNYAN (GALLOWAY, NJ)

149.400 PTS:  JEREMY MAHER (WARREN, NJ)

149.200 PTS:  DAVID KING (BROOKLYN, NY)

148.188 PTS:  NISSIM BENJAMIN (BROOKLYN, NY)

147.488 PTS:  QING GUO (EDISON, NJ)

145.138 PTS:  KENNETH BROWN (TARZAN, CA)

144.733 PTS:  AARON WRIGHT (BALTIMORE, MD)

144.363 PTS:  DANIEL CHAN (NEW YORK, NY)

143.688 PTS:  ELIANO MESQUITA (TOMS RIVER, NJ)

143.175 PTS:  STEVE RYAN (NEW YORK, NY)

142.888 PTS:  JASON MIN (FLUSHING, NY)

142.638 PTS:  ADAM LIPPERT (BROOKLYN, NY)

141.325 PTS:  LONNIE HEIMOWITZ (MONTICELLO, NY)

139.750 PTS:  DENNIS THURMAN (FISK, MO)

138.550 PTS:  OLIVER ENTINE (PHIADELPHIA, PA)

137.713 PTS:  JINGLIN CHEN (BROOKLYN, NY)

137.435 PTS:  HENRI BERBERIAN (AIX EN PROVENCE, FRA)

137.280 PTS:  GUY TULL (ANNAPOLIS, MD)

135.463 PTS:  GREGORY JOSLYN (MILFORD, PA)

135.425 PTS:  HELLEN KIMBLE (BELLPORT, NY)

135.155 PTS:  DUANE WHITE (NEW COLUMBIA, PA)

134.950 PTS:  ROBERT CHUNG-SHUI (NEW YORK, NY)

133.650 PTS:  KIRKOR TEKNECI (WHITESTONE, NY)

133.263 PTS:  WAI CHENG (PARAMUS, NJ)

132.025 PTS:  JOSHUA TEITELBAUM (BROOKLYN, NY)

131.938 PTS:  CORY LITKE (PRIMROSE, PA)

131.825 PTS:  BEN GELLER (FAR ROCKAWAY, NY)

131.638 PTS:  WILLIAM CHILDS (ALEXANDRIA, VA)

131.600 PTS:  VINCENT PIZARO (EAST MEADOW, NY)

131.113 PTS:  THOMAS NYMAN (SECAUCUS, NJ)

130.563 PTS:  POFUK YING (SEATTLE, WA)

130.250 PTS:  FRANK INGARDIA (STATEN ISLAND, NY)

130.225 PTS:  SALVATORE GIAMBRONE (STATEN ISLAND, NY)

130.000 PTS:  ROBERT RADZIEMSKI (BLACKWOOD, NJ)

129.878 PTS:  RICHARD SERRANO (LONG BCH, NY)

129.640 PTS:  OLIVIER BUSQUET (KATONAH, NY)

129.580 PTS:  PETER PARK (JERSEY CITY, NJ)

128.713 PTS:  THOMAS MCGARRY (HAZLET, NJ)

128.705 PTS:  ALAN MOON (SYRACUSE, NY)

128.463 PTS:  LEANNE ROSENBLATT (BRIGANTINE, NJ)

128.188 PTS:  THOMAS MCARDLE (BARDONIA, NY)

127.638 PTS:  DIPEN PATEL (S PLAINFIELD, NJ)

127.463 PTS:  NATALE KUEY (BRONX, NY)

127.388 PTS:  ANTHONY KIETRYS (BEACH LAKE, PA)

127.325 PTS:  BRIAN ODONOGHUE (BAYSIDE, NY)

127.138 PTS:  RUSSELL CRANE (HOWELL, NJ)

126.458 PTS:  DONALD MOSSEY (WILIMINGTON, DE)

125.850 PTS:  MICHAEL WOLL (MANAHAWKIN, NJ)

124.963 PTS:  VYACHESLAV EYZEROVICH (STATEN ISLAND, NY)

124.950 PTS:  ROMAN VALERSTEIN (NEWTOWN, PA)

124.855 PTS:  MATTHEW WANTMAN (STONEHAM, MA)

123.800 PTS:  ARTIE SMITH (GASTONIA, NC)

123.600 PTS:  JAMES PALUSZEK (PHILADELPHIA, PA)

123.450 PTS:  FARROKH FORCE (BALA CYNWYD, PA)

123.375 PTS:  YULIN CHEN (PISCATAWAY, NJ)

122.888 PTS:  PATRICIA CAHILL (PORT JEFF STATION, NY)

121.935 PTS:  ROBERT BEN AVRAM (GAITHERSBURG, MD)

121.483 PTS:  KEITH SIBBALD (UPP SADDLE RIV, NJ)

120.750 PTS:  JAMESON WHITAKER (ATLANTA, GA)

120.500 PTS:  PETER IPPOLITO (E MEADOW, NY)

120.438 PTS:  LAURENCE GOLDSTEIN (MEDFORD, NY)

119.300 PTS:  ALEX NEPOMNYASCHIY (STATEN ISLAND, NY)

119.288 PTS:  VLADIMIR GEYKHMAN (BROOKLYN, NY)

119.200 PTS:  MICHAEL MUHAMMAD (PUYALLUP, WA)

119.093 PTS:  JOSE GATMAITAN IV (PHILADELPHIA, PA)

119.075 PTS:  LAWRENCE PADEN (CHESTER SPRGS, PA)

118.963 PTS:  TRAY BARNARD (NEWARK, NJ)

118.375 PTS:  MICHAEL DENTALE (BROOKLYN, NY)

118.320 PTS:  BRYAN MOSSEY (ORLANDO, FL)

117.088 PTS:  STEVEN CHO (DERWOOD, MD)

116.588 PTS:  RONALD SPAIN (PLYMOUTH, MN)

115.450 PTS:  WENDY RUBIN (NEW YORK, NY)

115.388 PTS:  SALAH LEVY (WESTFIELD, NJ)

115.250 PTS:  DZMITRY ZYBKO (LEWES, DE)

114.338 PTS:  MIRSAD KOVACI (ALLENTOWN, PA)

113.563 PTS:  JOSHUA BRIKIS (MURRYSVILLE, PA)

113.400 PTS:  SCOTT SHOYER (FLOURTOWN, PA)

113.390 PTS:  MATTHEW MAZZEO (EAST WILLISTON, NY)

113.175 PTS:  WILLIAM DUGAN (VENTNOR, NJ)

113.075 PTS:  CHRISTIAN FARLEY (WEST DEPTFORD, NJ)