$2500 + $200 CHAMPIONSHIP Double Play Re-Entry NLH
Players Remaining: ~108
Average Stack: 64k (80 BB)
Name-Chip Count
Andrew Interdonato 234,775
Alex Nepomnyaschiy 180,200
Alex Queen 170,775
Joel Gola 159,500
Michael Hahn 155,900
Michael Shasho 144,750
Christopher Grove 140,575
Aaron Massey 137,025
Eric Panayiotou 136,450
Chuck Furey 133,625
Louis Menges 132,300
Notables
Sirous Jamshidi 126,675
Cornel Cimpan 105,525
Will Failla 53,300
Mike "Little Man" Sica 49,800
Keith Crowder 40,000
"Miami" John Cernuto 39,725
A full list of chip counts will be posted after 9 am.
Day 1B players hit the felt Monday at noon, while remaining Day 1A players return for Day 2 Tuesday.
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Day 1A Chip Leader - Interdonato
$2500 + $200 CHAMPIONSHIP Double Play Re-Entry NLH
Andrew Interdonato (Washington DC) is the end of Day 1A big stack and that earns him a cool $3,000 bonus. Interdonato, who finished 2nd in Event 14 ($350 Black Chip Bount) for $14,060, used a straight flush to win a 150k chip pot after the dinner break and finished with 235k.
Alex "Jedi" Nepomnyaschiy (Staten Island, NY) was unofficially second in chips with a big double-up on the last hand of the night. He has 180k, while Alex Queen (Bethlehem, PA) is third with 171k.
Queen, the Heads Up Champion (Event 15, $29,098), jumped out to a huge chip lead when he won a three-way all in with pocket aces. He worked his stack to the 170-200k range where it stayed the rest of the night.
Andrew the Great
Andrew Interdonato (Washington DC) is the end of Day 1A big stack and that earns him a cool $3,000 bonus. Interdonato, who finished 2nd in Event 14 ($350 Black Chip Bount) for $14,060, used a straight flush to win a 150k chip pot after the dinner break and finished with 235k.
Alex "Jedi" Nepomnyaschiy (Staten Island, NY) was unofficially second in chips with a big double-up on the last hand of the night. He has 180k, while Alex Queen (Bethlehem, PA) is third with 171k.
Queen, the Heads Up Champion (Event 15, $29,098), jumped out to a huge chip lead when he won a three-way all in with pocket aces. He worked his stack to the 170-200k range where it stayed the rest of the night.
Big Hand for Jedi
$2500 + $200 CHAMPIONSHIP Double Play Re-Entry NLH
On the last hand of the night Alex "Jedi" Nepomnyaschiy (Staten Island, NY) wins a huge hand and unofficially vaults to second in the chip counts.
Holding 9♦ 10♦ "Jedi" Alex and his opponent, who both have 90k, see a flop of 7 8 2 with one diamond. After calling a bet Nepomnyaschiy warns his opponent that he has a big hand. The turn is a beautiful J♦ giving Nepomnyaschiy the nut straight and a flush draw.
"Jedi" Alex smooth calls 15k and says, "why are you doing this to me?"
The river is the 5 ♠, his opponent moves all in for ~70k, and Nepomnyaschiy snap calls with the nuts. His opponent folds and Nepomnyaschiy doesn't need any Jedi mind tricks to scoop the 180k pot.
On the last hand of the night Alex "Jedi" Nepomnyaschiy (Staten Island, NY) wins a huge hand and unofficially vaults to second in the chip counts.
Holding 9♦ 10♦ "Jedi" Alex and his opponent, who both have 90k, see a flop of 7 8 2 with one diamond. After calling a bet Nepomnyaschiy warns his opponent that he has a big hand. The turn is a beautiful J♦ giving Nepomnyaschiy the nut straight and a flush draw.
"Jedi" Alex smooth calls 15k and says, "why are you doing this to me?"
The river is the 5 ♠, his opponent moves all in for ~70k, and Nepomnyaschiy snap calls with the nuts. His opponent folds and Nepomnyaschiy doesn't need any Jedi mind tricks to scoop the 180k pot.
Great Call
$2500 + $200 CHAMPIONSHIP Double Play Re-Entry NLH
With all the crazy action we'd be remiss if we didn't recount a great call by WPT titleholder Will 'the Thrill" Failla.
On the last hand of Level 8, the board showed K♣ 3♠ 4♥ 8♥ 8♦ and after Failla checked, Ryan Eriquezzo moved all in and has Failla's 24k covered. That's when the drama unfolds.
Failla goes deep into the tank that eats up half of the 15 minute break. Except for shuffling his chips, Eriquezzo is statuesque.
After 10 minutes, Failla puts his chips in the middle and says, "alright, call." Eriquezzo says, "good call," and tosses his cards into the muck.
Failla turns over 3♣ 6♠ for two pairs, and the small audience of 15 are impressed with the play.
"I trusted my read," says Failla as he doubles 24k. Eriquezzo goes from 60k to 34k.
With all the crazy action we'd be remiss if we didn't recount a great call by WPT titleholder Will 'the Thrill" Failla.
On the last hand of Level 8, the board showed K♣ 3♠ 4♥ 8♥ 8♦ and after Failla checked, Ryan Eriquezzo moved all in and has Failla's 24k covered. That's when the drama unfolds.
Failla goes deep into the tank that eats up half of the 15 minute break. Except for shuffling his chips, Eriquezzo is statuesque.
After 10 minutes, Failla puts his chips in the middle and says, "alright, call." Eriquezzo says, "good call," and tosses his cards into the muck.
Failla turns over 3♣ 6♠ for two pairs, and the small audience of 15 are impressed with the play.
"I trusted my read," says Failla as he doubles 24k. Eriquezzo goes from 60k to 34k.
Last Two Ladies
$2500 + $200 CHAMPIONSHIP Double Play Re-Entry NLH
Lim & Martin
With 125 players remaining (out of 230 entries to start the day), only two women are still in the field. Nancy Martin (Washington Crossing, PA), the mother of poker pro Michael Martin, and Kieko Lim (New York, NY via Japan), who has a $15,000 pay day for a 5th place finish in the 2009 Borgata Summer Poker Open.
Martin is no slouch either with $22,000 in career tournament earnings including a final table ($8,000) in the Sept. Borgata Poker Open.
As play winds down for the day both women have ~20k (33 BB) as they're looking to bag and tag at 11:30 pm.
*****11:05 Update*****
Martin busted during the last level of the night.
Lim & Martin
Martin is no slouch either with $22,000 in career tournament earnings including a final table ($8,000) in the Sept. Borgata Poker Open.
As play winds down for the day both women have ~20k (33 BB) as they're looking to bag and tag at 11:30 pm.
*****11:05 Update*****
Martin busted during the last level of the night.
Event 18 Recap
$1000 + $90 No Limit Hold'em
Event 18 is in the books and our Champion is amateur weekend warrior poker player, Avraham Lipman. He'll take home the 2011 Borgata Fall Poker Open Trophy along with a huge payday of $70,614. Congratulations on taking down a very tough field of seasoned poker-pros and Borgata regulars.
Action kicked off yesterday at 11AM where each player who plunked down $1090 was given 15,000 chips. No re-buys, no bounties, just no limit hold-em excitement.
Players enjoyed the 50 minute blind levels so they could show off their skills and really play some serious poker. The field included 260 players with heavy hitters such as Adam Lippert, Lee Childs, Matt Maccaroni, George Medrano, Olivier Busquet, Dan Pignataro, Tim Finne, Ian Palomo, Joanne Monteavaro, Steve Ryan, Ryan Eriquezzo, Sirous Jamshidi, Dave Inselberg, Jamie Kerstetter, Gordon Eng, Jesse Cohen (fresh from his 13th place finish in event 17), Steven Levy, Steven Cho, Eugene Todd, Jesse Yaginuma, Vinny Pahuja, Feming Chan (fresh from his 10th place finish in event 17), Josh Brikis, Johanssy Joseph (winner of event 14), Mike Dentale, Eric Panayiotou, Bill Blanda, Chris Bell, Russell Crane, and John Lakatosh.
At the start of Day 2 (noon today), poker pro Jason Min (Flushing, NY) had the Max in chips with 362,000. Michael Armsrong was the ultimate shorty with 23,400.
Jason had the chip lead for most of day 1 and a good part of day 2. He was confidently taking down and controlling each table he was at. Let's just say he was scary good.
Bubble broke on day 2 when a player was knocked out in 28th place leaving the top 27 to whack up the $260,000 prize pool. Everyone was impressed with the turnout and the structure. After Level 11, blind levels lasted a full hour. Players showed off their skills which resulted in several pros seated at the final table which included: Jon Lynch, Barbara Rogers, William Frymer, Andrew Egan, Steven Shankman, Richard Marshall, Avraham Lipman, Jon Buglion, Jake Toole, and Jason Min.
At the start of the final table Avraham Lipman had 140,000 vs. Jake Toole's 800,000 and Jason Min's 850,000. So how did our amateur take out both of these seasoned pros?
Before we get to the final three, congratulations to Barbara Rogers who was our Last Woman Standing. She finished in 8th place earning $7,566.
After Lipman won a couple key showdowns and built his stack, the hand of the tournament, maybe of the entire series, had Min and Lipman getting all of their 3.6 million chips onto to the felt pre-flop. Keep in mind there were only 3.9 million chips slated for the entire tournament.
Both players tabled red A-K suited. Lipman hit runner-runner diamond-diamond for the monster scoop sending Jason Min home in 3rd Place for $23,959.
That made poker pro Jake Toole very happy since he was then guaranteed at least 2nd place money in the amount of $41,613. Heads up lasted around 20 hands. Jake went all-in for the first time in his entire tournament and his A-2 failed to hold up against Avraham's 6-6.
$41,613 2nd place for Toole.
But once again the big winner was Avraham Lipman who works for a medical supply company in University, OH and is considering turning pro. Avraham will be taking home the $70,614 first place prize in time for Thanksgiving, which he'll be spending at his Mother's.
Another exciting tournament with big named players and big cash prize payouts has concluded.
Event 18 is in the books and our Champion is amateur weekend warrior poker player, Avraham Lipman. He'll take home the 2011 Borgata Fall Poker Open Trophy along with a huge payday of $70,614. Congratulations on taking down a very tough field of seasoned poker-pros and Borgata regulars.
Action kicked off yesterday at 11AM where each player who plunked down $1090 was given 15,000 chips. No re-buys, no bounties, just no limit hold-em excitement.
Players enjoyed the 50 minute blind levels so they could show off their skills and really play some serious poker. The field included 260 players with heavy hitters such as Adam Lippert, Lee Childs, Matt Maccaroni, George Medrano, Olivier Busquet, Dan Pignataro, Tim Finne, Ian Palomo, Joanne Monteavaro, Steve Ryan, Ryan Eriquezzo, Sirous Jamshidi, Dave Inselberg, Jamie Kerstetter, Gordon Eng, Jesse Cohen (fresh from his 13th place finish in event 17), Steven Levy, Steven Cho, Eugene Todd, Jesse Yaginuma, Vinny Pahuja, Feming Chan (fresh from his 10th place finish in event 17), Josh Brikis, Johanssy Joseph (winner of event 14), Mike Dentale, Eric Panayiotou, Bill Blanda, Chris Bell, Russell Crane, and John Lakatosh.
At the start of Day 2 (noon today), poker pro Jason Min (Flushing, NY) had the Max in chips with 362,000. Michael Armsrong was the ultimate shorty with 23,400.
Jason had the chip lead for most of day 1 and a good part of day 2. He was confidently taking down and controlling each table he was at. Let's just say he was scary good.
Bubble broke on day 2 when a player was knocked out in 28th place leaving the top 27 to whack up the $260,000 prize pool. Everyone was impressed with the turnout and the structure. After Level 11, blind levels lasted a full hour. Players showed off their skills which resulted in several pros seated at the final table which included: Jon Lynch, Barbara Rogers, William Frymer, Andrew Egan, Steven Shankman, Richard Marshall, Avraham Lipman, Jon Buglion, Jake Toole, and Jason Min.
At the start of the final table Avraham Lipman had 140,000 vs. Jake Toole's 800,000 and Jason Min's 850,000. So how did our amateur take out both of these seasoned pros?
Before we get to the final three, congratulations to Barbara Rogers who was our Last Woman Standing. She finished in 8th place earning $7,566.
After Lipman won a couple key showdowns and built his stack, the hand of the tournament, maybe of the entire series, had Min and Lipman getting all of their 3.6 million chips onto to the felt pre-flop. Keep in mind there were only 3.9 million chips slated for the entire tournament.
Both players tabled red A-K suited. Lipman hit runner-runner diamond-diamond for the monster scoop sending Jason Min home in 3rd Place for $23,959.
That made poker pro Jake Toole very happy since he was then guaranteed at least 2nd place money in the amount of $41,613. Heads up lasted around 20 hands. Jake went all-in for the first time in his entire tournament and his A-2 failed to hold up against Avraham's 6-6.
$41,613 2nd place for Toole.
But once again the big winner was Avraham Lipman who works for a medical supply company in University, OH and is considering turning pro. Avraham will be taking home the $70,614 first place prize in time for Thanksgiving, which he'll be spending at his Mother's.
Another exciting tournament with big named players and big cash prize payouts has concluded.
Event 18: 1st Place - Lipman
$1000 + $90 No Limit Hold'em
An amateur weekend warrior just beat out 260 opponents to take home the Borgata trophy and a whopping $70,614.
The huge payday is by far the most cash Lipman has won in any poker tournament.
Imagine you work for a medical supply company, you play poker for two days and you take home $70,614 back to your Thanksgiving dinner. Avraham says hi to his Mom and instead of jumping in the Championship will be heading home for some turkey on Thursday.
As for the money, Avraham will invest some back into poker as he'll continue to play on the weekends. He's also going to seriously think about turning pro.
When you look back on any tournament there's always one or two make or break hands. Early on Avraham was at risk with his tournament on the line and hit his miracle card on the river. He 3-bet with KK in the big blind. Opponent 4-bet on the button so Avraham shipped it.
Opponent tabled 10-10 then hit a 10 on the flop. Avraham packed up his things as the turn bricked. He had one foot out the door when the king spiked down.
The very humble Avraham admitted half the players at the final table could out-play him. "I got lucky in some spots" said Avraham.
Lipman's luck came at the right time as he hit runner runner diamond diamond to take out 2nd in chips, Jason Min. Both players had suited red big slick and both got it in pre-flop.
"When Jason snapped I thought he had AA or KK. After he hit two hearts on the flop, then I hit two diamonds on the turn, I was hoping for a black card on the river".
Diamond on the river spelled gold for Lipman who will bring $70,614 back to Ohio and will no doubt enjoy a happy Thanksgiving with his loved ones. Congratulations again!
Avraham Lipman finished in 1st Place earning $70,614.
Avraham Lipman (University, OH)
$70,614
$70,614
An amateur weekend warrior just beat out 260 opponents to take home the Borgata trophy and a whopping $70,614.
The huge payday is by far the most cash Lipman has won in any poker tournament.
Imagine you work for a medical supply company, you play poker for two days and you take home $70,614 back to your Thanksgiving dinner. Avraham says hi to his Mom and instead of jumping in the Championship will be heading home for some turkey on Thursday.
As for the money, Avraham will invest some back into poker as he'll continue to play on the weekends. He's also going to seriously think about turning pro.
When you look back on any tournament there's always one or two make or break hands. Early on Avraham was at risk with his tournament on the line and hit his miracle card on the river. He 3-bet with KK in the big blind. Opponent 4-bet on the button so Avraham shipped it.
Opponent tabled 10-10 then hit a 10 on the flop. Avraham packed up his things as the turn bricked. He had one foot out the door when the king spiked down.
The very humble Avraham admitted half the players at the final table could out-play him. "I got lucky in some spots" said Avraham.
Lipman's luck came at the right time as he hit runner runner diamond diamond to take out 2nd in chips, Jason Min. Both players had suited red big slick and both got it in pre-flop.
"When Jason snapped I thought he had AA or KK. After he hit two hearts on the flop, then I hit two diamonds on the turn, I was hoping for a black card on the river".
Diamond on the river spelled gold for Lipman who will bring $70,614 back to Ohio and will no doubt enjoy a happy Thanksgiving with his loved ones. Congratulations again!
Avraham Lipman finished in 1st Place earning $70,614.
Event 18: 2nd Place - Toole
$1000 + $90 No Limit Hold'em
Jake Toole played so perfect that he only had to go "all-in" once during the two-day Event 18 grind. Unfortunately the one time he was all-in at risk, he shoved with A-2 heads-up and ran into Avraham Lipman's 6-6.
Sixes held on a board of K-10-4-Q-10.
As Jake reflected back on the big hand of the tournament where two A-K suited monster stacks got it in while he only had 300,000 Jake said, "It was nice to have two big stacks collide".
Jake took Avraham about twenty hands heads-up and worked his 300,000 up to 700,000 before finishing in 2nd.
I heard several railbirds and fellow players pay Jake compliments on his poker skills and how he played in this tournament.
He navigated through a tough field to the final table and ultimately for a huge second place payday. Well done! Look for Jake to play tomorrow in the Championship Event.
Jake Toole finished in 2nd Place earning $41,613.
Jake Toole (Sharon, MA)
$41,613
$41,613
Jake Toole played so perfect that he only had to go "all-in" once during the two-day Event 18 grind. Unfortunately the one time he was all-in at risk, he shoved with A-2 heads-up and ran into Avraham Lipman's 6-6.
Sixes held on a board of K-10-4-Q-10.
As Jake reflected back on the big hand of the tournament where two A-K suited monster stacks got it in while he only had 300,000 Jake said, "It was nice to have two big stacks collide".
Jake took Avraham about twenty hands heads-up and worked his 300,000 up to 700,000 before finishing in 2nd.
I heard several railbirds and fellow players pay Jake compliments on his poker skills and how he played in this tournament.
He navigated through a tough field to the final table and ultimately for a huge second place payday. Well done! Look for Jake to play tomorrow in the Championship Event.
Jake Toole finished in 2nd Place earning $41,613.
Dash for the Cash
$2500 + $200 CHAMPIONSHIP Double Play Re-Entry NLH
Andrew Interdonato (Washington, DC) is the new chip leader heading into the last level of the night.
Interdonoto wins a 150k chip pot when he flops a straight flush and gets his opponent to commit 70k on the turn with the king high flush.
Interdonato has 7♥ 8♥ when the flop comes down 6♥ 9♥ 10♥. His opponent is holding K♥ Q♥, but isn't drawing dead as the J♥ gives him a higher straight flush.
The river brick gives Interdonato the pot and the chip lead. He's ahead of Alex Queen who has 184k and Joe Gola with 176k.
The chip leader at the end of level 9 (300/600/75 ante) takes home a $3,000 bonus. "I wish we had stopped after level 8," says Interdonato who finished second in Event 14 ($14,060), has
nearly $36,000 in five different Borgata events in 2011, including three final tables.
Andrew Interdonato (Washington, DC) is the new chip leader heading into the last level of the night.
Interdonoto wins a 150k chip pot when he flops a straight flush and gets his opponent to commit 70k on the turn with the king high flush.
Interdonato has 7♥ 8♥ when the flop comes down 6♥ 9♥ 10♥. His opponent is holding K♥ Q♥, but isn't drawing dead as the J♥ gives him a higher straight flush.
The river brick gives Interdonato the pot and the chip lead. He's ahead of Alex Queen who has 184k and Joe Gola with 176k.
The chip leader at the end of level 9 (300/600/75 ante) takes home a $3,000 bonus. "I wish we had stopped after level 8," says Interdonato who finished second in Event 14 ($14,060), has
nearly $36,000 in five different Borgata events in 2011, including three final tables.
Event 18: Heads Up For All The Dough
$1000 + $90 No Limit Hold'em
Avraham Lipman vs. Jake Toole for $29,001
Avraham has the lead with 3,200,000 vs. Jake's 700,000.
1st Place takes home $70,614.
2nd Place gets $41,613.
Stay tuned for interviews with both players upon Event 18 conclusion.
Avraham has the lead with 3,200,000 vs. Jake's 700,000.
1st Place takes home $70,614.
2nd Place gets $41,613.
Stay tuned for interviews with both players upon Event 18 conclusion.
Busquet, Saul, & Stout Bust
$2500 + $200 CHAMPIONSHIP Double Play Re-Entry NLH
Olivier Busquet and Kevin Saul are on the rail. Saul ships 9k with K♦ 2♦ but doesn't hit against pocket 8s.
Matt Stout is out after shipping 8k with KJ vs Ari Albilia's AK.
135 players remain with an average stack of 51k; level 8 (250/500/50 ante) is underway.
Olivier Busquet and Kevin Saul are on the rail. Saul ships 9k with K♦ 2♦ but doesn't hit against pocket 8s.
Matt Stout is out after shipping 8k with KJ vs Ari Albilia's AK.
135 players remain with an average stack of 51k; level 8 (250/500/50 ante) is underway.
Ringing Endorsement
$2500 + $200 CHAMPIONSHIP Double Play Re-Entry NLH
"Best tournament in the world," says Cimpan, who has $3 million in career tournament earnings.
"If you don't play a lot of tournaments and have to pick one, this is the one to play."
The guys are appreciative and say they're planning to play Monday's Day 1B,"
After they leave Cimpan has a message for Tournament Director Tab Duchateau, "make sure he knows I get some of the juice, finders fee."
Cornel Champions Borgata
After players settle in from the dinner break and there's calm in the room, two guys wander into the Signature Room and poke around. After hearing them ask the floor director a couple of questions, two time WPT title holder Cornel Cimpan leans back in his chair and casually joins the conversation."Best tournament in the world," says Cimpan, who has $3 million in career tournament earnings.
"If you don't play a lot of tournaments and have to pick one, this is the one to play."
The guys are appreciative and say they're planning to play Monday's Day 1B,"
After they leave Cimpan has a message for Tournament Director Tab Duchateau, "make sure he knows I get some of the juice, finders fee."
Event 18: 3rd Place - Min
$1000 + $90 No Limit Hold'em
One of the greatest or worst hands I've ever seen.
The two giant stacks decided to mix it up on what ended up being a tournament ending hand for Jason Min.
Here's how it went down. Hold on to your seat-belts!
Jake Toole has 300,000 and gets out of the way on the button.
Avraham Lipman and Jason Min have virtually identical stacks. Lipman has Min covered by only 200,000.
Jason calls the small blind and Avraham raises to 100,000 in the big blind.
Jason re-raises to 420,000 total.
Avraham goes in the tank. Does he really want to tangle with the other big stack?
After a few minutes he announced, "All In". Jason Min quickly calls.
Avraham's A♦ K♦ vs. Jason's A♥ K♥ . Somebody says, "Chop it up" but it just didn't feel like a chop. The spectators on the rail got closer as they watched the dealer flip a flop of:
8♦ 10♥ 6♥ . So Avraham has to sweat a heart. Min calling out for the heart.
The turncard was the 5♦ . It's now anybody's hand. Avraham rooting for a diamond. Jason rooting for a heart. Jake Toole rooting for any red card to jump up $18,000.
The river is the 9♦ . Avraham goes runner runner diamonds for the win.
The rail exploded. Shouts of "brutal" and "the sickest thing I've ever seen" were heard.
Jason Min played an incredible tournament. He had the chip lead over 50% of the entire tournament. It seemed like there was no way to stop him. It took a sick sick hand like this to derail the well respected, highly skilled poker pro.
Jason Min finished in 3rd Place earning $23,959.
Jason Min (Flushing, NY)
$23,959
$23,959
One of the greatest or worst hands I've ever seen.
The two giant stacks decided to mix it up on what ended up being a tournament ending hand for Jason Min.
Here's how it went down. Hold on to your seat-belts!
Jake Toole has 300,000 and gets out of the way on the button.
Avraham Lipman and Jason Min have virtually identical stacks. Lipman has Min covered by only 200,000.
Jason calls the small blind and Avraham raises to 100,000 in the big blind.
Jason re-raises to 420,000 total.
Avraham goes in the tank. Does he really want to tangle with the other big stack?
After a few minutes he announced, "All In". Jason Min quickly calls.
Avraham's A♦ K♦ vs. Jason's A♥ K♥ . Somebody says, "Chop it up" but it just didn't feel like a chop. The spectators on the rail got closer as they watched the dealer flip a flop of:
8♦ 10♥ 6♥ . So Avraham has to sweat a heart. Min calling out for the heart.
The turncard was the 5♦ . It's now anybody's hand. Avraham rooting for a diamond. Jason rooting for a heart. Jake Toole rooting for any red card to jump up $18,000.
The river is the 9♦ . Avraham goes runner runner diamonds for the win.
The rail exploded. Shouts of "brutal" and "the sickest thing I've ever seen" were heard.
Jason Min played an incredible tournament. He had the chip lead over 50% of the entire tournament. It seemed like there was no way to stop him. It took a sick sick hand like this to derail the well respected, highly skilled poker pro.
Jason Min finished in 3rd Place earning $23,959.
Event 18: 4th Place - Marshall
$1000 + $90 No Limit Hold'em
Richard runs good at Borgata. In fact he credits Borgata as the place where he built his bankroll and turned pro. Before Richard took 2nd in Event 5 at the 2006 Summer Poker Open he was a painter and used his non-manicured hands for a living.
Now the only paint he looks at are on face-cards.
Richard also finished 15th in the WPT Championship Event at the 2011 Borgata Poker Open.
As for today's tournament he just ran his A-J short stack into K-K of Jason Min.
Cowboys held up on a board of: 5-3-9-7-6.
The hand that crippled him was when his A-J lost to Avraham Lipman's A-2 full-house.
"I could have climbed back in if we hadn't chopped another big pot where I had A-K vs. A-10" explained Marshall. Board there was double paired with J-J-2-9-9.
Richard enjoys talking to the table and has a friendly, likable table image. He commented how back in 2006-2007 nobody really knew how to play poker and things were easier then.
Apparently Richard has made the proper adjustments to today's game as he just finished in 4th Place amongst a tough final table and tournament field.
Richard Marshall finished in 4th Place earning $19,419.
Richard Marshall (Raleigh, NC)
$19,419
$19,419
Richard runs good at Borgata. In fact he credits Borgata as the place where he built his bankroll and turned pro. Before Richard took 2nd in Event 5 at the 2006 Summer Poker Open he was a painter and used his non-manicured hands for a living.
Now the only paint he looks at are on face-cards.
Richard also finished 15th in the WPT Championship Event at the 2011 Borgata Poker Open.
As for today's tournament he just ran his A-J short stack into K-K of Jason Min.
Cowboys held up on a board of: 5-3-9-7-6.
The hand that crippled him was when his A-J lost to Avraham Lipman's A-2 full-house.
"I could have climbed back in if we hadn't chopped another big pot where I had A-K vs. A-10" explained Marshall. Board there was double paired with J-J-2-9-9.
Richard enjoys talking to the table and has a friendly, likable table image. He commented how back in 2006-2007 nobody really knew how to play poker and things were easier then.
Apparently Richard has made the proper adjustments to today's game as he just finished in 4th Place amongst a tough final table and tournament field.
Richard Marshall finished in 4th Place earning $19,419.
May the Force Be with You
$2500 + $200 CHAMPIONSHIP Double Play Re-Entry NLH
Alex "the Jedi" Nepomnyaschiy (Staten Island, NY) has been next to Alex Queen (Bethlehem, PA) all day, but just before dinner break they switched seats.
Nepomnyaschiy was to the right of Queen on Table 19, but when the table broke they were both moved to Table 16; Nepomnyaschiy now has position on Queen, but only 50k, about 1/4 of what Queen has.
Alex "the Jedi," says, "tell everyone, 'may the force be with you'."
He's not very amused when the Gorilla pretends to hear him say, "may the fours be with you?"
You know the Darth Vader hand, the 4♣ 4♠, the dark fours.
******
David Inselberg has been short since returning from break and gets a small double up when his pair of kings (one in his hand), holds against a player holding an ace.
Level 7 (200/400/50 ante) is winding down.
Jedi Uses the Force
Alex "the Jedi" Nepomnyaschiy (Staten Island, NY) has been next to Alex Queen (Bethlehem, PA) all day, but just before dinner break they switched seats.
Nepomnyaschiy was to the right of Queen on Table 19, but when the table broke they were both moved to Table 16; Nepomnyaschiy now has position on Queen, but only 50k, about 1/4 of what Queen has.
Alex "the Jedi," says, "tell everyone, 'may the force be with you'."
He's not very amused when the Gorilla pretends to hear him say, "may the fours be with you?"
You know the Darth Vader hand, the 4♣ 4♠, the dark fours.
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David Inselberg has been short since returning from break and gets a small double up when his pair of kings (one in his hand), holds against a player holding an ace.
Level 7 (200/400/50 ante) is winding down.
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