2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open

Event 17: $100,000 Guarantee Big Stack NLHE Re-Entry
Day: 1
Event Info

2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aa
Prize
$57,486
Event Info
Buy-in
$350
Prize Pool
$247,835
Entries
730
Next Payout
Place 2
$33,456
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Level: 22

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 2,000

Levy Overwhelming Leader

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Steve Levy has an enormous stack.
Steve Levy has an enormous stack.

Steve Levy, who has over $500,000 in recorded live tournament cashes, is the overwhelming chip leader with 45 players remaining. He has around 1.4 million, and no other player appears to be anywhere near that.

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Level: 21

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 2,000

Rawlins Sends Phillips Packing

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Dennis Phillips is busto.
Dennis Phillips is busto.

Don Rawlins and Dennis Phillips got enough chips all in before the flop to put Phillips at risk.

Phillips: {a-Clubs}{9-Clubs}
Rawlins: {10-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}

The board ran out {2-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{4-Diamonds}, giving Rawlins a flush and sending the third-place finisher of the 2008 Main Event to the payout desk.

Player Chips Progress
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Don Rawlins
667,000
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Dennis Phillips
Busted

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Level: 20

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,000

Grinding Them to Mush

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Simon Taberham took a rough beat.
Simon Taberham took a rough beat.

Joseph "Mush" Galazzo opened for 17,000 in early position, and Simon Taberham made it 45,000 to go from middle position. Action folded back to Galazzo, who put Taberham all in for 120,000 or so. Taberham called.

Taberham: {k-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}
Galazzo: {a-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}

Galazzo flopped the nut flush, and that was all she wrote for Taberham.

Player Chips Progress
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Joseph Galazzo
500,000

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River Brings a Gift for Edwards

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Chris Edwards bet 60,000 on the turn, and his opponent made the call with the board reading {7-Diamonds}{k-Spades}{k-Clubs}{5-Spades}. Edwards put him all in for his last 40,000 or so as the dealer burned and turned a {2-Clubs} river. The player made the call.

Edwards: {2-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}
Opponent: {q-Spades}{7-Spades}

Edwards had rivered a two-outer, as his opponent had turned a flush draw to go with his second pair.

Player Chips Progress
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Chris Edwards
630,000
128,000
128,000

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Level: 19

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000