2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open

$3 Million Guaranteed WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship
Day: 4
Event Info

2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q3
Prize
$842,379
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,300
Entries
1,229
Level Info
Level
39
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
75,000

"Yes, I Liked That Door Card..."

Level 31 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
Robert Merulla Avoided Becoming the TV Table Bubble Boy With a
Robert Merulla Avoided Becoming the TV Table Bubble Boy With a

After opening to 245,000 from under the gun, Farid Jattin watched Robert Merulla three-bet jam for 1.27 million more.

Jattin asked for a count but before he could find out the accurate information, he suddenly announced a call and tabled {a-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}.

Merulla could only muster the {k-Hearts}{q-Diamonds} and he would need to find some paint to catch up. The dealer burned a card and flashed the flop, with the {q-Hearts} appearing right in the window.

Merulla's expression never so much as flinched, and when the full flop was revealed to be {q-Hearts}{2-Spades}{10-Clubs} he found himself fading five outs on the televised final table bubble.

The turn ({9-Clubs}) and river ({7-Spades}) offered no help to Jattin, and with that Merulla secured the most important double up of his poker career.

Jared Jaffee asked Merulla if he liked the door card much, and his poker face finally cracked just a bit.

"I mean, it was still a sweat..." he said, his grin spreading wider as he told the tale. "But yes, I liked that door card."

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Farid Jattin co
Farid Jattin
6,400,000
-1,400,000
-1,400,000
Profile photo of Anthony Merulla us
Anthony Merulla
3,050,000
830,000
830,000

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