Event 20
Event 20 ‘$100,000 GTD Deep Stack’
Level 35: Blinds 200,000/400,000/40,000 ante
Total Entries: 962
Players Remaining: 1
Cathy Dever (Winner of Event #20)
Cathy Dever wins $41,979 and the super-heavy, super-cool Tiny Borgata trophy. This is Cathy’s third final table at the Borgata Winter Poker Open. She may be the only player to make three final tables in this series. (Asher Conniff and a few other players have two.) This is also Cathy’s third tournament win, including two at Borgata series, putting her over $343,000 in total winnings.
Cathy tells us that she’s been a professional poker player for about 3.5 years, and it’s gone pretty well so far. “Last year was difficult,” says Cathy, “but this year I’m starting off on fire!”
Next up for Cathy is a vacation in Vegas with her sister, where she plans to play at the Venetian. Then on to Parx and the WSOP circuit, and, of course, the Borgata Spring Poker Open. Also, she plans to play a bunch of WSOP events this summer. Cathy is a formidable player indeed, and we’ll be seeing her in a lot more final tables in the very near future. Congratulations to Cathy on the big win!
That does it for Borgata Winter Poker Open coverage for Wednesday, but in just a couple of hours, Day 4 of the WPT Championship event will restart, along with another exciting Deep Stack event. See you then!
Event 20 ‘$100,000 GTD Deep Stack’
Level 35: Blinds 200,000/400,000/40,000 ante
Total Entries: 962
Players Remaining: 1
VIP Nguyen (Out in 2nd)
VIP Nguyen is out in second place, earning $24,728. This is VIP’s biggest score since last August, when he took second in a WSOP Circuit event. He’s a regular at Borgata and it’s an easy bet we haven’t seen the last of VIP. Congratulations!
Event 20 ‘$100,000 GTD Deep Stack’
Level 34: Blinds 150,000/300,000/40,000 ante
Total Entries: 962
Players Remaining: 2
Average Stack: 12,025,000
Rickie Pond (Out in 3rd)
Rickie Pond is all in and Cathy Dever calls.
Rickie: {Ks}{Qd}
Cathy: {Qh}{3h}
Board: {Ax}{8x}{3x}{6x}{3x}
Richie is out in third. Both Cathy Dever and VIP Nguyen are almost exactly even in chips.
Event 20 ‘$100,000 GTD Deep Stack’
Level 34: Blinds 150,000/300,000/40,000 ante
Total Entries: 962
Players Remaining: 3
Average Stack: 8,025,000
Ken Munroe (Out in 4th)
Cathy Dever raises to 800,000 and Ken Munroe ships all in. Cathy calls immediately with {10s}{10h}. Ken has two overs: {Ac}{Jc}.
The board starts out favorable for Ken, with the {Ah}{2s}{9s}{3d}, but the river is again unkind to the short stacks, as Cathy spikes her out on the river — {10d} — to send Ken out in fourth place. He’ll earn $12,504 for his finish.
Event 20 ‘$100,000 GTD Deep Stack’
Level 34: Blinds 150,000/300,000/40,000 ante
Total Entries: 962
Players Remaining: 4
Average Stack: 6,000,000
Tommy Romeo (Out in 5th)
Tommy Romeo is all in from the small blind, and Ken Munroe asks for a count — it’s only 650,000 more, because the blinds are huge. He calls with {Ah}{6h} and Tommy has but {10s}{6c}. The cards come {2s}{As}{7c}{Jc}{7d} and Tommy is out in fifth place, earning just over ten grand.
Event 20 ‘$100,000 GTD Deep Stack’
Level 34: Blinds 150,000/300,000/40,000 ante
Total Entries: 962
Players Remaining: 5
Average Stack: 4,810,000
Here are the estimated chip counts of our final five competitors.
1 Tommy Romeo 3,500,000
2 Ken Munroe 1,350,000
3 Rickie Pond 3,725,000
4 VIP Nguyen 7,675,000
5 Cathy Dever 7,800,000
Event 20 ‘$100,000 GTD Deep Stack’
End of Level 33: Blinds 120,000/240,000/30,000 ante
Total Entries: 962
Players Remaining: 5
Average Stack: 4,810,000
The remaining five players in the Deep Stack are on a 10-minute break, and the staff is coloring up a lot of chips during the interim. Stay tuned for the rest of the action!
Event 20 ‘$100,000 GTD Deep Stack’
Level 33: Blinds 120,000/240,000/30,000 ante
Total Entries: 962
Players Remaining: 5
Average Stack: 4,810,000
Dey By (Out in 6th)
Dey By is all in preflop for 1,140,000 and VIP Nguyen calls.
Dey: {Kc}{Kh}
VIP: “I have one overcard.” He turns over {Ac}{9d}
The board starts out clean for Dey: {2c}{7h}{Qh}. The turn is a little worrisome — the {9c} — and the river is the backbreaking {9h} for runner-runner trips. Dey is out in sixth place for $8,305.
Event 20 ‘$100,000 GTD Deep Stack’
Level 33: Blinds 120,000/240,000/30,000 ante
Total Entries: 962
Players Remaining: 6
Average Stack: 4,010,000
VIP Nguyen raises to 600,000 and Cathy Dever calls. Rickie Pond re-raises all in and VIP folds. Cathy asks for a count, and it’s 1,715,000. She eventually folds and Rickie moves on up.
Event 20 ‘$100,000 GTD Deep Stack’
Level 32: Blinds 100,000/200,000/30,000 ante
Total Entries: 962
Players Remaining: 6
Average Stack: 4,010,000
Charlie Casoni (Out in 7th)
Charlie Casoni is all in and VIP Nguyen calls.
Charlie: {Ad}{Qs}
VIP: {Ac}{Jd}
Board: {4c}{Jh}{3s}{9d}{7s}
The flopped jack is enough, and Charlie takes home $6,625 for seventh place.