Event 6
Time flies when you’re having fun and the first week of the Winter Poker Open has certainly been just that, as six WPO champions were crowned, along with multiple players making deep runs to notch some of the biggest results of their career. To start this ‘First Week Action’ recap with anything other than the opening $2,000,000 GTD event would be criminal. That event saw a massive 5,100 player field come together and in the end, it was Jason Loehrs claiming victory. He earned just over $380,000 for the win, which was his first here at Borgata.
Loehrs claimed victory yesterday and there were two other WPO trophies awarded before the weekend officially over, as Duane Hunton locked up a win right before 6 AM today. That Event 6 ‘Big Stack NLH’ victory was good for a nearly $30,000 score and Guy Cicconi overcame a sizable heads up chip disadvantage to claim an over $14,000 score for his Event 5 ‘Seniors NLH’ win. He’ll be back for the WPT WPO Championship next weekend and we could very well see Joe Cashen back for that main event as well, as he claimed just shy of $45,000 for his Event 3 ‘Saturday Series’ win on Saturday.
Alison Grippo was another Saturday winner this weekend, as she took home just shy of $5,000 for her Event 4 ‘Ladies NLH’ win. The biggest winner, save for Jason Loehrs, was Ryan Slanicka though, as he took home close to $52,000 for his Event 2 ‘$100 Black Chip Bounty’ victory, after a grueling 15 hour Day 2 session.
There are still over a dozen WPO titles still up for grabs, meaning that the final week and a half of the series is surely going to be just as exciting as the first week. The WPO blog will be here to bring you all of that action but if you want to go back and catch up on what’s happened over the last week, the links at the top of this post will bring you to each event’s individual coverage.
It should also be noted, that a complete list of results from each event are linked as well.
Event 6 – ‘Big Stack NLH’
End of Event
Entrants: 427
Players Remaining: 1
Duane Hunton – Event #6 Champion!
Duane Hunton finishes in first place in the $260 + $40 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em event, earning $27,518 and the heavy glass Borgata trophy.
He tells us that he used to play poker seriously many years ago, but got married and had kids. The death of his son at 11 months old spurred him toward poker again as an escape from grief. He’s become a competitive player again after five years away. Poker as therapy is working for him.
The other interesting thing is that he cashed in Event #3 last night, and was a little late coming down for the start of Event #6, having been blinded off from his starting stack down to 17,500 in chips. He managed to parlay that stack into over three million in tournament chips and $27,518 in prize money. This nearly doubles the $33,220 he’s earned in past events.
Duane tells us he plays cash games in Maryland with most of the others at the final table, and he feels proud that so many from his home venue were able to do well here at Borgata.
That will do it for action during Day 6 of the Borgata Winter Poker Open. Be sure and come back Monday morning for more events!
Jeff Martin (Out in 2nd)
Event 6 – ‘Big Stack NLH’
Level 28 (60,000/120,000/20,000)
Entrants: 427
Players Remaining: 1
Jeff Martin finishes runner up in Event 6, earning nearly sixteen-large for his trouble. We don’t see any previous cashes for Jeff, so this payout will be a great starting point for him.
Tim Bryan (Out in 3rd)
Event 6 – ‘Big Stack NLH’
Level 28 (60,000/120,000/20,000)
Entrants: 427
Players Remaining: 3
Average Stack: 2,850,000
Tim Bryan finishes in third place, and will earn nearly ten grand. Tim, from Centreville, VA, has $125,505 in tournament winnings, including second place at the Six-Max event here at the Winter Poker Open three years ago.
Taylor Honkofsky (Out in 4th)
Event 6 – ‘Big Stack NLH’
Level 28 (60,000/120,000/20,000)
Entrants: 427
Players Remaining: 3
Average Stack: 2,850,000
Taylor Honkofsky is out in fourth place, and will earn $7,808 for his finish. Taylor, from Mount Airy, MD, previous finished second in a $600 event at Maryland Live for a cool $12,309, and has $52,720 in tournament winnings.
Event 6 – ‘Big Stack NLH’
Level 28 (60,000/120,000/20,000)
Entrants: 427
Players Remaining: 4
Average Stack: 2,135,000
Here are the chip counts of the four remaining players in Event 6.
1 Duane Hunton 2,600,000
2 Tim Bryan 1,275,000
3 Taylor Honkofsky 2,000,000
4 Jeff Martin 2,250,000
Nicky Palma (Out in 5th)
Event 6 – ‘Big Stack NLH’
Level 28 (60,000/120,000/20,000)
Entrants: 427
Players Remaining: 4
Average Stack: 2,135,000
Nicky Palma goes all in preflop and Duane Hunton calls. Nicky has {Kh}{6c} and Duane has {As}{3d}. The board runs out {Jd}{9d}{5s}{Qc}{Jc} and Nicky is out in fifth place.
Cathy Dever (Out in 6th)
Event 6 – ‘Big Stack NLH’
Level 28 (60,000/120,000/20,000)
Entrants: 427
Players Remaining: 5
Average Stack: 1,708,000
Cathy Dever is all in for her remaining short stack and Tim Bryan and Jeff Martin call. The board comes out {2s}{3s}{3c}. Tim Bryan checks and Jeff Martin bets 200,000 on the side. Tim Bryan folds and Jeff takes it back, turning over {Jc}{2d}. Cathy has {6d}{5d}. The turn and river are {Ac}{10d} and just like that, Cathy is out in sixth place as the last woman standing.
Event 6 – ‘Big Stack NLH’
Level 28 (60,000/120,000/20,000)
Entrants: 427
Players Remaining: 6
Average Stack: 1,420,000
Cathy Dever goes all in preflop and Taylor Honkofsky calls with {Ks}{Kd}. Cathy turns over {Ad}{Qd} and the board runs out {Ac}{2d}{5c}{5d}{Kc}. The killer river doubles up Taylor through Cathy, and leaves her with 110,000 — only 90,000 after antes.
Event 6 – ‘Big Stack NLH’
Level 28 (60,000/120,000/20,000)
Entrants: 427
Players Remaining: 6
Average Stack: 1,420,000
Here are the chip counts of the remaining six players.
1 Nicky Palma 1,000,000
2 Duane Hunton 1,450,000
3 Cathy Dever 850,000
4 Tim Bryan 1,350,000
5 Taylor Honkofsky 850,000
6 Jeff Martin 1,400,000