Event 1
$540+$60 Deep Stack NLH
$2,000,000 Guaranteed
Level 34: Blinds 120,000/240,000/30,000 ante
Total Entries: 4,515
Players Remaining: 15
Average Stack: 7,525,000
Michael Marder
Michael Marder got his chips in holding pocket Kings, only to run into Michael Forca’s pocket Aces. The ultimate cooler took out one of Borgata’s best tournament grinders. Marder finished 16th, earning $10,524.
Forca chipped up to a bit more than 8 million.
$540+$60 Deep Stack NLH
$2,000,000 Guaranteed
Level 34: Blinds 120,000/240,000/30,000 ante
Total Entries: 4,515
Players Remaining: 16
Average Stack: 7,055,000
Daniel Gordon
Daniel Gordon shoved for 1,645,000 from the cutoff, sending Vinny Pahuja (button) into the tank. After about a minute, Vinny folded (later said it was A8).
Agenor Souza (sb) called immediately and after the big blind got out of the way, the hands were tabled.
Daniel’s 
was dominated by Agenor’s 
. None of that matters when the board runs out 
. Daniel paired his 3 to double up to about 3.7 million.
Agenor was still in fine shape with more than 10 million.
$540+$60 Deep Stack NLH
$2,000,000 Guaranteed
Level 34: Blinds 120,000/240,000/30,000 ante
Total Entries: 4,515
Players Remaining: 16
Average Stack: 7,055,000
Reed Boullianne
Reed Boullianne (utg) and Yuebin Guo (cutoff) were looking at a flop of 
and after Reed checked, Guo bet 700,000. Reed check-raised to 2 million straight.
Guo gave it some thought, then said “I think you’ve got a good hand, and open-folded his pocket Jacks. As the dealer was pushing the chips to Reed, he showed his hand — also pocket Jacks! He collected the pot, chipping up to about 7 million.
$540+$60 Deep Stack NLH
$2,000,000 Guaranteed
Level 34: Blinds 120,000/240,000/30,000 ante
Total Entries: 4,515
Players Remaining: 16
Average Stack: 7,055,000
James Roberts
Eric Eng shoved on the river with a board of 
and James Roberts called all-in. Eric’s 
bluff failed and James took the pot with 
(Pair of Kings). James chipped up to about 11 million.
Eric’s stack fell to just under 2 million.
$540+$60 Deep Stack NLH
$2,000,000 Guaranteed
Level 34: Blinds 120,000/240,000/30,000 ante
Total Entries: 4,515
Players Remaining: 16
Average Stack: 7,055,000
Brian Morgan
Brian Morgan got his last ~3.5 million in holding Big Slick and it failed to improve against Bruen Spiro’s pocket Jacks. He’s now got more than 9 million.
Brian finished 17th, earning $10,524.
$540+$60 Deep Stack NLH
$2,000,000 Guaranteed
Level 33: Blinds 100,000/200,000/30,000 ante
Total Entries: 4,515
Players Remaining: 17
Average Stack: 6.64 million
Duane Hunton
Duane Hunton shoved his last 585,000 from the button, getting looked up by Yuebin Guo in the big blind. Duane’s 
needed help to survive Guo’s 
.
The board fell Q 7 5 Q 8 and Guo improved his hand to two pair to take the pot. He’s up to ~4.6 million.
$540+$60 Deep Stack NLH
$2,000,000 Guaranteed
Level 33: Blinds 100,000/200,000/30,000 ante
Total Entries: 4,515
Players Remaining: 18
Average Stack: 6,270,000
Players took a break after the redraw and are now back in action. Here’s the new lineup with rough chip counts:
Table 1
- David Geslak – 8,140,000
- Duane Hunton – 1,200,000
- Eric Eng – 5,080,000
- Yuebin Guo – 2,170,000
- Amir Tamuz – 4,725,000
- Alex Rocha – 7,870,000
- Mark Kaganovsky – 12,500,000
- Reed Boullianne – 6,800,000
- James Roberts – 8,100,000
Table 2
- Agenor Souza – 8,105,000
- Bruen Spiro – 6,775,000
- Michael Marder – 4,460,000
- Ryan Hohner – 8,500,000
- Alex Bolotin – 7,500,000
- Michael Forca – 5,420,000
- Daniel Gordon – 2,900,000
- Brian Morgan – 5,355,000
- Vinny Pahuja – 6,700,000
$540+$60 Deep Stack NLH
$2,000,000 Guaranteed
Level 33: Blinds 100,000/200,000/30,000 ante
Total Entries: 4,515
Players Remaining: 18
Average Stack: 6,270,000
Cathy Dever
After Mark Kaganovsky opened for 500,000, Cathy Dever shoved for ~3.5 million. He called, showing 
. She had pocket 8s. He caught a Ten on the turn to take the pot, chipping up to ~12.4 million.
Cathy finished in 20th place, earning $8,277.
John Lakatosh
John Lakatosh got his last chips in with 
, but ran into Eric Eng’s pocket Kings. The Kings held and John was busted in 19th place ($8,277).
The final 18 and now redrawing seats and moving to the final two tables.
$540+$60 Deep Stack NLH
$2,000,000 Guaranteed
Level 33: Blinds 100,000/200,000/30,000 ante
Total Entries: 4,515
Players Remaining: 20
Average Stack: 5,645,000
Biagio Iudici
In a battle of the blinds, Biagio Iudici got his last chips in from the big against Agenor Souza in the small. Souza’s had his 
dominated.
The board ran out 
putting a flush on the board and for an instant, Biagio thought he had survived with a chop. Then the realization that Souza had a better flush with his dawned and Biagio hit the rail. He’ll collect $8,277 for 21st place.
$2,000,000 Guaranteed
Level 32: Blinds 80,000/160,000/20,000 ante
Total Entries: 4,515
Players Remaining: 21
Average Stack: 5,375,000
Alex Bolotin
On the last hand of the level, Biagio Iudici opened for 450,000 from the hijack and Alex Bolotin (sb) 3-bet to 1.3 million. Biagio gave it some thought, then shoved. Alex snap-called all-in for 3,410,000, tabling pocket Kings. Biagio made an ‘uh-oh’ sounds — he had 
.
The runout of 
missed Biagio completely. Alex doubled to more than 7.1 million. Biagio was left with about 470,000.
Most people don’t recognize this WSOP bracelet winner, but Alex Bolotin took home his gold back in 2014. He also has a Borgata title from the 2008 Winter Poker Open. Lifetime Earnings: more than $2.6 million.