Event 22
Event 22 of the Borgata Winter Poker Open is the $200+$30 Deeper Stack NLH event. The players have just returned from dinner break and there are 74 remaining.
The final 36 players will all make the money and be guaranteed at least $419. One lucky winner will be taking home $18,220 along with the BWPO payouts.
Below is a full list of the final Event 22 tournament prize pool and payouts.
Total Entries: 348
Total Buy-In: $69,600
Prize Money: $67,512
1. $18,220+BWPO Trophy
2. $10,127
3. $6,299
4. $5,063
5. $3,983
6. $3,274
7. $2,633
8. $1,992
9. $1,350
10-12. $878
13-15. $726
16-18. $577
19-27. $473
28-36. $419
$200 + $30 Deeper Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 GTD
End of Level 15: 2000/4000/400
Entrants: 348
Players Remaining: 90
Average Chips: 135,000
There is a time to fold a flush draw, and a time to call. Which one was it here?
In an interesting lesson in pot odds and tournament equity, Gary Wong jammed a low flopped flush for value and protection on 
.
Straight flush for Wong.
His opponent, holding the 
was in a dilemma. Not getting direct odds if he was behind, as Gary had shoved 95,000 into a small single raised pot, it was also a problem as the call was for his tournament life. However, if he was up against the naked 
, he was ahead and held a blocker. As with the big queen jack double felting that boosted Wong earlier, a player was now compelled to call off with a marginal hand for his tournament life, having picked up significant equity on the flop.
Tough spot. Certainly, the aggressive Wong was capable of such a play with the naked draw. The problem, of course, is that is just one part of Wong’s range.
In any case, the combo hand made the call, which is understandable enough – sometimes you just don’t have the perfect hand but a double is too enticing – and Gary had to turn over the 
. Just the kind of hand, in fact, that fits into Gary’s strategy, and one that especially works with a massive chip lead.
The runout is what caused the commotion, as the caller did improve to the flush when the missing fell. Now drawing near dead, the 
fell Gary’s way for a painful suck-resuck that left his opponent irritated, upset, and more importantly – out.
Gary continues to build.
However, Wong had done nothing wrong, is running and playing well – and continues to mount an incredible stack.
Mohammed Moustafa is in the mix – only his second tournament in seven years. Mohammed is a well-known reg in Borgata cash game scene. He has a median stack and a chance. GL!
John Bruckner on four celebrates a set and the pot, cracking queens with nines in a hand that played itself.
We now go to Dinner break, and will return at 8:30 PM.
$200 + $30 Deeper Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 GTD
End of Level 13: 1200/2400/300
Entrants: 348
Players Remaining: 120
Average Chips: 101,500
Cheryl Garrett has outlasted her brother’s two bullets.
The Rock n’ Sock Connection, the 200K bros, the Best in This Tournament, aka Yousaf “YT” Tranam and Joe Musngi.
Nightmare on Fifth Street: early leader Johnny L. gets KK cracked by the jack in the hands of both all ins he covered.
Wong continues to leave the field behind, pushing 580,000.
Jenkins, now on 5, fades an all-in.
Larry Abrams has been gaining, now near 440,000.
$200 + $30 Deeper Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 GTD
Level 12: 1000/2000/300
Entrants: 348
Players Remaining: 150
Average Chips: 81,200
While Gary Wong may have all the chips, the action is all directly behind him on table 4.
Willie Jenkins has been the sheriff, calling big bets and getting there, including one where he double flatted against a 
3 bet and binked top two with 
!
Earlier, Corbin Avery, red, tries to isolate a limp from Taranto, only to face a bomb 3bet from Jenkins. Corbin flips up A4dd and folds.
Joseph Taranto has been gambling, too, calling off with 
to felt a 30,000 short stack shove. Yikes!
No fear: Taranto.
The unusual action has the tighter east coast online players on edge. Wayne “Money Not Fun” Harmon has kept his California cool, but is a bad beat coming his way?
Corbin and Wayne during better times on 4.
Jason Santana flips in the cards in absolute disgust after Jenkins takes the lead in a multiway spot. Willie kindly shows the online player the best hand – but he’s still frustrated at being unable to fade all the callers.
Thriving amidst tough competition: Willie Jenkins. Here he is about to bust Corbin, 99 over Avery’s AQ jam. Harmon carefully folds 88 from a worse spot and would have hit top set!
Then, it’s GG for Santana: Taranto snaps off Jason’s QQ with AA. No 98o this time, bro.
This table looks like one where you get doubled… or nothing.
$200 + $30 Deeper Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 GTD
Start of Level 11: 800/1600/200
Entrants: 348
With the end of the break, re-entry and registration are done!
Sweet gift: Mateus Ameida ended up with the nuts on the river, nearly “overturning the table” with his call of a 40,000 bluff – he doubles to 170,000.
Confidence: “The short stack that will win the tournament,” he boasts!
O’Halloran, shrouded in the dark end of the Event Center, shoves river as the tables depart for break. No call.
$200 + $30 Deeper Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 GTD
Level 10: 600/1200/200
Entrants: 338
Gary Wong just separated himself from Johnny L. and the other big stacks.
With Nick Palma looking on, seat 3 was in a predicament. He was facing a shortie’s all in and Wong’s isolation raise, holding QJ on jd5d3h…
…he called it off correctly, but being involved with marginal hands has a price even when right. Wong flushes both out with A7dd. The QJhh sits helplessly, its possessor now gone.
Meanwhile, Will Stevens, left, has just moved to 4, where Larry O’Halloran, center, is doing well.
$200 + $30 Deeper Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 GTD
End of Level 8: 400/800/100
Entrants: 316
She Lok “Gary” Wong has over 260,000 as we move to level 9.
Bonus: Borgata Tournament Rules Review
3. Official Terminology and Gestures [part 2]
Official betting terms are simple, unmistakable, time-honored declarations like: bet, raise, call, fold, check, all-in, complete, and pot (pot-limit) only. Regional terms may also meet this test. Also, players must use gestures with caution when facing action; tapping the table is a check. It is the responsibility of players to make their intentions clear; using non-standard terms or gestures may result in a ruling other than what the player intended. See also rules 2 & 45.
Or, in other words, it really is on you; notice this caveat in referenced 45:
…Silently betting chip(s) relatively tiny to the bet (ex: blinds 2k-4k. A bets 50k, B then silently puts out one 1K chip) is non-standard, strongly discouraged, subject to penalty, and will be interpreted at TDs discretion, including being ruled a full call.
Yet the “one chip call” is the cool thing to do – watch out. Conventions aren’t rules.
$200 + $30 Deeper Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 GTD
End of Level 7: 300/600/75
Entrants: 288
Johnny L in the center of the room has 190,000 – looks like the lead.
The table erupts after the nuts are mucked – but all is well: a happy chop is returned to Marcilia Keene, center on 12, with the floor’s help.
“Quantum Donkeynomics”: Sands legend Blad explains his poker philosophy to the table.
We’re back just after 3:00 PM/
$200 + $30 Deeper Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 GTD
Level 6: 200/400/50
Glenn Lazelle and Dennis Pierson on 5.
On the darkest of tables, five, the simmering undertones of trouble have started to heat.
Identified by inquisitive tablemate Glenn Lazelle as a “tycoon” of some sort, Dennis Pierson has apparently placed his sister, Cheryl Garrett, into today’s tournament – a high risk maneuver.
Meanwhile, seat 4 on table 5 opined absurdly that such a deal between two siblings had “never happened in the history of the world,” a clearly frivolous and unhelpful thought in the midst of a serious matter.
Cheryl, playing on table 2, confirmed the contract. Meanwhile, on her right, Face Up Ralph Macri reported that Cheryl was “being mean to me.”
Macri, left, seeks solace from friends online after being beaten down by Cheryl Garrett, center.
When asked to confirm that Cheryl is indeed a mean person, Dennis flat out denied Macri’s allegation, soothing matters by stating “my girlfriend is mean, but not her!”
Dennis took the time inquire after Cheryl’s stack, however, clearly concerned for his investment. Cheryl has about 16,500 at the moment. When told of her decline from starting stack, the diabolical tycoon seemed unphased, however, focusing more on his unenviable social commitments.
“I’m here with two women, what chance do I have?” Dennis lamented.
However, Pierson remained defiant despite his troubles. “I’m the only one with money [on this trip]… and I still have some left.”
$200 + $30 Deeper Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 GTD
End of Level 4: 100/200/25
Early big stack Dipen Patel on 10: quads, full houses, straights add up to about 100,000.
Back at 1:17 PM.