Event 14: $15,400 $5 Million Guaranteed WPT World Championship
Day 3 Completed
2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open
Event 14: $15,400 $5 Million Guaranteed WPT World Championship
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open
Buy-in
$15,000
Prize Pool
$4,852,400
Entries
328
Level
31
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
25
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Level 20
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Only two tables remain in the Season XII WPT World Championship at Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, and once again the overnight chip leader is Eric Afriat. Afriat, who became a member of the WPT Champions Club just over a week ago at the penultimate stop in Hollywood, Florida, bagged 2.029 million chips after another productive day on the felt.
The French-Canadian��s biggest hand came in Level 19, when Blake Bohn five-bet shoved for over 50 big blinds with 
and Afriat snapped him off with 
. The pocket rockets held up, and Afriat added to his already monster stack.
Afriat is the only player with over two million chips, but four players joined him in the seven-figure club; Abraham Korotki (1.616 million), Tony Gregg, (1.499 million), Ryan D��Angelo (1.369 million), and Curt Kohlberg (1.097 million). Korotki, the winner of the 2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open Championship Event, eliminated 2012 WSOP Main Event runner-up Jesse Sylvia in a big cooler in Level 19. Sylvia open-shoved with top two pair on the turn, and Korotki called with bottom set. The river was a brick, and Sylvia was eliminated.
Gregg, like Afriat, is a member of the WPT Champions Club, winning the Parx Open Poker Classic in Season XI. He too was on the positive side of a cooler, eliminating Scott Eskenazi with aces against kings in Level 19.
Also among the final 18 players are Justin Young, Byron Kaverman, Keven Stammen, Brock Parker, and WPT Raw Deal Analyst and Champions Club member Tony Dunst.
The day started with 68 players, and the bust outs were fast and furious as the money bubble approached. Among the players who exited with no money were NFL free agent wide receiver Miles Austin and 13-time WSOP bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth. Austin found himself in a three-way all in with pocket fives against George Kelly��s pocket kings �C Austin wasn��t fortunate enough to hit a two-outer �C and Hellmuth ran 
into Kaverman��s 
.
Right as the dinner break was starting, the bubble burst in a very unique way. There were 38 players still alive �C 36 would earn a minimum of $30,085 �C and most of the players were exiting the room to wine and dine for 75 minutes. While they were filing out, Nick Schulman and Michael Lavoie were eliminated at the exact same time on two different tables. Some short-stacked players, like Cathy Dever, were elated the find out they were in the money after the surprise, concurrent eliminations.
After dinner break, it only took three hours for the field to halve from 36 to 18. Among the post-dinner, in-the-money causalities were Athanasios Polychronopoulos (34th, $30,085), Brian Yoon (33rd, $30,085), Jason Koon (32nd, $30,085), Matt Stout (30th, $30,085), Loni Harwood (29th, $30,085), Jonathan Tamayo (28th, $30,085), Cathy Dever (24th, $33,967), Club WPT winner David Daggett (22nd, $33,967), Scott Seiver (21st, $33,967), and Jeff Madsen (19th, $33,967).
Tamayo, who won his way into the WPT World Championship thanks to DraftKings.com and a game-winning home run from New York Mets backup catcher Anthony Recker, lost a race with 
against the 
of Ray Qartomy.
The final two tables will return at noon on Friday to play down to an official final table of six. PokerNews will be on hand for all of the updates, so be sure to check back then.
Level 20
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Check out the final tallies for the last 18 players left in contention for this WPT World Championship.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,029,000
209,000
|
209,000 |
|
||
|
1,616,000
86,000
|
86,000 |
|
1,499,000
259,000
|
259,000 |
|
1,369,000
249,000
|
249,000 |
|
||
|
1,097,000
177,000
|
177,000 |
|
993,000
-98,000
|
-98,000 |
|
||
|
974,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
|
||
|
955,000
280,000
|
280,000 |
|
867,000 | |
|
|
||
|
819,000
245,000
|
245,000 |
|
786,000
-88,000
|
-88,000 |
|
670,000 | |
|
622,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
|
||
|
|
598,000
61,000
|
61,000 |
|
525,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
|
395,000 | |
|
329,000
-518,000
|
-518,000 |
|
269,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Level 20
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Jeff Madsen had just two big blinds left to work with, so he open-shoved from under the gun.
Keven Stammen called to put Madsen at risk, as did Glen Lafaye in the big blind.
The dealer fanned 
and Lafaye checked, prompting a bet of 35,000 by Stammen. This folded Lafaye and Madsen said "I have something..." while tabling 
, but Stammen had something better with 
.
The turn (
) and river (
) changed nothing and Madsen headed to the payout desk to collect, while the 18 players remaining prepared to bag and tag.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
867,000
337,000
|
337,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
||
Level 20
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Chris O'Rourke opened the action for a raise from under the gun and it was folded to Jeff Madsen in the small blind who moved all in. Leonardo Palermo in the big blind announced that he was also all in and when the action got back to O'Rourke he quickly said "call, call, call" as he turned over . It was a cooler of a hand for the other two as Madsen had 
and Palermo 
.
The board ran out 
and Palermo is eliminated in 20th place while Madsen was crippled.
"Is this real," said O'Rourke after the hand. "That was like fantasy land."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
670,000
244,000
|
244,000 |
|
|
32,000
-294,000
|
-294,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
Level 20
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Curt Kohlberg opened to 36,000 from the hijack and Scott Seiver moved all in for just over 300,000 from the cutoff. It was folded back to Kohlberg who made the easy call with 
. Seiver had been making a move of sorts with and would need some help if he was going to stay alive.
The flop came 
to give Seiver an inside straight draw to go with his Ace. The turn was the 
and the river was the 
and the amiable Seiver is eliminated in 21st place while Kohlberg moved his stack to 920,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
920,000
240,000
|
240,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
||
Level 20
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
After qualifying for this WPT World Championship through the Club WPT online poker platform, David Daggett proved he can play poker with real money on the line.
He made a deep run against this stacked field, surviving for three days of play against the game's elite players, but his Cinderella story just came to an abrupt end.
Bobby Oboodi opened for 36,000 from the hijack and Daggett three-bet shoved for 189,000, folding the button and the blinds. Oboodi wasn't going anywhere with his though, and he was dominating Daggett's 
- until the flop fell that is.
The turn came 
to give Oboodi additional outs to oust the amateur, and one of those additions floated down the river when the 
hit the table. Oboodi's runner-runner spike to make Broadway did the job, and Daggett headed for the payout cage with a story to take home - along with $33,967 for his 22nd place finish.
Daggett was overheard talking to a Royal Flush girl on the rail (run better Mr. Daggett... run better), saying "twenty-five bucks a month for thirty thousand? I'll take it."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
540,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 20
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Yuval Harosh raised to 50,000 from the hijack, Tony Dunst moved all in on his left, and the action folded back to Harosh, who called all-in for 200,000.
Harosh: 
Dunst:
The flop fell , giving Harosh a set of tens.
"Jack on the river," Dunst requested.
He was one step ahead of the dealer, who delivered the 
on the turn to give Dunst Broadway.
"...or a brick," Dunst corrected himself.
Of course, if the river was another 
, Harosh would've made a full house to stay alive. The river was the 
, an inconsequential card, and Harosh hit the rail in 23rd place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
635,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
Level 20
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Glenn Lafaye raised to 36,000 in early position, Jeff Madsen moved all in for 143,000 on his left, and the action folded back to Lafaye who tank-called.
Lafaye: 
Madsen: 
Madsen improved to a set when the dealer fanned 
, and Lafaye was drawing dead when the turn brought the . The 
on the river was but a formality, and Madsen doubled through.
At the table behind it, Tom Dobrilovic was all in and at risk for 418,000 with after preflop betting with Curt Kohlberg. Kohlberg held two overs with , and the wired queens held up as the board ran out 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
874,000
524,000
|
524,000 |
|
|
680,000
-555,000
|
-555,000 |
|
372,000
59,000
|
59,000 |
|
|
326,000
193,000
|
193,000 |
|
|
||
Level 20
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
After losing a small pot to Curt Kohlberg, Cathy Dever was down to 106,000. It was folded to her on the hijack and she moved all in. Tom Dobrilovic made the call from the small blind and curiously Eric Afriat folded 
face up despite having the biggest stack at the table. Someone at the table joked "give me those eights" as Dever turned over and Dobrilovic .
Afriat would have hit a set if he had seen the flop as it came . The turn was the 
and Dever was drawing dead. The river was the 
and Dever is sent home in 24th place. An excellent finish for the Borgata regular who was thrilled earlier when she found out she had made the money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
350,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
|
Busted |