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Day 3 Seat Draw
Level 17: 2,000-4,000, 400 ante
Sorted In: Borgata, Season XI, Featured Blog10:48 AM, 01/30/13
Day 2 ClubWPT Player of the Day - Matthew Burnitz
Level 17: 2,000-4,000, 400 ante
Sorted In: Matthew Burnitz, Borgata, Season XI12:54 AM, 01/30/13
Day 2 Ends w/ 160 Players
Level 17: 2,000-4,000, 400 ante
Day 2 has come to a close at the World Poker Tour Borgata Winter Poker Open in
The chip leader at the end of play is Scott Herz with 519,300 to pace the field. He is joined at the top by Joe DiMartino (517,100), Yung Hwang (498,900), and Patrick Chan (494,900). Other notables with a lot of chips to work with include Matt Glantz (384,000), Fall 2012 Borgata Poker Open runner-up Matthew Burnitz (349,600), and Keven Stammen (345,800).
Among the notables that made an exit today were Matt Stout, Nam Le, JC Tran, Kathy Liebert, Josh Brikis, Matt Affleck, Matt Giannetti, Kevin Saul, Will Failla, Victor Ramdin, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Noah Schwartz, Shannon Shorr, Dan O’Brien, Cornel Cimpan, Amanda Musumeci, Eric Baldwin, Dwyte Pilgrim, recent Borgata Poker Open champion Ben Hamnett, Faraz Jaka, Irv Gotti, ClubWPT Qualifier Charlie Hill, and Tony Dunst.
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12:49 AM, 01/30/13
Four More Hands
Level 16: 1,500-3,000, 300 ante
The tournament clock has been stopped and the field was informed that they will play four more hands. There are 171 players that have survived according to the tournament clock.
Stay tuned as we will be collecting chip count information from the bag and tag and catching the final hands of the night, which will be posted soon.
12:10 AM, 01/30/13
The Twitternet: Kessler Seesaw
Level 16: 1,500-3,000, 300 ante
Sorted In: Borgata, Season XIWas at 200k then hovering around 170k until a genuis calls off 1/3 stack preflop with aj off vs my kk. Now at 120k.
— Allen Kessler (@AllenKessler) January 30, 2013
11:57 PM, 01/29/13
Kathy Liebert Eliminated
Level 16: 1,500-3,000, 300 ante
Kathy Liebert shoves on the button for about 12,000 and the player in the big blind calls. Liebert is ahead with J
J
against her opponent's A8, but falls when the board runs out Q96
KA
.
Kathy Liebert - Eliminated
11:55 PM, 01/29/13
Alex Bolotin Doubles Thru Kathy Liebert in Dramatic Fashion
Level 16: 1,500-3,000, 300 ante
(As told to us by Alex Bolotin)
Alex Bolotin opens to 6,000 from the hijack and Kathy Liebert three-bets to 16,000 from the small blind (the player in the big blind folded out of turn to begin the hand). Bolotin four-bets to 45,000 before Liebert five-bets all in. Bolotin, with roughly 40,000 behind, calls all in with 42.
Liebert is ahead with AK and takes a commanding lead on the flop as it falls AA8. Bolotin picks up a few outs when the 3 turn falls and gets there when the 5 river gives him a wheel.
Alex Bolotin - 172,000 (57 bb)
Kathy Liebert - 12,000 (4 bb)
11:48 PM, 01/29/13
Christian Harder Loses One
Level 16: 1,500-3,000, 300 ante
The flop reads KKJ and the big blind is all in for 61,400 against Christian Harder. Their cards:
Harder: AJ
Big Blind: K2
Turn and River: 610
The big blind doubles up on the hand to surive and Harder is down to 132,000.
Christian Harder - 132,000 (44 bb)
11:39 PM, 01/29/13
Bust Bus
Level 16: 1,500-3,000, 300 ante
Eric Baldwin, Steve Dannenmann, Curt Kohlberg, Anthony Gregg, and Billy Pilossoph have all recently busted out of the tournament.
Sorted In: Borgata, Season XI11:33 PM, 01/29/13
Mitchell On The Right Side of Aces vs. Kings
Level 16: 1,500-3,000, 300 ante
Nick Mitchell opens to 6,000 in middle position and the player in the big blind three-bets to 18,000. Mitchell four-bets to 44,000 and is met with an instant five-bet shove from his opponent for about 170,000.
Mitchell calls immediately and tables AA, leading his opponent's KK. The board runs out AJ584 as Mitchell wins the pot to retake the chip lead.
Nick Mitchell - 490,000 (163 bb)
11:19 PM, 01/29/13
