$350 + $50 Big Stack No Limit Hold'em
Chip Leader - Andrew Priore - 492,000
The quiet kid stayed tucked behind his 'Cuse hoodie for most of Day 1.
He leads Event #13 with 30 players left.
He leads Event #13 with 30 players left.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Event 13: Day 1 Ends
$350 + $50 Big Stack No Limit Hold'em
Day 2 continues tomorrow at 3pm,
30 players remaining.
Unofficial Top Chip Counts:
Andrew Priore - 492,000
Jacob Davis - 482,000
Dan Daconti - 481,000
Keith Shimono - 432,000
Stephen Scales - 421,000
Day 2 continues tomorrow at 3pm,
30 players remaining.
Unofficial Top Chip Counts:
Andrew Priore - 492,000
Jacob Davis - 482,000
Dan Daconti - 481,000
Keith Shimono - 432,000
Stephen Scales - 421,000
Event 15: O8B Chip Leader
$400 + $50 Omaha H/L 8B
Chip Leader - Ed Lane
The IT consultant admits "it's the first time I've played Omaha ina casino".
Let the run good continue, play continues tomorrow at 2pm.
Event 15: Final Table
$400 + $50 Omaha H/L 8B
Day 1 has ended, Final Table play continues tomorrow at 2pm.
Recent Elimination:
Mike Linster (10th place - Bubble Boy) puts up another impressive performance, but falls short just outside of the Money Bubble.
Final Table:
Ed Lane - 286,500
Tim Dalessandro - 210,000
Mark Sykes - 206,000
Luigi Grilla - 136,500
Roman Tiraspolsky - 92,500
Adel Shakerian - 69,500
David Pacheco - 55,500
Peter Senak - 49,500
Mike Gabarick - 45,000
Day 1 has ended, Final Table play continues tomorrow at 2pm.
Recent Elimination:
Mike Linster (10th place - Bubble Boy) puts up another impressive performance, but falls short just outside of the Money Bubble.
Final Table:
Ed Lane - 286,500
Tim Dalessandro - 210,000
Mark Sykes - 206,000
Luigi Grilla - 136,500
Roman Tiraspolsky - 92,500
Adel Shakerian - 69,500
David Pacheco - 55,500
Peter Senak - 49,500
Mike Gabarick - 45,000
Event 13: Bubble Breaks
$350 + $50 Big Stack No Limit Hold'em
Congrats players, you're 'In the Money'.
36 players left
Top Chip Counts:
Daniel Daconti - 500,000
Jacob Davis - 465,000
Keith Schimono - 450,000
Robert Albert - 405,000
Congrats players, you're 'In the Money'.
36 players left
Top Chip Counts:
Daniel Daconti - 500,000
Jacob Davis - 465,000
Keith Schimono - 450,000
Robert Albert - 405,000
Event 14: Late Shout-Out
$1500 + $150 Heads Up NLH
from Ryan Hall:
"Shout-out to MJ33, BackdoorBud, 1crizzle #TeamSmalleysDan"
from Ryan Hall:
"Shout-out to MJ33, BackdoorBud, 1crizzle #TeamSmalleysDan"
Event 13: Money Bubble
$350 + $50 Big Stack No Limit Hold'em
Money Bubble
37 players remaining,
36 receive prize money.
Event #13 Chip Stacks & Shout-Outs...
Jacob Davis - 495,000
"NC representin"
Andrew Priore - 250,000
"Shout-out to UJ, John Kim and Joe Tehan"
Mohammed Farah - 208,000
"Shout-out to the fish, Jason Kluska"
Jon Sorscher - 198,000
"I don't write my own jokes"
Tony Raimone - 61,000
"Thank you Harvey, the good luck phone sweat"
Money Bubble
37 players remaining,
36 receive prize money.
Event #13 Chip Stacks & Shout-Outs...
Jacob Davis - 495,000
"NC representin"
Andrew Priore - 250,000
"Shout-out to UJ, John Kim and Joe Tehan"
Mohammed Farah - 208,000
"Shout-out to the fish, Jason Kluska"
Jon Sorscher - 198,000
"I don't write my own jokes"
Tony Raimone - 61,000
"Thank you Harvey, the good luck phone sweat"
Event 13: New Chip Leader
$350 + $50 Big Stack No Limit Hold'em
Chip Leader - Robert Albert - 498,500
Event 13: 5 Tables Left
$350 + $50 Big Stack No Limit Hold'em
41 players remaining,
Avg. Stack: 175,121
random Chip Counts:
Jacob Davis - 405,000
Aaron Steury - 214,000
Nancy Martin - 98,000
Scott Schwalich - 85,000
Dean Schultz - 71,000
41 players remaining,
Avg. Stack: 175,121
random Chip Counts:
Jacob Davis - 405,000
Aaron Steury - 214,000
Nancy Martin - 98,000
Scott Schwalich - 85,000
Dean Schultz - 71,000
Event 15: Linster Leads
$400 + $50 Omaha H/L 8B
Chip Leader - Mike Linster (Island Park, NY) - 141,000
The tournament regular leads the O8B field with 17 players left. The Chip Leader is coming off a recent 4th place finish in Event #10.
Event 13: Break
$350 + $50 Big Stack No Limit Hold'em
44 players remaining, 15-minute color up break.
The grind continues until 4am, good luck to the field.
44 players remaining, 15-minute color up break.
The grind continues until 4am, good luck to the field.
Event 15: Seat & Stack
$400 + $50 Omaha H/L 8B
Seat - Name - Chip Count
Table 1
seat 1 - Luigi Grilla - 79,000
seat 2 - Roman Tiraspolsky - 59,600
seat 3 - Tim Dalessandro - 88,200
seat 4 - Adel Shakerian - 15,500
seat 5 - Mike Cisco - 136,000
seat 6 - Barak Zaken - 34,100
seat 7 - Michael Phillips - 54,400
seat 8 - Len Landi - 45,000
seat 9 - E Tay - 23,000
Table 2
seat 1 - Joe Loguidice - 7,500
seat 2 - Marco Caruso - 69,000
seat 3 -Mark Sykes - 72,000
seat 4 - Peter Senak - 97,000
seat 5 - Ed Lane - 181,000
seat 6 - Arturo Morgan - 55,500
seat 7 -David Pacheco -36,500
seat 8 - Mike Gabarick - 32,000
seat 9 - Mike Linster - 123, 500
Seat - Name - Chip Count
Table 1
seat 1 - Luigi Grilla - 79,000
seat 2 - Roman Tiraspolsky - 59,600
seat 3 - Tim Dalessandro - 88,200
seat 4 - Adel Shakerian - 15,500
seat 5 - Mike Cisco - 136,000
seat 6 - Barak Zaken - 34,100
seat 7 - Michael Phillips - 54,400
seat 8 - Len Landi - 45,000
seat 9 - E Tay - 23,000
Table 2
seat 1 - Joe Loguidice - 7,500
seat 2 - Marco Caruso - 69,000
seat 3 -Mark Sykes - 72,000
seat 4 - Peter Senak - 97,000
seat 5 - Ed Lane - 181,000
seat 6 - Arturo Morgan - 55,500
seat 7 -David Pacheco -36,500
seat 8 - Mike Gabarick - 32,000
seat 9 - Mike Linster - 123, 500
Event 14: Full Results
$1500 + $150 Heads Up NLH
A fast schedule allowed two of the quarterfinals matches to be completed earlier than expected, leaving the other two for a noon start Wednesday, as play is done for the night.
Darren Elias and Mattew Weiss are already into the Final Four, while Scott Lazewski, Josh Brikis, Thomas Ross and Ryan Hall are trying to advance and take their shot at the $25,026 first prize.
Day 1 Results:
Final Four
Darren Elias vs Brikis/Lazewski Winner
Matthew Weiss vs Ross/Hall winner
Elite 8
Darren Elias def Will Failla
Matthew Weiss def Joseph Steirs
Scott Lazewski vs Josh Brikis (Noon Wed.)
Thomas Ross vs Ryan Hall (Noon Wed.)
Sweet 16 Matches
Darren Elias def Scott Baumstein
Thomas Ross def Derrick Huang
Will Failla def David Inselberg
Joseph Steirs def Athony Zinno
Matthew Weiss def Nicholas Muraco
Scott Lazewski def Vinny Pahuja
Josh Brikis def David Simon
Ryan Hall def Mark Borges
A fast schedule allowed two of the quarterfinals matches to be completed earlier than expected, leaving the other two for a noon start Wednesday, as play is done for the night.
Darren Elias and Mattew Weiss are already into the Final Four, while Scott Lazewski, Josh Brikis, Thomas Ross and Ryan Hall are trying to advance and take their shot at the $25,026 first prize.
Day 1 Results:
Final Four
Darren Elias vs Brikis/Lazewski Winner
Matthew Weiss vs Ross/Hall winner
Elite 8
Darren Elias def Will Failla
Matthew Weiss def Joseph Steirs
Scott Lazewski vs Josh Brikis (Noon Wed.)
Thomas Ross vs Ryan Hall (Noon Wed.)
Sweet 16 Matches
Darren Elias def Scott Baumstein
Thomas Ross def Derrick Huang
Will Failla def David Inselberg
Joseph Steirs def Athony Zinno
Matthew Weiss def Nicholas Muraco
Scott Lazewski def Vinny Pahuja
Josh Brikis def David Simon
Ryan Hall def Mark Borges
Event 13: New Finish/Start Time
$350 + $50 Big Stack No Limit Hold'em
*NEW* ruling from Floor Supervisor, Andrew Wong:
Play will continue until 4am, Day 2 starts at 3pm tomorrow
50 players left...
Top 3 Chip Counts:
John Mitchell (Philadelphia, PA) - 271,000
Robert Albert (Manalapan, NJ) - 261,000
Jerry Burnette (Richmond, VA) - 258,000
*NEW* ruling from Floor Supervisor, Andrew Wong:
Play will continue until 4am, Day 2 starts at 3pm tomorrow
50 players left...
Top 3 Chip Counts:
John Mitchell (Philadelphia, PA) - 271,000
Robert Albert (Manalapan, NJ) - 261,000
Jerry Burnette (Richmond, VA) - 258,000
Event 13: via @Twitter
$350 + $50 Big Stack No Limit Hold'em
Event #13 coverage through @YoungOrson tweets #BWO2012
- Bad news: Doubled up 2 more shorties. Fd brick vs top pair.
- 100k going to 800/1600 in this $400 on dinner break.
- #unfollowmunson
- Guy gets it all in with kings on a qtj9 rainbow river ace. He shows kings and wins. Then asked his opponent if he rivered #serious
- Just got slowrolled by some classy older guy. He just had to call an all in with aces last to act preflop. Down to 50k #hhd #BWO2012
Event #13 coverage through @YoungOrson tweets #BWO2012
- Bad news: Doubled up 2 more shorties. Fd brick vs top pair.
- 100k going to 800/1600 in this $400 on dinner break.
- #unfollowmunson
- Guy gets it all in with kings on a qtj9 rainbow river ace. He shows kings and wins. Then asked his opponent if he rivered #serious
- Just got slowrolled by some classy older guy. He just had to call an all in with aces last to act preflop. Down to 50k #hhd #BWO2012
Event 14: Cashing In
$1500 + $150 Heads Up NLH
Players losing in the quarterfinals round earn $3,128.
Players losing in the quarterfinals round earn $3,128.
Will "The Thrill" Failla (Smithtown, NY)
$3,128
Joe Stiers (Silver Spring, MD)
$3,128
Event 13: Chip Leaders
$350 + $50 Big Stack No Limit Hold'em
64 players left...
Top Chip Counts:
Jacob Davis - 363,000
Dorian Neacsu - 330,000
Joe Gatmaitan - 280,000
Aaron Steury - 231,000
64 players left...
Top Chip Counts:
Jacob Davis - 363,000
Dorian Neacsu - 330,000
Joe Gatmaitan - 280,000
Aaron Steury - 231,000
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Event 14: Weiss into Semis
$1500 + $150 Heads Up NLH
Matthew Weiss (Suffern, NY) defeats Joseph Steirs (Silver Spring, MD) to advance to the Final Four. Weiss awaits the winner of the Thomas Ross/Ryan Hall quarterfinal which will be played noon Wednesday.
Steirs takes home a min. cash of $3,128 for losing in the quarterfinals.
Nice for Weiss to Reach Final Four
Matthew Weiss (Suffern, NY) defeats Joseph Steirs (Silver Spring, MD) to advance to the Final Four. Weiss awaits the winner of the Thomas Ross/Ryan Hall quarterfinal which will be played noon Wednesday.
Steirs takes home a min. cash of $3,128 for losing in the quarterfinals.
Event 14: Elias Keeps Rolling
$1500 + $150 Heads Up NLH
Darren Elias (Erie, PA) defeats Will "The Thrill" Failla (Smithtown, NY) in the quarterfinals to punch his ticket into the Final Four. Elias was runner-up in this tournament in the 2011 Borgata Fall Poker Open when he lost to Alex Queen (Bethelehem, PA).
With three wins today, Elias has now won 8 of his last 9 heads up matches at Borgata.
"Darren got smashed by the deck and beat Will 'The Thrill,'" says Failla, who lost two games to none in the best of three series.
This is Failla's second cash of the series after winning Event 1 for $165,000. He takes home $3,128 for his 5th-8th place finish.
Defending champion Alex Queen lost in the second round and won't repeat as champion.
Elias plays the winner of the Josh Brikis/Scott Lazewski quarterfinal match scheduled for noon Wednesday.
Elias into the Final Four
Darren Elias (Erie, PA) defeats Will "The Thrill" Failla (Smithtown, NY) in the quarterfinals to punch his ticket into the Final Four. Elias was runner-up in this tournament in the 2011 Borgata Fall Poker Open when he lost to Alex Queen (Bethelehem, PA).
With three wins today, Elias has now won 8 of his last 9 heads up matches at Borgata.
"Darren got smashed by the deck and beat Will 'The Thrill,'" says Failla, who lost two games to none in the best of three series.
This is Failla's second cash of the series after winning Event 1 for $165,000. He takes home $3,128 for his 5th-8th place finish.
Defending champion Alex Queen lost in the second round and won't repeat as champion.
Elias plays the winner of the Josh Brikis/Scott Lazewski quarterfinal match scheduled for noon Wednesday.
Event 14: Money Matches Update
$1500 + $150 Heads Up NLH
Matthew Weiss, Scott Lazewski, Josh Brikis and Ryan Hall advance to the quarterfinals, joining the other four players who are already in the money ($3,128 min cash/$25,026 for first place).
Sweet 16 Matches
Darren Elias def Scott Baumstein
Thomas Ross def Derrick Huang
Will Failla def David Inselberg
Joseph Steirs def Athony Zinno
Matthew Weiss def Nicholas Muraco
Scott Lazewski def Vinny Pahuja
Josh Brikis def David Simon
Ryan Hall def Mark Borges
Two of the four quarterfinal matches are being played tonight, while the other two will be played noon Wed.
Elite Eight Matches
Darren Elias vs Will Failla (underway)
Matthew Weiss vs Joseph Steirs (underway)
Scott Lazewsi vs Josh Brikis (Wed. 12 pm)
Thomas Ross vs Ryan Hall (Wed. 12 pm)
Matthew Weiss, Scott Lazewski, Josh Brikis and Ryan Hall advance to the quarterfinals, joining the other four players who are already in the money ($3,128 min cash/$25,026 for first place).
Sweet 16 Matches
Darren Elias def Scott Baumstein
Thomas Ross def Derrick Huang
Will Failla def David Inselberg
Joseph Steirs def Athony Zinno
Matthew Weiss def Nicholas Muraco
Scott Lazewski def Vinny Pahuja
Josh Brikis def David Simon
Ryan Hall def Mark Borges
Two of the four quarterfinal matches are being played tonight, while the other two will be played noon Wed.
Elite Eight Matches
Darren Elias vs Will Failla (underway)
Matthew Weiss vs Joseph Steirs (underway)
Scott Lazewsi vs Josh Brikis (Wed. 12 pm)
Thomas Ross vs Ryan Hall (Wed. 12 pm)
Event 15: Mike and Mike
$400 + $50 Omaha H/L 8B
Event #15 Chip Leaders...
Steelers fan and Pittsburgh native, Mike Cisco, leads the field with 82,000 chips. The bubble breaks at the Final Table, 9 players will receive prize money.
Mike Linster is second in chips with 76,000. He's seeking his 3rd Borgata Final Table with only 34 players left in Event #15. He's currently 3rd on the Borgata Tournament Leaderboard.
Event #15 Chip Leaders...
Steelers fan and Pittsburgh native, Mike Cisco, leads the field with 82,000 chips. The bubble breaks at the Final Table, 9 players will receive prize money.
Mike Linster is second in chips with 76,000. He's seeking his 3rd Borgata Final Table with only 34 players left in Event #15. He's currently 3rd on the Borgata Tournament Leaderboard.
Event 13: IU
$350 + $50 Big Stack No Limit Hold'em
Indiana Basketball fan, Aaron Steury, on Table 4. The 'patch jacket' looks like something out of Bobby Knight's trophy case. #Vintage #Hoosiers
77 players remaining in Event #13.
Indiana Basketball fan, Aaron Steury, on Table 4. The 'patch jacket' looks like something out of Bobby Knight's trophy case. #Vintage #Hoosiers
77 players remaining in Event #13.
Event 13: Lady Stacks
$350 + $50 Big Stack No Limit Hold'em
4 females left, good luck Ladies.
Hallee LoGrasso - 139,000
Nancy Martin - 88,000
Jennifer So - 46,000
Lilou Bonnet - 43,700
4 females left, good luck Ladies.
Hallee LoGrasso - 139,000
Nancy Martin - 88,000
Jennifer So - 46,000
Lilou Bonnet - 43,700
Event 15: Chip Leader
$400 + $50 Omaha H/L 8B
Frank Rasile (Staten Island) is the chip leader with 96k (10 big bets) as players are back from break.
Rasile had some success across the board at Borgata in 2011. He cashed three times, including a runner-up in stud during the Winter Open.
38 players remain with an average stack of 31k (10 BB); limits are 1,500/3k.
Rasile Raising his Game
Frank Rasile (Staten Island) is the chip leader with 96k (10 big bets) as players are back from break.
Rasile had some success across the board at Borgata in 2011. He cashed three times, including a runner-up in stud during the Winter Open.
38 players remain with an average stack of 31k (10 BB); limits are 1,500/3k.
Event 13: 'Suits'
$350 + $50 Big Stack No Limit Hold'em
James 'Suits' Salters
Always dressed to impress, the Borgata regular grinds an average stack with less than 80 players left. 'Suits' wins the Borgata best dressed award.
Event 15: Tim Trying to Repeat
$400 + $50 Omaha H/L 8B
The winner of this event in January 2011 is flying under the radar and looking for love. Tim D'Alessandro (West Chester, PA) laughs saying, "you probably haven't mentioned me all day," as he sits with an average 30k stack.
D'Alessandro was up to 40k, but after we took his picture he dropped to 8k and has since battled back. He says the fictional "blogger curse," wore off and he was able to get back on track.
D'Alessandro defeated three time WSOP circuit ring holder Brent Keller heads up last year to earn ~$19,000; Keller was not in this year's field.
Dangerous D'Alessandro
The winner of this event in January 2011 is flying under the radar and looking for love. Tim D'Alessandro (West Chester, PA) laughs saying, "you probably haven't mentioned me all day," as he sits with an average 30k stack.
D'Alessandro was up to 40k, but after we took his picture he dropped to 8k and has since battled back. He says the fictional "blogger curse," wore off and he was able to get back on track.
D'Alessandro defeated three time WSOP circuit ring holder Brent Keller heads up last year to earn ~$19,000; Keller was not in this year's field.
Event 13: Stack Sizing
$350 + $50 Big Stack No Limit Hold'em
Number of Entries: 359
Players remaining: 89
Avg. Stack: 80,674
Top Chip Counts:
DL - 189,000
Joe Gatmaitan - 165,000
Mohammed Farah - 159,000
Dean Schultz - 151,000
Terry Armentrout - 137,500
Number of Entries: 359
Players remaining: 89
Avg. Stack: 80,674
Top Chip Counts:
DL - 189,000
Joe Gatmaitan - 165,000
Mohammed Farah - 159,000
Dean Schultz - 151,000
Terry Armentrout - 137,500
PPI Perspective
The buzz leading up to The 2012 Borgata Winter Poker Open (BWO) tournament series had poker players from around the world making their plans to attend these spectacular events. The series kicked off with the Deep Stack $500k Guarantee which attracted a record breaking 1,873 players and generated a prize pool of more than $900k. The following events continued the trend of huge fields and more players are pouring into the Borgata as the excitement builds for the $2 Million Guaranteed Championship Event.
The Borgata staff was prepared as usual for the massive fields and the Event Center has an energy level unlike any other poker venue. Throughout any given day of the series there are more than four events running simultaneously and the Borgata team, which includes the best tournament director, floor staff, dealers and cashiers, ensure that this event series is running like a well-oiled machine.
As always the Live Updates writers help keep friends, families, and fans of all participants well informed about everything going on here at Borgata. They have a knack of combining up to the minute updates on the tournaments while sharing the stories and experiences of the players. Having covered numerous Borgata Poker Open series over the years, this experienced Live Updates Team gives the tournaments another level of excitement beyond the felt.
PPI (Poker Players International), the most prolific poker representation and marketing agency, is well represented here at the 2012 BWO. Many of the PPI Players have had tremendous success during the first few events, including Will "The Thrill" Failla who won the record breaking Event 1 and collected more than $165k and the Borgata winners trophy to add to his collection of titles that includes $3+ million in career tournament earnings.
PPI Players went back-to-back with BWO titles as Jon Sorscher took down Event 2 and more than $46k. The success of PPI Players continued as Matt "Muffins" Mazzeo put up back-to-back final table appearances that included a 2nd place finish in Event 4. We anticipate many more fantastic results from this talented group of players that are represented by PPI.
Throughout the BWO we will follow the PPI Leaderboard Contest which will award the winner a VIP Borgata Prize Package. Here is Leaderboard standings through Monday, January 23:
1 - 376.500 | WILL FAILLA
2 - 272.425 | JONATHAN SORSCHER
3 - 247.180 | MATTHEW MAZZEO
4 - 194.838 | MICHAEL DENTALE
5 - 159.838 | LAURENCE GOLDSTEIN
6 - 145.580 | GEORGE MEDRANO
7 - 131.500 | MARGUERITE SPAGNUOLO
8 - 127.193 | JAMES STENELLA
9 - 124.900 | VINEET PAHUJA
10 - 101.850 | DAVID INSELBERG
The Borgata staff was prepared as usual for the massive fields and the Event Center has an energy level unlike any other poker venue. Throughout any given day of the series there are more than four events running simultaneously and the Borgata team, which includes the best tournament director, floor staff, dealers and cashiers, ensure that this event series is running like a well-oiled machine.
As always the Live Updates writers help keep friends, families, and fans of all participants well informed about everything going on here at Borgata. They have a knack of combining up to the minute updates on the tournaments while sharing the stories and experiences of the players. Having covered numerous Borgata Poker Open series over the years, this experienced Live Updates Team gives the tournaments another level of excitement beyond the felt.
PPI (Poker Players International), the most prolific poker representation and marketing agency, is well represented here at the 2012 BWO. Many of the PPI Players have had tremendous success during the first few events, including Will "The Thrill" Failla who won the record breaking Event 1 and collected more than $165k and the Borgata winners trophy to add to his collection of titles that includes $3+ million in career tournament earnings.
PPI Players went back-to-back with BWO titles as Jon Sorscher took down Event 2 and more than $46k. The success of PPI Players continued as Matt "Muffins" Mazzeo put up back-to-back final table appearances that included a 2nd place finish in Event 4. We anticipate many more fantastic results from this talented group of players that are represented by PPI.
Throughout the BWO we will follow the PPI Leaderboard Contest which will award the winner a VIP Borgata Prize Package. Here is Leaderboard standings through Monday, January 23:
1 - 376.500 | WILL FAILLA
2 - 272.425 | JONATHAN SORSCHER
3 - 247.180 | MATTHEW MAZZEO
4 - 194.838 | MICHAEL DENTALE
5 - 159.838 | LAURENCE GOLDSTEIN
6 - 145.580 | GEORGE MEDRANO
7 - 131.500 | MARGUERITE SPAGNUOLO
8 - 127.193 | JAMES STENELLA
9 - 124.900 | VINEET PAHUJA
10 - 101.850 | DAVID INSELBERG
Event 15: Leading Lady
$400 + $50 Omaha H/L 8B
Etay - 49,000 chips
The leading lady in Event #15 sits with 49,000 chips, she moves amongst the top 3 stacks in the room.
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