tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44019888427233377962024-03-05T00:13:35.198-05:00Borgata September Poker OpenAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15568844152748546459noreply@blogger.comBlogger1261125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401988842723337796.post-91549392944469008482011-09-24T17:00:00.011-04:002011-09-30T15:26:37.709-04:00Championship Event Recap<span style="font-weight: bold;">$3300 + $200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggUOeLAvnZbX2Gq3bQG1xqaj_9ini9FOmdXtT9v6UKcbjQTtq1TtSipN6iYJkypv7-Tl7lG-aiGeWgJXWdd24WqB4oAyPLtJJs7aubZfmYLvEr5wT54CNo_wiPw3_vqauPfiDxcRtbtjxd/s1600/oboodi+trophy.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggUOeLAvnZbX2Gq3bQG1xqaj_9ini9FOmdXtT9v6UKcbjQTtq1TtSipN6iYJkypv7-Tl7lG-aiGeWgJXWdd24WqB4oAyPLtJJs7aubZfmYLvEr5wT54CNo_wiPw3_vqauPfiDxcRtbtjxd/s320/oboodi+trophy.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656039818697466034" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Bobbi Oboodi - $922,441</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">WPT Borgata Poker Open Champion</span><br /></div><br />A final table that featured two satellite qualifiers, a WSOP bracelet holder, and a trio of Borgata regulars comes down to the J♠ as it's Bobby's World for the WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship.<br /><br />Bahbak 'Bobby' Oboodi (Morris Plains, NJ) is the last man standing in a record field of 1,313 entries as he takes down the $922,441 first place prize. "I'm just numb, the excitement hasn't hit me yet," said the 24 year old poker pro moments after winning the title.<br /><br />"I feel like everyone else is more excited than I am, but I'm sure it's going to hit me later tonight when I realize I just won this tournament and nearly a million dollars."<br /><br />Oboodi beat Jin Hwang (Gambrills, MD), a man who seriously doubted that he would make the final table and checked out of his hotel room on Day 4 before play resumed with 27 players.<br /><br />"I'm so proud of myself, I think I did my best," said Hwang, who had no major cashes on his tournament resume, but pocketed $554,303 as runner-up. "I'm completely satisfied and happy with my play and ready to go on to the next tournament."<br /><br />Heads up play began with each player holding at least 40 big blinds, but lasted only 18 hands. The J♠ was the key card that propelled Oboodi to victory on the final two hands.<br /><br />On the penultimate hand, Oboodi hit a pair of jacks on the turn as his AJ bested Hwang's AQ to win a 10 million chip pot and extended his lead. The final blow comes when the one eyed jack hit the turn again giving Oboodi a flush and Hwang two pairs.<br /><br />Oboodi had to sweat the river, but when Hwang missed his outs for a full house, the Borgata regular wins the championship with a queen high flush.<br /><br />"My strategy for heads up was to small ball it. I didn't want to get into any big hands where I'm going to be put in marginal situations," he said while being congratulated from his rowdy rooting section, the Morris County Crew (MCC). "I was fortunate enough to make the flush against top pair on the last hand and it held up and here we are, champion."<br /><br />Hwang, who didn't have any regrets on how he played the final two hands said, "I didn't think there was anyway he had a flush there," and that he expected Oboodi would have raised Hwang's flop bet with a flush draw. "He played it perfectly."<br /><br />Hwang, the 56 year old self-employed financial agent, was happy to still be playing for a six figure cash as he was 27th out of 27 returning players on the final three tables with just 12 big blinds. But after surviving multiple all-in pots, he got a huge lift with quad jacks after his pocket hooks were dominated by the pocket queens of Will "The Thrill" Failla.<br /><br />"That was the biggest turning point," said Hwang, who entered this tournament on a $400 satellite, "and that's when I thought I could do it. I was feeling comfortable and it was like someone was leading me to the final table."<br /><br />When the final table of six resumed under the glare of the tv lights on Day 5, Hwang was once again the short stack with still only one dozen big blinds. But one by one, he moved up the pay scale.<br /><br />The first to go was Ricky Hale (Cornwall, England), the other short stack, who turned a $100 satellite into $186,585 for his 6th place finish.<br /><br />Darren Elias (Montclair, NJ), one of the three New Jersey players at the table, was 5th ($230,610) when his pocket jacks ran into Oboodi's pocket kings. The hand took Oboodi's stack to nearly 19 million and caused problems for Fred Goldberg (Hollywood, FL).<br /><br />"I was sitting on Fred's left and he was put in a difficult spot being on my right because we were both chip leaders heading into the day," said Oboodi. "You really don't want to play too big of a hand out of position against the second chip leader. He was really unlucky with his seat because if he was on my left I'm sure I would have had just as difficult of a time."<br /><br />Goldberg, a WSOP bracelet holder and the 10th place finisher in the 2006 Main Event, was frustrated throughout the day and finished 4th ($280,925) when he was out kicked by Oboodi on Goldberg's final hand.<br /><br />Oboodi had more than half the chips in play while three-handed, as Hwang was second in chips and Daniel Buzgon (Marlton, NJ), the third local player, was third.<br /><br />Hwang eventually knocked out Buzgon in third place ($335,433), setting up heads-up play, as the final two outlasted a world class field.<br /><br />The tournament featured big names, bracelet holders and WPT champions. In addition to Failla (11th/$50,315), who was bidding to be the first back-to-back winner on tour and calls Borgata his "home" casino, notables who cashed in the $4,332,900 total buy-in included:<br /><br />Jeff Madsen (60th/$11,740) 2x bracelet winner<br />John Racener (35th/$16,352) WSOP 2010 Main Event runner-up<br />David Williams (31st/16,352) WSOP bracelet<br />Vanessa Selbst (23rd/$18,868) - WSOP bracelet<br />"Miami" John Cernuto (14th/$35,640) 3x bracelet winner<br />Matt Glantz (12th/$50,315) who added to his nearly $4 million in career tournament earnings<br /><br />In the end, Borgata is Bobby's World and with his new found wealth his goals are to play more poker and to start a business. "Poker is great, but I want to have some steady income that's not related to poker," he said while trying to figure out where he'll display the championship trophy.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhfCVQP796AyrJKtPPchzxG5qNXQiA9i1AZeRcEC4ZauLcWq8qWeVFbZ5Ztp20D1cqdJGIJOCa_Y2paBcmo3yGkBtpjMTrbPEtX9GQD37vGHrMm_qmGDkpe8k4vfUFQfUB9ulUU415qg7i/s1600/oboobi+celebrates.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhfCVQP796AyrJKtPPchzxG5qNXQiA9i1AZeRcEC4ZauLcWq8qWeVFbZ5Ztp20D1cqdJGIJOCa_Y2paBcmo3yGkBtpjMTrbPEtX9GQD37vGHrMm_qmGDkpe8k4vfUFQfUB9ulUU415qg7i/s320/oboobi+celebrates.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656039499569622658" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Oboodi Celebrates with MCC</span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family:trebuchet ms;" >2011 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship<br />Notable Participants</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">WSOP Bracelet Winners:</span><br /><br />Robert Varkonyi (2002 Main Event Champion)<br />Allen Cunningham (5 bracelets)<br />"Miami" John Cernuto<span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >*</span> (3 bracelets)<br />Jeff Madsen* (2 bracelets)<br />Matt Matros (2 bracelets)<br />Vanessa Selbst<span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >*</span><br />David Williams<span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >*</span> (and WPT title)<br />Michael Mizrachi (and WPT title)<br />Gavin Smith (and WPT title)<br />Andy Frankenberger (and WPT title)<br />Fred Goldberg<span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >*</span><br />Kathy Liebert<br />Robert Mizrachi<br />Jason Young<br />Freddy Rouhani<br />Brian Lemke<br />Brock Parker<br />Ken Aldridge<br />Allen Bari<br />Mike "Little Man" Sica<br />Chris Bell<br />David Diaz<br />Hasan Habib<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family:trebuchet ms;" >WPT Title Holders</span><br /><br />Jonathan Little (two-time champion)<br />Cornell Cimpan (two-time champion)<br />Tuan Lee (two-time champion)<br />Will "The Thrill" Failla<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">*<br /></span></span>Yevgeniy Timoshinko<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">*</span></span><br />Victor Ramdin<br />Lee Markholt<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Recent Deep Runs in the WSOP Main Event:</span><br /><br />John Racener<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">*</span></span> (2010 runner-up)<br />Chino Rheem (2008 Final Table/Inaugural EPL Champion)<br />Matt Affleck<br />Josh Brikis<br />Jerry Payne<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >*</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Cashed in this Championship</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Final Table Results</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Place-Name-Amount</span><br /><br />1 Bahbak "Bobby" Oboodi (Morris Plains, NJ) $922,441<br />2 Jin Hwang (Gambrills, MD) $554,303<br />3 Daniel Buzgon (Marlton, NJ) $335,433<br />4 Fred Goldberg (Hollywood, FL) $280,925<br />5 Darren Elias (Montclair, NJ) $230,610<br />6 Ricky Hale (Cornwall, England) $186,585Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401988842723337796.post-79421825151602268802011-09-24T16:45:00.001-04:002011-09-24T19:39:12.767-04:00Leaderboard Update (Final)<div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><b>Borgata Poker Open Leaderboard Final Results</b><br />
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By participating in any Borgata Poker Open event (September 7-23, 2011), players will earn points based upon the <a href="http://borgataseptemberpokeropen2011.blogspot.com/2011/09/borgata-tournament-leaderboard.html">Borgata Poker Tournament Leaderboard Formula</a>:</div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><o:p></o:p></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><br />
Winners for the following prizes are announced below:<br />
<ul><li>1st Place: $3,500 Entry for Borgata Fall Poker Open (November 9-23, 2011) </li>
<li>2nd - 4th Place: Sony Web TV </li>
<li>5th - 7th Place: Apple iPod Touch </li>
<li>8th - 10th Place: Nikon digital camera</li>
</ul><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left;"><o:p></o:p></div>The top ten scores for the Borgata Poker Open Leaderboard contest through all Borgata Poker Open events:<br />
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1. JAMES BOYLE (HAVRE DE GRACE, MD): 532.675 PTS<br />
2. JAMES ENGLISH (TAMARAC, FL): 518.913 PTS<br />
3. DANIEL DIZENZO (SUSSEX, NJ): 485.450 PTS<br />
4. JOSEPH LIBERTA (BERLIN, NJ): 474.975 PTS<br />
5. RYAN ERIQUEZZO (DANBURY, CT): 463.938 PTS<br />
6. TOMASZ GLINIECKI (JACKSON, NJ): 460.275 PTS<br />
7. BYUNG YOO (NORWOOD, NJ): 459.288 PTS<br />
8. DAVID LAUFER (BROOKLYN, NY): 451.125 PTS<br />
9. MICHAEL HOLM (WOODRIDGE, IL): 450.383 PTS<br />
10. BAHBAK OBOODI (MORRIS PLAINS, NJ): 436.700 PTS<br />
<div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"></div></div></div>RShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02714740438138500629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401988842723337796.post-70041458643579858882011-09-24T16:35:00.003-04:002011-09-30T17:28:17.149-04:00PPI Wrap Up<span style="font-weight: bold;">Guest Post:</span><br /><br />The WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship Event went on to break its own attendance record from the previous year. An astounding 1,313 players participated in the Championship event - including many of those who used the new Double Play option to take another shot on Day 1B after busting Day 1A.<br /><br />Several PPI players made deep runs in the Championship, which featured a 1st place prize of more than $900k, including the WPT Legends of Poker Champion Will "The Thrill " Failla who pulled off an astounding 11th place finish to follow up his previous victory. Other PPI notable finishes in the Championship were: Jack Schanbacher (16th place), Ryan Eriquezzo (22nd place), and John Racener (35th place).<br /><br />The PPI Leaderboard Champion was James Boyle for a 2nd year in a row. The staff and players of Poker Players International (<a href="http://www.pokerplayersinternational.com/" target="_blank">www.ppipoker.com</a>) would like to congratulate Borgata for a wonderful series of events, and we would also like to thank the Borgata for its continued support of PPI.<br /><br />See everyone at the Borgata Fall Open (November 9-23)!<br />Eric Siegel - Co-Founder PPI, Director of Marketing<br /><br /><span style=" font-weight: bold;font-family:'trebuchet ms';" >PPI LEADERBOARD - BORGATA POKER OPEN </span><br /><br /><i><u>FINAL RESULTS</u></i><br /><br />532.675 PTS: JAMES BOYLE (HAVRE DE GRACE, MD) - Champion<br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;" align="left"><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;" align="left">463.938 PTS: RYAN ERIQUEZZO (DANBURY, CT)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;" align="left">363.380 PTS: MATTHEW MAZZEO (EAST WILLISTON, NY)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;" align="left">333.560 PTS: MICHAEL SICA JR (N BRUNSWICK, NJ)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;" align="left">300.050 PTS: MICHAEL DENTALE (BROOKLYN, NY)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;" align="left">261.585 PTS: VINEET PAHUJA (HICKSVILLE, NY)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;" align="left">234.263 PTS: ROSLYN QUARTO (EDISON, NJ)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;" align="left">200.688 PTS: DAVID INSELBERG (LONG BEACH, NY)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;" align="left">188.875 PTS: JONATHAN SORSCHER (LYNBROOK, NY)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;" align="left">187.510 PTS: JOSHUA BRIKIS (MURRYSVILLE, PA)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;" align="left">172.488 PTS: JAMES SALTERS (W HEMPSTEAD, NY)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;" align="left">171.363 PTS: KENNY NGUYEN (ORLANDO, FL)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;" align="left">166.713 PTS: ADAM LIPPERT (BROOKLYN, NY)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;" align="left">159.088 PTS: JAMES SANSONE (FAYETTEVILLE, NY)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;" align="left">156.700 PTS: ROBERT HWANG (BARNEGAT, NJ)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;" align="left">155.983 PTS: IAN PALOMO (NEW YORK, NY)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;" align="left">141.325 PTS: ALBERT RICCOBONO (OSSINING, NY)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;" align="left">133.350 PTS: EUGENE TODD (BROOKLYN, NY)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;" align="left">126.050 PTS: KELLY ARMENTROUT (ALEXANDRIA, VA)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;" align="left">124.000 PTS: MICAH RASKIN (OLD WESTBURY, NY)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;" align="left">120.463 PTS: GORDON ENG (CLIFFSIDE PARK, NJ)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;" align="left">117.838 PTS: SHEREE BYKOFSKY (ATLANTIC CITY, NJ)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;" align="left">96.363 PTS: MICHAEL CASTALDO (PALISADES, NY)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;" align="left">94.163 PTS: LAURENCE GOLDSTEIN (MEDFORD, NY)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;" align="left">91.375 PTS: JACK SCHANBACHER (PITTSBURGH, PA)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;" align="left">87.725 PTS: DAVID ZEITLIN (BROOKLYN, NY)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;" align="left">86.963 PTS: MARGUERITE SPAGNUOLO (STATEN ISLAND, NY)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;" align="left">86.550 PTS: ANTHONY CAMPAGNA (MANORVILLE, NY)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;" align="left">86.363 PTS: STEVEN DANNENMANN (SEVERN, MD)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;" align="left">85.375 PTS: JASON YOUNG (SUFFERN, NY)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;" align="left">78.500 PTS: MICHAEL BORCHETTA (LAGRANGEVILLE, NY)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;" align="left">77.200 PTS: RALPH PECORALE (HEAD OF HARBOR, NY)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;" align="left">66.113 PTS: JAMIE KERSTETTER (MONROE TWP., NJ)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;" align="left">64.563 PTS: ALEXANDER CUKAR (POUGHKEEPSIE, NY)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;" align="left">61.563 PTS: LISA PICKELL (BRICK, NJ)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;" align="left">57.600 PTS: CHRIS RESLOCK (ATLANTIC CITY, NJ)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;" align="left">44.675 PTS: CONCETTA RINALDI (LYNBROOK, NY)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;" align="left">41.600 PTS: WILL "THE THRILL" FAILLA (COMMACK, NY)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;" align="left">40.000 PTS: ALLEN KESSLER (LAS VEGAS, NV)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;" align="left">38.450 PTS: ANTHONY CASAGRANDE (CORAM, NY)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;" align="left">36.000 PTS: FELIX MOK (BROOKLYN, NY)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;" align="left">33.588 PTS: GEORGE MEDRANO (REGO PARK, NY)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;" align="left">31.600 PTS: ADAM GERBER (MOORESTOWN, NJ)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;" align="left">30.400 PTS: JEFFREY VANCHIRO (BROOKLYN, NY)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;" align="left">30.050 PTS: JAMES STENELLA (PIPERSVILLE, PA)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;" align="left">29.900 PTS: DUANE HUNTON (LUTHERVILLE TIMON, MD)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;" align="left">29.550 PTS: ANDREW KLOC (NAUGATUCK, CT)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;" align="left">26.863 PTS: KAREN PEREZ (CHALFONT, PA)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;" align="left">20.800 PTS: ADAM ADLER (Aventura, FL)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;" align="left">20.200 PTS: JONATHAN WERZ (MELVILLE, NY)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;" align="left">17.825 PTS: FRANK CIERI (YONKERS, NY)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;" align="left">16.800 PTS: CHARLES MARCHESE (SHOREHAM, NY)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;" align="left">9.600 PTS: MATTHEW CHANG (ROCKVILLE, MD)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;" align="left">8.400 PTS: BRENT KELLER (HORSHAM, PA)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;" align="left">7.638 PTS: CARL RESTIFO (WARETOWN, NJ)<o:p></o:p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401988842723337796.post-67026254558346283782011-09-24T03:24:00.001-04:002011-09-24T03:28:05.651-04:00Event 24 Recap<span style="font-weight: bold;">$200 + $30 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)<br /><br /></span>While the Championship was going on in The Event Center, Event 24 was running in Borgata Poker Room. After 15 hours of play, Dan Dizenzo (Vernon, NJ) takes down the deep stack and takes home a whopping $20,875.<br /><br />Dan outlasted 421 other players all vying for a piece of the $96,830 Total Buy-In. Keep in mind this was a re-entry so many players took advantage. Top 45 made the money.<br /><br />After dinner, James Sansone (Las Vegas, NV) was the chip leader with over 300,000. Borgata regular Leanne Rosenblatt was among the chip leaders all day. She finished in 9th place for $1,633.<br /><br />Your last woman standing was Josephine Finelli who finished in 6th place for $3,880.<br /><br />The final table was fast and furious with what seemed like an all-in every hand.<br /><br />Brian Kruyd (Parsippany, NJ) found himself stuck between two monster stacks 3-handed and finally fell in third place for $7,351.<br /><br />Heads up took close to an hour as both players were very familiar with each other. Unbelievably, they had been playing since the tournament began.<br /><br />Glenn Cole won four races in a row against Dan early on at the FT but lost the one monster hand when everything was on the line. Cole's QQ was cracked by Dan's 55 after he turned a set of fives.<br /><br />Cole collected $12,047 for his 2nd place finish.<br /><br />But once again the winner of the last main event of the 2011 Borgata Poker Open is Dan Dizenzo who made three final tables during this series and ends on the best note possible - 1st Place.<br /><br />Congratulations on your $20,875 victory today you played outstanding poker and deserve it.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401988842723337796.post-7517331211136374342011-09-24T02:15:00.000-04:002011-09-24T02:26:31.536-04:00Event 24: 1st Place - Dizenzo<span style="font-weight: bold;">$200 + $30 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw8Qm4XXOJlesuXsg00JTgK5qZmTgg0uhRMwbRA0G6Nro9CmXJbdhgQPuPIPut1CTvDGNq_7p6anUB-zHMot3ppi3_kVHO1Dmc66BpuETTs2ialZz4Gwna2Dai5rfnalmJqH2ZxHSKmjT2/s1600/Dan+Dizenzo+1st.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw8Qm4XXOJlesuXsg00JTgK5qZmTgg0uhRMwbRA0G6Nro9CmXJbdhgQPuPIPut1CTvDGNq_7p6anUB-zHMot3ppi3_kVHO1Dmc66BpuETTs2ialZz4Gwna2Dai5rfnalmJqH2ZxHSKmjT2/s320/Dan+Dizenzo+1st.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655807512727743394" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Dan Dizenzo - 1st Place - </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">$20,875</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"></span><div style="text-align: left;">Dan Dizenzo (Vernon, NJ) takes down the last main event of the 2011 Borgata Poker Open. This is Dan's third final table of the open. Tonight he wins the Borgata trophy, the blue shark optics sunglasses, and $20,875.<br /><br />The key hand for Dan's tournament was when 9th place finisher Leanne Rosenblatt flopped a king with A-K then Dan hit the case six on the river for a set of sixes and a huge double-up.<br /><br />At the final table his 5-5 cracked Q-Q after turning a five and completely crippling his heads up challenger.<br /><br />A couple hands later it was over.<br /><br />After 9th in Event 2, and 8th in the $100,000 guarantee, Dan strikes gold and captures a first place title along with a huge payday of $20,875 to add to his Borgata bankroll.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDARb-9o6nCgs8qXr_AKJ90trVPhdBLTKtVL0SphWN1aF_f5NIJNK2s6727LkWixyXvozp8VjGYMdfZbm5a_D5EkHeOIvg99gDewHY46sibhtVgtRIcnVgDkztmxEbiJ4lm6Wne3Ve4EcP/s1600/Dan+Dizenzo.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 303px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDARb-9o6nCgs8qXr_AKJ90trVPhdBLTKtVL0SphWN1aF_f5NIJNK2s6727LkWixyXvozp8VjGYMdfZbm5a_D5EkHeOIvg99gDewHY46sibhtVgtRIcnVgDkztmxEbiJ4lm6Wne3Ve4EcP/s320/Dan+Dizenzo.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655790012537375298" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Winner!</span><br /></div><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401988842723337796.post-26230675316838718582011-09-24T02:00:00.001-04:002011-09-24T02:29:59.264-04:00Event 24: 2nd Place - Cole<b>$200 + $30 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)<br /><br /></b><div style="text-align: center;"><b> </b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs6Dyc216xkGQ_DSxUnDrJ0MqQI5v1rl5u7bbZ14pcc9K0NTXDKCDVAxsUed6SxzvedLVveSyQvU0tx0taBcWRCrVFCq2LhvpdmdKDxvIXfICraYI2-NPvdPKl3QZkWkC6U_q2ClnboXfq/s1600/Cole+2nd+place.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs6Dyc216xkGQ_DSxUnDrJ0MqQI5v1rl5u7bbZ14pcc9K0NTXDKCDVAxsUed6SxzvedLVveSyQvU0tx0taBcWRCrVFCq2LhvpdmdKDxvIXfICraYI2-NPvdPKl3QZkWkC6U_q2ClnboXfq/s320/Cole+2nd+place.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655809175313825218" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Glenn Cole - 2nd Place </span> <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">- $12,047<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;">Glenn Cole (Centreville, MD) started the day at the same table (T-4) as Dan Dizenzo. Seemed only fitting these two big stack grinders would end up going against each other heads up.<br /><br />Both players were evenly stacked heads-up and played for 30 minutes without too much drama.<br /><br />Finally a monster hand presented itself but Cole was on the losing end.<br /><br />Glenn raised with pocket queens and Dan jammed with pocket fives. Glenn called and said he had a bad feeling after seeing the fives.<br /><br />Sure enough a five on the turn proved disastrous for Glenn.<br /><br />Board: 7-2-4-5-A.<br /><br />After a count, Glenn realized he was still in the tournament but barely. He was left with two big blinds and was all in every hand.<br /><br />The final hand that ended his day was his K-10 vs. Dan's K-J. Board ran clean and the J kicker played.<br /><br />The construction worker build some great stacks all day but in the end couldn't survive his queens getting cracked. He would have played many more events but was summoned to jury duty all week. Today he was able to play poker and the verdict came in at $12,047.<br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401988842723337796.post-39258434409578219002011-09-24T01:29:00.005-04:002011-09-24T02:37:31.503-04:00Event 24: 3rd Place - Kruyd<span style="font-weight:bold;">$200 + $30 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVDnWEFCvs6qiK1-ZeEzKZEjcaOdbobtgx4WmwKXAI8GynQ-0jGzjJwGoaFm_HrCShyKgsqJlEZfNWYuie4mMXMzb5NV_o2TFCo3RtzcXY7aspF9fALb1YG6ZdgIpvnFZ93MexJHuuHMqH/s1600/Brian+Kruyd.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 317px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVDnWEFCvs6qiK1-ZeEzKZEjcaOdbobtgx4WmwKXAI8GynQ-0jGzjJwGoaFm_HrCShyKgsqJlEZfNWYuie4mMXMzb5NV_o2TFCo3RtzcXY7aspF9fALb1YG6ZdgIpvnFZ93MexJHuuHMqH/s320/Brian+Kruyd.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655794300699111426" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Brian Kruyd - 3rd -</span><span style="font-weight:bold;"> $7,351</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Brian Kruyd (Parsippany, NJ) thought the tournament started at 12:00 but it really started at 11:00. So Brian showed up at 12:30 and got off to a late start.<br /><br />Right out of the gate he caught fire. When he made a move with 9-10 he'd flop trip nines. Before dinner he won three huge hands that awarded him 2nd chip leader in the tournament.<br /><br />1) A-Q vs. A-K and he'd spike a queen.<br />2) His A-K vs. A-J and it held.<br />3) His K-K vs. A-K and it held.<br /><br />So he ran good all the way to third place where he found himself between two monster stacks.<br /><br />Brian shipped his short stack in with K-Q and Dan Dizenzo called with A-2.<br /><br />Board ran: 9-5-2-7-4.<br /><br />Brian Kruyd pockets $7,351 for his third place finish in Event 24.<br /><br />Way to go!<br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401988842723337796.post-33098475536910671142011-09-24T01:22:00.002-04:002011-09-24T02:59:33.065-04:00Event: 24: 4th Place - Shasta<span style="font-weight:bold;">$200 + $30 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) </span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8nORw106Cnm2wynVPGJQUCn2bCwK2wQv2M-JNYBxjtZNuAqLUpQ7S9CVHowO7uRjElPbJo61agYTbVevLRWoT4jKGRA9BYiyfgK8iytECUWsgZnAQqZCq9hRlJ9xn-GYNK5A9ghu75Cmh/s1600/Bobby+Shasta.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 310px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8nORw106Cnm2wynVPGJQUCn2bCwK2wQv2M-JNYBxjtZNuAqLUpQ7S9CVHowO7uRjElPbJo61agYTbVevLRWoT4jKGRA9BYiyfgK8iytECUWsgZnAQqZCq9hRlJ9xn-GYNK5A9ghu75Cmh/s320/Bobby+Shasta.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655792855379444226" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Bobby Shasta - 4th Place -</span><span style="font-weight:bold;"> $5,921</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Bobby Shasta (Wantagh, NY) shipped all in holding Q-3 of hearts and ran into A-A of Dan Dizenzo.<br /><br />Bobby picked up two hope-filled hearts on the flop but bricked out on the turn and river.<br /><br />Board ran: 7-J-5-4-8.<br /><br />Shasta scores $5,921 for his fourth place finish.<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401988842723337796.post-35401122771408250852011-09-24T01:10:00.003-04:002011-09-24T02:58:24.996-04:00Event 24: 5th Place - Ellitott<span style="font-weight:bold;">$200 + $30 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXrQMCqFgKOGhDsi9S55RQqfrzRawQOGQVFnyrxbFB-ghhj3kSBb57xbJMh8Z4GDACXHCOWyI11yfrEbFwD_qN7lcsEXRs8J_okzMk1MyjtPHrEHqMInu12AmnLRhxeo94Dn-USDzNF40x/s1600/Dave+Elliott.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 294px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXrQMCqFgKOGhDsi9S55RQqfrzRawQOGQVFnyrxbFB-ghhj3kSBb57xbJMh8Z4GDACXHCOWyI11yfrEbFwD_qN7lcsEXRs8J_okzMk1MyjtPHrEHqMInu12AmnLRhxeo94Dn-USDzNF40x/s320/Dave+Elliott.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655793585181703362" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Dave Elliott - 5th Place - $4,655<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span>Dave Elliott goes all in for his remaining 350,000 with K♠7♣ and big blind Dan Dizenzo calls holding 8♣10♣.<br /><br />Three clubs hit the board flushing Elliott out in 5th place.<br /><br />Board: J♣ 9<span style="color:red;"><span style="color:black;"><span style="color:red;">♦ </span></span></span>5♣ A♣ 2<span style="color:red;"><span style="color:black;"><span style="color:red;">♦</span></span></span><br /><br />Elliott phones home $4,655 for his fifth place finish.<br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401988842723337796.post-92136841335577832012011-09-24T01:03:00.011-04:002011-09-24T03:00:19.645-04:00Event 24: 6th place - Finelli<b>$200 + $30 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)<br /><br /></b><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlUZcYIUKlFiVjFRVyRAtq_TrAgH6K9PWamoV-sYJICKfODrYMtSuz3G8cU-o37DDavKDthn7alPtxZnEZGwxrTTuETdfxTM6GvL2JCQONngahi2rEiGBRcQfdJrt0yftj5IB2HqDkRn3o/s1600/Josephine+Finelli+6th.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 308px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlUZcYIUKlFiVjFRVyRAtq_TrAgH6K9PWamoV-sYJICKfODrYMtSuz3G8cU-o37DDavKDthn7alPtxZnEZGwxrTTuETdfxTM6GvL2JCQONngahi2rEiGBRcQfdJrt0yftj5IB2HqDkRn3o/s320/Josephine+Finelli+6th.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655804190543312994" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Josephine Finelli (West Caldwell, NJ)</span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><br />$3,880</span><br /></div><br />Josephine Finelli is the last woman standing and after surviving a couple of all-ins is finally out in 6th place.<br /><br />Finelli's 10-J loses to the A-3 of Dan Dizenzo.<br /><br />The board runs out K-6-4-5-4 and Dizenzo's ace high is good enough to win the hand.<br /><br />Finelli is sent packing with $3,880.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401988842723337796.post-85816926310113441862011-09-24T00:29:00.009-04:002011-09-24T03:08:22.847-04:00Event 24: 7th place - Frantz<b>$200 + $30 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)<br /><br /></b><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiYZOeKYHW-5tpa928T1FjdQSn2IHefzPTWEAH3dGQQfGpsNeh879Y9U8rv7ukI9ATX9A3E_rnBzJ0hQoXuvYHplle2XGLfYdn1fkkjLu6wHLUkAtk-w_uxwn1Z56bwd3jgCdIEkviOmKG/s1600/John+Frantz+7th.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiYZOeKYHW-5tpa928T1FjdQSn2IHefzPTWEAH3dGQQfGpsNeh879Y9U8rv7ukI9ATX9A3E_rnBzJ0hQoXuvYHplle2XGLfYdn1fkkjLu6wHLUkAtk-w_uxwn1Z56bwd3jgCdIEkviOmKG/s320/John+Frantz+7th.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655786194428330114" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">John Frantz - 7th Place - </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">$3,104</span><br /></div><b><br /></b>John Frantz (Mendham, NJ) is the short stack and all in against Bobby Shasta.<br /><br />Frantz: Q 5<br />Shasta: J 10<br /><br />Flop: K 3 6<br /><br />Turn: 10 (Shasta pair of 10s)<br /><br />River: 3<br /><br />Shata's pair of 10's knock Frantz out in 7th place for $3,104Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401988842723337796.post-35955697139289283072011-09-24T00:00:00.005-04:002011-09-24T01:26:35.497-04:00Event 24: 8th Place - Brodsky<b>$200 + $30 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)<br /><br /></b><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdEv0sLFIkiGeca4q4q4bjMG9IR8CB_EOgwptC1I6X_mb1ROOUd6nYxjWBXRhv8JP1UTCwXcG7P5SH8muvTmJN23A7dga2tbH6WLNnZIc0QjpP7se2WGRUaYQ5v_B1jlW9V1eTlErSVo-z/s1600/Mike+Brodsky+8th.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdEv0sLFIkiGeca4q4q4bjMG9IR8CB_EOgwptC1I6X_mb1ROOUd6nYxjWBXRhv8JP1UTCwXcG7P5SH8muvTmJN23A7dga2tbH6WLNnZIc0QjpP7se2WGRUaYQ5v_B1jlW9V1eTlErSVo-z/s320/Mike+Brodsky+8th.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655784563063461026" border="0" /></a><b>Mike Brodsky (Wayne, NJ)</b><br />$2,369</div><b><br /></b>Mike Brodsky is out in eighth place after his 5-5 fell to A-J of Brian Kruyd who calls the preflop shove. The board runs out 3 J 7 9 Q and Kruyd wins the hand with a pair of jacks.<br /><br />Brodsky's out in 8th place for $2,369.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401988842723337796.post-17017707555197331332011-09-23T23:45:00.001-04:002011-09-24T00:49:15.659-04:00Event 24: 9th Place - Rosenblatt<b>$200 + $30 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)<br /></b><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhEhn7YDaoaE7HPW_sJhgA7mqkAsSZtmU0asfpudd3j4ZsSWFdjw6lVVfCSrLKrCnDR-ruLxpwwIGtoe6sXUO8cgeZSWZhmnIMwpNDBrOYl6raWGM-ExWSIFBPv4m4ayTDeqMusPjNQUGA/s1600/rosenblatt+cropped.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 248px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhEhn7YDaoaE7HPW_sJhgA7mqkAsSZtmU0asfpudd3j4ZsSWFdjw6lVVfCSrLKrCnDR-ruLxpwwIGtoe6sXUO8cgeZSWZhmnIMwpNDBrOYl6raWGM-ExWSIFBPv4m4ayTDeqMusPjNQUGA/s320/rosenblatt+cropped.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655781475286211714" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Leanne Rosenblatt (Brigantine, NJ)</span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><br />$1,633</span><br /></div><br />Blinds 40k/80k/5k ante<br /><br />Dan Dizenzo moves all-in from early position with 1.4 million chips, Rosenblatt makes the call from the small blind with 1.2 million and is at risk.<br /><br />Dizenzo: 66<br />Rosenblatt: AK<br /><br />Flop: A 2 3 (Rosenblatt leads with pair of aces)<br /><br />Turn: 7<br /><br />River: 6<br /><br />Dizenzo hits a set on the river, and is told by another player that he folded a 6. The case 6 sends Rosenblatt to the rail as she cashes for $1,633.<br /><br />"It's so gross," says Rosenblatt, "I played my (butt) off today."Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401988842723337796.post-44575989585207576532011-09-23T22:37:00.006-04:002011-09-24T02:24:46.212-04:001st Place - Bobby Oboodi<span style="font-weight: bold;">$3300 + $200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVrCnk7MWU74Yy_2w3l7tVBSMVqyFmqOMVagnbt18JjL_uEKjhiv86okrXOkuJWjLd9WgViNmEpgeFePnAEleoqH3t3Y2v2dIBqYwWuB_qFLNG6f3ZE65DAEY7b5-uNG2Zy2uZ84iPPGY8/s1600/oboodi+with+royal+flush+girls.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 193px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVrCnk7MWU74Yy_2w3l7tVBSMVqyFmqOMVagnbt18JjL_uEKjhiv86okrXOkuJWjLd9WgViNmEpgeFePnAEleoqH3t3Y2v2dIBqYwWuB_qFLNG6f3ZE65DAEY7b5-uNG2Zy2uZ84iPPGY8/s320/oboodi+with+royal+flush+girls.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655759075279598162" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Bob "The Blade" Wins "The Bling"</span> </div><br />Bahbak "Bobby" Oboodi (Morris Plains, NJ) has just won the 2011 Borgata Poker Open Championship and $922,441. The 24 year old is now a millionaire. <br /><br />In two consecutive hands the tournament is over. In both hands a jack of spades on the turn spells victory for Bobby Oboodi and defeat for Jin Hwang.<br /><br />After hitting a three-outter with A-J in the second to last hand of the tournament, Oboodi comes right back to finish Jin Hwang off.<br /><br />Oboodi limped in with Q♠2♠ and Hwang raised 1,250,000 with K♣ J<span style="color:red;">♥</span>.<br /><br />Both players check a flop of 6♣ 6♠ 7♠.<span style="color:red;"><span style="color:black;"><span style="color:red;"></span></span></span><span style="color:red;"></span><br /><br />Jack of spade on the turn gives Oboodi the flush and at the same time gives Hwang two pair, jacks & sixes.<br /><br />Jin Hwang perhaps steaming from the last hand, perhaps just wanting to gamble, jams all in. Oboodi quickly calls.<br /><br />Jin is at risk, and behind in the hand, but still not dead. Only a jack or a six for a full house can save Jin from second place.<br /><br />River 3♠ falls and Bobby's fan club goes crazy.<br /><br />Immediately after winning, he was presented the WPT trophy. He hoisted the trophy with his friends behind him and the Royal Flush Girls beside him. Whoo-hoo!<br /><br />At first, when interviewed by Mike Sexton, Bobby had no words. Then he said, "Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. It's about time I won this!" His crew laughed. They also laughed at the following exchange:<br /><br />Sexton - "Your name will be engraved on the WPT cup with all those legends."<br />Bobby - "I'm probably better than all of them."<br /><br />In this Championship, Bobby was better than all 1,313 players winning $922,441 and the 2011 WPT Borgata Poker Open title.<br /><span><br />"I'm just numb, the excitement hasn't hit me yet. I feel pretty calm right now, it's pretty crazy. I feel like everyone else is more excited than I am, but I'm sure it's going to hit later tonight when I realize I just won this tournament and nearly a million dollars.</span><span>"</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbinFh66paU-P8yIHcD99M4BYZgqWLgUCKQmB8GuE-aUNO4IGUtzArwsCweVOc94YpBpC8lCtq1d2Z4lpMNG0x0wahZ6c8-Fr9XtdzDUdMAOzgt8zlhofeWW_pVP5CFHNOTTw32ZZvSJTL/s1600/top+2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 291px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbinFh66paU-P8yIHcD99M4BYZgqWLgUCKQmB8GuE-aUNO4IGUtzArwsCweVOc94YpBpC8lCtq1d2Z4lpMNG0x0wahZ6c8-Fr9XtdzDUdMAOzgt8zlhofeWW_pVP5CFHNOTTw32ZZvSJTL/s320/top+2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655759782226422226" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Oboodi with Runner-up Jin Hwang</span><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401988842723337796.post-27454260566551830062011-09-23T22:10:00.000-04:002011-09-24T03:29:33.879-04:002nd Place - Jin Hwang<span style="font-weight: bold;">$3300 + $200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbjzpfDUrEcP-8ltdZHqcGGye3y7N577hI2QijjwcZnE2GcbEJNNCBP49OlSZjEGuUXQglshY9GaVGLC5obN9P_JpHVSft8QoZdl-6qed0gjllp6THKLysIc_MTfmjLlIEZEZ-0DFNxh39/s1600/Jin+Hwang+2nd+place.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 287px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbjzpfDUrEcP-8ltdZHqcGGye3y7N577hI2QijjwcZnE2GcbEJNNCBP49OlSZjEGuUXQglshY9GaVGLC5obN9P_JpHVSft8QoZdl-6qed0gjllp6THKLysIc_MTfmjLlIEZEZ-0DFNxh39/s320/Jin+Hwang+2nd+place.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655761185635194818" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Jin Hwang - 2nd Place - $554,303</span><br /></div><br />Life changing money for Jin Hwang (Gambrills, MD) who just took 2nd Place in the 2011 Borgata Poker Open Championship. Originally from South Korea, Jin battled his way up the leader board after sitting in 27th place when 27 players remained.<br /><br />2nd place for Hwang who was done in by the Jack of spades.<br />In two consecutive hands a jack of spades on the turn was the card his opponent needed and the reason he lost back to back pots, along with the tournament.<br /><br />"I'm so proud of myself, I think I did my best," said Hwang, "I'm completely satisfied and happy with my play and ready to go on to the next tournament."<br /><br />Jin seemed more upset with the second to the last hand then the final hand.<br /><br />He was steaming after his A-Q fell to Bobby Oboodi's A-J, perhaps regretting why he didn't bet more on the flop.<br /><br />Hwang's run to the final table got a huge boost with 11 players remaining when he survived an all in with pocket jacks against the pocket queens of Will Failla. Hwang flopped a set and turned quads to double-up and cripple Failla in the process.<br /><br />"That was the biggest turning point and that's when I thought I could do it," Hwang said about making the final table. "My only concern was getting a room. I had already checked out because I didn't think I'd still be here."<br /><br />Great tournament and congratulations again to Jin Hwang who just fell short of first place but still takes home $554,303 for his second place finish.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401988842723337796.post-9994342901312546362011-09-23T22:02:00.004-04:002011-09-23T22:37:26.126-04:00Monster Heads Up Pot<span style="font-weight: bold;">$3300 + $200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0UaS3UR9FYcJftgrNWD_u1q2WSHtdqXNrKDn5A6wU0s1FXBp_GyL-JZqxnRS9qGVHp_H-aTEBKh4_VoLKELB4P0Z6BwJFSHGG9pkHOT0h8o5WwjzbhnuBjQo63uz0xKOAehX5o4f8IJLO/s1600/hwang+and+oboodi+heads+up.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0UaS3UR9FYcJftgrNWD_u1q2WSHtdqXNrKDn5A6wU0s1FXBp_GyL-JZqxnRS9qGVHp_H-aTEBKh4_VoLKELB4P0Z6BwJFSHGG9pkHOT0h8o5WwjzbhnuBjQo63uz0xKOAehX5o4f8IJLO/s320/hwang+and+oboodi+heads+up.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655745614253534450" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Big Hand - A-Q vs A-J</span><br /></div><br />With the blinds at 250,000 / 500,000 / 50,000 antes, Bobby Oboodi and Jin Hwang mix it up in a hand where Bobby hits one of his three-outters and increases his chip count by 4.5 million.<br /><br />Jin raises from the button 1,150,000 pre-flop holding A<span style="color:red;"><span style="color:black;"><span style="color:red;">♦</span></span></span>Q<span style="color:red;"><span style="color:black;"><span style="color:red;">♦</span></span></span> and Bobby calls with A♠J♣ .<br /><br />Flop falls: 8♣9<span style="color:red;">♥</span>5<span style="color:red;"><span style="color:black;"><span style="color:red;">♦</span></span></span>.<span style="color:red;"><span style="color:black;"><span style="color:red;"></span></span></span><span style="color:red;"></span><br /><br />A c-bet of 1,150,000 from Jin and a quick call from Bobby.<br /><br />When the turn comes J♠, Jin releases the same number of chips into the pot - 1,150,000.<br />Again, Bobby just calls.<br /><br />River: 3♠.<br /><br />Jin bets 2,250,000 and Bobby quickly calls.<br /><br />Cards revealed after the showdown have Jin's A<span style="color:red;"><span style="color:black;"><span style="color:red;">♦</span></span></span>Q<span style="color:red;"><span style="color:black;"><span style="color:red;">♦</span></span></span> losing to Bobby's A♠J♣.<br /><br />Oboodi's Pair of jacks take down a 9 million chip pot.<br /><br />Chip counts after this monster hand has Bobby in the lead with 24,575,000 and Jin holding on with 15,750,000.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401988842723337796.post-64504393246990145282011-09-23T21:35:00.004-04:002011-09-23T21:41:14.966-04:00Both Players All Out...On A Break<span style="font-weight: bold;">$3300 + $200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH<br /><br /></span>As the players and WPT crew take a ten minute break, Bobby Oboodi maintains his slight lead over Jin Hwang in their heads-up battle.<br /><br />Bobby Oboodi - 21,015,000<br />Jin Hwang - 19,300,000<br /><br />First place takes home $922,441 while second settles for $554,303.<br /><br />Not sure if any of the hands played so far will make it on TV broadcast - players have only made it to a couple of rivers. <br /><br />No big chip gains or losses yet. When the swings come we'll report the action.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401988842723337796.post-69574378222616058132011-09-23T21:07:00.008-04:002011-09-23T21:16:53.243-04:00Show Me the Money<span style="font-weight: bold;">$3300 + $200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH</span><br /><br />The Royal Flush Girls bring out the money, the trophy and the Tiffany card protector.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRAm_VMycUGujZeTW3LXghY7o8lKVLXJJUpgL2ApIynOO5GCKmcDzoG5hePzlw94F4TIo9o4ABTdgiK0f6CSLuvjCiIFN8fbuRGnNEzSGTLx8j-jX2G0Ou_ba5rTxJz-U1Qd_6bwdSE-yn/s1600/royal+flush+girls+money.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRAm_VMycUGujZeTW3LXghY7o8lKVLXJJUpgL2ApIynOO5GCKmcDzoG5hePzlw94F4TIo9o4ABTdgiK0f6CSLuvjCiIFN8fbuRGnNEzSGTLx8j-jX2G0Ou_ba5rTxJz-U1Qd_6bwdSE-yn/s320/royal+flush+girls+money.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655727049193042722" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Special Delivery</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCsjCfHMavqFORwS77GRK7M0izvnFoLFcSb5R4VVh6b8R5iHxgKJ7zzelNXpRi-8-Jt8j7lEHs0IUW7s9CB5MF5cXJV6QlGqE0kNSY3dg_vjdYAQc8oqRoSGlTX7ER0gnnL_SAQeVSzNvn/s1600/trophy.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCsjCfHMavqFORwS77GRK7M0izvnFoLFcSb5R4VVh6b8R5iHxgKJ7zzelNXpRi-8-Jt8j7lEHs0IUW7s9CB5MF5cXJV6QlGqE0kNSY3dg_vjdYAQc8oqRoSGlTX7ER0gnnL_SAQeVSzNvn/s320/trophy.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655728617712070834" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Trophy Time</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7-r8M6IUGowmJQhEHHPCPNquunYT9bPcwtRgS2mSUEY8epqT-I_vbnnmrhJ5sIalJz4kluEELPmmBNIu763FOYxCT9pl8ezXFi5FzQio8VSw4SS3u0itGlRnKdadkiMpu0c6kvq6ZOcCH/s1600/wpt+pin.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7-r8M6IUGowmJQhEHHPCPNquunYT9bPcwtRgS2mSUEY8epqT-I_vbnnmrhJ5sIalJz4kluEELPmmBNIu763FOYxCT9pl8ezXFi5FzQio8VSw4SS3u0itGlRnKdadkiMpu0c6kvq6ZOcCH/s320/wpt+pin.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655727416923757666" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Card Protector</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQc1oFBKkZ33CETH0iEippfmjve3yQ2Gj_IUYcmSQVaWdKes_usf-Crx-kdpnFu-jCU3EBrCz5JctBVQ0QM-yg162znMY-C9C46RQFFjJejMXIbXhFe2YUWE-GECBlh_lmE1ldyaBMmzxk/s1600/money+in+monitor.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQc1oFBKkZ33CETH0iEippfmjve3yQ2Gj_IUYcmSQVaWdKes_usf-Crx-kdpnFu-jCU3EBrCz5JctBVQ0QM-yg162znMY-C9C46RQFFjJejMXIbXhFe2YUWE-GECBlh_lmE1ldyaBMmzxk/s320/money+in+monitor.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655727284934521026" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Bricks at Borgata</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlK0rz-wboi18nYoVAiY82YxqF2Wv40Jk5BO_HhBJDxl-Gi93p1DPRFltVsPwYpuydLZtTYkB-TmRWzun-txOMLEqRjw4mvPvdHRq0DlSi_fsve29dl_gvq6Ts8yGU-vLBrnR0EchY3BSa/s1600/money+shot.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 201px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlK0rz-wboi18nYoVAiY82YxqF2Wv40Jk5BO_HhBJDxl-Gi93p1DPRFltVsPwYpuydLZtTYkB-TmRWzun-txOMLEqRjw4mvPvdHRq0DlSi_fsve29dl_gvq6Ts8yGU-vLBrnR0EchY3BSa/s320/money+shot.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655727790480828386" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">First Place - $922,441</span><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401988842723337796.post-4257705059966209912011-09-23T21:02:00.004-04:002011-09-23T21:24:48.275-04:00Heads Up Chip Counts<span style="font-weight: bold;">$3300 + $200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH<br /><br /></span>Heads-up play is about to begin and the chip leader is Bobby Oboodi with 23,190,000.<br /><br />Jin Hwang is sitting on 17,125,000.<br /><br />Thirty minutes left on this level.<br /><br />Blinds 200,000 / 400,000 with 40,000 antes.<br /><br />Interesting tournament fact: Jin started Day-4 in 27th place out of the 27 players who returned.<br /><br />Jin battled up the leaderboard on Day-4 and today is holding on to 2nd place, looking for the top spot.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401988842723337796.post-15998296851336997122011-09-23T20:38:00.003-04:002011-09-23T20:55:13.112-04:003rd Place - Daniel Buzgon<span style="font-weight: bold;">$3300 + $200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi71T0Hi5-qVK69zib2wGXMGTzCJRnCYV5i4gQdgBh7WF3q4vR7KpqHiNea-hZC4sDIFmWC1v8NdWJe-RVGmPAaCXNCLBV4PhtkMUAVLf4F1B-E4H3iU-MQxEKGRC8uISso7Og-uhvrDhI_/s1600/Daniel+Buzgon.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi71T0Hi5-qVK69zib2wGXMGTzCJRnCYV5i4gQdgBh7WF3q4vR7KpqHiNea-hZC4sDIFmWC1v8NdWJe-RVGmPAaCXNCLBV4PhtkMUAVLf4F1B-E4H3iU-MQxEKGRC8uISso7Og-uhvrDhI_/s320/Daniel+Buzgon.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655722554251141810" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Daniel Buzgon - 3rd Place - $335,433</span><br /></div><br />Daniel Buzgon (Marlton, NJ) lost a race with his tournament life at risk and is out of the Championship in 3rd place. A huge payday for Buzgon who pockets $335,433.<br /><br />Buzgon was slightly ahead holding 7♣7<span style="color:red;"><span style="color:black;"><span style="color:red;">♦</span></span></span> up against Jin Hwang's A<span style="color:red;">♥</span>K<span style="color:red;">♥</span>.<br /><br />Here's the action for Daniel's final hand.<br />Bobby on the button opened for 800,000.<br />Daniel in the small blind jammed his remaining 7,870,000.<br />Jin quickly called and the television audience exploded into an uproar.<br /><br />Bobby Oboodi thought for two seconds, pondering if he could felt two players and win the tournament right here. He decided to fold, letting the shorter stacks battle it out.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span>So we're off to the races with Daniel's 77 vs. Jin's AK.<br /><br />Flop: 9♣ 10<span style="color:red;">♥</span> Q♣.<span style="color:red;"><span style="color:black;"><span style="color:red;"></span></span></span><span style="color:red;"></span><br /><br />Turn card J♣ gives Jin a straight.<br /><br />River 7<span style="color:red;">♥</span> gives Buzgon a meaningless set.<br /><br />Jin advances to 18,000,000 just three million short of chip leader Bobby Oboodi.<br /><br />Daniel Buzgon is finally gone. He said his good-bye's and exited the felt, soon to receive $335,433 for a job well done.<br /><br />Sure to be an exciting heads-up between Bobby & Jin. Both players have many fans cheering them on from the rail. It's anybody's game. Who will be the next World Champion?<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401988842723337796.post-24685643451990636472011-09-23T20:25:00.004-04:002011-09-24T17:48:23.339-04:00Player Profile - Bobby Oboodi<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhID0O376yS4CeujCIqN8qZQ7l6gn2E-MNyvN8S9-XZ2Z8auT-ehdisKmH7XxhxPjaL11FNZhZinMKll0My6BTAPMV6VOJl2rmG-OI4SffVinxjo-nygwYdLY1IvyMtw3y51a7Uhyphenhyphenk1uqDj/s1600/Bobby+Oboodi.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 234px; height: 224px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhID0O376yS4CeujCIqN8qZQ7l6gn2E-MNyvN8S9-XZ2Z8auT-ehdisKmH7XxhxPjaL11FNZhZinMKll0My6BTAPMV6VOJl2rmG-OI4SffVinxjo-nygwYdLY1IvyMtw3y51a7Uhyphenhyphenk1uqDj/s320/Bobby+Oboodi.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655708804787893634" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Name:</span> Bahbak "Bobby" Oboodi<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Age:</span> 24<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Birthplace:</span> Livingston, NJ<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Resides:</span> Morris Plains, NJ<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Occupation:</span> Poker Pro<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tourn. Earnings:</span> $88,541<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Start of Day<br />Chip Count:</span> 11.1 million (2nd)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Currently: </span>22 million (1st of 3)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Bobby Oboodi is of Persian decent and has a rooting section that includes 10th place finisher in this event Dan Colman and poker pro James St. Hillaire. If he wins the $922,441 first place prize he would like to start his own business.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401988842723337796.post-76794138684877941052011-09-23T20:12:00.006-04:002011-09-23T20:56:22.014-04:004th Place - Fred Goldberg<span style="font-weight: bold;">$3300 + $200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicVsqhyphenhyphenE_KrMDU-vAPLo4PPQ1wAthuyBLXBRXHQQk7PC5HHohcXYQWjl2dW2Nt9vw-BY4cjTz02MZ9ESPJWRzMzo0xVFJyAekqJLwqkqWaEmA3hMAZuVlKPKPPNEjDuL0djU35YiFm0JhS/s1600/Fred+Goldberg.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 291px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicVsqhyphenhyphenE_KrMDU-vAPLo4PPQ1wAthuyBLXBRXHQQk7PC5HHohcXYQWjl2dW2Nt9vw-BY4cjTz02MZ9ESPJWRzMzo0xVFJyAekqJLwqkqWaEmA3hMAZuVlKPKPPNEjDuL0djU35YiFm0JhS/s320/Fred+Goldberg.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655715741545257922" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Fred Goldberg - 4th Place - $280,925</span><br /></div><br />Fred Goldberg is out of the Championship in 4th place and takes home $280,925.<br /><br />In the previous hand, Fred jammed under the gun and the other players folded.<br /><br />In what would be the last hand of Fred's tournament, Bobby opened UTG for 600,000 causing Daniel, on-the-button, to fold and sb Jin Hwang to fold.<br /><br />Fred calls the 600,000 and they see a flop.<br /><br />Flop: 9<span style="color:red;"><span style="color:black;"><span style="color:red;">♦</span></span></span> 7♠ 6<span style="color:red;">♥</span>.<span style="color:red;"><span style="color:black;"><span style="color:red;"></span></span></span><span style="color:red;"></span><br /><br />Fred jams all of his chips and Bobby snaps.<br /><br />Fred tables 9♣ 10<span style="color:red;"><span style="color:black;"><span style="color:red;">♦</span></span></span> and is behind against Bobby's A<span style="color:red;">♥</span>9<span style="color:red;">♥</span>.<br /><br />Turn helps Fred as the board pairs with a 7♣.<br />Fred looking for another seven on the river for a chop...<br /><br />Instead, a J♣ on fifth street gives Bobby Oboodi the 3,255,000 pot and sends Fred Goldberg off the WPT set and out of the Championship.<br /><br />Goldberg enjoys $280,925 for his 2011 Borgata Poker Open efforts.<br /><br />With that pot, Bob "The Bling" jumps up to 22,090,000.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401988842723337796.post-84185680372356118002011-09-23T20:06:00.002-04:002011-09-23T20:13:50.040-04:00Chop it Up<span style="font-weight: bold;">$3300 + $200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH </span><br /><br />Fred Goldberg moves all in for 3.3 million and chip leader Bobby Oboodi calls.<br /><br />Goldberg: Q<span style="color:red;">♥</span> 10♠<br />Oboodi: 5♠ 5<span style="color:red;"><span style="color:black;"><span style="color:red;">♦</span></span></span><br /><br />Flop: Q♣ 3♣ 8♣ (pair of queens for Goldberg)<br /><br />Turn: 9♣ (4 clubs means a flush draw chop is available)<br /><br />River 4♣<br /><br />Five clubs on board is a chopped pot as both players have a flush and Goldberg stays alive.<br /><br /><span style="color:red;"><span style="color:black;"><span style="color:red;"></span></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401988842723337796.post-91274115153768190242011-09-23T19:53:00.005-04:002011-09-23T20:57:18.468-04:00Short Fred Doubles Up<span style="font-weight: bold;">$3300 + $200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH<br /></span><br />Daniel folds then Jin on the dealer button opens for 775,000. Without hesitation, Fred jams all of his 1,185,000 chips across the line. Bobby calls and Jin folds.<br /><br />Heads up to the flop between Bobby who shows K<span style="color:red;"><span style="color:black;"><span style="color:red;">♦</span></span></span> 10<span style="color:red;"><span style="color:black;"><span style="color:red;">♦</span></span></span> vs. Fred who tables A♣ Q♣ .<br />Fred's ahead but will have to sweat draws and live cards.<br /><br />The audience stands as Fred's Championship is at risk.<br /><br />The board comes down: 8♣ 3♠ 8<span style="color:red;">♥</span> 4<span style="color:red;"><span style="color:black;"><span style="color:red;">♦</span></span></span> 5♣ .<br /><br />Fred's fans applaud as Goldberg doubles up, now sitting on 3,235,000.<br /><br />He's still the shortest stack, but has a little more breathing room.<span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><span style="color:red;"><span style="color:black;"><span style="color:red;"></span></span></span><span style="color:red;"></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401988842723337796.post-19684412364823769972011-09-23T19:26:00.008-04:002011-09-23T19:43:57.886-04:00TV Break<span style="font-weight: bold;">$3300 + $200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcxkvnGsg68WjwJg5Pc9iekJaaTSdTzDSVkZ_9xmAefJ9C17cjfxZFOfVQ41NGnBJq0TKIiF1nNn7frWRgcE-HqMeVG_eKkFO2qqn9J_KDhUlwvOZ1g90InFYsM8QF8Emu6dDrIdDXZKSS/s1600/melyssa+grace.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcxkvnGsg68WjwJg5Pc9iekJaaTSdTzDSVkZ_9xmAefJ9C17cjfxZFOfVQ41NGnBJq0TKIiF1nNn7frWRgcE-HqMeVG_eKkFO2qqn9J_KDhUlwvOZ1g90InFYsM8QF8Emu6dDrIdDXZKSS/s320/melyssa+grace.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655703320201803890" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Melyssa Movin' & Groovin' at Borgata</span><br /></div><br />Another tape change for the WPT crew means a short intermission and a dance off between Royal Flush Girl Melyssa Grace and Mikey Conoran (Dover, NJ).<br /><br />Melyssa Grace was clearly the winner.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Updated Chip Counts (in millions)</span><br /><br />Bobby Oboodi 20.1<br />Jin Hwang 8.5<br />Daniel Buzgon 8.2<br />Fred Goldberg 3.5<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO2hP02qZOP01OF9zXq0jbu2UhoU7DGG_s3NWI5OCbWY5GGugIU7nl3yGBxJK0PhD_KRUPWg5yZ3rVuhzFNKMQ-sG34Xue3GjKzQyJ92RqO-VvvAkEgpFRJCuNrWDHKh6rqh6BTOuoxfxP/s1600/Mikey+Conoran+dancing+with+melyssa+grace.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 254px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO2hP02qZOP01OF9zXq0jbu2UhoU7DGG_s3NWI5OCbWY5GGugIU7nl3yGBxJK0PhD_KRUPWg5yZ3rVuhzFNKMQ-sG34Xue3GjKzQyJ92RqO-VvvAkEgpFRJCuNrWDHKh6rqh6BTOuoxfxP/s320/Mikey+Conoran+dancing+with+melyssa+grace.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655703053036175090" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Mikey & Melyssa</span><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0