Saturday, April 23, 2011

Borgata Leaderboard Update

BORGATA SPRING POKER OPEN LEADERBOARD

The top three Points Leaders at end of day Saturday, April 23 will win the following:

  • 1st Place: Entry into Event 18-Borgata Spring Poker Open Championship (April 24-27)

  • 2nd Place: Entry into Event 20- Six Max NLH (April 26)

  • 3rd Place: Entry into Event 23-Deep Stack NLH (April 29)


By participating in any Borgata Spring Poker Open event from April 13 – 23 (events 1–17 and 24–46), players will earn points based upon Borgata’s poker tournament leaderboard formula.


Borgata Tournament Leaderboard Points are calculated by multiplying point factors from the following three criteria: Total Event Buy-In, Total Event Entries, and Place Finished.


Below are the top 500 leaders for the Borgata Spring Poker Open Leaderboard contest through April 22 events*
*(Final Results from events 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)

326.500 POINTS: GIVOTOVSKY, ALEK (NEW YORK, NY)

286.975 POINTS: SABOGALI, ALBERTO (BROOKLYN, NY)

285.450 POINTS: DENTALE, MICHAEL (BROOKLYN, NY)

283.325 POINTS: CASEMENT JR, JAMES (SAINT CHARLES, IL)

280.935 POINTS: SIU, MEIKAT (NEW YORK, NY)

267.188 POINTS: DELUCA, MATTHEW (EAST MEADOWA, NY)

262.325 POINTS: GANGEMI, FRANK (LONG BEACH, NY)

254.100 POINTS: SACKS, GILBERT (BALA CYNWYD, PA)

253.000 POINTS: MORGAN, JAMES (E AURORA, NY)

248.825 POINTS: ZAYDMAN, ELLIOTT (GLEN ROCK, NJ)

227.238 POINTS: SANTILLI, ROBERT (JACKSON, NJ)

221.725 POINTS: BARSANTI-CHOU, PATRICIA (METUCHEN, NJ)

220.480 POINTS: DARR, JOSHUA (LEESBURG, VA)

213.100 POINTS: SIEGEL, ERIC (BELLMORE, NY)

211.253 POINTS: URIOSTE, LUIS (CORONA, NY)

205.795 POINTS: PATEL, RAHULKUMAR (WOOD BRIDGE, VA)

204.838 POINTS: KEENE, MARCELIA (MAPLEWOOD, NJ)

197.400 POINTS: MYLENKI, PETER (ABSECON, NJ)

194.900 POINTS: LAYTON, HARVEY (DEVON, PA)

190.938 POINTS: BUTTACAVOLI, MICHAEL (VENTNOR, NJ)

189.995 POINTS: DIGIOVANNA, LAWRENCE (BROOKLYN, NY)

185.475 POINTS: MICHAEL, TODD (LANCASTER, PA)

185.100 POINTS: HUNKELE, CRAIG (ALLISON PARK, PA)

181.125 POINTS: KOLO, GREGORY (ROCKY RIVER, OH)

180.105 POINTS: MONTANO, ROMEO (EATONTOWN, NJ)

179.978 POINTS: BAKSH, WAZIR (QUEENS VILLAGE, NY)

179.870 POINTS: ALI, KALID (SILVER SPRING M, MD)

177.100 POINTS: SOBER, EVAN (ELKRIDGE, MD)

176.838 POINTS: DURSO, ROBERT (BROOKLYN, NY)

171.700 POINTS: GHANEM, SAAD (ROSEDALE, MD)

171.175 POINTS: KOSAKOWSKI, GARY (NEWARK, NJ)

170.500 POINTS: RAGO, JONATHAN (N BABYLON, NY)

169.883 POINTS: MAZZEO, MATTHEW (E WILLISTON, NY)

169.283 POINTS: KING, CHRISTOPHER (POWDER SPRINGS, GA)

168.000 POINTS: HECK, DAVID (COLTS NECK, NJ)

167.850 POINTS: HAND, THOMAS (S BOSTON, MA)

165.150 POINTS: ABENDSCHEIN, EDWARD (MTN LKS, NJ)

164.500 POINTS: DILLARD, AARON (MILWAUKEE, WI)

162.950 POINTS: LEVINE, BRADLEY (ROSLYN, NY)

161.000 POINTS: LEMPICKI, JEFFREY (BRICK, NJ)

156.300 POINTS: CRAMER, JOSEPH (CARLISLE, PA)

156.000 POINTS: SANTOS, CARLOS (SOUTH AMBOY, NJ)

153.650 POINTS: WERTEPNY, JEFFREY (BROOKLYN, NY)

151.900 POINTS: ELKASSIR, SAMMY (FORT LEE, NJ)

151.310 POINTS: TRUONG, HUNG (BROOKLYN, NY)

149.050 POINTS: VOVCHIK, IGOR (BROOKLYN, NY)

146.100 POINTS: MILLER, ERIC (SEAFORD, NY)

144.138 POINTS: ADRAGNA, BRIAN (E MEADOW, NY)

143.810 POINTS: TAE, SUNGWOO (PALISADES PK, NJ)

142.350 POINTS: CHABANE, AMINE (CANNES LA BOCCA, FRA)

139.800 POINTS: STANN, DAVE CHRISTOPHER (LOS ANGELES, CA)

136.800 POINTS: MOORE, STAR (BROOKLYN, NY)

136.125 POINTS: PALLADINO, ANTHONY (FRANKLIN LAKES, NJ)

134.700 POINTS: LATTARULO, JOSEPH (BRONX, NY)

132.988 POINTS: LOPE, MATTHEW (GLOUCESTER, NJ)

132.705 POINTS: VOCCIA, DANIEL (WESTHMPTN BCH, NY)

132.000 POINTS: ZACKS, JUSTIN (NEW YORK, NY)

131.850 POINTS: CHAN, DANIEL (NEW YORK, NY)

131.325 POINTS: GEIER, CHARLES (SUNNYSIDE, NY)

131.300 POINTS: GEORGOUS, DEMETRIOS (LITTLE FALLS, NJ)

130.838 POINTS: POLUNAS, ROBERT (TOMS RIVER, NJ)

130.410 POINTS: ISRAELASHVILI, ROLAND (FOREST HILLS, NY)

129.980 POINTS: STROKE, SHAWN (LAWRENCE, NY)

129.638 POINTS: GOLDSTEIN, LAURENCE (MEDFORD, NY)

127.800 POINTS: TORRES, ALEX (CLIFFSIDE PARK, NJ)

127.800 POINTS: ORGEL, TODD (ROCKVILLE, MD)

126.815 POINTS: SUSSMAN, WILLIAM (RIVERDALE, NY)

126.603 POINTS: MIRANDA, JULIAN (UNION CITY, NJ)

125.350 POINTS: BIRK, STEPHEN (HUNTINGDON VALLEY, PA)

124.670 POINTS: FERRIS, CLAUDIUS (HOLLIS, NY)

124.288 POINTS: GANDHI, NIKUNJ (STAMFORD, CT)

123.075 POINTS: URBAN, JUDITH (PLYMOUTH MTNG, PA)

120.000 POINTS: MUNLEY, WILLIAM (THROOP, PA)

120.000 POINTS: PEREZ, MARIANO (HILLSBOROUGH, NJ)

119.575 POINTS: KATSELIANOS, SPIRO (GREAT NECK, NY)

118.835 POINTS: FOGARTY, ROBERT (KILL DEVIL HLLLS, NC)

117.600 POINTS: WEIZER, JOSHUA (MEADOWBROOK, PA)

117.300 POINTS: SCHULZE, KEVIN (SUCCASUNNA, NJ)

115.775 POINTS: LEE, JOHN (WESTWOOD, NJ)

115.420 POINTS: VALSAMOS, CHRIS (MELVILLE, NY)

112.888 POINTS: GLINIECKI, TOMASZ (JACKSON, NJ)

112.013 POINTS: ANTONIOUS, NASHAAT (REDINGTON SHORES, FL)

110.425 POINTS: BEN-ATAR, YEHUDA (N POTOMAC, MD)

109.550 POINTS: DEGEORGE, JOHN (TOMS RIVER, NJ)

109.508 POINTS: MARZARELLA, PAUL (ANNANDALE, NJ)

109.200 POINTS: ZINNEMAN, DOUGLAS (SUNNYSIDE, NY)

109.165 POINTS: MODICA, ANGEL (ASTORIA, NY)

108.875 POINTS: SCHOFER, JEREMY (WASHINGTON, DC)

107.525 POINTS: REISS, JOHN (OMAHA, NE)

105.600 POINTS: HAYDUK, JAMES (JOHNSTOWN, PA)

105.475 POINTS: LUNENFELD, MARC (VIRGINIA BCH, VA)

105.150 POINTS: HULBERT, ANTHONY (RESTON, VA)

105.000 POINTS: YNIGUEZ, MICHAEL (BROOKLYN, NY)

104.750 POINTS: SO, JENNIFER (GALLOWAY, NJ)

104.380 POINTS: SULEJMAN, AMZA (BRONX, NY)

104.050 POINTS: DUNMORE, ROSALIND (DEVONSHIRE, BER)

103.615 POINTS: WACHSLER, MICHAEL (ANTWELT, ISR)

102.275 POINTS: KLODIE, JOHN (SUNNYSIDE, NY)

101.950 POINTS: ZUCKER, JORDAN (E ATLANTIC BEACH, NY)

101.950 POINTS: CHAPMAN, RYAN (GAITHERSBURG, MD)

101.760 POINTS: WILSON, CHRISTOPHER (VINELAND, NJ)

101.513 POINTS: PADA, ANDRES (CRESSKILL, NJ)

100.630 POINTS: STANUL, JUSTIN (BAYONNE, NJ)

100.375 POINTS: SICA JR, MICHAEL (N BRUNSWICK, NJ)

100.138 POINTS: LIN, WOOYANG (MORRISTOWN, NJ)

98.700 POINTS: CAMBRIA, RICHARD (LTL EGG HBR, NJ)

97.688 POINTS: ROSENBLATT, LEANNE (BRIGANTINE, NJ)

95.888 POINTS: CORUM, CEDRIC (W ORANGE, NJ)

95.515 POINTS: FERNANDEZ-HERNANDEZ, JACOBO (BRONX, NY)

94.525 POINTS: ENG, GORDON (CLIFFSIDE PARK, NJ)

94.375 POINTS: KLEIN, ANDREW (OCEAN, NJ)

94.068 POINTS: MCGUINNESS, MICHAEL (TOMS RIVER, NJ)

93.150 POINTS: MOORE, BOBBY (BOWIE, MD)

93.090 POINTS: KIM, JOO (ALEXANDRIA, VA)

93.025 POINTS: JONES, CHARLES (PITTSBURGH, PA)

92.605 POINTS: GARCIA, CELSO (CHARLOTTE, NC)

92.370 POINTS: WOODALL, RICHARD (EDGEWOOD, FL)

92.285 POINTS: BERINGER, ERIC (BRYN MAWR, PA)

91.200 POINTS: ZOLDAK, JOHN (STATEN ISLAND, NY)

91.075 POINTS: IBRAIMOVIC, IBRAIM (BROOKLYN, NY)

91.063 POINTS: BLAZEVSKI, TODOR (WAYNE, NJ)

90.750 POINTS: SELMAN, MATTHEW (BROOKLYN, NY)

90.500 POINTS: KOROTKI, ABRAHAM (BETHANY BEACH, DE)

90.475 POINTS: BARAN, PETER (BAYONNE, NJ)

89.760 POINTS: CAMPBELL, GERARD (STATEN ISLAND, NY)

88.725 POINTS: REINA, ONOFRIO (ELIZABETH, NJ)

88.425 POINTS: THEN, ARMANDO (NEW YORK, NY)

88.240 POINTS: FOX, BRYCE (PITTSBURGH, PA)

88.188 POINTS: REYNOLDS, STEPHEN (LITTLE EGG HARBOUR, NJ)

87.913 POINTS: DARA, ESFANDIAR (NEW YORK, NY)

87.500 POINTS: EDMONDS, KIMBERLY (TOMS RIVER, NJ)

87.400 POINTS: LEE, EUN (FLUSHING, NY)

87.160 POINTS: FIELDS 2ND, ANGELO (N.W. WASHINGTON, DC)

86.800 POINTS: MCCARTHY, KELLY (MARGATE CITY, NJ)

86.260 POINTS: WARRINER, ALFRED (ABSECON, NJ)

86.138 POINTS: VASSERMAN, ILYA (HUNTINGDON VY, PA)

85.800 POINTS: PILCHMAN, RICHARD (BRICK, NJ)

85.025 POINTS: CRISTEA, SORIN (JERSEY CITY, NJ)

84.290 POINTS: DANNENMANN, STEVEN (SEVERN, MD)

84.030 POINTS: MAYSAUD, RASHAD (SPRINGFIELD, VA)

84.000 POINTS: CRUZ, CHRISTOPHER (LOCUST VALLEY, NY)

84.000 POINTS: PALUSZEK, JAMES (BENSALEM, PA)

83.835 POINTS: RIZZUTO, MICHAEL (GREENSBORO, NC)

83.575 POINTS: SURAPANENI, SATISH (NEW YORK, NY)

83.160 POINTS: LEE, JOSEPH (CRESSKILL, NJ)

83.150 POINTS: PARIS, DANIEL (SILVER SPRING, MD)

82.855 POINTS: CRANFILL, JOSHUA (BURLINGTON, NC)

82.730 POINTS: FARLEY, CHRISTIAN (WEST DEPTFORD, NJ)

82.725 POINTS: SESSO, DAVID (SCHAUMBURG, IL)

82.210 POINTS: UNGER, ORON (STATEN ISLAND, NY)

82.063 POINTS: HELD, KARL (FOREST HILLS, NY)

81.963 POINTS: ALI, BRIAN (BROOKLYN, NY)

80.940 POINTS: MASTRANGELO, VINCENT (FARMINGDALE, NY)

80.850 POINTS: SORSCHER, JONATHAN (LYNBROOK, NY)

80.730 POINTS: LAROCCA, ANTHONY (MERRICK, NY)

80.375 POINTS: MARKOVICH, ELDAR (FAIR LAWN, NJ)

80.188 POINTS: SYKES, JOHN (BROOKLYN, NY)

79.950 POINTS: HILL, ANTHONY (EGG HBR CITY, NJ)

79.713 POINTS: BASILICATA, VINCENT (LITTLE NECK, NY)

79.320 POINTS: VANWAGNER, WILLIAM (CAMPBELL HALL, NY)

79.200 POINTS: NUNZIATA, KRISTOPHER (YONKERS, NY)

79.050 POINTS: YARLAPATI, MARUTI (PINE BROOK, NJ)

78.063 POINTS: GIL, ALEX (CORONA, NY)

78.030 POINTS: GIBEAU, GUY (MONMOUTH, NJ)

77.810 POINTS: RYAN, STEVE (NEW YORK, NY)

77.525 POINTS: COHEN, SETH (NEW YORK, NY)

77.520 POINTS: TANICO, VINCENT (HOLBROOK, NY)

77.250 POINTS: LEVI, DENNIS (POUGHKEEPSIE, NY)

76.400 POINTS: CIAMPA, PIETRO (ELMONT, NY)

76.025 POINTS: BALLA, THOMAS (BELLEROSE, NY)

76.000 POINTS: CHUNG-SHUI, ROBERT (NEW YORK, NY)

75.825 POINTS: HAAVIND, ROBERT (BOSTON, MA)

75.600 POINTS: PERKA, KRZYSZTOF (RIDGEWOOD, NY)

75.600 POINTS: SINISHTAJ, TONY (FLUSHING, NY)

75.500 POINTS: CHAN, BENJAMIN (NEW YORK, NY)

75.375 POINTS: MCCARTHY, EDMOND (SOUDERTON, PA)

74.750 POINTS: TAN, ZHUO (STATEN ISLAND, NY)

74.688 POINTS: DOERR, ERIC (NEWARK, DE)

74.108 POINTS: EVERS, THOMAS (E NORTHPORT, NY)

73.920 POINTS: COLOGNA, LEONARD (UNION BEACH, NJ)

73.750 POINTS: DEFILIPPO, JOSEPH (INDIAN TRAIL, NC)

73.140 POINTS: DIAKOS, ATHANASIOS (JERSEY CITY, NJ)

72.590 POINTS: LIBERTA, JOSEPH (BERLIN, NJ)

72.380 POINTS: GELLER, BEN (FAR ROCKWAY, NY)

72.225 POINTS: HENRY, LLOYD (BROOKLYN, NY)

72.115 POINTS: LEVENTHAL, BARRY (BROOKLYN, NY)

72.050 POINTS: PALERMO, LEONARDO (ORTLEY BEACH, NJ)

71.625 POINTS: LUBIN, ALLAN (WATCHUNG, NJ)

70.840 POINTS: BELOUS, MARTIN (BROOKLYN, NY)

70.840 POINTS: GADELOV, ARKADO (CORONA, NY)

70.610 POINTS: WASSERMAN, JOSHUA (MIDDLETOWN, NJ)

70.475 POINTS: MUNYON, WILLIAM (ATLANTIC CITY, NJ)

70.465 POINTS: BROWNE, DONALD (BLACKWOOD, NJ)

70.405 POINTS: RUDOVIC, ROBERT (BRONX, NY)

70.388 POINTS: INTERDONATO, ANDREW (WASHINGTON, DC)

70.250 POINTS: MORIELLO, ALBERTINO (SPRINGFIELD, NJ)

69.975 POINTS: SMALL, KERRY (VENTNOR CITY, NJ)

69.515 POINTS: JAMSHIDI, SIROUS (BROOMALL, PA)

69.503 POINTS: HALPERN, ARNOLD (SECAUCUS, NJ)

69.500 POINTS: SALADIN, ROBERT (CHESTER, NY)

69.103 POINTS: ZEHRING, NATHAN (FAIRFAX, VA)

69.000 POINTS: SABATINI, JAMES (GLOUCESTERCTY, NJ)

69.000 POINTS: MARSHALL, JOHN (YARMOUTHPORT, MA)

68.640 POINTS: MACHADO, VAUGHAN (RED BANK, NJ)

68.280 POINTS: KAVOWRAS, KENNETH (STATEN ISLAND, NY)

68.263 POINTS: KUEY, NATALE (BRONX, NY)

67.900 POINTS: HERBERT, STEVEN (KANNAPOLIS, NC)

67.838 POINTS: DEPASQUALE, ROBERT (RANDOLPH, NJ)

67.675 POINTS: NEYIR, JON (WAYNE, NJ)

67.675 POINTS: TOSCANO, FRANK (STATEN ISLAND, NY)

67.620 POINTS: GIOVANNIELLO, DOMINICK (HOWARD BEACH, NY)

67.200 POINTS: LOGUIDICE, JOSEPH (ATALNTIC CITY, NJ)

67.025 POINTS: SUN, CHII CHING (MERRICK, NY)

66.935 POINTS: SOMMA, MICHAEL (MIDDLE VLG, NY)

66.675 POINTS: LACHIANA, JOSEPH (BARDONIA, NY)

66.460 POINTS: KAUFMAN, MICHAEL (NORTHBOROUGH, MA)

66.325 POINTS: COHEN, STEVEN (NEW YORK, NY)

66.000 POINTS: MCMAHON, WILLIAM (CEDAR GROVE, NJ)

66.000 POINTS: MEHTA, SHARAD (CHERRY HILL, NJ)

65.925 POINTS: SARACINO, PHILIP (QUEENS, NY)

65.588 POINTS: FORCA, MICHAEL (BABYLON, NY)

65.520 POINTS: RADWAN, MOHAMED (CARTERET, NJ)

65.400 POINTS: HUBBARD, STEPHANIE (HAZLET, NJ)

65.175 POINTS: HWANG, EDWARD (MAYS LANDING, NJ)

64.763 POINTS: PARISIS, ZACHARY (FORT LEE, NJ)

64.690 POINTS: MOBORROD, ABUL (VENTNOR CITY, NJ)

64.625 POINTS: ROSENBERG, GARY (CANADENSIS, PA)

64.518 POINTS: TUERK, SHELDON (MARLBORO, NJ)

64.075 POINTS: RUTTER, BRANDON (THOROFARE, NJ)

64.025 POINTS: HALL, ERIC (STATEN ISLAND, NY)

63.960 POINTS: LUONG, ANTHONY (BROOKLYN, NY)

63.950 POINTS: SHTRAHMAN, EDWARD (NO.BRUNSWICK, NJ)

63.840 POINTS: FIORE, CARMEN (PHILA, PA)

63.525 POINTS: HARVILLA, JOHN (MINERSVILLE, PA)

63.463 POINTS: VAN DRIESEN, ROGER (WHITING, NJ)

63.100 POINTS: STEPKA, RYAN (NEW YORK, NY)

63.050 POINTS: SVEC, RONALD (WALL TWP, NJ)

63.035 POINTS: ECKSTROM, BRIAN (MARLTON, NJ)

62.700 POINTS: MCQUAID, MICHAEL (WASHINGTON, DC)

62.700 POINTS: SHPUR, TAYLOR (WITHERBEE, NY)

62.688 POINTS: BOCK, GREGORY (NEW YORK, NY)

62.675 POINTS: FIGUEROA, RICCARDO (BROOKLYN, NY)

62.400 POINTS: HANRAHAN, JOSEPH (AMHERST, NH)

62.250 POINTS: ZEITLIN, DAVID (BROOKLYN, NY)

62.050 POINTS: SAUER, JONATHAN (WEST NEW YORK, NJ)

62.025 POINTS: CAFFREY, JOSEPH (TOMS RIVER, NJ)

62.025 POINTS: BROWN, PATRICK (BROOKLYN, NY)

61.900 POINTS: BUT, ERICK (BROOKLYN, NY)

61.825 POINTS: LEFORT, THOMAS (STE-ANNE-DES LACS, CAN)

61.498 POINTS: SUH, JUNGMIN (PALISADES PARK, NJ)

61.388 POINTS: DYMENT, ILYA (BROOKLYN, NY)

60.950 POINTS: VITELLO, RONALD (NEW YORK, NY)

60.725 POINTS: ANSELL, PAUL (BROOKLYN, NY)

60.608 POINTS: KLEIN, JACK (SYOSSET, NY)

60.480 POINTS: MCCANN, THOMAS JOHN (ALLENTOWN, PA)

60.188 POINTS: MALINCONICO, MICHAEL (TOMS RIVER, NJ)

60.033 POINTS: CORNING, JOHN (SYRACUSE, NY)

60.000 POINTS: DUONG, MICHAEL (FLUSHING, NY)

59.900 POINTS: CROWDER, KEITH (ELKINS PARK, PA)

59.888 POINTS: KALFA, MICHAEL (BAYVILLE, NJ)

59.875 POINTS: WOLL, MICHAEL (MANAHAWKIN, NJ)

59.760 POINTS: FRANKOWSKI, MATTHEW (MT EMPHRAIM, NJ)

59.550 POINTS: REA, JON-MICHAEL (STEUBENVILLE, OH)

59.520 POINTS: NICOLES, FOTIOS (CLIFTON, NJ)

59.450 POINTS: WOLPER, HOWARD (ATLANTIC CITY, NJ)

59.388 POINTS: GOVERNA, JAMES (RICHBORO, PA)

59.280 POINTS: BEAUDOUIN, CLAUDANGELO (SO OZONE PARK, NY)

59.280 POINTS: SUBBIAH, VASAN (NEW YORK, NY)

58.638 POINTS: BRESSLER, ARTHUR (MANALAPAN, NJ)

58.500 POINTS: BROWN, DONALD (WESTBURY, NY)

58.375 POINTS: ANTONACCI, ALDO (NEW YORK, NY)

58.175 POINTS: RESTIFO, CARL (WARETOWN, NJ)

58.085 POINTS: RINALDI, DOMINIC (MANORVILLE, NY)

57.875 POINTS: MESQUITA, ELIANO (TOMS RIVER, NJ)

57.650 POINTS: SHAHAR, ALON (FRESH MEADOWS, NY)

57.550 POINTS: POLLACK, RYAN (ATCO, NJ)

57.475 POINTS: FRIEDMUTTER, DOUGLAS (BROOKLYN, NY)

57.388 POINTS: EHLERT, KONSTANTI (EDISON, NJ)

57.050 POINTS: LLORENTE, MARK (LONG ISLAND CITY, NY)

56.810 POINTS: CRONAN, GARY (OWINGS MILLS, MD)

56.575 POINTS: CARPENTIER, MARC (QUEBEC, CAN)

56.450 POINTS: ROGERS, BARBARA (LOCK HAVEN, PA)

56.400 POINTS: KESSLER, ALLEN (LAS VEGAS, NV)

56.385 POINTS: POWELL, DAVID (PITTSBURGH, PA)

56.125 POINTS: LEVY, SALAH (WESTFIELD, NJ)

55.900 POINTS: HOM, DAVID (BROOKLYN, NY)

55.850 POINTS: MONDSCHEIN, MARK (NAZARETH, PA)

55.813 POINTS: BUI, DAO (STERLING, VA)

55.800 POINTS: MULHALL, DANIEL (LITTLE NECK, NY)

55.560 POINTS: FRANK, BRUCE (MONTCLAIR, NJ)

55.440 POINTS: BITZELBERGER, MICHAEL ANTHONY (BALTIMORE, MD)

55.400 POINTS: ROSEN, DOUGLAS (NEW YORK, NY)

55.225 POINTS: DUNMORE, KEITH (DEVONSHIRE, BER)

55.213 POINTS: HOLZMAN, ALEXANDER (MONSEY, NY)

55.213 POINTS: PEREZ, MIGUEL (NEW CITY, NY)

54.813 POINTS: MEDRANO, GEORGE (REGO PARK, NY)

54.675 POINTS: SEITZ, MARCUS (LACEY, WA)

54.525 POINTS: KOVACI, MIRSAD (ALLENTOWN, PA)

54.480 POINTS: COSTA, CHRISTOPHER (BALTIMORE, MD)

54.300 POINTS: BAK, TADEUSZ (WALLINGTON, NJ)

54.300 POINTS: MOHR, ROBERT SCOTT (INDIANAPOLIS, IN)

54.288 POINTS: ALFERA, JOHN (ARNOLD, PA)

54.285 POINTS: GIAIMO, DANIEL (MT KISTO, NY)

54.125 POINTS: MOSCA, JOSEPH (BRONX, NY)

54.025 POINTS: FIORENTINI, STEVEN (MILLIS, MA)

53.825 POINTS: GROGAN, BRIAN (MIDDLE VLLAGE, NY)

53.760 POINTS: MCCARNEY, RYAN (LAKE HOPATCONG, NJ)

53.590 POINTS: MUSTEREL, JACOB (EGG HBR TWP, NJ)

53.580 POINTS: BUZZEL, ROBERT (SOUTH RIVER, NJ)

53.275 POINTS: SCHULTZ, ALLISON (NEW YORK, NY)

53.138 POINTS: DAY, MICHAEL (BAYPORT, NY)

52.875 POINTS: WILLIAMS, JAMES (ASHLAND, VA)

52.650 POINTS: SHUL, JOHN (FRESH MEADOWS, NY)

52.500 POINTS: OLARNICK, DANIEL (NEW YORK, NY)

52.500 POINTS: TARANTINO, JAMES (COPIAGUE, NY)

52.130 POINTS: BLEEKER, CARL (WARREN, NJ)

52.025 POINTS: COHEN, RICHARD (NEW YORK, NY)

51.775 POINTS: ROBINSON, CHARLES (WASHINGTON, DC)

51.750 POINTS: RICE, RICHARD (HAYMARKET, VA)

51.700 POINTS: DICHIARO, MICHAEL (HOBOKEN, NJ)

51.600 POINTS: AGAEV, ADAM (BROOKLYN, NY)

51.500 POINTS: GEORGES, PAUL (ROSLYN HGHTS, NY)

51.480 POINTS: PENNINGTON, ANTOINETT (GALLOWAY, NJ)

51.375 POINTS: VILLARREAL, GONZALO (E HANOVER, NJ)

51.275 POINTS: BURKHAMMER, DEAN (WESTON, WV)

51.050 POINTS: MICH, DYLAN (TUCKERTON, NJ)

50.888 POINTS: MENGES, LOUIS (HOLMDEL, NJ)

50.850 POINTS: BODOR, JANOS (CHURCHVILLE, PA)

50.775 POINTS: YING, POFUK (HIGHLAND PARK, NJ)

50.700 POINTS: GRZYWACZEWSKI, BRIAN (MONTGOMERY, NY)

50.188 POINTS: VERMA, VISHAL (SYOSSET, NY)

50.125 POINTS: LIU, CALVIN (BROOKLYN, NY)

50.113 POINTS: GUSIKOFF, STEVEN (FLUSHING, NY)

50.040 POINTS: ROUHANI, FARZAD (BRIGANTINE, NJ)

50.025 POINTS: GREENSTEIN, JEFFREY (SUMMIT, NJ)

49.800 POINTS: SANFT, ANDREW (PRT WASHINGTNN, NY)

49.550 POINTS: TAYLOR, ALLAN (OWINGS MILLS, MD)

49.335 POINTS: RAPP, MICHAEL (GALLOWAY, NJ)

49.300 POINTS: DOUGHERTY, TIMOTHY (FRESH MEADOWS, NY)

49.300 POINTS: MAIO, ANTHONY (JAMISON, PA)

49.150 POINTS: TEUTONICO, VINCENT (STATEN ISLAND, NY)

49.050 POINTS: SALTERS, JAMES (W HEMPSTEAD, NY)

49.050 POINTS: BALL, RICHARD (STATEN ISLAND, NY)

48.925 POINTS: FEUER, TAEMEE (NEW PALTZ, NY)

48.763 POINTS: PIAZZA, RICHARD (STATEN ISLAND, NY)

48.750 POINTS: BEYERS, THOMAS (RIDLEY PARK, PA)

48.750 POINTS: COWAN, HARRIS (NEW YORK, NY)

48.750 POINTS: KRAUS, MICHAEL (RIDLEY PARK, PA)

48.750 POINTS: LIPSON, ALAN (CARY, NC)

48.750 POINTS: SUJAK, AMIR (PALISADES PARK, NJ)

48.645 POINTS: IM, IK (SUFFOLK, VA)

48.600 POINTS: CHOU, ALLEN (METUCHEN, NJ)

48.575 POINTS: ODONOGHUE, BRIAN (BAYSIDE, NY)

48.363 POINTS: DIDONATO, RAYMOND (LAUREL SPRINGS, NJ)

48.225 POINTS: GOLIN, DANI (WHITING, NJ)

48.150 POINTS: ALTOMONTE, JOSEPH (WEST PATERSON, NJ)

47.975 POINTS: HABIB, SYED (BRONX, NY)

47.913 POINTS: DRABOT, MICHAEL (RIVERSIDE, NJ)

47.740 POINTS: REIBSCHIED, JUSTIN (MANALAPAN, NJ)

47.725 POINTS: TURNER, MATTHEW (AUDUBON, PA)

47.675 POINTS: LIMA, FERNANDO (DELMAR WI, MD)

47.625 POINTS: FOULKROD, MICHAEL (CHARLOTTE, NC)

47.500 POINTS: KUMATSKY, VICTOR (PARLIN, NJ)

47.450 POINTS: RESLOCK, CHRIS (ATLANTIC CITY, NJ)

47.250 POINTS: SILBERZWEIG, MATTHEW (ELMONT, NY)

47.113 POINTS: BARNES, JACK (BRICK, NJ)

47.050 POINTS: KATZ, DAVID (CHERRY HILL, NJ)

47.013 POINTS: MATUSOW, DONALD (BRYN MAWR, PA)

46.900 POINTS: GUO, QING (EDISON, NJ)

46.850 POINTS: COHEN, JOSEPH (PHILADELPHIA, PA)

46.850 POINTS: MUCCIACCIO, C J (MIDDLE VILLAGE, NY)

46.775 POINTS: LATOUR, MICHAEL (CLAY, NY)

46.575 POINTS: BUCKLEY, BRENDAN (BRIGANTINE, NJ)

46.575 POINTS: CORNIELLE-OSSERS, KARLA (BRONX, NY)

46.530 POINTS: PINTO, DOUG (LINCROFT, NJ)

46.300 POINTS: MARDAKHAYEV, EMIL (BROOKLYN, NY)

46.250 POINTS: RASILE, FRANK (STATEN ISLAND, NY)

46.200 POINTS: UTZ, BRADLEY (BURLINGTON, NC)

45.825 POINTS: KAHN, ROBERT (EARLYSVILLE, VA)

45.775 POINTS: MORTON, JAMES (RUCKERSVILLE, VA)

45.700 POINTS: ERVIN, ROBERT (MOUNT SIDNEY, VA)

45.625 POINTS: AGARD, SHERWIN (RANDOLPH, MA)

45.600 POINTS: BEGELMAN, LEONARD (CHERRY HILL, NJ)

45.565 POINTS: RUFF, STUART (DENVILLE, NJ)

45.525 POINTS: PECK, VLADIMIR (GLENVIEW, IL)

45.500 POINTS: SCHIANO, ANTONIO (BAYVILLE, NJ)

45.400 POINTS: SHAKERIAN, ADEL (FALLS CHURCH, VA)

45.325 POINTS: HOPKINS, ALLEN (MADISON HEIGHTS, VA)

45.200 POINTS: CALDARELLI, ANDREW (PHILADELPHIA, PA)

45.163 POINTS: KLEVITZ, WILLIAM (NEW YORK, NY)

45.075 POINTS: AMENDOLA, JESSE (MASSAPEQUA, NY)

45.025 POINTS: FRIEDMAN, DANIEL (SMITHTOWN, NY)

44.875 POINTS: KIARASH, KIAN (NEW YORK, NY)

44.850 POINTS: PILGRIM, DWYTE (BROOKLYN, NY)

44.750 POINTS: RAMRAKHANI, SACHIN (FORT LEE, NJ)

44.700 POINTS: JANNES, EMMANUEL (WEST HEMPSTEAD, NY)

44.700 POINTS: TELIAS, HENRY (N WOODMERE, NY)

44.575 POINTS: NGUYEN, ROBERT (W. NEW YORK, NJ)

44.450 POINTS: PETEROY, LOUIS (STATEN ISLAND, NY)

44.450 POINTS: MOTOLA, LEON (EAST WINDSOR, NJ)

44.425 POINTS: ANDERSON, MICHAEL (CHESAPEAKE, VA)

44.350 POINTS: DASILVA, MAURICIO (W LONG BRANCH, NJ)

44.338 POINTS: GOLDBERGER, DAVID (MONROE, NY)

44.300 POINTS: PATELLA, MARTHA (MASSAPEQUA PARK, NY)

44.200 POINTS: PATEL, NAMIT (PALISADES PK, NJ)

44.125 POINTS: MCGEE, SHAREEF (LAKE HIAWATHA, NJ)

44.125 POINTS: RONDON, ERIC (BAYSHORE, NY)

44.025 POINTS: GISIANO, PHILIP (KINGSTON, NY)

43.963 POINTS: YOON, HEUNG (WOODBRIDGE, VA)

43.900 POINTS: BYKOFSKY, SHEREE (ATLANTIC CITY, NJ)

43.900 POINTS: FORD, JAMAAL (SECAUCUS, NJ)

43.680 POINTS: BESSOIR, THOMAS (NEW YORK, NY)

43.680 POINTS: TENENBAUM, ALBERT (MARLBORO, NJ)

43.600 POINTS: COOPER, THOMAS (DAYTONA BEACH, FL)

43.600 POINTS: MIKA, JAMES (PALM COAST, FL)

43.560 POINTS: DURANTE, RONALD (HAINESPORT, NJ)

43.250 POINTS: LESTER JR, BENJAMIN (NEWPORT NEWS, VA)

43.138 POINTS: BASS, DIONYSUIS (YONKERS, NY)

42.770 POINTS: HAMILL, BETH (MONT CLARE, PA)

42.713 POINTS: LEBLANC, PHILIP (MARSHALLS, PA)

42.650 POINTS: MONTEAVARO, JOANNE (BRONX, NY)

42.600 POINTS: PATTERSON, WILLIAM (NEW KENSINGTON, PA)

42.550 POINTS: DEANS, ROBBIE (HENDERSON, NC)

42.525 POINTS: AL-AZZAM, KHALDOUN (BRIGANTINE, NJ)

42.300 POINTS: BELFOURE, DEREK (CLEAR SPRINGS, MD)

42.300 POINTS: GROELLY, JOSEPH (BRADENTON, FL)

42.100 POINTS: LONGO, PAUL (WHITE PLAINS, NY)

42.000 POINTS: MACHT, TIMOTHY (BROOKLYN, NY)

41.800 POINTS: CAHILL, PATRICIA (PORT JEFF STATION, NY)

41.750 POINTS: KAPLAN, JAMES (BOCA RATON, FL)

41.725 POINTS: MULLER, WERNER (HAZLET, NJ)

41.700 POINTS: HUANG, WENCHENG (LAGRANDE UGH, GA)

41.600 POINTS: LIFSCHITZ, PHIL (LIVINGSTON, NJ)

41.550 POINTS: BAILEY, CATHY (NORTHAMPTON, PA)

41.450 POINTS: HOUCHINS, PATRICK (RIVA, MD)

41.313 POINTS: EDWARDS, CHRIS (LITTLE SILVER, NJ)

41.313 POINTS: FAKHOURY, GARY (NASSAWADOX, VA)

41.263 POINTS: CIOFALO, JOHN (NEWBURGH, NY)

41.150 POINTS: MOUNT, KENNETH (HAZLETON, PA)

41.125 POINTS: LEE, BOB (FLUSHING, NY)

41.000 POINTS: SMARGIASSI, THOMAS (UNION, NJ)

40.925 POINTS: FEAZELL, BARRY (SALEM, VA)

40.800 POINTS: FULTON, JARROD (WASHINGTON, PA)

40.800 POINTS: REDDICK, JOSEPH (BRONX, NY)

40.500 POINTS: KOLEV, DIMITRE (SCHILLER PARK, IL)

40.480 POINTS: YI, JOSEPH (COLONIA, NJ)

40.475 POINTS: HERNANDEZ, ERIC (BELLMORE, NY)

40.320 POINTS: TALEISNIK, SCOTT (ELMONT, NY)

40.200 POINTS: KOSTENKO, ANDREY (SAYREVILLE, NJ)

40.200 POINTS: MYNDROV, PAVEL (BROOKLYN, NY)

40.175 POINTS: GALLUZZO, MATTHEW (MARLBORO, NJ)

40.175 POINTS: YOUNG, JASON (SUFFERN, NY)

40.175 POINTS: SCATURRO, MARTINO (CLARK, NJ)

40.100 POINTS: ARONOWITZ, ROBERT (N MERRICK, NY)

39.950 POINTS: EVERHART, JAMES (LAPLAITA, MD)

39.950 POINTS: LAM, PAUL (REGO PARK, NY)

39.950 POINTS: SHUVALL, ADAM (MONTVALE, NJ)

39.600 POINTS: SHAFRIN, DAVID (BELLEVILE, NJ)

39.475 POINTS: SHOYER, SCOTT (FLOURTOWN, PA)

39.438 POINTS: BETLOW, EDWARD (MORRIS PLAINS, NJ)

39.213 POINTS: GENSLER, DOUGLAS (BOILING SPRINGS, PA)

39.163 POINTS: FRIEDMAN, STANLEY (FREEHOLD, NJ)

39.100 POINTS: SHILALE, MARY (SUMMITVILLE, NY)

39.088 POINTS: KOSE, AHMET (N BRUNSWICK, NJ)

39.075 POINTS: RINALDI, CONCETTA (LYNBROOK, NY)

38.970 POINTS: PICCOLO, MATTHEW (DUMONT, NJ)

38.875 POINTS: THOMPSON, DONALD (ZANESVILLE, OH)

38.838 POINTS: LAWSON, JOSHUA (QUARRYVILLE, PA)

38.775 POINTS: MCLAY, WILLIAM (CAPE MAY C H S, NJ)

38.775 POINTS: MUNOZ, PEDRO (ELIZABETH, NJ)

38.725 POINTS: DEVER, CATHERINE (EPHRATA, PA)

38.538 POINTS: GALVIN, CHRISTOPH (MANVILLE, NJ)

38.263 POINTS: VIDAL, ERNEST (NUTLEY, NJ)

38.225 POINTS: GREEN, LEONARD (HUNTINGDON VALLY, PA)

38.225 POINTS: LILLIS, JAMES (ROBINSVILLE, NJ)

38.163 POINTS: KNEE, ANDREW (MOUNT SINAI, NY)

38.150 POINTS: LERNER, LEONID (BROOKLYN, NY)

38.063 POINTS: COLEMAN, MICHAEL (HILLSBOROUGH, NJ)

37.950 POINTS: NAROVLIANSKI, MORRIS (BROOKLYN, NY)

37.900 POINTS: HWANG, ROBERT (BARNEGAT, NJ)

37.800 POINTS: DALESSANDRO, TIMOTHY (WEST CHESTER, PA)

37.688 POINTS: DEL SORDI, ARMANDO (LAKEWOOD, NJ)

37.675 POINTS: NICHOLS, BRIAN (EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, NJ)

37.550 POINTS: SHURILLA, ANTHONY (ALBURTIS, PA)

37.300 POINTS: TETI, ROBERT (SEWELL, NJ)

37.050 POINTS: DUNWODY, ASHLEY (CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA)

37.025 POINTS: JACOBI, MATTHEW (DURHAM, NC)

36.975 POINTS: FAYNGERSH, PAUL (POCONO PINES, PA)

36.975 POINTS: GOLSHAN, KHOSROW (SILVER SPRING, MD)

36.975 POINTS: NIVAR-RAVELO, EDGAR (NEW YORK, NY)

36.975 POINTS: YOO, BYUNG (NORWOOD, NJ)

36.725 POINTS: PELLI, DOMINICK (STAMFORD, CT)

36.675 POINTS: TOWNSEND, CHARLES (DAGBORO, DE)

36.660 POINTS: SHIN, MICHAEL (PALISADES PARK, NJ)

36.650 POINTS: CASANOVA, BERNARD (FARMINGVILLE, NY)

36.650 POINTS: FESTEJO, RICARDO (EGG HARBOR TWP, NJ)

36.650 POINTS: LUKATSKY, ALEX (BROOKLYN, NY)

36.650 POINTS: MARRUSO, ROSARIO (STATEN ISLAND, NY)

36.625 POINTS: LOGRASSO, HALLEE (VOORHEES, NJ)

36.550 POINTS: LEVINE, MICHAEL (CHAPPAQUA, NY)

36.550 POINTS: MCATEER, KEVIN (SPRING LAKE, NJ)

Winners will be announced Sunday, April 24.

Saturday, April 17

Today's Events in the Poker Room

11AM: Event 17 - $1000 + $90 Six Max No Limit Hold'em
  • Players start with 15,000 in tournament chips
  • Levels 1-5 last 30 minutes each | Levels 6-10 last 40 minutes each |
    Levels 11+ last 50 minutes each
  • 1-Day event
12PM: Event 44 - $170 + $30 Championship Qualifier NLH
  • Players start with 10,000 in tournament chips
  • Levels 20 minutes each
  • Approximately 1 in 15 wins Entry into Borgata Spring Poker Open Championship Event (April 24-27)
  • 1-Day event
3PM: Event 45 - $540 + $50 Championship Qualifier NLH
  • Players start with 15,000 in tournament chips
  • Levels 1-5 last 30 minutes each | Levels 6+ last 40 minutes each
  • Approximately 1 in 5 wins Entry into Borgata Spring Poker Open Championship Event (April 24-27)
  • 1-day event
7PM: Event 46 - $270 + $30 Championship Qualifier NLH
  • Players start with 12,000 in tournament chips
  • Levels last 30 minutes each
  • Approximately 1 in 10 wins Entry into Borgata Spring Poker Open Championship Event (April 24-27)
  • 1-day event

Event 16 Recap

Eric “POOLS” Siegel has just won Event 16. He outlasted 316 entries all vying for a piece of the $94,800 Total Buy-In.

Eric started the day at 12 noon with 12,000 chips and ended the tournament at 3:15 am with all the chips. Hey kids out there, "if at first you don't succeed, try, try, again". Eric busted out of the 1K on a bad beat. Instead of hanging his head, he jumped over to buy-in, and ultimately win this event.

Anyone who regularly plays Borgata Poker knows Eric and respects his game. Surprisingly, in all the years Eric has played professionally at Borgata (since its inception) he’s accumulated many, many cashes, but failed to capture the #1 spot - until now. Finally Eric is taking home the hardware – along with $24,828. "It feel great to finally get the gold" exclaimed Eric fresh of the victory.

You may know that Eric is the marketing guru behind PPI – Poker Players International and has integrated PPI into Borgata Poker, producing several successful joint promotions.

Early on in this tournament Eric was on the ropes until his cowboys cracked pocket aces. His stellar start allowed him to pretty much set the cruise control until the final table where he was somewhat short stacked and had to shift gears. Through good hands and great reads, Eric dominated the final table, knocking out several players and finishing off Saad Ghanem heads up.

The tough field of players and regulars trying to make the top 27 cash spots included: 2002 WSOP Main Event winner Robert Varkonyi, 2005 WSOP Main Event runner-up Steve Dannenmann, Joshua Cranfill, Ed Abendschein, Mike Kalfa, Matt “Muffins” Mazzeo, and Joanne Monteavaro.

Many players, including Angelo Modica re-entered while Gil Sacks and Frank Gangemi both opted to play this event instead of the $1,000 NL event.

At the dinner break the big stacks were Matt Mazzeo (135,000), Matt Turner (115,000) and Steve Fiorentini (110,000)

After dinner, Chris Costa (Honolulu, Hawaii) took down a 350,000 pot along with the chiplead but failed to make the final table. The lucky ten included: Eric Siegel (Melville, NY), Ryan McCarney (Jefferson, NJ), Joe Lee (Cresskill, NJ), Truong Hung (Freehold, NJ), Allen Chou (Metuchen, NJ), Chris Costa (Honolulu, HI), Eric Beringer (Bryn Mawr, PA), May Sui (New York, NY), Eric Miller (Long Island, NY), and Saad Ghanem (Rosedale, MD)

Notice there are three Eric's at the final table - E-Beringer, E-Miller & E-Siegel.

Third place of $8,552 went to Eric Miller (Long Island, NY).

Second place in the amount of $13,793 was awarded to Saad Ghanem (Rosedale, MD).

But once again, the "Last Eric Standing" and our big winner of the $24,828 1st place prize went to Eric “POOLS” Siegel who busted out of the 1K early, only to enter Event 16 and take her down.

After coming so close to winning a major, so many times, tonight Eric made PPI, Borgata, and all his friends, fans and family extremely proud.

Well done our Borgata Brother!

Event 16 Champion - Siegel

$300 + $50 NL (1 Re-entry)

Eric Siegel (Melville, NY)
$24,828

With 5 players remaining the action was fast and furious and in the end Eric "Pool Man" Siegel is the last man standing.

Right behind him in the action were:

2nd Saad Ghanem (Rosedale, MD)
3rd Eric Miller (Long Island, NY)
4th Truong Hung (Freehold, NJ)
5th Joe Lee (Cresskill, NJ)


Event 16: 2nd Place - Ghanem

$300 + $50 NL (1 Re-entry)

Saad Ghanem (Rosedale, MD)
$13,793

Event 16: 3rd Place - Miller

$300 + $50 NL (1 Re-entry)

Eric Miller (Long Island, NY)
$8,552

Event 16: 4th Place - Hung

$300 + $50 NL (1 Re-entry)

Truong Hung (Freehold, NJ)
$6,892

Event 16: 5th Place - Lee

$300 + $50 NL (1 Re-entry)

Joe Lee (Cresskill, NJ)
$5,333

Event 16: 6th Place - Beringer

$300 + $50 NL (1 Re-entry)

Eric Beringer (Bryn Mawr, PA)
$4,506


The battle of Eric's continues with Eric Beringer going out in back to back hands.

In hand 1) Beringer's 3-3 was run down by Truong's A-2.

Then Eric Miller in the big blind held Q-6 and finished Eric Beringer off after spiking a queen on the flop. Beringer's K-2 didn't improve on the turn or river.

Eric Beringer will take home $4,506 for his 6th place finish.

Event 16: 7th Place - McCarney

$300 + $50 NL (1 Re-entry)

Ryan McCarney (Jefferson, NJ)

It's blind on blind crime when Ryan McCarney (BB) puts his final 250k all in against Eric Siegel (SB).

McCarney: A 9
Siegel: K Q

Siegel flops a queen and McCarney is out in 7th place. Siegel has passed the 1 million chip mark and is challenging Saad Ghanem for the chip lead.

McCarney is a school teacher who took advantage of the Easter holiday break to cash in his first live event.

Event 15: Unofficial Chip Counts

$1000 + $90 NL

Check back tomorrow after 9am for official counts of our final 17.
For now here are some of the leading stacks.

Players bagged and tagged just after 2am and will return to The Signature Room tomorrow at 12 noon.

Player......Unofficial Chip Count
1. Adam Geyer..... 333,600
2. Steve Russell... 307,500
3. Jesse Yaginuma.... 191,000
4. Eric Panayiotou..... 184,000
5. Marc Podell...... 174,000
6. Mike Tauman.... 171,700

Join us later today for complete coverage and the conclusion of Event 15.

Hey Dwyte, hopefully you read the blog. You left your sunglass on the table.

The bloggers have them. Ask us tomorrow and we'll give em back.

If you don't read the blog, even better - just got me some sweet Ray Bans...

Event 16: 8th Place - Costa

$300 + $50 NL (1 Re-entry)

Chris Costa (Honolulu, HI)
$2,713

On a flop of 7 8♠ 9, Chris Costa gets his final 320k all in with 3 5 against the pocket jacks of Eric Siegel.

The turn and river brick out and Costa is out in 8th place.

"I have no regrets on how I played it," said Costa, who now resides in Baltimore. "If I don't see hearts I go away," he said knowing he had a gut shot straight draw to go along with his flush draw.

Siegel, the pool man, is starting to chip up.



Event 16: 9th Place - Chou

$300 + $50 NL (1 Re-entry)

Allen Chou (Metuchen, NJ)
$1,839

Allen Chou began the final table as the short stack and double-up once, but in the end it was too much to over come and he's out in 9th place. Chou is all in with pocket 10s and is barely covered by Ryan McCarney who's holding A 2. An ace hits the flop and Chou hits the rail.

Chou was unable to complete the family double, after his wife Patricia won the $350 (Event 7)
earlier in the week. But two events, two final tables and one win, isn't too shabby for Chou family.

Allen & Patty


Event 15: Bubble Breaks - Stout Out

$1000 + $90 NL

Just before 2am during hand for hand, the bubble breaks.

Over on table 2 - Dwyte Pilgrim opens, Matt Stout shoves, and Eric Panayiotou jams.

Dwyte gets out of the way and we're looking at Stout's K-Q vs. Panayiotou's AK. Big slick holds and Stout is out.

At the same time on a different table, Joe W. also had A-K, but he was breathing his last breath against Marc Podell's cowboys. Both players were all in pre. K-K holds and Podell is also out.

Who had more chips to start the hand? Joe W had Stout outchipped which makes Stout the bubble and Joe W. the 18th place finisher for a $2,125 min cash.

A lesson to everyone out there, once you bust out on the bubble, don't physically bust out of the room. Joe assumed he was the bubble when actually he hit the cash.

On a sidenote, right before being dealt pocket kings, Marc Podell brought out an entire army of chip protectors. He lined them up on the felt in front of his chips. What do you know, it must have worked.

Podell's Cheering Section (He's about to look at KK)

Podell shouted that he now was gonna win this thing. We'll see tomorrow at noon when play continues...

Event 15: On The Bubble

$1000 + $90 NL

Hand for hand as we are now on the bubble and one away from the cash.

Dave Stefanski (East Lyme, CT) was short stacked and shoved holding 2-2. He fell to the A-8 of Adam Geyer.

Geyer hit his 8 on the flop and by the end had a full house.

Board: 3-8-3-3-9

19 players remain.

Event 15: Gordon Can't Believe It

$1000 + $90 NL

Right before break, Gordon Eng looks down at pocket QQ's and raises.

Dwyte Pilgrim jams every bit of his 60,000 stack and Gordo snap calls.

Dwyte tabled A-9, begging for a nine with his tournament life on the line.

The Ace comes and Gordon can't believe it.

"If my hand holds there, I'm up to right around the chip lead", said Gordon.

Gordon will have to rebuild like he did earlier when he was down to his last 10,000.

Event 16: 10th Place - Sui

$300 + $50 NL (1 Re-entry)

May Sui (New York, NY)
$1,195

Event 16: Short Stacks Survive

$300 + $50 NL (1 Re-entry)

Three short stacks move all in and all three double up. Allen Chou, Eric Siegel and Eric Miller are still in the tournament after surviving their all in.

Blinds are 8k/16k/2k ante the average stack is 380k.

Event 15: Double Bubble Gums Up The Works

$1000 + $90 NL

Steve Russell and Adam Geyer are leading the pack.

Russell has 265,000 vs. Geyer's 245,000.

Just got word we're playing until 2am or until the bubble breaks.

Action in The Signature until the night concludes.

Down to 20 players as a result of Charles Furey getting four flushed (backdoor) by Adam Geyer.

Furey bowed out in 21st place for no money.

Top 18 get the cake.

Event 16: Final Table

$300 + $50 NL (1 Re-entry)

Seat-Name-Chip Count

1 Eric Siegel (Melville, NY) 305k
2 Ryan McCarney (Jefferson, NJ) 130k
3 Joe Lee (Cresskill, NJ) 680k
4 Truong Hung (Freehold, NJ) 310k
5 Allen Chou (Metuchen, NJ) 75k
6 Chris Costa (Honolulu, HI) 280k
7 Eric Beringer (Bryn Mawr, PA) 496k
8 May Sui (New York, NY) 240k
9 Eric Miller (Long Island, NY) 230k
10 Saad Ghanem (Rosedale, MD) 1.2 million

Event 16: 11th - Oliva

$300 + $50 NL (1 Re-entry)

Vito Oliva
$1,195

In the biggest hand of the tournament Saad Ghanem opens for 51k, Vito Oliva ships 370k all in and Ghanem pauses; 10 seconds later he makes the call.

Ghanem: 4♣ 4♠
Oliva: A♣ K♣

Flop: 4 K♠ 3

Ghanem flops a set and is on his way to the final table with 1.2 million chips. Oliva finishes in 11th place.

Event 16: 12th Place - Cahill

$300 + $50 NL (1 Re-entry)

Patricia Cahill (Port Jefferson Station, NY)
$1,195

Patricia Cahill was a monster after the dinner break and had her opponents on her heels, but her day comes to an end when she called offer stack with A 9 vs Q Q and doesn't hit the ace.

For Cahill her deep run is in honor of her father John Hannon who introduced her to poker before he passed away in 2008 at 89 years old. "He was a real life Archie Bunker," says Cahill, "I really believe playing poker gave him a reason to live and extended his life."

Cahill's father moved in with her family from Florida in 2003 and found a Senior Center that held weekly card games. The two eventually started playing in tournaments together and Cahill saw the passion that her dad had for the game.

"Now I feel his presence when I'm playing," says the Cahill, who's a grandmother. "I sometimes play cards I think he wants me to play."

Cahill didn't get serious about poker until after her father passed and has since taught the game to the rest of the family, including her grandchildren.

Event 15: River Saves

$1000 + $90 NL

Joe W.

Marc Podell's JJ was looking good until the river crushed him.

Joe W. held Q-10 and as soon as he saw he was all in up against Jacks, he stood up and awaited the flop.

Flop: 6-3-8 rainbow.

He gathered his things and started heading towards the door as the river 9 fell.

With one eye on the door and one on the felt, the miracle queen spikes the river.

"Queen - Ten never loses...Fifth time I've been rivered today" cried Podell.

Joe breathes a sigh of relief as he has more life and isn't as close to the bubble, or the door.

Event 15: Lips Out Of The Net

$1000 + $90 NL

Adam Geyer - 150,000

Adam vs. Adam as Adam Geyer (Austin, TX) wins the coin flip against Adam "Lippy" Lippert.

Geyer's 9-9 vs. Lippert's A-K spades.

Board runs clean: 6-2-5-3-8.

Action was all in pre-flop.

Blinds up to 1200 / 2400 with 300 antes.

22 Players remain.

Event 16: 13th - 15th Places

$300 + $50 NL (1 Re-entry)

13 John Parenti (Reading, PA) $919
14 Jose Rosario (Elmhurst, NY) $919
15 Larry Gold (Farmingville, NY) $919

The next pay jump (10th-12th) is up to $1,195

Event 15: Bubble Creeping Closer

$1000 + $90 NL

23 Players left and paying 18 as Mike Tauman (Metuchen, NJ) knocks out an opponent in 24th Place when his pocket queens improve to a set on the river.

Andy Egan says that the seventh seat is a tough seat. A few players have been brought over to the table 2 seat and all have been knocked out.

With only three tables left, the seat is currently empty.