Event #16: Final Results

Event 16 - $350 + $50 No Limit Hold’em

January 17, 2009

387 Entries

$135,450 Prize Pool

1. MICHAEL SCHNEIDER (COVINGTON, GA): $39280

2. KIM LEEMASTER (NEW HOPE, PA): $22755

3. JUSTIN ARNWINE (UPPER MARLBOR, MD): $11242

4. KEVIN BERMAN (BETHLEHEM, PA): $9481

5. ALFIE KASLOV (ARLINGTON, VA): $8127

6. EDGAR CONCEPCION (BROOKLYN, NY): $6772

7. JOSEPH REDDICK (BRONX, NY): $5418

8. JOSEPH SCARPIGNATO (PHILADELPHIA, PA): $4064

9. PAMELA DUNBAR (DALLAS, PA): $2709

10. VINCENT LEE HOUSDEN (STANLEY, VA): $1761

11. JOSHUA ROSEN (LIVINGSTON, NJ): $1761

12. CHRISTOPHER BARRILE (MARLBOROUGH, MA): $1761

13. MICHAEL VELA (NEWBURGH, NY): $1355

14. DAREN STABINSKI (MIAMI, FL): $1355

15. WALTER KAUFMANN (PHILADELPHIA, PA): $1355

16. PATRICIA BARSANTI-CHOU (METUCHEN, NJ): $948

17. NATHAN EMERSON (MADISON, WI): $948

18. ROBERT ZARZYCKI (HEWITT, NJ): $948

19. ALEXANDER CUKAR (SCOTTSDALE, AZ): $813

20. JUSTIN SHAFFER (DOUGLASVILLE, PA): $813

21. PETER DEWOLF (NEW EGYPT, NJ): $813

22. WARREN KARP (LAKE FOREST, CA): $813

23. JOHN EISENBERG (FORT LEE, NJ): $813

24. MIKE LEAH (INNISFIL, CAN): $813

25. ROBERT BEATTY (WAYNE, NJ): $813

Event #14: Final Payouts

Event 14 - $3000 + $200 CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT

January 25-29, 2009

1,017 Entries

$3,051,000 Prize Pool

1st STEVEN WEINSTEIN (ANDES, NY): $658405

2nd TODD TERRY (HOBOKEN, NJ): $434767

3rd ROBERT MERULLA (NEWYORK, NY): $236452

4th ROBERT MCLAUGHLIN (WASHINGTON, DC): $205942

5th MICHAEL CONTESSA (ROCHELLE PARK, NJ): $175432

6th FRANKLIN CALDWELL (NICHOLASVILLE, KY): $144922

7th ORY HEN (HOLLYWOOD, FL): $114412

8th CARL PION (BRAMPTON, CAN): $83902

9th CHARLES MARCHESE (SHOREHAM, NY): $61020

10th SHAWN PAUL PILOT (NORTH HILLS, CA): $39663

11th GEORGE MEDRANO (GRAPEVINE, TX): $39663

12th KENNETH SMARON (PHILADELPHIA, PA): $39663

13th MANELIC MINAYA (TAMPA, FL): $28984

14th MIRSAD KOVACI (BROOKLYN, NY): $28984

15th BALINT BARTA (CLIFTON, NJ): $28984

16th JOHN MYUNG (VIENNA, VA): $18306

17th STEPHEN VANAUKEN (MILFORD, PA): $18306

18th WILLIAM EDLER (LAS VEGAS, NV): $18306

19th PHILIP NEIMAN (FLUSHING, NY): $13729

20th KIJOON PARK (FLUSHING, NY): $13729

21st ANTHONY ARGILA (N BELLMORE, NY): $13729

22nd ABUL MOBORROD (VENTNOR CITY, NJ): $13729

23rd CHARLES HOOK (PHILADELPHIA, PA): $13729

24th DAVID LEVY (TAMARAC, FL): $13729

25th ANDREW EASTOM (FORT WAYNE, IN): $13729

26th PAUL SPITZBERG (TENAFLY, NJ): $13729

27th VICTOR JOHNSON (MIDDLETOWN, NY): $13729

28th GERALD WADE (WOODBRIDGE, VA): $11594

29th FRANK FLOWERS (HIGHLAND, NY): $11594

30th CARL DAVIS (SILVER SPRING, MD): $11594

31st STEVEN FUNG (WALNUT, CA): $11594

32nd STEPHANE DALLAIRE (BROSSARD, CAN): $11594

33rd PETER IPPOLITO (E MEADOW, NY): $11594

34th DONALD MATUSOW (BRYN MAWR, PA): $11594

35th STEVEN LEVY (PEABODY, MA): $11594

36th WILLIAM HOOKER (KINSTON, NC): $11594

37th JOHN MCEWEN (NAZARETH, PA): $9763

38th GORDON ENG (CLIFFSIDE PARK, NJ): $9763

39th SATURNINO RODRIGUEZ (ROCKLEDGE, FL): $9763

40th KENNETH MOORE (CANAL WINCHST, OH): $9763

41st WILLIAM DOLLAR (RALEIGH, NC): $9763

42nd GREG MCDONALD (PRESTONBURG, KY): $9763

43rd THOMAS FRANKLIN (GULFPORT, MS): $9763

44th ESTER TAYLOR (LAS VEGAS, NV): $9763

45th MOE MANALOW (HOWELL, NJ): $9763

46th MARINKO MATURA (FRANKLIN SQ, NY): $8543

47th STEVE KARP (NORTH MIAMI BEACH, FL): $8543

48th FARHAD SINAEI (NEW BRITAIN, CT): $8543

49th MICHAEL SILVERMAN (MT. CLAIRE, NJ): $8543

50th NEIL KELLEHER (PHILADELPHIA, PA): $8543

51st MILAN DOBRILOVIC (WEST NYACK, NY): $8543

52nd PHILIP GURIAN (BOCA RATON, FL): $8543

53rd MATTHEW MILLIKEN (MADISON, WI): $8543

54th MATTHEW BRADY (UPPER DARBY, PA): $8543

55th CLIFTON ALLEN (CAMARILLO, CA): $7628

56th LAHCEN IMKHAOUN (CELEBRATION, FL): $7628

57th PAUL CASSANO (BRONX, NY): $7628

58th DAVID PETERS (TOLEDO, OH): $7628

59th MARK HERM (ROYERSFORD, PA): $7628

60th CESAR ROMERO (SAN JOSE, CA): $7628

61st GUY LOUIS CICCONI (LAS VEGAS, NV): $7628

62nd GEOFFREY STERN (NEW YORK, NY): $7628

63rd JOSEPH LOGUIDICE (ATLANTIC CITY, NJ): $7628

64th ERIC VANAUKEN (RIDGEWOOD, NJ): $6712

65th YUGESHWAR RAJKUMAR (TEANECK, NJ): $6712

66th JACK DEUTSCH (STATEN ISLAND, NY): $6712

67th EUGENE F FOUKSMAN (MANALAPAN, NJ): $6712

68th EMIL LEBOVICH (FAIR LAWN, NJ): $6712

69th RONALD P GLANTZ (W.FLORIDA, FL): $6712

70th BRIAN BARTLETT (PT PLEASANT BEACH, NJ): $6712

71st RENE BATTISTON (CLIFTON, NJ): $6712

72nd JUAN CATALA (PROVIDENCE, RI): $6712

73rd JEFFRIE CHARLTON (LAKE WORTH, FL): $6102

74th JEFFREY VANCHIRO (BROOKLYN, NY): $6102

75th ELIA AHMADIAN (CHANTILLY, VA): $6102

76th ALBERT RICCOBONO (OSSINING, NY): $6102

77th WILLIAM HILL (SILVER SPRING, MD): $6102

78th HOVAN NGUYEN (PASADENA, MD): $6102

79th MICHAEL SANTORO (EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, NJ): $6102

80th CLINTON FROMAL (HOLMES, PA): $6102

81st JASON YOUNG (SUFFERN, NY): $6102

82nd JULIAN PARK (STATEN ISLAND, NY): $5492

83rd KISHOR SHARMA (FLUSHING, NY): $5492

84th JASON KOON (PITTSBURGH, PA): $5492

85th STEPHEN COWAP (ATLANTIC CITY, NJ): $5492

86th AMI SHARMA (FOREST HILLS, NY): $5492

87th NAJIB BENNANI (HOBOKEN, NJ): $5492

88th MICHAEL BUTTACAVOLI (VENTNOR CITY, NJ): $5492

89th LOGAN RASKIN (N HOLLYWOOD, CA): $5492

90th ANTHONY VILLANI (BRIARCLIFF MANOR, NY): $5492

91st BERNARD BROCK JR (OLD BRIDGE, NJ): $4882

92nd KENNETH LEE (OAKTON, VA): $4882

93rd IGOR MELOMED (HOLLANDALE BEACH, FL): $4882

94th MICHAEL SHAMMAS (CHESAPEAKE, VA): $4882

95th STEPHEN BARBELLA (MALVERN, PA): $4882

96th GEORGE DIETZ (OAK PARK, IL): $4882

97th WILLIAM STRADLEY (BOOTHWYN, PA): $4882

98th GRAND COOMBS 3RD (COCKYS HT VLY BA, MD): $4882

99th VINCENT DONOHUE (OLD BRIDGE, NJ): $4882

100th BRIAN EDMONDS (MANALAPAN, NJ): $4882

Steve Weinstein Wins Borgata Winter Poker Open Main Event!

Steve Weinstein takes home $658,405, the Tag Heuer watch, and the Borgata Winter Poker Open Main Event title! Congratulations!

That will do it for us here at the Borgata Poker Blog. Thanks for reading!

Todd Terry Eliminated in 2nd ($434,767)

Todd Terry is all in and Steve Weinstein calls.

Todd: Qd-10s
Steve: Ac-10d

Board: Jc-Ad-9d-Ah-6c

Todd finishes in second, earning $434,767.

Steve Weinstein Doubles

Steve Weinstein raises to 800,000 and Todd Terry calls.

The flop is 3c-Qh-10h and Todd bets 1,000,000. Steve goes all in and Todd calls.

Steve: Qs-6h
Todd: 8h-4h

The turn and river are 5d-7c and Steve doubles up.

Blinds Up

We are now playing with $200,000/$400,000 with a $50,000 ante. Yes, the players are now putting in the starting chip stack for this tournament on every hand.

Short Break

The heads up players are taking a short break. Here are the heads up chip counts at the moment.

Steve Weinstein 10,630,000
Todd Terry 40,220,000

Steve Weinstein Takes Some Back

Steve Weinstein just won a 2 million chip pot to undo some of the damage of that last big hand.

Todd Takes Big Pot Heads Up

Todd Terry raises to 625,000 and Steve Weinstein calls.

The flop is 2c-5d-7s and Steve checks. Todd bets 900,000 and Steve calls.

The turn is 6h and Steve bets 1,800,000. Todd calls.

The river is 5c and Steve bets 3,000,000. Todd raises to 8,000,000 and Steve folds.

Todd flashes Qd-6c.

Anthony Merulla Eliminated in 3rd ($236,452)

Todd Terry raises to 600,000 and Anthony Merulla re-raises to 1,400,000. Todd calls.

The flop is Ac-Js-4c and Anthony leads out for 2,000,000. Todd calls.

The turn is Jd and Anthony goes all in. Todd calls.

Anthony: Ad-Kh
Todd: Kd-Jc

The river is 5d and Anthony is eliminated. Todd has a big lead over Anthony as heads up begins.

Jeremy McLaughlin Busted 4th ($205,942)

Jeremy McLauglin, who was severely crippled on his last hand taking A/Q into Todd Terry's A/A, again shoves his remaining $1,740,000 all-in and is called by Terry.

Terry shows As/Kh while McLaughlin has Ac/2d. The board comes down Jd/4d/5c/9d/4s and Jeremy McLaughlin has been eliminated after an extremely WPO series in which he makes the final table of both the $2,000 event as well as the $3,000 championship event.

We are Back

Blinds are 120,000 / 240,000 with a 20,000 ante. Four players remain. Shuffle up and deal!

Impromptu

The four players have extended their impromptu break by a few minutes.

Break Time

The remaining four players are on a 10-minute break.

Michael Contessa Eliminated in 5th ($175,432)

Steve Weinstein raises and Michael Contessa calls. The flop is 9c-7d-10d. Michael checks and Steve checks. The turn is 9s. Michael checks. Steve bets 2,000,000. Michael calls. The river is 9d. Steve Weinstein goes all in for about 7 million and Michael Contessa goes into the tank. After several minutes, he calls. "Queens," says Steve. "Nooo!" says Michael.

Steve: Qc-Qh
Michael: 5d-5s

The queens are good and Michael is eliminated in a huge pot. Steve has the chip lead by a wide margin.

Frank Caldwell Eliminated in 6th ($144,922)

Frank Caldwell and Michael Contessa get it all in preflop.

Frank: 9c-9s
Michael: Ah-Ks

Board: Qc-3d-10c-7s-Js

The straight hits on the end and Frank is out.

Ory Hen Eliminated in 7th ($114,412)

Ory Hen shoves for 2,415,000 and Steve Weinstein calls.

Ory: Ac-10s
Steve: 7c-7h

Board: Kd-2c-3h-6s-Ks

Ory is out.

Friday $50,000 Guarantee

Don't forget that Friday is the return of the $50,000 Guarantee tournament. The buy-in is $300+$40 and it kicks off at 12 noon.

Carl Pion Eliminated in 8th ($83,902)

Carl Pion open-shoves and Jeremy McLaughlin re-raises all in. Everyone else gets out of the way.

Carl: 3s-3c
Jeremy: As-Ah

Board: Ac-10d-2d-6s-Qc

Carl is eliminated.

The remaining seven players are guaranteed six figures.

PPI Update

Eric Siegel reports that Poker Players International would like to thank the Borgata for an amazing series of Winter Open events. Everyone involved including Tournament Director Tab, his entire staff and dealers did a wonderful job. The Borgata had the insight to make innovative changes to this year's Main Event, and we would like to acknowledge their vision, which attracted over 1,000 players, generating a prize pool of over $3,000,000, one million over the prize guarantee. PPI would also like to thank all of the poker players and fans that helped make this years Borgata Winter Open an amazing success. Finally we want to applaud Michael Friedman, Johnnie Walker and Tropical Steve, who have covered the entire series of events here on the Borgata Poker Blog. You have enhanced the 'Borgata Poker Experience" for all the players while keeping all our friends, families and fans in tune to the action every step of the way.

Michael Contessa Doubles Yet Again

Michael Contessa raises to 600,000 and Carl P re-raises all in.

Michael calls.

Michael: Ah-Qs
Carl: 10s-10d

Board: Ks-Kc-6h-As-9c

Michael doubles up. He has the largest cheering section, and they are quite loud indeed.

Charlie Marchese Busts 9th ($61,020)

Charlie Marchese shoves his remaining $1.5 million into the pot and it is folded around to Jeremy McLaughlin who wakes up with A/A and makes the easy call. Charlie has J/9 and will need some help.

The board comes out Q/3/J/2/4 and McLaughlin wins with his aces and takes Marchese out of our main event with over $60,000 for his efforts.

Blinds Up

Blinds are 100,000 / 200,000 with a 20,000 ante. Nine players are left. Let's go!

Going On Break

The players are on a 10 minute break while the $5,000 chips are colord up and taken out of play. We have 9 players remaining.

Shawn Pilot Eliminated in 10th ($39,663)

Steve Weinstein raises to 405,000 and Shawn Pilot calls. The flop is 5c-3s-3h and Shawn goes all in. Steve asks for a count. "One million and..."

Steve: "I call."

Steve: Js-Jd
Shawn: Kd-10d

The turn and river are 3d-10s and Shawn is eliminated. We're now at our official final table.

Jeremy McLaughlin Doubles

Anthony Merulla raises the pot to $750,000 and Jeremy McLaughlin in the big blind shoves all-in for 2 million total. He gets the call from Merulla holding the A/5 while McLaughlin has A/Q. The board comes out 9d/2s/2c/10h/Qd, shipping the pot to McLaughlin and putting him at nearly $5 million.

They Ain't Biting

Almost every player has threatened the table with an all-in raise preflop. However, nobody is taking the bait, even for a tenth of their stack to call. Tight is right at this table of 10, apparently.

Final 10

Here are the final 10 participants.

1. Anthony Merulla
2. Steve Weinstein
3. Frank Caldwell
4. Carl P
5. Jeremy McLaughlin
6. Todd Terry
7. Charlie Marchese
8. Ory Hen
9. Shawn Pilot
10. Michael Contessa

George Medrano Busts in 11th Place ($39,663)

With a flop of 3h/Qh/5s, George Medrano bets out $350,000 into the pot and is raised by Anthony Merulla who comes over the top with a raise to 1 million. Medrano gives some thought about his predicament and goes all-in. Merulla snap calls the bet and flips over 5/5 for the set while George has K/K. The turn and river come out 8c/7d and Medrano, after having had his stack chopped up in a previous hand from Merulla, has been eliminated.

Michael Contessa Doubles Again

Carl P raises to 160,000. Shawn Pilot re-raises to 460,000. Michael Contessa three-bets to 1,155,000 all in. Carl folds and Shawn goes into the tank. Eventually, he calls.

Shawn: Js-Jc
Michael: Qs-Qd

Board: 8s-Kd-As-Ks-4h

Michael doubles through.

Carl P. Shouts Out Again

More wishes from Carl P. as he wants to say a big hello and thanks to the Cosenza (sp?) gang and Aaron.

Anthony Merulla Hits a Huge Double Up

Anthony Merulla and George Medrano take a flop and see a 2s/Ad/Jh hit the board. George bets out $500,000 and Merulla re-raises and makes it 1 million. George wastes no time in moving his stack all-in and after about 2 minutes, Merulla makes the call for his remaining $3.4 million and throws down A/5 while George flips over A/K and has him in very bad shape. The turn does not change anything when the 8c hits the board but the 5c spikes on the river and Merulla hits his three outer shooting up from his chair yelling "One time....yes, finally one time!"

Ory Hen Doubles Again

Ory Hen is all in and Steve Weinstein calls.

Ory: 6h-6c
Steve: Ks-Qh

Board: Jc-8c-4d-2c-7s

Ory doubles up.

Nice Pot

Shawn Pilot raises to 325,000 and Carl P calls. The flop is 2s-6c-8s and both check. The turn is 3d and Carl bets 275,000. Shawn calls. The river is 2h and Carl bets 450,000. Shawn folds.

We are Back

Blinds are 80,000 / 160,000 with a 20,000 ante. Price just went up! We're now eleven handed. Let's go!

Carl P. Sends a Shout Out

Carl P. wanted to send a hello and shout out to Daniel C. who is watching tonight on the blog.

We wish Carl all the best as the tournament continues.

Break Time

The remaining 11 players are on a one-hour dinner break.

Marchese Stacks a Pot

The last PPI player standing just stacked a monster pot after making his opponent fold. Marchese shows A/K face-up and Seat 5 errupts with disapproval. "How can you play that?"

Marchese: "I wanted a call. I thought we were going to race."

Huge Pot Swing

Steve Weinstein raises to 325,000 and Shawn Pilot calls.

The flop is 3s-9c-4d and Shawn checks. Weinstein bets 350,000. Shawn calls.

The turn is 2c and Shawn bets 1,000,000. Weinstein calls.

The river is Qh and Shawn bets 3,000,000. Weinstein folds. One of the biggest pots of the day without an elimination or double up.

Kenneth Smaron Eliminated in 12th ($39,663)

The bustouts are fast and furious, folks!

Kenneth Smaron and Todd Terry are all in.

Kenneth 4-2
Todd: A-4

Board: A-2-4-A-x

Kenneth is out. We're down to 11, just like that.

Manny Minaya Eliminated in 13th ($28,984)

Manny Minaya and Michael Contessa get it all in.

Manny: Qc-10s
Michael: Ad-Qs

Board: 8c-10c-6c-As-4h

Manny is eliminated.

Mirsad Kovaci Busts 14th ($28,984)

Mirsad Kovaci sitting on a very short stack finally ships his chips all-in for $255,000 and gets a call from Jeremy McLaughlin in the big blind. Kovaci holds Jd/Qh versus Kd/2d for McLaughlin.

The flop comes down 3s/4h/3c helping neither player but the turn shoots McLaughlin into the lead when the Kh falls. The river is Ah and sends Kovaci home in 14th place.

Andrew Barta Eliminated in 15th ($28,984)

Andrew Barta shoves and Carl P calls.

Andrew: Ac-4s
Carl: Ad-Kd

Board: 7c-As-Qc-5d-3d

Andrew is out.

John Myung Eliminated in 16th ($18,306)

John Myung open-shoves on the button and Ory Hen calls.

John: Jd-10h
Ory: 7d-3c

Board: 8c-3s-2h-9d-8d

John got seventh place in September, so this is his second straight top-16 finish at Borgata Opens.

Steve Weinstein Doubles

On a flop of 3d-6s-3s, Steve Weinstein bets 500,000 and John Myung calls. The turn is 10c and Steve is all in for 1,065,000. Myung tanks for about eleven minutes and finally calls with Qc-Qd, but Steve has Kh-Kc. The river bricks out and Steve doubles up big. John has just 600,000 left.

John Myung Doubles

John Myung and Steve Weinstein get it all in preflop.

John: Qd-Qh
Steve: Ac-Kc

Board: 7d-9s-7s-4d-6h

John doubles up.

Level Up

We are $60,000/$120,000 with $10,000 ante.

Oh Look...It's Medrano Again

4 players take a flop that shows 3h/9d/10c and all players check the flop. The turn comes down a 5c and Todd Terry bets $250,000 while George and Shawn Pilot make the call. The river brings a Qs and it is checked around to Pilot who bets out $350,000, both Terry and Mederano make the call and George flips up Q/K for the rivered Queen and Terry mucks his hand with a visible look of disgust as he asks to have the dealer show Pilot's hand (A/4).

Medrano continues to increase his stack well over the $12 million mark.

Medrano Vs Pilot

Once again, George Medrano and Shawn Pilot have clashed with the same results. Mederano seems to have Pilot's number after he got Pilot to fold As/2s on a Ks/2s/5d board when he moved all-in, putting Pilot to a decision for his tournament life. Pilot folded his Nut flush draw.

Merulla vs. Terry

Anthony Merulla raises to 250,000. Todd Terry and George Medrano call.

The flop is 5h-Jh-5c and it's checked to Anthony, who bets 350,000. George folds. Todd calls.

The turn is 7h and both check.

The river is 10c and Todd checks. Anthony bets 300,000. Todd reacts in shock. "River a set of 10s?" he wonders. Todd makes the call and Anthony shows Ad-5d for flopped trips and the pot.