Day 2 of the Borgata Summer Open Main Event is scheduled to restart at 11am and most of the players were here early preparing to play down to the final 18. There are 131 players starting the day with an average stack of T132,000 and blinds at 1500/3000/500.
"Little Nicky" Frangos is sitting above par at 199,000, 2008 World Series of Poker Event 17 bracelet winner Jason Young is still around with 127,700 and Matt "ALL IN AT 420" Stout (would make Dr. Pauly proud) is alive and smoking with 74,000.
Cards will be in the air shortly and Riggs will keep you up to date.
Monday, June 23, 2008
Sunday, June 22, 2008
End of Day 1
131 left at the end of day one... The plan is to play down to two tables by tomorrow night.
The average stack is $132k and players are on edge. Lots of arguments, lots of bad beats, and tons of just silly suckouts.
Tomorrow starts at 11am and we will be back at that time...
The average stack is $132k and players are on edge. Lots of arguments, lots of bad beats, and tons of just silly suckouts.
Tomorrow starts at 11am and we will be back at that time...
Random Observations
Just a few observations from the last two hours:
- I've already given up hitting the smoking area during the breaks. It's fun to listen to the chatter but the broke players have begun attacking my stash of Cowboy Killers. At $500 a pack in the casino I can't afford to give them away anymore.
- Mr. Jimmy Woods is out. Apparently Oscar nominations are not enough to save you from pushing with the ass-end into the nuts. Now we have something in common besides neither of us having won an Oscar.
- Noodles of the World. Bacon rolls and BBQ pork. Sometimes life is just too good.
- I have even more respect for the guys like Pauly who do the live reporting jobs. Being color-blind is a definite hinderance to gathering chip counts.
- I've already given up hitting the smoking area during the breaks. It's fun to listen to the chatter but the broke players have begun attacking my stash of Cowboy Killers. At $500 a pack in the casino I can't afford to give them away anymore.
- Mr. Jimmy Woods is out. Apparently Oscar nominations are not enough to save you from pushing with the ass-end into the nuts. Now we have something in common besides neither of us having won an Oscar.
- Noodles of the World. Bacon rolls and BBQ pork. Sometimes life is just too good.
- I have even more respect for the guys like Pauly who do the live reporting jobs. Being color-blind is a definite hinderance to gathering chip counts.
Live updates
Players head to a 15 minute break after level 1o. Level 11 brings $800/$1600 blinds with a $300 ante.
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James Woods is out... At table 2 he shoved his bottom end into the Nut straight for 89k and that was that. Eric Seigel, who was also in the hand got away from it with top two (AT).
It was just annouced that they will be playing to the end of level 13 which will take us down to just about 1am.
We are down to just about 200 players with an average stack of 84k.
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James Woods is out... At table 2 he shoved his bottom end into the Nut straight for 89k and that was that. Eric Seigel, who was also in the hand got away from it with top two (AT).
It was just annouced that they will be playing to the end of level 13 which will take us down to just about 1am.
We are down to just about 200 players with an average stack of 84k.
Finally in the house
Better late than never, I fought my way through ridiculous Sunday afternoon Philly traffic, lousy roast beef sandwich and a massive hangover to make it to the Borgata to witness some outstanding donkery. The lemurs are out in force, we're watching players in a huge deep stack event play the game like it's a super turbo. T50,000 to start, 25/50 blinds. People still busted out on the first hand.
I'm starting to remember how much fun you can have just spending a little time outside smoking when the players are on break. They all have a bad beat story and giving it up to anyone who will listen. I won't. My own bad beat story for the day was nearly dumping a 2 gallon tub of Coke just outside the rail. My cat-like reflexes were the only thing that saved me from complete embarrassment.
The upside is having the media table sitting directly outside of the cocktail pickup area. Riggstad has spent most of the day saying "omigod omigod omigod". I don't even look up anymore when he does it. I can never tell whether he's saying it about a cocktail waitress or if he's swooning over Jimmy Woods 20 feet away. He has a horrid man crush. (We're still arguing over which was his best cartoon cameo. I say Family Guy, he says the Simpsons)
I'll spend the next few hours walking around to get a feel for the tournament as it goes along. I've already seen enough to fill up 3 days worth of posts and I'll try to slim it down. Once that is done I can hit the conveniently located craps table just outside the poker room.
I'm starting to remember how much fun you can have just spending a little time outside smoking when the players are on break. They all have a bad beat story and giving it up to anyone who will listen. I won't. My own bad beat story for the day was nearly dumping a 2 gallon tub of Coke just outside the rail. My cat-like reflexes were the only thing that saved me from complete embarrassment.
The upside is having the media table sitting directly outside of the cocktail pickup area. Riggstad has spent most of the day saying "omigod omigod omigod". I don't even look up anymore when he does it. I can never tell whether he's saying it about a cocktail waitress or if he's swooning over Jimmy Woods 20 feet away. He has a horrid man crush. (We're still arguing over which was his best cartoon cameo. I say Family Guy, he says the Simpsons)
I'll spend the next few hours walking around to get a feel for the tournament as it goes along. I've already seen enough to fill up 3 days worth of posts and I'll try to slim it down. Once that is done I can hit the conveniently located craps table just outside the poker room.
Live Updates
Note to all: We are scheduled to start coverage as soon as we work some technical issues out. Our Apologies... IT
Dinner break in one hour and James Woods is down to 118k. Aaron Dugay is sitting on 131k in chips and rolling a nice little table in front of us. Play seems to have slowed down a bit with most of the short stacks trying to avoid going out before dinner break. Larry Goldstein is sitting on over 120k when he scooped three big pots. The first one was an all-in he called from the BB holding AK. The victim was a shorty in the sb who made his move with just over 15k in chips, and holding J5os. Larry avoided the gutter ball on the flop and he continued to surf the rush over the next three hands.
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Down to 270 with some movement in chip stacks. James Woods is sitting somewhere near the 200k mark and is holding more than his own.
There are a ton of cashers from the 500k guarantee here seemingly parlaying their efforts from the event in May to play in this. all seem to be above the high water mark of about 80k in chips.
Not so many beats as of yet, but is usually the case as the victims normally take off like they have been cattle prodded and never get to tell anyone other than their friends. The dinner break is coming up soon and we hope to have the broadcast up by 8pm.
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As I walk around the room to see who is doing well, and who isn't, you get the feeling of doom and gloom more so than anticipation and excitement. Thats how these deep stacks go.
Everyone starts out with 50k in chips in this event and you see guys with 40k looking around at the guys with 70k and thinking and acting like short stacks. The more experienced players are playing their stacks as they should be while the less experienced look desperate trying to get back to even, but unwilling to chance almost anything.
I watched one guy throw his Ipod against the floor early on when his AA went busto against KK when the inevitable K ball hit the river. Fun times are sure to be had here over the next few hours, and days, as more craziness is bound to ensue. We'll keep you updated.
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We have the payouts for the event and with a $5k entry and its no joke...
Among the field are Adam Gerber, James Woods, Larry Goldstein, Alvin Delgado, Mark Reynolds, and Schuyler Twaddle.
The payouts:
1 - $500,250
2 - $289,800
3 - $143, 175
4 - $120,750
5 - $103,500
6 - $86,250
7 - $69,000
8 - $51,750
9 - $34,500
10 - 12 - $22,425
13 - 15 - $17,250
16 - 18 - $12,075
19 - 27 - $10,350
28 - 36 - $8,625
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Well away we go.... Here at the Borg and they currently have 342 players, with more registering. The field will probably hit the 350 mark which is an increase from last year.
In the field is James Woods (yes, the actor), who will be starting shortly after registering late. Larry Goldstein is also in the field having arrived from Vegas just 4 hours ago.
Look for updates as we get them...
Dinner break in one hour and James Woods is down to 118k. Aaron Dugay is sitting on 131k in chips and rolling a nice little table in front of us. Play seems to have slowed down a bit with most of the short stacks trying to avoid going out before dinner break. Larry Goldstein is sitting on over 120k when he scooped three big pots. The first one was an all-in he called from the BB holding AK. The victim was a shorty in the sb who made his move with just over 15k in chips, and holding J5os. Larry avoided the gutter ball on the flop and he continued to surf the rush over the next three hands.
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Down to 270 with some movement in chip stacks. James Woods is sitting somewhere near the 200k mark and is holding more than his own.
There are a ton of cashers from the 500k guarantee here seemingly parlaying their efforts from the event in May to play in this. all seem to be above the high water mark of about 80k in chips.
Not so many beats as of yet, but is usually the case as the victims normally take off like they have been cattle prodded and never get to tell anyone other than their friends. The dinner break is coming up soon and we hope to have the broadcast up by 8pm.
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As I walk around the room to see who is doing well, and who isn't, you get the feeling of doom and gloom more so than anticipation and excitement. Thats how these deep stacks go.
Everyone starts out with 50k in chips in this event and you see guys with 40k looking around at the guys with 70k and thinking and acting like short stacks. The more experienced players are playing their stacks as they should be while the less experienced look desperate trying to get back to even, but unwilling to chance almost anything.
I watched one guy throw his Ipod against the floor early on when his AA went busto against KK when the inevitable K ball hit the river. Fun times are sure to be had here over the next few hours, and days, as more craziness is bound to ensue. We'll keep you updated.
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We have the payouts for the event and with a $5k entry and its no joke...
Among the field are Adam Gerber, James Woods, Larry Goldstein, Alvin Delgado, Mark Reynolds, and Schuyler Twaddle.
The payouts:
1 - $500,250
2 - $289,800
3 - $143, 175
4 - $120,750
5 - $103,500
6 - $86,250
7 - $69,000
8 - $51,750
9 - $34,500
10 - 12 - $22,425
13 - 15 - $17,250
16 - 18 - $12,075
19 - 27 - $10,350
28 - 36 - $8,625
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Well away we go.... Here at the Borg and they currently have 342 players, with more registering. The field will probably hit the 350 mark which is an increase from last year.
In the field is James Woods (yes, the actor), who will be starting shortly after registering late. Larry Goldstein is also in the field having arrived from Vegas just 4 hours ago.
Look for updates as we get them...
Borgata Championship Coverage
The Borgata Summer Open Championship will be broadcast on Live Poker Radio. The $5000 Buy-In + $200 Entry No Limit Hold'Em tournament will start on Sunday June 22nd at 11 A EDT and our coverage will be sporadic on the first day.
However, we will have our live blog going all day long.
Join the entire LivePokerRadio crew for coverage of the Borgata Summer Championship here.
We will post the links to all audio here on the blog.
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However, we will have our live blog going all day long.
Join the entire LivePokerRadio crew for coverage of the Borgata Summer Championship here.
We will post the links to all audio here on the blog.
Thanks for listening to LivePokerRadio.Com
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