Event Wrap Up

The Borgata was home to yet another great poker tournament. Players showed up from all over the globe to compete in this premier 500k Guaranteed Deep Stack Event. The player-friendly staff and tournament structure at The Borgata are simply unmatched. Another successful event and job well done by Tab and his tournament staff.

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Final Results

FINAL RESULTS

Borgata $500K Guaranteed Deep Stack
$1500 + $150 No Limit Hold'em
May 17-20, 2009

626 Entries
$939,000 Prize Pool

1. LAWRENCE RAO (FALLSTON, MD): $260,478
2. MICAH RASKIN (OLD WESTBURY, NY): $140,850
3. ERIC DOERR (NEWARK, DE): $72,772
4. JOSHUA BRIKIS (MONROEVILLE, PA): $63,382
5. DANIEL SMETHURST (CHARLOTTE, NC): $53,992
6. STEVEN CHO (DERWOOD, MD): $44,603
7. JEREMY SCHOFER (WASHINGTON, DC): $35,213
8. DREW JOHNSON (BRIDGEWATER, NJ): $25,823
9. ANTONIO CAVEZZA (HUNTINGTON STATION, NY): $18,780
10. H-BARRY TREMBETZKY (TORONTO, CAN): $12,207
11. JAMES ST HILAIRE (GLEN BURNIE, MD): $12,207
12. ADAM BRAGAR (NEW YORK, NY): $12,207
13. MANISH PATEL (BURLINGTON, NJ): $8,921
14. JOHN MCCANN (BOOTHWYN, PA): $8,921
15. MARK REYNOLDS (ELDERSBURG, MD): $8,921
16. SALVATORE SIMEONE (DENVILLE, NJ): $5,634
17. MICHAEL DENTALE (BROOKLYN, NY): $5,634
18. FRED MOSKOWITZ (MORGANVILLE, NJ): $5,634
19. IRAJ RAZMJOU (MCLEAN, VA): $4,226
20. EDWARD JACOBS (HAUPPAUGE, NY): $4,226
21. JOSEPH BROOKS (EGG HARBOR TWP, NJ): $4,226
22. JERRY MAHER (WARREN, NJ): $4,226
23. ANDERSON ALMONTE (BRONX, NY): $4,226
24. RICHARD ROSSETTI (VENTNOR, NJ): $4,226
25. LUIS NARGENTINO (FLORAL PARK, NY): $4,226
26. JERRY BURGESS (LOUISBURG, NC): $4,226
27. ANTONIO WALKER (GREENBELT PG, MD): $4,226
28. IAN SEARING (SMITHTOWN, NY): $3,568
29. JOHN RENZI (BOOTHWYN, PA): $3,568
30. SIROUS JAMSHIDI (BROOMALL, PA): $3,568
31. DONALD MATUSOW (BRYN MAWR, PA): $3,568
32. BRUCE BARTFELD (CHURCHVILLE, MD): $3,568
33. DAVID KING (BROOKLYN, NY): $3,568
34. TAE BAIK (COLMAR, PA): $3,568
35. CARL PION (BRAMPTON, CAN): $3,568
36. JOHN LAKATOSH (RED LION, PA): $3,568
37. MICHAEL DICHIARO (WOODCLIFF LK, NJ): $3,005
38. JARED DIFILIPPO (ORELAND, PA): $3,005
39. FEMING CHAN (WEST WINDSOR, NJ): $3,005
40. JOSEPH CURCIO (YONKERS, NY): $3,005
41. JAMES MAGEE (MASTIC, NY): $3,005
42. TAM CHI LY (LANSDALE, PA): $3,005
43. JOSHUA PAUL (NEW YORK, NY): $3,005
44. DAVID WILLIAMS (WEST READING, PA): $3,005
45. EDWARD BETLOW (MORRIS PLAINS, NJ): $3,005
46. DHARMESH PATEL (PAWTUCKET, RI): $2,629
47. MATTHEW BURNITZ (WILMINGTON, DE): $2,629
48. ROBERT MERULLA (NEW YORK, NY): $2,629
49. ALEX SMITH (HIGHLAND PARK, NJ): $2,629
50. ANTHONY CASAGRANDE (MEDFORD, NY): $2,629
51. JENNIFER SHERWOOD (NEWPORT NEWS, VA): $2,629
52. DEAN JOHNSON (EASTON, PA): $2,629
53. DANIEL MCGOVERN (S GLENS FALLS, NY): $2,629
54. ANTONIO SCHIANO (FARMINGDALE, NJ): $2,629
55. DAVID INSELBERG (NEW YORK, NY): $2,441
56. IAN PALOMO (SAN ANTONIO, TX): $2,441
57. JOHN MCEWEN (NAZARETH, PA): $2,441
58. RICHARD HALL (BRISTOW, VA): $2,441
59. GREGORY FISHBERG (WILLOW GROVE, PA): $2,441
60. SHAKHIN MAMEDOV (BROOKLYN, NY): $2,441
61. MICHAEL MORGOUSKY (BROOKLYN, NY): $2,441
62. CHRISTOPHER BELL (RALEIGH, NC): $2,441
63. ROBERT CERMINARA (MT LAUREL, NJ): $2,441

Its Over...

After 3 long days of poker, The Borgata 500k Deep Stack Event ended abruptly and finally crowned a champion. Businessman and full-time poker player, Larry Rao (Baltimore, MD) battled with a short stack through Days 1 and 2, then fought his way to the Final Table and ended up with all the chips. Congratulations Larry, well played sir.

1st - Larry Rao (Baltimore, MD) wins $260,478
2nd - Micah Raskin (Long Island, NJ) wins $140,850
3rd - Eric Doerr (Newark, DE) wins $72,772

Official Final Results coming soon...

The Final Table

Seat 10 - Barry Trembetzky (Toronto, Canada) Seat 9 - Drew Johnson (Bridgewater, NJ)
Seat 8 - Josh Brikis (Philadelphia, PA)

Seat #7 - Steven Cho (Derwood, MD)

Seat 6 - Daniel Smethurst (Charlotte, NC)

Seat 5 - Jeremy Schofer (Washington, DC)

Seat 4 - Eric Doerr (Newark, DE)

Seat 3 - Micah Raskin (Long Island, NY)

Seat 2 - Larry Rao (Baltimore, MD)

Seat 1 - Tony "Bagels" Cavezza (Huntington Station, NY)

10 Left

11th - James St. Hilaire (College Park, MD) wins $12,207

No Kicker

James St. Hilaire (College Park, MD) is crippled and left with only $195k after shoving A8 into the AK of Eric Doerr (Newark, DE). The very next hand, the young kid from College Park was eliminated.

11 players remaining
Avg Chip Stack - $1,707,200

11 Left

12th - Adam Grabar (New York, NY) wins $12,207

2 Big Hands

New York City cash game pro and Fordham University grad student, Adam Grabar runs AK into pocket Aces to end his tournament deep on Day 3.

Suited One Gapper

Larry Rao wins a pot worth $1.8 million with 6h8h when he rivers a straight to steal the pot from high-stakes cash game player Adam Grabar.

Still 12 Left

Table 2 Table 1

Info Update

12 players remaining
Avg Chip Stack - $1,565,000

In it to Win it

Drew Johnson shoves his remaining $760k into the pot with AQ
pre-flop, runs a coinflip vs pocket 10's, flops an Ace and stays alive.

Still Alive

Eric Doerr (Newark, DE) shoves his J3 offsuit and short stack into chipleader Micah Raskin and gets called by KQ, the board comes all baby cards and Doerr rivers a straight to stay alive.

Adam Grabar, Josh Brikis and Micah Raskin remain among the chipleaders.

12 Left

13th - Manny Patel (Burlington, NJ) wins $8,921
14th - "Juke Box" John (Garnett Valley, PA) wins $8,921

Update Info

Micah Raskin collects another pot as his AQ eliminates a short-stack with Td4d, Rasskin currently sits with $4.2 million.

Manny Patel loses a coinflip with 44 vs KT and is eliminated.

14 Left

15th - Mark Reynolds (Eldersburg, MD) wins $8,921.

Suckout City

Drew Johnson calls off his last 455k with KJ, after Mark Reynolds shoves all-in from the Big Blind. Reynolds, who took 4th in Borgata's last DeepStack Event, shows pocket Kings but loses the pot when Johnson comes from wayyy behind to flop the broadway straight.

Update

Fordham grad student Adam Grabar wins a coinflip with pocket 8's vs the AK suited of "Juke Box" John and takes his stack over $2 million.

Daniel Smethurst continues to tap the "Stir Stick" as he collects another small pot uncontested from the Big Blind.

15 players remaining
Avg Chip Stack - $1,252,000

AA v 99

Drew Johnson makes quad Aces after getting AA in preflop vs Mark Reynolds' pocket 9's. A few players have requested another 15-minute break to discuss another possible chop.

Play Finally Resumes

Play is continuing with 15 players left, no chop has been announced.
Blinds @ - 30,000/60,000/3,000

Back from Dinner

Players are back from Dinner Break and currently discussing a 15-way chop where each player would receive the same amount of prize money, details coming soon.

Dinner Break

All players currently on a 1-hour dinner break
Play will resume at 7:15 pm.

Cold Deck

"Bagels" runs into another cooler when his pocket Kings run into the pocket Aces of "Juke Box" John. The Juke Box rental man from Philly doubles up to $1.4 million.

Large Pot to Micah

Our first 4-way pot of the day sends more chips to Micah Raskin.
"Juke Box" John, "Bagels" and Adam Grabar get outta' the way when Raskin check-raises the Q-high flop to ship the pot his way.

Break in 12 minutes.

Break Coming Up

Play is extremely slow as most players have "snugged up" and aren't putting any chips in the pot.

All players will take a 1-hour break in 20 minutes.
15 players remaining.

More Action

Mark Reynolds shows up with 93 offsuit and gets lucky to flop two pair against the AJ offsuit. Reynolds collects a $1.2 million pot and becomes one of the tournament chipleaders.

"Bagels" Cavezza check-raises the flop with just a flush draw to run a semi-bluff forcing Manny Patel to lay down top pair.

Cho Doubles

Steven Cho (Derwood, MD) doubles his short stack with pocket Aces and stays alive with 15 players left.

Queen City Kid

The "lucky Stir Stick" of Daniel Smethurst

has taken his stack to $1.7 million.

Another Flip

With the help of his twin brothers on the rail, Micah Raskin collects a monster pot when his AK rivers an Ace to win a coinflip vs pocket 9's. Paul Rao is crippled and needs help.

Flippin'

Adam Bragar open to 80k, "Bagels" Cavezza re-raises to 300k from the Big Blind, Bragar moves all-in with AJ offsuit and gets called by the pocket 9's of "Bagels." An ace flops and the tournament favorite loses a big coinflip.

15 Left

15 players remaining

Blinds @ 20,000/40,000/3,000a

Avg Chip Stack - $1.25 million

Good Guy Gone

Sal Simone moved in his last 514k with JJ and lost a coinflip to Jeremy Schofer's AK.

16th place - Sal Simeone (Florham Park, NJ) wins $5,634

Tight Play

Big Stacks Josh Brikis, "Bagels" Cavezza and James St. Hilaire continue to "raise it up" and steal blinds, play has tightened up with only 16 players remaining.

Local Favorite

"Bagels" Cavezza ships a big pot after putting a bunch of chips in the pot preflop and getting the remainder of his stack in when a 9 hits turn, his opponent folds and Tony "Bagels" shows pocket 9's. "Bagels" has to be the favorite with only 16 players left...with tournament experience and a tons of chips, I hope his boy Eric will follow the blog and Cavezza's march to the Final Table.

Double Up

James St. Hilaire (College Park, MD) just doubled up through Larry Rao when his A3 outflopped pocket 7's, the short stack stays alive.

Avg Chip Stack - $1.13 million

Update

Jeremy Schofer (Washington, DC) is all-in and behind with A3 vs AQ, the miracle 3 comes off on 5th street and the kid from our nations' capital scoops the $692k pot.

Sal Simeone is fighting with a short stack, as he sits with close to $700k.

Drew Johnson doubles through Mark Reynolds when his pocket Q's hold up against pocket 10's.
DJ is now strong in chips with over 1.3 million.

Players aren't seeing too many flops as play has slowed down since returning from break.

Back to the Grind

Players are back from break.
Blinds @ 20,000/40,000/4,000a.
16 players remaining.

One of the Chipleaders

Manny Patel currently sits with over $1.6 million in chips.

on Break

"Juxebox John" collects more chips and becomes dangerous, while Josh Brikis, Manny Patel, "Bagels" Cavezza and Barry Trembetzky round out the Chipleaders.

Players currently on a 15-minute break.
16 players remaining.

16 Left

"Mikey Unbelievable" runs AK into pocket Aces and ends his day.

17th place - Mike Dentale (Brooklyn , NY) wins $5,634

17 Left

18th place - Fred Moskowitz (Morganville, NJ) wins $5,634

18 Left

The Chip Racks are out as the remaining 18 players

break down to 2 tables.

Another one Gone

Edward Jacobs (Long Island, NY) has been eliminated after 3 solid days of play. His pokcet 7's go down to 65 suited and the hard-working DJ is sent back to the city

Brooks Gone

"Joey TheB" was crippled when his AK lost vs pocket 6's, he shoved the rest of his chips in with Q4 and was sent packing when he couldn't improve vs pocket 3's. The Hometown favorite continues his consistant play with another impressive performance.

With 21 players remaining, Micah Raskin remains the chipleader with $2.2 million.

Update Info

22 players remaining

Avg Chip Stack - $894,285

Blinds @ 15,000/30,000/3,000a

Must be Nice

Adam Bragar flat called a 75k raise and flopped a straight holding 68 of hearts. Jerry Maher (Hoboken, NJ) moved allin on the turn and was emliminated in 23rd place when Adam showed him the bad news.

"I was going to 3-bet him preflop, but I didn't want him to fold, I knew what was coming."

Cavezza loses Chips

Tony "Bagels" tanks an all-in on the turn after the action has been raised and re-raised. Bagels takes off his headphones and sunglasses before throwing his hand away, when he asks, "Whaddya' have?" the shy newcomer replies, "I don't remeber."

The Final Table awaits...

22 players currently remaining

KK v JJ

Larry Rao (Baltimore, MD) eliminated Vincent Rossetti (Ventnor, NJ) when both players flopped set over set. The "unlucky cold deck" sends Rossetti to the rail and puts Rao back in the hunt.

Playing Down

Micah Raskin (Long Island, NY) has emerged as one of the chipleaders with $1.7 million in his stack.