| World Poker Tour - Borgata Poker Open - Main Event Final | |
| by 2007 World Poker Tour Coverage | |
| Thursday, 20 September 2007 |
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World Poker Tour - Final of the Borgata Poker Open Main Event
Final table results for this event:
Friday, 21st of September 2007 12:07 AM
11:50pm Blinds are now 150k/300k with 30k antes. Play has resumed. Scott has 5.6 million and Roy has about 11.2 million. 12:01am Scott opened for 750k and Roy called. Flop was 4 Q 6 and Roy bet 1 million. After about a minute, Scott raised to 3 million. Roy quickly moved all in and Scott insta-called, showing AK off for two overcards. Roy rolled over pocket 4s for the set and he was way out in front. Scott could only win with two perfect runners, but it was not to be as the turn was a deuce and it is OVER!! Roy 'The Oracle' Winston finished in 1st place, earning $1,549,780 and the $25,500 seat in the WPT Season 6 Championship. Make that 'Dr. Roy Winston'. Roy is an anesthesiologist. Heung "Scott" Yoon finished in 2nd place, earning $832,725. Not a bad return on a $200 investment in a satellite. Thursday, 20th of September 2007 11:37 PM 11:23pm Roy moved all in pre-flop. Scott took a few seconds, said to Roy "no matter who wins, good game" then called all in (for about 5.5 million) showing A Short break while they deal with the cameras. Thursday, 20th of September 2007 11:07 PM 10:50pm Blinds are now up to 100k/200k with 20k antes. Heads-up play continues. Scott opened for 550k from the button and Roy called. Flop was 3 Scott is now over the 6 million chip mark. 11:07pm Roy opened for 500k from the button and Scott called. Flop was Q Q 2. Scott checked, Roy bet an even million and Scott went into the tank for a while, then called. Turn was the 6 Scott is now over the 7 million chip mark. Roy has about 9.6 million. Thursday, 20th of September 2007 10:37 PM About 50 hands into heads up play: Scott limped on the button and Roy kicked it up to 460k. Scott came over the top to the tune of 760k and Roy made the call and checked dark. Flop was A Thursday, 20th of September 2007 10:07 PM Play has resumed. Roy has 12.805 million to Scott's 4.01 million. Thursday, 20th of September 2007 09:37 PM 9:14pm Scott raised to 300k on the button and Roy moved all in. Scott called, showing Q9 offsuit. Roy was ahead with his A4 offsuit and we had a showdown like the one that bounced Haralabos. This time, however, the flop was J 8 4, giving Roy a pair, but giving Scott more outs with a straight-draw. Then the Ten came on the turn completing the gutshot and Scott doubled up to just over 3 million (leaving Roy with ~ 13.8 million). 9:37pm Level 32: Blinds 80k/160k with 20k antes. They're about 35 hands into heads-up play. Scott has stacked up a little. A couple of hands ago, they limped to the flop of A J 6, where Scott bet 300k and Roy called. Turn was the 8 They're taking a short break now. Thursday, 20th of September 2007 09:07 PM
8:51pm Level 31: Blinds 60k/120k with 10k antes. Play continues. Both of these guys are just happy to be here. They're chatting amiably -- none of that stone-cold poker face stuff. Roy is a cash-game player and has only been playing tournaments for a couple of years. He finished 26th in the WSOP Main Event this year. This is Scott's first tournament and he got in via a $200 satellite, so he's thrilled to be playing for $1.5 million. 9:05pm About 15 hands into heads-up play, Scott has taken a couple of small pots, but Roy is using his big-stack muscle to grind away at Scott's stack. Roy is approaching 15 million, leaving Scott with about 2 million. Thursday, 20th of September 2007 08:37 PM
Haralabos raised to 250k from the button. Roy made it 750k smooth from the big blind. After about half a minute, Haralabos announced all-in (2.21 million) and Roy called quickly, showing A Haralabos Voulgaris finished in 3rd place, earning $434.560. This is Haralabos' second WPT final table. He finished 2nd to Michael 'the Grinder' Mizrachi at the LA Poker Classic in 2005 and came close to the final table with an 8th place finish at the Bellagio Five Diamond in 2006. Play has paused as they prepare for heads-up play and film the money presentation. Chip counts for the final two:
Thursday, 20th of September 2007 08:07 PM Chip counts for the final three:
Still in the 50k/100k level. Play is back underway. Thursday, 20th of September 2007 07:37 PM
The final four have been jousting, but no big confrontations lately. Here are some rough chip counts:
As soon as I typed that, Mark got all in for 1.89 million against Roy. Mark held A Mark Weitzman finished in 4th place, earning $380,240. Mark has several WSOP final tables, all in Draw Lowball. He did cash in the WSOP Main Event this year, so he is no stranger to No-Limit Hold'em. They're now taking a 20 minute break. Thursday, 20th of September 2007 07:07 PM
On a flop of A Mike 'the Mouth' Matusow finished in 6th place, earning $271,600.
Eugene got his short-stack in with pocket 3s against Scott who held AK offsuit. It was off to the races. Eugene was sweating the board from the rail. The flop was J 9 7 and he was in the clear so far. Then a 2 came on the turn, putting him one step closer to another double up, but the river was the killer, a King, giving Scott the bigger pair and the pot. Eugene 'Mr Brooklyn' Todd finished in 5th place, earning $325,920. Level 30: Blinds 50k/100k with 10k antes. Play continues. Thursday, 20th of September 2007 06:37 PM Eugene moved his stack in and made the common mistake of forgetting the single 5k chip that was protecting his cards. Mike obliged by raising him all in (for 235k total). Eugene's A After everyone folded to him, Haralabos moved all in from the small blind, having Mark covered. Mark called all in from the big blind for 990k, showing A Players and audience are now returning from a 10 minute break. Here are the approximate chip counts:
Thursday, 20th of September 2007 06:07 PM The first big all-in confrontation came at about 5:55pm. Haralabos got all-in for 1.185 million and called by Eugene (who had 25k left after making the call). Haralabos' A On the next hand. Eugene put 5k in for the ante, then his other 20k went in for the big blind, so he was all in. Haralabos, Mark, and Mike (sb) all called the 80k big blind, so they're hoping to take Eugene out. There was 180k in the side pot. Flop was 8 Eugene had posted the 40k small blind and tossed the rest of his chips in when it was folded to him. Scott made the call from the big blind, showing Q Thursday, 20th of September 2007 05:37 PM Roy raised to 230k and Mark called from the big blind. On the J I've just been notified by WPT staff that I'm only allowed to post every 30 minutes, so that's when you should expect updates. Thursday, 20th of September 2007 05:28 PM Another change the WPT made this season is to follow the set tournament structure at the final table rather than jacking the blinds up every 30 minutes in order to accellerate play, so they will continue playing 75 minute levels. Due to the extended amount of time it took to eliminate the 7th place player, (they almost finished level 30 with 50k/100k blinds) an executive decision was made to roll the blinds back and start over at level 29, so... Level 29: Blinds 40k/80k with 5k antes. Cards are in the air. Thursday, 20th of September 2007 04:57 PM
Play should be underway shortly. Audience members are still being seated and Linda Johnson is warming up the crowd. Here are the final table players with their seat assignments and chip counts:
Several things have changed with the WPT this season (season 6) that you may or may not be aware of. The most significant to the TV audience is that the WPT has moved from the Travel Channel to the Game Show Network (GSN). Reruns of seasons 1-5 will still appear on the Travel Channel, but season 6 and new episodes will only be shown on GSN. That means that this final table, which will not air until some time in 2008, will show on GSN. The second big change is that WPT has signed an 'exclusive media' deal with CardPlayer media, which means that I am no longer able to cover this final table from the actual set -- I am relegated to the 'overflow' area, where I can only watch on monitors. I'll still bring you all the action, just will not have photos of the players from today.
Kaelaine Minton Reporting |
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and Roy checked again, Scott fired 400k, and Roy called, then checked-dark again. River was the Q





