A look at the other side from Borgata ladies tournament

We know the story of a man winning the ladies No-Limit Hold 'Em event at the Borgata, but rather than focus on him, Nicole Rowe's local newspaper focused on her success at the table and battle with breast cancer.

I enjoyed this story just because it humanizes the woman.

However, the story here offers opinion rather than fact when it states that Rowe has no hard feelings to Abraham Kirotki. Apparently, this newspaper didn't read the article on Philly.com.

New in this article was The Borgata donated $5,000 to a cancer foundation. According to the story in Philly.com, Kirotki plans to donate his winnings to charities, including a breast cancer foundation.

Good came out of this story by highlighting the terrible disease.

I wish Rowe the best for her future and for the sake of family and women every where, I hope she beats this disease.

From the Atlantic City Poker Happenings blog, good luck Nicole and beat this damn thing.

Results from Borgata $500K Deep Stack Poker Tournament

The final results for Borgata’s $500,000 Guaranteed Deep Stack Poker Tournament (August 9 – 12, 2008)

956 entries / $1,921,000 Prize Pool

1. ANTHONY BELLINO (YONKERS, NY) $443,201
2. MICHAEL CROSBY (GAINESVILLE, VA) $272,460
3. ROBERT MCLAUGHLIN (WASHINGTON, DC) $148,180
4. PETER MALKOUN (BROOK HAVEN, PA) $129,060
5. GEHRIG WHITE (CHARLOTTE, NC) $109,940
6. BRIAN O'DONOGHUE (BAYSIDE, NY) $90,820
7. IRVING MCKENZIE (SALISBURY, MD) $71,700
8. SUN CHA (ATLANTIC CITY, NJ) $52,580
9. MICAH RASKIN (OLD WESTBURY, NY) $38,240
10. ANTHONY CAMPAGNA (MANORVILLE, NY) $24,856
11. ROBERT SUCHOCKI (NUTLEY, NJ) $24,856
12. ROBERT WISIAK (RIDGEWOOD, NY) $24,856
13. MICHAEL KITREL (VIRGINIA BCH, VA) $18,164
14. VILAILAK SOUVANNARATVONGSEUK (WEST COLUMBIA, SC) $18,164
15. STEVE RYAN (LAKE RONKONKOMA, NY) $18,164
16. PATRICK GELINAS (ODENTON, MD) $11,472
17. RANDY PFEIFER (EAST AMHERST, NY) $11,472
18. GUY LOUIS CICCONI (CHADDS FORD, PA) $11,472
19. EMANUEL FAILLA (COMMACK, NY) $8,604
20. MIRZA OTOVIC (NEW YORK, NY) $8,604
21. ERIC MORRIS (MARIETTA, GA) $8,604
22. RONNIE BARDAH (BROCKTON, MA) $8,604
23. AVDO DJOKOVIC (STATEN ISLAND, NY) $8,604
24. JAMES CALDERARO (VENICE, FL) $8,604
25. MICHAEL SICA JR (N BRUNSWICK, NJ) $8,604
26. DAVID ZEITLIN (NEW YORK, NY) $8,604
27. JOSHUA GOLDSTEIN (NEW YORK, NY) $8,604
28. PHILIP NEIMAN (FLUSHING, NY) $7,266
29. KEVIN LANG (RALEIGH, NC) $7,266
30. JOHN FRANTZ (MENDHAM, NJ) $7,266
31. FARID EBRAHIM (FREDERICKSBURG, VA) $7,266
32. THOMAS SAVITSKY (RANDOLPH, NJ) $7,266
33. ANTHONY BERTUZZI (STATEN ISLAND, NY) $7,266
34. VINCENT VILLAMOR (MAYS LANDING, NJ) $7,265
35. MORAN DAVID (NEW YORK, NY) $7,265
36. CHRIS RAGAVANIS (OLD SAYBROOK, CT ) $7,265
37. RUSLAN DYKSHTEYN (STATEN ISLAND, NY) $6,118
38. ARTHUR PETERS (BRICK, NJ) $6,118
39. VIRGIL PAGE (BAYONNE, NJ) $6,118
40. WILLIAM DOLLAR (RALEIGH, NC) $6,118
41. CHARLES MARIANIK (LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ) $6,118
42. PASQUALE DIGIULIO (PHILADELPHIA, PA) $6,118
43. THOMAS DITROLIO (HAVERTOWN, PA) $6,118
44. MICHAEL NYE (EAST BRIDGEWATER, MA) $6,118
45. CLINT SCHAFER (BATON ROUGE, LA) $6,118
46. ANDREW KNEE (MOUNT SINAI, NY) $5,354
47. TONY SOUTHON (MILLVILLE, NJ) $5,354
48. GERALD ROGERS (YEADON, PA) $5,354
49. MARK SYKES (MIDDLETOWN, CT) $5,354
50. BRIAN HOLLYWOOD (PASADENA, MD) $5,354
51. RYAN JULIUS (NAPERVILLE, IL) $5,354
52. BRYAN BUONOCORE (CANTON, OH) $5,354
53. MITESH SHERE (BROOKLYN, NY) $5,354
54. ANTHONY ABRUZZO (FLORHAM PARK, NJ) $5,354
55. CHARLES HOOK (PHILADELPHIA, PA) $4,780
56. MARK DIKKER (MORGANVILLE, NJ) $4,780
57. MICHAEL STRAUSS (NEW YORK, NY) $4,780
58. SADRIJA VUCETA (NEW YORK, NY) $4,780
59. D HATZIDIMITRIS (WHITESTONE, NY) $4,780
60. JASON EMERSON (WHITE RIVER, VT) $4,780
61. MONTE HOOVER JR (STEUBENVILLE, OH) $4,780
62. ROBERT DEPASQUALE (RANDOLPH, NJ) $4,780
63. WAYNE LEWIS (BRIGANTINE, NJ) $4,780
64. ALEXANDER SHTEYMAN (EDISON, NJ) $4,206
65. DAVID FARAH (FAIRFIELD, NJ) $4,206
66. SCOTT GREENHOLTZ (WESTMINSTER, MD) $4,206
67. STEVEN LEVY (PEABODY, MA) $4,206
68. CHIN NGUYEN (SILVER SPRING, MD) $4,206
69. JOHN LECATO JR (BELLE HAVEN, VA) $4,206
70. ALBERT RICCOBONO (OSSINING, NY) $4,206
71. RICHARD COHEN (HUNTINGDON VALLEY, PA) $4,206
72. DEBORAH RAY (BLACK LICK, PA) $4,206
73. MARTY WONG (NAPA, CA) $3,824
74. JERRY HUMPHREY (GIBSONIA, PA) $3,824
75. ROBERT DICHIARA (BLUE BELL, PA) $3,824
76. JAMES WATKINS (LANDOVER, MD) $3,824
77. JASON FRAZEE (FORKED RIVER, NJ) $3,824
78. MARCUS HOUED (SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ) $3,824
79. TANIOS ABI-YAGHI (TOMS RIVER, NJ) $3,824
80. SERGUEI MITROCHINE (BROOKLYN, NY) $3,824
81. LAWRENCE RAO (FALLSTON, MD) $3,824
82. JOE WAGNER (ZEBULON, NC) $3,442
83. DAVID MERLINO (SMYRNA, GA) $3,442
84. WASYL STEPHEN ZALIWICIW (PHILADELPHIA, PA) $3,442
85. JESSE CHINNI (ELLICOTT CITY, MD) $3,442
86. CRAIG STEIN (MACEDONIA, OH) $3,442
87. ARMAN LATIF (RICHMOND, VA) $3,442
88. RICHARD CHANG (MISSION VIEJO, CA) $3,442
89. WILLIAM BLANDA (GALVESTON, TX) $3,442
90. PATRICK CARNEY (SCRANTON, PA) $3,442

About the Borgata Tournament

I had no plans in playing in the Borgata Deep Stack Tournament this weekend, but there are others who did and those who tried to play. As I find posts and blogs about experiences, I will post them in this thread only, so as not to cause to much clutter around the blog.

Here's entry #1: Waiting made this guy lose a spot in the tournament. Showering doesn't pay, apparently, but having an alternate ticket does. This is over at Stoxpoker.com

Entry #2: Buddy Dank also has a little info on the Borgata poker tournament. He also has links to other sites.

Entry #3: Actress Cheryl Hines was in the tournament and busted out early. The Courier Post in N.J. has a story about the Curb Your Enthusiasm star.

Entry #4: Here's a little blurb in Card Player about today's final table.

Too Busy to Play, Too Busy to Blog, Too Busy for Life

That's been me for the past month. I've been extremely busy with work and other things going on in my life, my blog had to take a little break. There has been news though, I just haven't had the time to bring it to you.

Let's see if I can fill you in quickly.

Revel has gotten final approval to go on with the project next to the Showboat. That should be exciting. I am looking forward to all of the new casinos coming about here in the next few years.

Borgata had to give money for the first time out of its own pocket for the Wednesday guaranteed tournaments. It was five people shy of the minimum they need not to pay out. The weather was awful that and it was midweek. Borgata paid up though. Good for them.

Harrah's BBJ is over $100,000 (last time I heard). I don't know if it's been hit in two days. All the talk I've heard about the type of people BBJs bring in, I didn't understand until now. I haven't played, but, gosh, the stories I've heard from dealers about the people they are dealing with is incredible. If I were playing on those games, there is a good shot I would have gotten kicked out.

That's all I got for now. Sorry, for the lack of updates. I'll try to get some more time in between those phone calls to update the blog.

If you've heard anything, let me know.

Live Borgata Poker Results

Yeah, I am not providing live results. (For a nominal fee, I would). However, there are people who are doing this for you and I will gladly point you in their direction.

It's easy to find - Borgata Poker

Tell them I sent you. You'll get nothing out of it and I will get even less.

No more Borgata midnight madness

I heard from a Borgata dealer last night that it was ending the midnight tournaments after the World Poker Tour stop is over. Apparently, the Borgata isn't making enough money off of these tournaments, so they are just getting rid of it.

The Taj's midnight madness has been popular, so the Borgata thought it would use that idea and just make it better. While the buy-in is slightly fairer and the structure is a little better, it just isn't doing well enough for the Borgata to want to keep it around.

I have never played in it, so I couldn't give you any personalized view on the tourney. I'm not a fan of the turbo tournaments, which this one was. The Borgata's rounds were 15 minutes long, only slightly better than the Taj's 12-minute rounds.

The Borgata Winter Poker Open Sked

Here are live results from the Winter Poker Open.

EVENT TOURNAMENT DATE TIME BUY-IN ENTRY 1 No Limit Hold’Em Tue, 1/15 11am $300 $50 2 No Limit Hold’Em Wed, 1/16 11am $500 $60 3 No Limit Hold’Em Thu, 1/17 11am $750 $60 4 No Limit Hold’Em Fri, 1/18 11am $1,000 $80 5 No Limit Hold’Em Sat, 1/19 11am $1,500 $100 6 WPT Ladies No Limit Hold’Em Sun, 1/20 11am $300 $50 7 Limit Hold'Em Sun, 1/20 12pm $300 $50 8 Modified Shoot Out Mon, 1/21 11am $300 $50 9 No Limit Hold'Em Tue, 1/22 11am $500 $60 10 No Limit Hold'Em Wed, 1/23 11am $2,500 $150 11 No Limit Hold'Em Thu, 1/24 11am $500 $60 12 No Limit Hold'Em Fri, 1/25 11am $5,000 $200 SUPER SATELLITE DAY Sat, 1/26 10am 13 WPT Borgata Poker Classic Championship Day 1 Sun 1/27 11am $9,700 $300 WPT Borgata Poker Classic Championship Day 2 Mon, 1/28 11am $9,700 $300 WPT Borgata Poker Classic Championship Day 3 Tue, 1/29 11am $9,700 $300 WPT Borgata Poker Classic Championship Day 4 Wed, 1/30 11am $9,700 $300 WPT Borgata Poker Classic Championship Final Event Thu, 1/31 5pm $9,700 $300 14 No Limit Hold'Em Sun, 1/27 12pm $1,000 $80 15 No Limit Hold'Em Mon, 1/28 12pm $500 $60 16 No Limit Hold'Em Tue, 1/29 12pm $300 $50

A friday night in Dec.

This time of year is usually dead when it comes to poker. But this week is always a good one. The World Series of Poker starts at Harrah's tomorrow and runs through the 18th. I don't play No-Limit often at Harrah's but this week, I try not to miss a day.

Harrah's is a nice room with great atmosphere. The dealers aren't the best in Atlantic City and if you could deal with that, you'll have a good time.

For those looking around the Resort, here are the Bad Beat Jackpots updated at the Harrah's properties:

Harrah's - 42,629
Caesars - 72,243
Showboat - 46,003
Bally's - 46, 935

If you can't come in this month, the Borgata has its Winter Poker Open next month. I love their slogan.

Snow in the Air, Ice in your Veins.

I get chills just typing it.