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Level 25: Blinds 20,000/40,000/40,000 BB Ante
Entries: 258
Remaining: 10
John Yanni
With the elimination of Joe Silva in 11th the Event 22 final table is now set and it’s John Yanni leading the way with 2,100,000. Abraham Korotki is right on his heels with about 1,800,000 and is closing in on his 10th Borgata Poker title.
Abraham Korotki
The players will battle it out here in the Signature Room into the early morning hours.
We will be crowing our last BSPO champion of the series and one of these players will take home $18,215 along with the Borgata Spring Poker Open trophy.
- $18,215
- $10,736
- $6,181
- $5,010
- $3,904
- $3,253
- $2,603
- $1,952
- $1,301
- $846
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Level 24: Blinds 15,000/30,000/30,000 BB Ante
Entries: 258
Remaining: 14
Ray R.
John Yanni raises to 67,000 from the cutoff and Ray R. calls from the big blind. They go heads up to the 
flop and Ray R. checks.
Yanni tosses out a bet of 120,000 and Ray R. check raises all in for 683,000. Yanni makes the call and they turn over the cards.
Yanni: 
Ray R.: 
The turn 
is no help to Yanni but the 
pairs Yanni on the river sending Ray R. to the rail. Yanni scoops another monster pot and extends his chip lead to over two million with just 14 players remaining.
John Yanni- 2,150,000
Ray R.- Eliminated in 15th Place ($716)
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Level 23: Blinds 12,000/24,000/24,000 BB Ante
Entries: 258
Remaining: 20
John Yanni
In one of the first hands back from break three players see a flop of 
. It checks to Alan Sansone who moves all in for about 350,000 and John Yanni makes the call.
Yanni: 
Sansone: 
Sansone shows bottom pair and an open ended straight draw and will need to improve against Yanni’s pocket jacks. The turn is the and Sansone makes his straight but he 
hits the river giving Yanni a straight to the jack.
Sansone is sent to the rail in 20th place earning $586 and Yanni is now in contention for the chip lead with 1,300,000.
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End of Level 22: Blinds 10,000/20,000/20,000 BB Ante
Entries: 258
Remaining: 20
The Event 22 players are now on a 15 minute color up break. We will pick back up on all the action when play resumes.
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Level 21: Blinds 8,000/16,000/16,000 BB Ante
Entries: 258
Remaining: 23
Bobby R. and his opponent were heads up on the 
flop. The player moved all in for about 100,000 and Bobby R. made the call.
His opponent showed 
for an open ended straight draw and would need to improve against the 
of Bobby R.
The turn brought the and the 
river sealed the deal for Bobby R. who scored the knockout.
Bobby R.- 675,000
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Level 20: Blinds 6,000/12,000/12,000 BB Ante
Entries: 258
Remaining: 27
Abraham Korotki
Abraham Korotki raises to 30,000 and the player next to act moves all in for 230,000. It folds back to Korotki who makes the call and the hands are shown.
Korotki:
Opponent: 
The dealer fans the 
flop and Korotki’s pocket tens maintain the lead. The turn 
and river 
seal the deal for Korotki to earn him the pot and the knockout.
Korotki extends his chip lead to 1,500,000 and the remaining 27 Event 22 players are now all in the money and guaranteed at least $586.
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Level 19: Blinds 5,000/10,000/10,000 BB Ante
Entries: 258
Remaining: 35
Eric Toby
Eric Toby was all in for about 90,000 holding 
against the 
of John Sykes. They saw a flop of 
and Sykes picked up the nut flush draw to go along with his over cards.
The hit the turn pairing Sykes and Toby began to stand up preparing to make his exit but the 
completed the board.
Toby rivered a full house with nines full of fives and can sit back down to stack his newly acquired chips.
Eric Toby- 190,000
John Sykes- 225,000
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Level 19: Blinds 5000/10,000/10,000 BB Ante
Entries: 258
Remaining: 37
Average: 278,000
Bobby R. on 4 has 700,000.
Abraham Korotki raises a small blind complete and takes it. He is a little over 600,000 at the moment.
Richard Cappadona, right, has risen to over 500,000. It’s Richard who apparently busted Howard earlier, not John Sykes, left.
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Level 19: Blinds 5,000/10,000/10,000 BB Ante
Entries: 258
Remaining: 40
John Yanni
John Yanni had just doubled his stack holding 
against his opponents . The very next hand a player moved all in from middle position for about 90,000 and Yanni made the call.
Yanni: 
Opponent: 
The dealer spread the flop and the player paired his eight to take the lead. The turn 
was no help to Yanni and he would need a five on the river to score the knockout.
Sure enough the completed the board and Yanni spiked his two outer sending his opponent to the rail. Yanni who was just short stacked moments ago is now sitting behind a very healthy stack of close to 400,000 as we approach the Event 22 money bubble.
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End of Level 18: Blinds 400/8000/8000 BB Ante
Entries: 258
Remaining: 41
Average: 251,000
Armando Then pick off a drowning stack on 1 with top set, and rises to 500,000. Meanwhile, Korotki has joined his table.
On 4, decision for stacks. in a four way raised pot, Bobby R. checks flop as PFR…
Key action for Eric Toby on four. Bobby R opened to 20,00, getting a call from Toby, as well Larry and Larry Jr behind.
On 
, Larry checked in flow, then Bobby checked. Toby took over the lead with 40,000, getting folds back to Bobby. After a long pause, he check raised all in for 143,500 more.
…and check-raised, all-in.
Toby was put in a quandry. He’d have 80,000 or so left – ten bigs – if he was behind and lost. Eventually, he announed to Bobby he was “going to make a big laydown for you,” and turned over his hand.
Toby mucks his AQ at the board and face up, giving the pot to Bobby uncontested. Toby hangs on to a little more than 200,000.
A short break will end in a few minutes.