Poker Legend Back on Top of the 'World' Winning $1.6 Million at The Borgata Winter Open/World Poker Tour Main Event
31 Janeiro 2007 - 8:48PM
PR Newswire (US)
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., Jan. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- John "Johnny World"
Hennigan makes history winning the World Poker Tour (WPT) Main
Event at the Borgata Winter Poker Open. Hennigan joins Daniel
Negreanu as the only player to win a World Poker Tour title, a
World Series Of Poker (WSOP) Bracelet (Hennigan has won two), and
the US Poker Championship. Not only did "Johnny World" win $1.6
Million for first place, he re-established himself among today's
poker elite. (Photo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070131/NYW197 ) A lively
studio audience of family, friends, and poker enthusiasts filled
the Borgata Event Center for the start of the televised WPT Final
Table. Audience members barely took their seats when John James was
the first player eliminated winning $276,935 for sixth place. The
next player to exit the Final Table was Michael Sukonic of
Warminster, PA, winning $332,322 for fifth place. The level of play
and intensity rose dramatically with four players left. Joseph
Simmons, a Philadelphia native and former manager of the Grammy
award-winning hip-hop group, The Roots, won $387,709 in fourth
place. Professional poker player and WSOP Bracelet Winner, John
Gale, slid down the leader board before finally being eliminated
from the tournament. The British-born player won $443,096 for his
third place finish. Following the money presentation ceremony, the
2007 Borgata Winter Poker Open featured a heads-up match between a
premier professional and an amateur tournament player. As play
resumed, Hennigan was the favorite to beat Charles Kelley of
Stanton, VA. Kelley, a retired stockbroker, made several runs for
the chip lead, but in the end, it was "Johnny World's" night.
Hennigan grew up in Philadelphia and Atlantic City. He started
playing pool as a young man, and eventually moved to the
professional ranks. "Johnny World," who got his start playing poker
with friends in the neighborhood, began playing professionally in
Atlantic City. The likes of Phil Ivey and Daniel Negreanu have
commented that "Johnny World" is one of the best cash game players
on the planet. Aside from his reputation in the cash games,
Hennigan gained attention at the Final Table of the first-ever
World Poker Tour televised event, where he finished fourth. After
experiencing significant success as a poker player, "Johnny World"
went through a period outside the spotlight, opting to take some
time away from the game to reprioritize and refresh. Last night
displayed the end result of Hennigan's perseverance. After the
presentation at the end of the tournament, Hennigan finally seemed
to relax. "I've played a lot of poker tournaments; they're exciting
and brutal," commented a smiling Hennigan. "I'm completely in shock
right now. I've won a few tournaments in the past, and it usually
doesn't sink in for the first couple hours. I'm just soaking it in.
Two hours from now it will really hit me." The Borgata Winter
Open/Borgata Poker Classic event will air on the Travel Channel in
Spring 2007. About Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa Borgata is a
joint venture of Boyd Gaming Corporation (NYSE:BYD) and MGM MIRAGE
(NYSE:MGM). Located at Renaissance Pointe in Atlantic City, it
features 2,000 guest rooms and suites, 161,000 square feet of
gaming, 200 gaming tables, 4,100 slot machines, 12 destination
restaurants, 12 retail boutiques, a 54,000 square foot spa, 70,000
square feet of event space, and parking for 7,100 cars. For more
information on Borgata or to obtain a copy of this press release,
please visit http://www.theborgata.com/ or use AOL keyword:
borgata. Additional news and information on Boyd Gaming can be
found at http://www.boydgaming.com/; additional information on MGM
MIRAGE can be found at http://www.mgmmirage.com/. About WPTE WPT
Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ:WPTE) is a company engaged in the
creation of internationally branded entertainment and consumer
products driven by the development, production, and marketing of
televised programming based on gaming themes. WPTE is the creator
of the World Poker Tour(R), a television show based on a series of
high-stakes poker tournaments that airs on the Travel Channel in
the United States and more than 150 markets globally. With the WPT
in its fifth season, WPTE has launched a second series on the
Travel Channel, the Professional Poker Tour(TM), which focuses on
the play of poker's leading stars. WPT also operates a real-money
online gaming website, http://www.wptonline.com/, which prohibits
wagers from players in the U.S. and other restricted jurisdictions.
WPT Enterprises currently licenses its brand to companies in the
business of poker equipment and instruction, apparel, publishing,
electronic and wireless entertainment, DVD/home entertainment,
casino games, and giftware. The company is also engaged in the sale
of corporate sponsorships. For show information, tools for
improving poker play, and other WPT news, fans may log on to
http://www.worldpokertour.com/. WPT Enterprises, Inc. is a majority
owned subsidiary of Lakes Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ:LACO). Photos
and media information can be found online at:
http://www.worldpokertour.com/media. (WPTEF)
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Spa CONTACT: Noel Stevenson, of Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa,
+1-609-317-7380, Web site: http://www.theborgata.com/
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