Maine Man Wins Over $200,000 at 2007 Borgata Winter Poker Open
22 Janeiro 2007 - 4:22PM
PR Newswire (US)
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., Jan. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Elite poker play was
on display at Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa this weekend as the 2007
Borgata Winter Poker Open continued. Chatter and laughter filled
the air as the cards hit the table for the start of the Ladies Only
Tournament on Sunday. The mood was more subdued Saturday as the 18
remaining players took their seats to resume play in the $1,500
buy-in event. The field encompassed several elite pros as well as
past winners of the Borgata Poker Open. Leonard Cortellino of
Lewiston, ME, survived the tough field and took home $200,860 in
first place prize money. Sunday's Final Table featured superb,
deliberate play. The players battled back and forth as if it was a
chess match. Jeremy Shor, the winner of the $1,500 event at the
2006 Borgata Poker Open overcame a short stack to finish fourth
with $47,775. Frank Lupo took home $54,600 for third place.
Cortellino was left heads up with one of the top players in the
world, James Van Alstyne, who earned $105,788 for his second place
finish. Van Alstyne's experience and pro status could not push him
past Cortellino. Van Alstyne was drained after battling heads up
noting: "It is disappointing not to win, but this was a great
tournament with great atmosphere and I still won ($105,788)."
Cortellino followed in the footsteps of Louis Esposito, the winner
of Saturday's $1,000 buy-in event, starting the second day of
competition as the short stack. Cortellino commented, "I think I
had less pressure at the start of the day since I was at the bottom
of the chip count. I kept grinding away and my stack grew."
Saturday action featured the Event #3 Final Table, the $1000 buy-in
tournament at Borgata Winter Open. Louis Esposito of Glen Dale, NY,
won the tournament and the $174,466 in first place prize money.
Jonathan Chehanske of Brigantine, NJ, finished in second place with
$96,091 in prize money. Chehanske honed his poker skills in
Borgata's new 85-table Poker Room. "I've played some of my best
poker today, but I'm still happy with second place money." Akio
Ishige, who made a final table during the $500 buy-in event,
finished in fifth place with $37,560 in prize money. The weekend's
poker action also featured the $1,000 buy-in Big Three Super
Satellite. Five players won a $10,000 WPT Voucher, a $5,200 Event
#9 Voucher, a $2,650 Event #7 Voucher, and $2,150 in cash. The
winner was Fritz Stoner, the past winner of the $750 buy-in event
at the 2006 Borgata Poker Open. Matt Stout, who made two final
tables during the 2006 Poker Open, finished in third in the Big
Three. Celebrity players such as Steve Danneman began arriving in
larger numbers over the weekend. Many will be playing in Monday's
$2,500 and Wednesday's $5,000 buy-in No Limit events. "Momma"
Mizrachi, the mother of Card Player's 2006 Player of the Year,
Michael Mizrachi, and a celebrity in her own right, competed in
Sunday's Ladies event. 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, 14 destination
restaurants, 11 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
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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
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Hotel Casino and Spa CONTACT: Noel Stevenson of Borgata Hotel
Casino & Spa, +1-609-317-7380, Web site:
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