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| 2006 Borgata Poker Open World Poker Tour (WPT) Season 5 Tournament Report $10,000 Buy-in Main Event Mark Newhouse Captures WPT Title at Borgata |
| MARK NEWHOUSE CAPTURES WORLD POKER TOUR TITLE AT BORGATA POKER OPEN |
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Twenty-One-Year-Old North Carolina Man Wins More than $1.5 Million,
Becoming Borgata’s Youngest, Highest Paid Champion Ever
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ (September 20, 2006) - Six players entered the Borgata
Event Center last night, one left a champion. The marquee event of the 2006
Borgata Poker Open lived up to its hype and supplied spectators with some
of the most intriguing and exciting poker play on the WPT to date.
North Carolina’s Mark Newhouse captured the title and first-place prize of
$1,519,020 beating Chris McCormack in head’s-up action. McCormack took
home $802,985 for his second place finish. Newhouse (age 21) and
McCormack (age 22) were the youngest players at the final table. Newhouse
is the second youngest player to ever win a WPT Championship. The two
dominated from the early moments at the final table, and the action only
continued to heat up throughout the night.
Newhouse, who won his seat to the final table by winning a $1,000 satellite,
spoke of how McCormack forced him to adjust his strategy. “On Monday (the
final 27) I used my monster chip stack to push the players around and knock
them out; I came to the final table with the same strategy. Chris played so
well and matched my aggressive play, so I adjusted. I started to lose some
confidence as he took the chip lead in head’s up action, but I played my game
and won the championship.”
McCormack entered the tournament focused on winning, and was noticeably
disappointed with his second place finish. McCormack said, “I have come
close in past WPT tournaments, but this was the first televised final table and
I expected to win. I re-built my chip stack during the early rounds at the final
table and put myself in the position to win, but this was Mark’s night. It is still
great to take home over $800,000 and I will definitely be back at Borgata
and other WPT events.”
Mark Newhouse was smiling as he walked away from the WPT set as
champion. “I am ready to take my friends and family to celebrate. I am not
sure where we will go tonight, I have really enjoyed all the restaurants at
Borgata. I loved Bobby Flay Steak, SEABLUE, and Old Homestead. Borgata is
amazing!”
WPT announcer and star player in his own right, Mike Sexton, praised
Borgata and explained that the property has the key ingredients to make the
perfect mix of atmosphere and great game play that has become the calling
card of Borgata.
"Borgata is the perfect fit for the WPT because it's a very classy and elegant
casino property, it's the finest property in Atlantic City, and the WPT truly has
the greatest venues in the game and it is only fitting that our east coast
stop, here in Atlantic City is Borgata." After the production wrapped, Sexton
took the crew and many of the players to celebrate at B Bar.
The 2006 Borgata Poker Open broke attendance records and rewarded more
money than previous Borgata Poker Open events. The WPT main event,
featuring a prize pool of over $5 million, was the biggest tournament in
Atlantic City's history.
The World Poker Tour action will return to Borgata in January 2007. The
second annual Borgata Winter Open kicks-off on Wednesday, January 17 and
ends Tuesday, January 30 with the final table. ($9,700 + $300 WPT Event
Friday, January 26 – Wednesday, January 30). In the meantime, Borgata’s
brand new, 85-table poker room, the largest in Atlantic City, will host $50,000
guaranteed daily tournaments each Friday at noon this October ($250 + $30
No Limit Hold ‘Em).
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.
Becoming Borgata’s Youngest, Highest Paid Champion Ever
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ (September 20, 2006) - Six players entered the Borgata
Event Center last night, one left a champion. The marquee event of the 2006
Borgata Poker Open lived up to its hype and supplied spectators with some
of the most intriguing and exciting poker play on the WPT to date.
North Carolina’s Mark Newhouse captured the title and first-place prize of
$1,519,020 beating Chris McCormack in head’s-up action. McCormack took
home $802,985 for his second place finish. Newhouse (age 21) and
McCormack (age 22) were the youngest players at the final table. Newhouse
is the second youngest player to ever win a WPT Championship. The two
dominated from the early moments at the final table, and the action only
continued to heat up throughout the night.
Newhouse, who won his seat to the final table by winning a $1,000 satellite,
spoke of how McCormack forced him to adjust his strategy. “On Monday (the
final 27) I used my monster chip stack to push the players around and knock
them out; I came to the final table with the same strategy. Chris played so
well and matched my aggressive play, so I adjusted. I started to lose some
confidence as he took the chip lead in head’s up action, but I played my game
and won the championship.”
McCormack entered the tournament focused on winning, and was noticeably
disappointed with his second place finish. McCormack said, “I have come
close in past WPT tournaments, but this was the first televised final table and
I expected to win. I re-built my chip stack during the early rounds at the final
table and put myself in the position to win, but this was Mark’s night. It is still
great to take home over $800,000 and I will definitely be back at Borgata
and other WPT events.”
Mark Newhouse was smiling as he walked away from the WPT set as
champion. “I am ready to take my friends and family to celebrate. I am not
sure where we will go tonight, I have really enjoyed all the restaurants at
Borgata. I loved Bobby Flay Steak, SEABLUE, and Old Homestead. Borgata is
amazing!”
WPT announcer and star player in his own right, Mike Sexton, praised
Borgata and explained that the property has the key ingredients to make the
perfect mix of atmosphere and great game play that has become the calling
card of Borgata.
"Borgata is the perfect fit for the WPT because it's a very classy and elegant
casino property, it's the finest property in Atlantic City, and the WPT truly has
the greatest venues in the game and it is only fitting that our east coast
stop, here in Atlantic City is Borgata." After the production wrapped, Sexton
took the crew and many of the players to celebrate at B Bar.
The 2006 Borgata Poker Open broke attendance records and rewarded more
money than previous Borgata Poker Open events. The WPT main event,
featuring a prize pool of over $5 million, was the biggest tournament in
Atlantic City's history.
The World Poker Tour action will return to Borgata in January 2007. The
second annual Borgata Winter Open kicks-off on Wednesday, January 17 and
ends Tuesday, January 30 with the final table. ($9,700 + $300 WPT Event
Friday, January 26 – Wednesday, January 30). In the meantime, Borgata’s
brand new, 85-table poker room, the largest in Atlantic City, will host $50,000
guaranteed daily tournaments each Friday at noon this October ($250 + $30
No Limit Hold ‘Em).
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.
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