Championship Event Draws 766 Players and Generates $2,527,800
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ (February 9, 2010) – Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa concluded its fifth annual Winter Poker Open, as Las Vegas native Jeff Madsen won the five-day Championship Event and took home $625,006 and the crystal trophy.
Madsen, who’s only been playing professionally for four years, adds the Borgata Winter Open Championship to his impressive resume, which also includes winning two WSOP bracelets (both in 2006).
“I’ve had success in the past,” Madsen says, “but it feels good to get these big wins and to continue to prove myself in the poker world.” It takes a while for it to set in, but in a few days I’ll look back on it as a really good tournament.”
Madsen outlasted Sirous Jamshidi (Broomall, PA), who finished second and took home $367,794.
The 17-day tournament series was filled with energy as new champions were crowned:
•Event 1 Brian Woods (Lutherville, MD) – $350 NL Deep Stack
•Event 2 Robert Perry (Highland Beach, FL) – $500 NL
•Event 3 John Binns (Ft. Myers, FL) – $350 PLO
•Event 4 Daniel Mulhall (Little Neck, NY) – $700 NL
•Event 5 Bart Fooden (Port Lookout, NY) – $350 HOSE
•Event 6 Mike Beasley (Hollywood, FL) – $1,000 NL
•Event 7 William Hine (Bricktown, NJ) – $350 Omaha H/L
•Event 8 Anthony Brushi (Pompton Lakes, NJ) – $300 NL, re-entry
•Event 9 Kim Findura (Bulter, NJ) – $260 Ladies NL
•Event 10 Joseph Cutler (Bay Shore, NY) – $500 Deep Stack
•Event 11 Ahmed Mohamed (Scotch Plains, NJ) – $300 Limit
•Event 12 Taylor Shpur (Witherbee, NY) – $400 6-handed, re-entry
•Event 13 Henry Olszewski (Staten Island, NY) – $350 NL, Seniors
•Event 14 Alex Lindh (Goshen, NY) $170, 100k Guarantee, re-entry
•Event 15 Chris Reslock (Atlantic City, NJ) – $350 PLO
•Event 16 Freddie Najafabadi (Brigantine, NJ) – $2,000, Heads Up
•Event 17 James Lee (Ellerose, NY) – $300 NL
•Event 18 Daniel Garon (Sunny Isles Beach, FL) – $1,500 NL
•Event 19 Allen Kessler (Las Vegas, NV) – $350 Omaha/Stud
•Event 20 Jeff Madsen (Las Vegas, NV) – $3,300 NL Championship Event
•Event 21 Michael McCarty (Highland Park, NJ)- $400 NL
•Event 22 Steven Curtain (Indian Trail, NC) – $350 NL
•Event 23 Steven Macchia (Wood-Ridge, NJ) – $300 NL
•Event 24 Robert Perry (Highland Beach, FL)- $200 NL, re-entry
Borgata has announced the $500,000 Guaranteed tournament for March 7-10, 2010. Visit www.theborgata.com for all tournament details and information. Follow the Official Borgata Blog for major tournament coverage, and twitter@BorgataPoker.
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