Jia Liu lost his big chip on a few different occasions but managed to pick himself up, dust himself off ... and was crowned Champion of the Borgata Spring Open, defeating a solid final table.
It looked as if Liu had played his way out of the tournament a few times on Thursday, but he survived and ultimately picked up the 312K paycheque.
It was a disappointing day for those wishing that well-known pros Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy or Chad Batista would take the title down ... unfortunately, both JohnnyBax and Batista were eliminated fairly early during final table play ... bowing out in 7th and 6th place respectfully.
FT PAYOUTS (USD) 1st Jia Liu $312,483 2nd Larry Abrams $175,700 3rd Russ Dykshteyn $112,950 4th Robert Pardo $89,733 5th Cameron Cornell $70,280 6th Chad Batista $57,730 7th Cliff Josephy $45,808 8th Matt Woodward $35,768 9th Michael Borovetz $25,100 10th Mike Meskin $16,315 | PTPR TIER 3 EVENT Borgata Spring Open NLH Championship April 15-19, 2012 Borgata Hotel Casino | Atlantic City Buy-in: $2,700 | Prizepool: $1,300,000 Entries: 520 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION JIA LIU 105 LARRY ABRAMS 65 RUSS DYKSTEYN 40 ROBERT PARDO 30 CAMERON CORNELL 23 CHAD BATISTA 15 CLIFF JOSEPHY 13 MATT WOODWARD 10 MICHAEL BOROVETZ 10 |
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