Friday, April 20, 2012

BORGATA SPRING: LIU WINS AS STARS FIZZLE EARLY AT BORGATA CHAMPIONSHIP

PICTURE: BORGATA

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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