Saturday, February 4, 2012

BWO2012: MANCUSO DEFEATS PAPOLA, WINS BORGATA WINTER OPEN

SOURCE: BORGATAWINTEROPEN2012.blogspot.com

Josh Mancuso is the winner of the 2012 Borgata Winter Poker Open. After six days of play, Mancuso and 2010 WSOP bracelet winner Jeff Papola were heads up for all the marbles.

Mancuso (2011 PTPR Rank: NR) got the better of Papola (2011 PTPR Rank: 436th) when all was said and done.

This marks Mancuso's first trip to the winner's circle on the circuit. Mancuso bested a field of 734 entrants to win it all.

Seventh place finisher Brock Parker earned his second PTPR Score this week. Parker (2011 PTPR Rank: 689th) won the Purple chip Bounty Event here at Borgata last Friday.

2005 WSOP runner-up Steve Dannenmann finished ninth in the event, he was the second player out at the final table.



FINAL TABLE PAYOUTS (in USD)
1 JOSHUA MANCUSO MANDEVILEE, LA $542,771
2 JEFFREY PAPOLA NEW YORK, NY $315,837
3 MARC GOLDMAN EASTON, PA $193,012
4 NICHOLAS MANFREDO LEVITTOWN, NY $159,088
5 CHRISTIAN IACOBELLIS RYE, NY $128,674
6 SAMUEL BERNSTEIN ENGLEWOOD, NJ $105,279
7 JOHN PARKER COLLEGE PARK, MD $84,223
8 JOHN ZOLDAK STATEN ISLAND, NY $64,337
9 STEVEN DANNENMANN SEVERN, MD $44,451
10 CEDRIC ADAM PRODO NEORT, FRA $29,244

RELATED POSTS
>> FINAL TABLE SET
>> PRELIM EVENT WINNERS
>> SHLEZ WINS BORGATA WINTER OPEN
>> PAPOLA TAMES THE MASTER

PTPR TIER 3 EVENT
Borgata Winter Poker Open
NLH Championship
January 29-February 3, 2012

Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa | Atlantic City
Buy-in: $3,500 | Prizepool: $2,422,200
Entries: 734

DEFENDING CHAMPION
Vadim Shlez, (2011 PTPR Rank: 189th)

PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION
JOSH MANCUSO 107
JEFF PAPOLA 67
MARC GOLDMAN 42
NICK MANFREDO 32
CHRISTIAN IACOBELLIS 25
SAM BERNSTEIN 17
BROCK PARKER 15
JOHN ZOLDAK 12
STEVE DANNENMANN 12


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