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.

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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

PARKER, PAPOLA, DANNENMANN HIGHLIGHT FINAL TABLE AT BORGATA

SOURCE: BORGATAWINTEROPEN2012.blogspot.com

We are ready for Final Table Friday at Borgata! The field in the Main Event at the Borgata Winter Poker Open in Atlantic City has gone through four days of intense poker play - but were rewarded with a shorter day today - and now, our final table is set.


The chip leader heading into Friday play is Marc Goldman. Goldman (2011 PTPR Rank: NR) has had only a few live tournament cashes throughout his poker career - this will be the biggest cash in his career no matter where he finishes.

Brock Parker will enter FT play with the fourth best chip stack. Given his successes at this past summer's WSOP, Parker (2011 PTPR Rank: 689th) should be one of the favourites on Friday.

Jeffrey Papola finished third in a Deuce to Seven Lowball event at the WSOP. Papola (2011 PTPR Rank: 436th) also won a WSOP bracelet back in 2010.

A blast from the past holds one of the short stacks as final table play approaches. Steve Dannenmann (2011 PTPR Rank: NR), who finished second to Joe Hachem at the 2005 WSOP Main Event, will be looking for his first major score since the Series.

FINAL TABLE SEAT ASSIGNMENTS/CHIP COUNTS
Seat 1 - Josh Mancuso - 2.64M
Seat 2 - Brock Parker - 2.53M
Seat 3 - Cedric Adam - 598K
Seat 4 - John Zoldak - 2.34M
Seat 5 - Steve Dannenmann - 687K
Seat 6 - Christian Iacobellis - 1.67M
Seat 7 - Nick Manfredo - 3.04M
Seat 8 - Jeff Papola - 2.45M
Seat 9 - Sam Bernstein - 1.87M
Seat 10 - Marc Goldman - 4.21M

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FINAL TABLE PAYOUTS (in USD) 1st $542,771 2nd $315,837 3rd $193,012 4th $159,088 5th $128,674 6th $105,279 7th $84,223 8th $64,337 9th $44,451 10th $29,244 RELATED POSTS >> 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 1st place 107 2nd place 67 3rd place 42 4th place 32 5th place 25 6th place 17 7th place 15 8-9th place 12

PAPOLA TAMES THE MASTER - BOTH ENTER PTPR TOP 10

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4-event update!

Starting with Event 32 - the 5k No Limit Hold'em Six Handed Event - where Men Nguyen was heads up for his second bracelet of the Series - making sure no one has forgotten about "The Master". But Jeff Papola, who's had his own successful series so far, beat the Master to the punch.

Papola has scored major points (a first and a second) both in Six Handed events - is he the best six hander out there?

With this result, both Papola and Men the Master enter the PTPR Top 10.

A tip of the cap to notables Erick Lindgren, Christian Harder and Eugene Todd - all three also collected points in this event.


PTPR PREMIER EVENT
2010 World Series of Poker
Event 32 : No Limit Hold'em / Six Handed
June 17-19, 2010

Rio Hotel & Casino
Las Vegas, Nevada

Buy-in: $5,000
Prizepool: $2,669.600
Entries: 568

Defending Champion: Matthew Hawrilenko

2010 FINAL RESULTS
PAPOLA JEFFREY - 130
NGUYEN MEN "THE MASTER" - 80
RADOJA MARK - 50
LAUNAIS BRUNO - 40
DELACRUZ ORLANDO - 35
LINDGREN ERICK - 30
MCFARLAND TAYLOR - 30
ELIAS DARREN - 15
SHENG PAUL - 15
PANESIS EVAN - 15
ROUX ANTHONY - 15
GREENWOOD LUCAS - 13
PHOMVEHA SAMLANE - 13
HARDER CHRISTIAN - 13
TODD EUGENE - 13
CONKRIGHT JOHN - 10
MOTOROV DMITRY - 10
KENNEY TYLER - 10



The UK's Mike Ellis earns his third "PTPR Cash" of the year, winning his first ever bracelet in Event 30 - No Limit Hold'em. Also "cashing" in the event ... Martin Jacboson, William Kakon, Neil Channing and Jean Gaspard.

PTPR PREMIER EVENT
2010 World Series of Poker
Event 30 : No Limit Hold'em
June 16-19, 2010

Rio Hotel & Casino
Las Vegas, Nevada

Buy-in: $1,500
Prizepool: $3,231.900
Entries: 2,394

2010 FINAL RESULTS
ELLIS MIKE - 148
GONZALEZ CHRISTOPHER - 98
WILKINSON DAVID - 68
JACOBSON MARTIN - 58
GRINER BILLY - 53
KAKON WILLIAM - 48
HALLEE JASON - 48
KASTLER CHRISTOPHER - 33
COHEN JEFF - 33
QUEEN ALEXANDER - 33
CHANNING NEIL - 33
GASPARD JEAN - 31
LEHMANN MARKUS - 31
STERN ALLEN - 31
VANHO KENT - 31
FERRIS ANDREW - 28
GOOSEN STEVEN - 28
SANDS DAVID - 28



Konstantin Puchkov wins Event 31 - H.O.R.S.E. - other notbables with points include: Al Barbieri, Robert Mizrachi, Chip Jett, Chainsaw Kessler and James Van Alstyne

PTPR PREMIER EVENT
2010 World Series of Poker
Event 31 : H.O.R.S.E.
June 16-19, 2010

Rio Hotel & Casino
Las Vegas, Nevada

Buy-in: $1,500
Prizepool: $1,117.800
Entries: 828

Defending Champion: James Van Alstyne

2010 FINAL RESULTS
PUCHKOV KONSTANTIN - 133
BARBIERI AL - 83
LEARY DUSTIN - 53
LENNAARD KEN - 43
AWAD HANI - 38
REVESZ ANDREW - 33
CAHAIL BLAKE - 33
MIZRACHI ROBERT - 18
JETT CHIP - 18
BURLOT REGIS - 18
KALPAKIS DANNY - 18
OSPINA DANIEL - 16
KESSLER ALLAN - 16
VAN ALSTYNE JAMES - 16
RESLOCK MING - 16
STEINDL JOHANNES - 13
HAN KYUNG - 13
DARNABY JAMES - 13



PTPR PREMIER EVENT
2010 World Series of Poker
Event 33 : Pot Limit Omaha, Pot Limit Hold'em
June 17-19, 2010

Rio Hotel & Casino
Las Vegas, Nevada

Buy-in: $2,500
Prizepool: $1,108.800
Entries: 482

Defending Champion: Rami Boukai

2010 FINAL RESULTS
VELADOR JOSE-LUIS - 129
CHIU DAVID - 79
HOLLINK ROB - 49
GRAY CRAIG - 39
MACPHEE KEVIN - 34
RAMDIN ANNAND "VICTOR" - 29
MITCHELL JAMES - 29
COCHRANE GAVIN - 14
STERLING MATT - 14
BOUTIN BERT - 14
TIEMAN JOSHUA - 14
IVEY PHIL - 12
MCDONALD TRISTAN - 12
BUCHERI KONSTANTIN - 12
FLOYD RUSS - 12
GIORGI THOMAS - 9
KABBAJ JOHN - 9
CAVALLA CARMAN - 9