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

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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