Home / Poker News September 2009 / Borgata Poker Open – final table set
Borgata Poker Open – final table set
Posted by: James Carter. - Mon, 2009-09-28 12:44
With the WSOPE in full swing in London and with the eyes of the poker world upon the select field taking to the tables event after event, the WPT’s Borgata Poker open had been nearing a conclusion quietly. Not all name pros were over in London apparently, as Michael Binger, Kathy Liebert and Gavin Smith were among the 1,018 players who registered for the event.
Unfortunately for them though, none of these players made the televised final table.
The tournament saw a break-neck pace imposed from the kick-off, and each day of action concluded at the scheduled time.
The structure of the event called for some fast maneuvering and tight play no longer proved to be a pain the organizers neck.
After 4 days of fast paced green felt battles, the elimination of Michael Brown meant a mile-stone for the six remaining participants: they’ve reached the official final table of the event.
Michael Brown decided to try to double up holding a couple of 8s in his pocket. His all-in was called by Jeremy Brown though, who proceeded to hit a straight on the turn to bestow the honors of being the final table bubble boy on Brown. Brown did pick up a $117,579 prize though.
Of those who survived to play at the televised final table, Kenny Nguyen would be in the most precarious position on the final day, as his 600,000 chips made him the short-stack.
Keith Crowder had 2,750,000 chips, and Jeremy Brown survived on 5,480,000. The other final table participants were: Ivan Mamuzic (with 5,655,000 chips), Yanick Brodeur (with 5,780,000) and the chip leader, Oliver Busquet, with a solid 10,350,000 stack.
The six will return for the final day of action, to do battle for the first prize of $925,514.
Update: Busquet wins Borgata Poker Open
The final day of the WPT’s Borgata Poker Open saw the 6 survivors of the original 1,018 player starting field return to a televised table to battle it out for the title and the first prize.
Oliver Busquet came into the final table action with a nearly 2-1 chip lead over his nearest opponent and sure enough he managed to exploit his advantage to the max. He defeated Jeremy Brown heads-up, on his way to a $925,514 payday.
It wasn’t all smooth sailing for the chip leader though. Although he managed to increase his stack size by eliminating short-stack Kenny Nguyen in 6th place (Kenny took home $156,212 for his efforts), he didn’t get around to landing another punch. Jeremy Brown took over from there and knocked out Keith Crowder in 5th, Brodeur in 4th and Mamuzic in 3rd. That meant that Brown had secured a 3-1 chip lead going into the heads-up action. That lead eventually grew to 20-1, bur Busquet never gave up. He fought his way back from the brink of defeat valiantly and after 153 heads-up hands, he raised his arms in celebration.
In the final hand of the tournament, the money went all-in on a 4s,4c,3c flop.
Busquet had a set of 4s with an A kicker, while Brown held 5,2 for a straight draw.
The 7s which fell on the turn gave Brown some hope in the shape of a spade flush draw, but the 5c on the river sealed his fate and he picked up 453,519 for his second place finish.
