Alexander Queen, of Bethlehem, PA, became king of the Borgata Spring Poker Open when he vanquished Jason "PokerGeek" Min heads-up in the main event at Atlantic City. With his victory, Queen took home the princely sum of $355,535, while Min maxed out his bankroll with $205,965 for his second place finish.
Rounding out the top five were Daniel Hindin, who won $101,758 for his third place finish, Brooklyn's Mickael Morgousky, who finished fourth to win $85,818, and Mike "dragon balls" Somma from Middle Village NY, who won $73,558.
Queen had two other cashes in 2010, winning $9,500 earlier in April at the North American Poker Tour in Las Vegas, where he finished sixty-sixth, along with a twenty-second place finish at the LA Poker Classic, where he took home $2,400. He closed last year out with a $41,892 cash for finishing second at the WSOP circuit event at Harrah's on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City.
The Spring Poker Open was a three-week long affair. We brought you results from the earlier events last issue, and conclude our coverage below.
BORGATA HOTEL CASINO & SPA SPRING POKER OPEN
EVENT #22 4/25/10
NO LIMIT HOLD'EM CHAMPIONSHIP
BUY-IN $3,300 + $200
PLAYERS 383
PRIZE POOL $1,263,900
1. Alexander Queen . $355,535
2. Jason Min . . . . . . . . $205,965
3. Daniel Hindin . . . . $101,756
4. Mickael Morgousky $85,818
5. Mike Somma . . . . . . $73,558
6. Matthew Waxman . $61,299
7. Allen Chang . . . . . . $49,039
8. Adam Junglen . . . . . $36,779
9. Jesse Yaginuma . . . . $24,520
EVENT #26 4/30/10
NO LIMIT HOLD'EM
BUY-IN $200 + $30
PLAYERS 257
PRIZE POOL $51,400
1. Jennifer Sherwood . $14,957
2. Edward Abendschein $8,476
3. John Norz . . . . . . . . . $4,662
4. David Black . . . . . . . . $3,490
5. Gary Beaver . . . . . . . $2,991
6. David Spevak . . . . . . $2,493
EVENT #25 4/29/10
NO LIMIT HOLD'EM
BUY-IN $300 + $50
PLAYERS 136
PRIZE POOL $40,800
1. John Long . . . . . . . . $12,189
2. Andrew Klein . . . . . . $6,727
3. Daniel Chan . . . . . . . $3,759
EVENT #24 4/28/10
NO LIMIT HOLD'EM
BUY-IN $350 + $50
PLAYERS 213
PRIZE POOL $74,550
1. David Bell . . . . . . . . $21,694
2. Lenbert Smith . . . . . $12,293
3. Abraham Korotki . . . $6,761
4. Michael Kalfa . . . . . . $5,062
EVENT #23 4/27/10
NO LIMIT HOLD'EM
BUY-IN $400 + $50
PLAYERS 171
PRIZE POOL $68,400
1. Dennis McGlynn . . . $20,435
2. Barry Davidowitz . . $11,279
3. Mitchell Brown . . . . . $6,303
4. Timothy McCormack $4,644
EVENT #21 4/24/10
NO LIMIT HOLD'EM 6-HANDED
BUY-IN $1,000 + $90
PLAYERS 156
PRIZE POOL $156,000
1. William Kakon . . . . $46,607
2. Dwyte Pilgrim . . . . . $25,724
3. Georgy Kurdin . . . . $14,375
4. Joseph Mosca . . . . . . $10,592
5. William Loonstyn . . . $9,079
EVENT #20 4/22/10
NO LIMIT HOLD'EM
BUY-IN $350 + $50
PLAYERS 90
PRIZE POOL $31,500
1. Matthew Stevens . . $10,694
2. Barry Hartheimer . . $5,805
3. George Krafft . . . . . . $3,667
4. Wasyl Zaliwiciw . . . . $2,750
EVENT #19 4/23/10
NO LIMIT HOLD'EM
BUY-IN $1,500 + $150
PLAYERS 162
PRIZE POOL $235,710
1. Gordon Eng . . . . . . $72,599
2. Alan Sternberg . . . . $40,071
3. Sirous Jamshidi . . . $22,392
4. Robert Saltiel . . . . . $16,500
5. Ilias Barkoutsis . . . . $14,143
EVENT #18 4/22/10
NO LIMIT HOLD'EM
BUY-IN $400 + $50
PLAYERS 182
PRIZE POOL $72,800
1. Deno Charalambous $21,750
2. Alexander Beleson . $12,005
3. John McClure . . . . . . $6,709
4. Neal Liptak . . . . . . . . $4,943
EVENT #17 4/21/10
NO LIMIT HOLD'EM
BUY-IN $170 + $30
PLAYERS 850
PRIZE POOL $144,500
1. Matthew Mazzeo . . $33,990
2. Eric Doerr . . . . . . . . $20,744
3. Daniel Chan . . . . . . $10,863
4. Eugene Kim . . . . . . . $9,461
5. Joseph Neiman . . . . . $8,059
EVENT #16 4/20/10
NO LIMIT HOLD'EM
BUY-IN $350 + $50
PLAYERS 209
PRIZE POOL $73,150
1. Todd Rebello . . . . . . $21,287
2. Elliot Zaydman . . . . $12,062
3. Stanley Combs . . . . . . $6,634
4. John Scavo . . . . . . . . $4,967
EVENT #15 4/19/10
NO LIMIT HOLD'EM DEEPSTACK
BUY-IN $500 + $60
PLAYERS 501
PRIZE POOL $250,500
1. Chun Park . . . . . . . . $69,226
2. Gary King . . . . . . . . $36,447
3. Christopher Bonita $18,831
4. David Zeitlin . . . . . . $16,401
5. Robert Depasquale . $13,971
EVENT #14 4/18/10
SENIORS-NO LIMIT HOLD'EM
BUY-IN $260 + $40
PLAYERS 243
PRIZE POOL $63,180
1. James Boyd . . . . . . . $18,385
2. Donald Brown . . . . . $10,418
3. Werner Muller . . . . . $5,730
4. Adam Varrenti . . . . . $4,289
EVENT #13 4/18/10
LADIES-NO LIMIT HOLD'EM
BUY-IN 215 + $35
PLAYERS 167
PRIZE POOL $35,905
1. Grazynat Olszewski $10,727
2. Jennifer Keys . . . . . . $5,921
3. Dianna Sopala . . . . . . $3,309
4. Marcia Kuntz . . . . . . $2,438
EVENT #12 4/17/10
NO LIMIT HOLD'EM SURVIVOR
BUY-IN $500 + $50
PLAYERS 210
PRIZE POOL $105,000
1. David King . . . . . . . . $5,000
2. Bret Painter . . . . . . . $5,000
3. Patrick Gibbons . . . . $5,000
4. Robert "Bo" Toft . . . $5,000
5. Andrew Knee . . . . . . $5,000
EVENT #11 4/17/10
NO LIMIT HOLD'EM
BUY-IN $1,000 + $90
PLAYERS 206
PRIZE POOL $199,820
1. Robert Deppe . . . . . $59,946
2. Christopher Lindh . $33,969
3. Eli Adler . . . . . . . . . . $18,683
4. Joe Simmons . . . . . . $13,987
5. William Loonstyn . . $11,989
EVENT #10 4/16/10
OMAHA & 7-CARD STUD 8/B
BUY-IN $350 + $50
PLAYERS 78
PRIZE POOL $27,300
1. Sharad Mehta . . . . . . $9,268
2. Michael Brottman . . $5,031
3. Han Oh . . . . . . . . . . . $3,178
4. Jason Rivkin . . . . . . . $2,383
EVENT #9 4/16/10
NO LIMIT HOLD'EM
BUY-IN $630 + $70
PLAYERS 197
PRIZE POOL $124,110
1. Keith Crowder . . . . $37,079
2. Gregory Joslyn . . . . $20,466
3. Meiyan Dai . . . . . . . $11,437
4. Stuart Gelwarg . . . . . $8,427
5. Joseph Wertz . . . . . . $7,223
6. Jason Paster . . . . . . . $6,019
7. Craig Weinstock . . . . $4,815
EVENT #8 4/15/10
POT LIMIT OMAHA
BUY-IN $350 + $50
PLAYERS 60
PRIZE POOL $21,000
1. Anna Wroblewski . . . $7,130
2. William McMahon . . $3,870
3. Keith Janal . . . . . . . . $2,444
EVENT #7 4/15/10
NO LIMIT HOLD'EM
BUY-IN $400 + $50
PLAYERS 163
PRIZE POOL $65,200
1. Marcin Sobczak . . . $19,479
2. Hubert Hoffman . . . $10,751
3. John Iraj . . . . . . . . . . $6,008
4. Ira Mensh . . . . . . . . . $4,427
EVENT #6 4/14/10
OMAHA HI-LO 8/B
BUY-IN $350 + $50
PLAYERS 129
PRIZE POOL $45,150
1. Adel Shakerian . . . . $13,489
2. Marc Matz . . . . . . . . $7,445
3. Gloria LoRusso . . . . . $4,160
4. Arthur Mitchell . . . . $3,065
EVENT #5 4/14/10
NO LIMIT HOLD'EM
BUY-IN $200 + $30
PLAYERS 682
PRIZE POOL $136,400
1. Josue Vazquez . . . . . $36,702
2. Richard Koch . . . . . $19,846
3. Carlo Russo Alesi . . $10,253
4. Ryan Ortiz . . . . . . . . $8,931
5. Yevgeny Gans . . . . . . $7,608
