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Pittsburgh Player Wins
Borgata WPT Event

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Ben Hamnett, of Pittsburgh, won the Borgata Poker Open World Poker Tour championship early Saturday morning beating Matt Burnitz, of Bear, Del, in heads-up play. Hamnett earned more than $818,000 for the victory in the no-limit hold’em re-entry event that attracted 1,181 entrants and wound up extending through six days....
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Kerstetter out in 12th
At Borgata Champ. Event

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Update: Jamie Kerstetter, an Atlantic City regular from Bensalem, finished 12th in the Borgata Poker Open World Poker Tour championship on Thursday. The $44,947 cash was the largest of Kerstetter’s career. She fell just two places shy of making the WPT final table. The final local player still competing for...
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Player BF-GF Had Fling
Atop Leader Board

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The Borgata Poker Open World Poker Tour championship had a love interest, at least it did when Day 3 began on Wednesday. Orson Young and Cherish Andrews, boyfriend and girlfriend, were among the top 10 chip leaders heading into Wednesday for the $3,500 buy-in no-limit hold’em tournament. The Borgata’s WPT...
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Spagnuolo Hopes
To Parlay Winnings

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Borgata regular Marguerite Spagnuolo was doing double-duty Monday. Spagnuolo, from Staten Island, cashed in a $400 super turbo survivor tournament earlier on Monday—good for $3,500. She then took those winnings to the registration desk for the $3,500 buy-in Borgata Poker Open World Poker Tour $3 million guaranateed championship that was...
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Borgata WPT Event
Attracts Poker Stars

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The Borgata Poker Open World Poker Tour championship enters Round 2 on Tuesday with about 445 players remaining from a field that attracted a total of 1,180 entrants. First place will be worth $819,000. The WPT championship event will run through Sept. 21. The Day 1B chip leader on Monday...
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Borgata Poker Open
1-day Event Draws 615

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A handful of local players finished in the top 15 of the Borgata Poker Open’s $400 buy-in deep stack no-limit hold’em event that ended Tuesday. The one-day tournament—Event No. 10 of 27 tournaments that lead to a World Poker Tour championship Sept. 16-21—drew 615 entrants and was won by Brian...
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Local Lady Players
At Borgata Final Table

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A handful of local poker room regulars went to the final table of the Borgata Poker Open Ladies Tournament, including Marguerite Spagnuolo, a familiar face at the Borgata, Nancy “Poker Mom” Martin, who frequents the Borgata and Parx, and Sarah Wasch, who already cashed in the Borgata H.O.R.S.E event. The...
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Borgata Poker Sets
Mark for Entrants

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The Borgata shattered East Coast attendance records for a live poker tournament drawing 3,705 entrants for the opening event of the Borgata Poker Open that began Sept. 5 and continued through Sept. 9, the casino announced. The tournament series includes a World Poker Tour main event, Sept. 16-21. The event...
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N.Y. Home Builder
Wins Huge Borgata Event

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A Borgata tournament, considered the largest live poker event ever held on the East Coast, was won by a New York home builder, Ben Bianco, when his pocket 6s held up against his opponent’s overcards, King-Queen, in heads-up play. Bianco, of Franklin Park, N.Y., defeated Dan Wach, of Boonton, N.J.,...
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Borgata Tournament
Draws Huge Field

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The Borgata Poker Open attracted 1,559 entrants to the first of two opening days on Wednesday for Event No. 1, a $560 buy-in no limit hold’em re-entry tournament with a $1 million guarantee. The event continues Thursday with the second starting day. The prospect of at least a quarter-of-a-million dollars...
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