Borgata Slot Winners 2017
Some call him the 'End Boss' and Darren Elias proved why last week when he wrapped up his second Borgata Championship win, taking down the Fall Poker Open $2,700 Main Event for $293,062.
It's just the latest massive result for the three-time World Poker Tour champion in what's shaping up to be a legendary tournament career. Elias surpassed the $5 million mark in live cashes and secured his second year over $1 million. The other was 2014, when Elias won WPT Borgata Championship for $843,744.
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Official Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Darren Elias | $293,062 |
| 2 | Mark Kaganovsky | $169,186 |
| 3 | Keven Stammen | $103,232 |
| 4 | Paul Lambrakis | $83,159 |
| 5 | Mickey Woll | $65,380 |
| 6 | Dan Wach | $54,484 |
| 7 | Shankar Pillai | $43,587 |
| 8 | Brett Apter | $33,264 |
| 9 | Patrick Maritato | $22,941 |
The tournament drew 473 entries and paid out 45 places. Christian Harder, Aditya Prasetyo, Joe McKeehen, Nick Schwarmann, Zachary Gruneberg and Mike Wang were among those making the money but falling short of the final table.
Final Table Action
At the final table, Elias came in with a big stack according to the live updates but immediately took total command of things when he opened for a raise with and got one call before big blind Edgar Lemus-Argueta made a huge overbet shove for 890,000 at 8,000/16,000/2,000. Elias called and had dominated. A safe runout for Elias gave him north of 200 blinds to work with, a huge stock of ammo.
Next, Elias busted Patrick Maritato. It went to the river three-handed on a board of . Maritato shoved over a bet from Shankar Pillai holding top two pair, but Elias lay in wait with for a flush that he played slow on previous streets, calling and busting Maritato.
Pillai, an accomplished player himself with over $1.3 million in cashes, bubbled the streamed table with a seventh-place finish, following Brett Apter in eighth. When Elias busted Pillai with ace-jack against ace-nine, he took about 40 percent of the chips into the final table, with his most accomplished competitor being former WPT World Championship winner Keven Stammen.
Early on the final day, Dan Wach ran a big bluff for nearly all of his chips against Mark Kaganovsky. On a board of , Wach bet the turn and shoved the river. Kaganovsky tanked until he got a clock called on him and then ultimately decided to call it off with . Wach could only show down and head to payouts after he lost his last crumbs.
Mickey Woll got down to five big blinds but found a couple of doubles. He would still go down in fifth though, running into Stammen's . Both paired their kickers but the king stayed the king.
Paul Lambrakis then shoved about 18 big blinds over an Elias open with but Kaganovsky woke up with behind him and called, holding on to win unimproved.
Stammen got caught bluffing by Elias and then shoved his last 14 big blinds with deuces on the button. Elias put him at risk with and after missing the flop, caught running sixes to bust his fellow former Borgata champ.
Elias went into heads-up play holding over 10 million at 50,000/100,000/10,000 to the 4 million of Kaganovsky, but the less-heralded player would prove a tough out. He evened out the stacks with some timely river aggression and then both players made huge hands. Kaganovsky defended his big blind and check-called a flop bet before check-shoving the turn on a board of . He had for trips but Elias turned a straight with . The river preserved his edge and forced Kaganovsky to settle for $169,186.
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It’s a new year and we have a whole new list of winners here at Borgata. As soon as the ball dropped, we got the ball rolling the first week of 2017 by turning ordinary online casino and poker players into extraordinarily big winners. Here’s a look at who was on fire at the online slots, who stacked their way to victories at the poker tables, and which games and tourneys should be on your radar if you want to be next.
BorgataCasino.com Slot Winners
– On January 5, Linda from Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, won $4,125.00 after making a $7.50 bet on the Fire Queen slot game. Fire Queen ups the thrill level with three sets of reels and 100 paylines, making it one of the most interesting New Jersey online slots.
– Who says you need multiple paylines and bonus rounds to win big? On January 6, Shirley from Rahway, New Jersey, made a $3.00 bet on the Double Diamond game and won $3,000. The classic New Jersey online slot features bars, cherries, and all your favorites.
Borgata Slot Winners 2017 Results
– Neil from Toms River, New Jersey has enough money to pay for a Caribbean cruise after turning a $4.50 bet on the Money Boat jackpot slot game into $6,817.50. It happened on January 6 and it could happen to you next.
BorgataPoker.com Tournament Winners
– We kicked off 2017 with our weekly Sunday $40k GTD tournament. Congrats to stevenmadara on being the last man standing to claim $8,240. Other notable winners include 2nd place finisher leinad ($5,603), 4th place finisher OJLIMPSON ($4,078) and Gustavo ($3,378) in the 5th spot.
– While the Sunday Major is always the main attraction, cards are in the air in big-money online poker tourneys every day. Congrats to bobbylite ($3,502), finest21 ($3,399), BigBuxBuro ($3,276), ZekeBailyey ($3,021), bobbyv64 ($2,850) and Jermz ($2,805) on finishing first in our $10K Guaranteed events this week. They run nightly for $100+9, so jump into one.
Borgata Slot Winners 2017 List
– It’s not just about winning cash online. It’s also about going from the virtual felt to the real deal in Atlantic City. This week, over 20 players scored a $560 seat in the Borgata Winter Poker Open Kick-off event through one of our online satellites. Congrats to optionken, Jaggyboy13, tyronebigumz, girlequity, Dodamath1821, anotherphish, pokerypf, layitdown08, liontrade, Chopitup99, dmags92, vernthecar, sansara52, bobbyv64, Killemboy, brownmagic, Shipitagain, and alwaysliquid. You can follow in their footsteps by entering an online qualifier for as little as $5.
– This week’s $3,000 Guaranteed Turbo events also made champions out of several NJ online poker players, including phatchoy ($2,072), TheKing411 ($1,932), Jermz ($1,906) and deerpathdave ($1,771).
– Notable winners in this week’s Mega Tuesday 500 include Colonel_Forbin ($3,052) in 3rd, Itsluigi ($2,173) in 4th, Jermz ($1,572) in 5th, and Richardva1109 ($1,156) in 6th.
Each of the above tourneys is extra lucrative this month, because when you play in one at BorgataPoker.com, you’ll rank on our Monthly Online Tournament Leaderboard for a shot at a piece of $7,800 in monthly prizes. Plus, if you finish in the top 750 this month, you’ll win a seat in our March 12th Quarterly Freeroll Tournament featuring over $20,000 in prizes.