Anthony Zinno Wins 2013 World Poker Tour Borgata Poker Open Main Event

A total of 1,189 entries were made in the 2013 World Poker Tour Borgata Poker Open $3,500 no-limit hold’em main event, building a $3,805,989 prize pool that blew away the event’s $3 million guarantee. Six days after the gigantic event got underway only one player remains: 31-year-old Anthony Zinno, from Cranston, Rhode Island. For the win he earned his first WPT title, the $825,099 first-place prize and 1,440 Card Player Player of the Year points.

This was Zinno’s fifth final table appearance of the year, including a fourth-place finish in the Card Player Poker Tour Venetian $5,000 main event for $86,964. As a result of his consistency so far in 2013 Zinno has climbed to 19th place in the overall standings in the POY race, with 2,192 points and $935,842 in year-to-date earnings.

Zinno outlasted a huge field to capture this title, but that wasn’t the only hardship he had to overcame. He also had to had to contend with a number of top pros who made deep runs in the event, including Dan Heimiller (13th – $30,312), Cliff Josephy (9th – $69,528), and Vanessa Selbst, who finished runner-up for $492,569 and 1,200 POY points.

Selbst had already made two final tables, including a win in the Poker Stars Caribbean Adventure $25,000 high roller for $1,424,420. Her other final table also came in a high buy-in event, and now with $2,297,645 in year-to-date earnings and 2,922 POY points Selbst has now ascended to 7th place in POY rankings. Selbst now has career earnings of $7,883,301, making her 35th on the list of career live tournament earnings.

Selbst took a slight lead into heads-up play looking for her 12 career title. She extended her lead before running A8 into the A10 of Zinno, giving him a crucial double up to take a nearly 2-to-1 lead. On the final hand Selbst shoved with the K10 and ZInno called with the A6. The board ran out Q9754 and just like that Zinno was the latest WPT champion.

Here is a look at the payouts and POY points awarded at this final table:

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