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Schuyler Twaddle Wins Borgata $500,000-Guaranteed Event

Event Attracted an Impressive 775 Entrants

by Bob Pajich  |  Published: May 07, 2008  |  

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Schuyler Twaddle is $396,095 richer after winding up with the more than 23 million in chips that were in play during the Borgata’s $2,000 no-limit deep-stack event, which carried a $500,000 guarantee. The event attracted 775 entrants and generated a prize pool of $1.55 million. When play started on Sunday, each player sat with 30,000 in chips.

The final nine and their payouts were:

  1. Schuyler Twaddle -- $396,095
  2. Weiwen Liang -- $232,500
  3. Ari Engel -- $120,125
  4. Mark Reynolds -- $104,625
  5. John Racener, Jr. -- $89,125
  6. Mihail Stoykov -- $73,625
  7. Eric Siegel -- $59,125
  8. Richard Marshall, Jr. -- $42,625
  9. Larry Goldstein -- $31,000

In terms of number of entrants, this was the biggest event in Borgata’s history. The Borgata is holding its Summer Open June 9-24, with daily tournaments ranging in buy-ins from $200 to the $5,000 championship that will start on June 22.

 
 
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