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Poker players from all over the world have descended upon Atlantic City for the Borgata Winter Poker Open, which started Friday with a $560 no-limit event that attracted 1,319 players. The Winter Open closes with its $10,000 no-limit championship, a World Poker Tour event.
Poker fans won't have to wait until the WPT airs the episode to find out just how the championship unfolds. CardPlayer.com will have its multimedia team there to provide up-to-the-minute updates, photos, interviews, and video of all the action.
New York City's Ravi "Saint Soldier" Anand was the last man standing in the first event, in which the prize pool reached $662,000. He won $171,944 and a diamond-encrusted gold bracelet in a tournament that was truly a test of endurance.
Players battled more than 15 hours before action was suspended until Saturday. It took another eight hours on Saturday for Annand to win all the chips.
The second event of the Open, the $810 no-limit event, attracted 864 players and generated a prize pool of $648,000. The tournament started at 11 a.m. Saturday and went until 38 players remained, which was sometime around 3 a.m. Sunday.
Players returned to the poker room at 2 p.m. on Sunday and played until only one was left. Michael Hickman of Media, Pennsylvania, won $176,958.
January must be Hickman's favorite month, Last January, he placed eighth in the $500 event at the World Series of Poker Tournament Circuit at Atlantic City.
The third event was a $1,080 no-limit event, with 340 players playing for a piece of the $340,000 prize pool. The top 36 players got paid, but only one would hit the jackpot.
That one was North Carolina's Rich Marshall, who won $103,700 for finishing first. Vinod Vangimalla finished second and won $57,120.
Stephen Benton won the only event that wasn't no limit when he took $52,301 in the $560 limit hold'em tournament, which attracted 343 players.
A $340 ladies-only event is scheduled for tomorrow, followed by a $2,650 event on Friday. Saturday is scheduled as a supersatellite day.
This is the first year for the Borgata Winter Poker Open. A Poker Open took place there in September of 2005. Its $10,000 championship event, which was taped for the World Poker Tour, attracted 515 people and was won by Al Ardebili. First place was worth $1,498,650.
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