By A. Mitchell, OnlinePoker.net
Johnson Nguyen. Photo from OnlinePoker.net
Johnson Nguyen has won the 2013 Borgata Poker Open, after besting a field of 1,056 players over three days on his way to taking down the title, and collecting the $111,360 first place prize.
The $560 buy-in tournament was held at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City, and attracted a huge field to create a prize pool worth $528,000. By the time the final table of ten had been reached Andrew Jeffrey was ahead as the chip leader (6.9m), followed by Johnson Nguyen (4.5m), and Frank Bonacci way behind in 6th spot on a 2.5m stack.
Johnson Nguyen then proceeded to eliminate Matt Maccaroni in 7th ($17,969) to propel himself into a chip lead, before doing likewise to Tony Sinishtaj in 5th ($27,839), having hit two pair on the turn against his opponent’s top pair top kicker.
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