Two More Winners Crowned at Borgata Poker Open

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Tim Kelliher
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Frank Marasco

Event #16: $440 Saturday Series NLH

There was a massive turnout for the 2019 Borgata Poker Open Event #16 $400 Saturday Series NLH with 500 entries creating a prize pool of over $169,000.

When the dust settled in the early morning hours, Frank Marasco was the last man standing in the Signature Room.

Marasco picked his spots at the final table flying under the radar and caught fire at the perfect time. He eliminated Raj Tangam in third place and brought a slight chip lead into heads-up play with Frank Simone.

It didn't take long for all of the chips to get in the middle and it was a classic coin flip with Marasco holding pocket queens and Simone holding ace-king. The board ran out clean for Simone and he took home his first Borgata Poker Open trophy along with $42,258.

PlacePlayerPrize
1Frank Marasco$42,258
2Frank Simone$23,765
3Raj Tangam$15,278
4David Elliott$12,137
5Rob Calabrese$9,506
6Grigoriy Shvarts$7,809
7Hal Neeman$6,196
8Oren Siedlecki$4,838
9Tim Allison$3,395
10Roland Israelashvili$2,207

Event #18: $280 Double Chip Green Bounty

Event #18 of the Borgata Fall Poker Open was the $280 Double Green Chip Bounty NLH. There were 119 total entries creating a prize pool of over $23,000. In the end, two players remained in the late-night hours in the Signature Room and they began to discuss a deal.

John Visco was holding a slight chip lead at the time of the deal and took first place for $5,810. Michael Bonita was the Event #18 runner-up earning $4,810.

They then agreed to run one hand out for the trophy and Michael Bonita came out on top winning his first Borgata Poker Open trophy.

PlacePlayerPrize
1John Visco$5,810
2Michael Bonita$4,810
3Jose Silverman$2,309
4Andrew Defrancesco$1,847
5Tam Nguyen$1,385
6Aaron Mayor$1,154
7Dragan Stosic$923
8Gary Silverman$693
9Olamide Otti$519
Michael Bonita and John Visco
Michael Bonita and John Visco

While two more winners were crowned, the $2,700 Championship event of the Borgata Fall Poker Open is also underway! Jump right back to the PokerNews live reporting section to follow along with all the updates from the floor.

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