After a long and arduous grind of nearly a full day (20+ hours) of non-stop poker we crown John Hinds (Greensville, NC) the champion of Event 5 of the 2012 Borgata Poker Open - claiming the $68,871 first place prize after beating Larry Samet (Wellesley, MA) heads up. "I lost a couple of key hands and was 3rd place in chips when we were 3-handed, but I was able to grind my way back to the chip lead," said Hinds.
Hinds had relinquished his chip lead (which he held through a good chunk of the final table) when his 55 lost to Samet's Q♠7♠ when Samet made the spade flush on the river. But Hinds never gave up and got most of his chips back by winning a race against Samet when his AQ hit the Ace on the flop against Samet's pocket 7s. Hinds says he never had a huge stack, but was just able to grind and maneuver his way through the 882 players that entered this event and take home the champion's share of the $308,700 prize pool. The $68,871 top prize is his biggest cash to date.
Hinds had gone deep in a few Borgata Poker Open events during this time last year. He lasted through Day 4 of the 2011 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship Event, finishing in 21st place for $18,868. His previous biggest cash of $25,216 was also right here at the Borgata at the 2011 Borgata Fall Poker Open, finishing in 4th place in a $400 event. With today's 1st place prize, John Hinds' lifetime Borgata tournament winnings to date is a very impressive $135,401. Hinds has been playing poker professionally for 1 1/2 years, and today's win will undoubtedly reinforce and provide extremely strong evidence that he chose the right career path. Once again, congrats to John Hinds...winner of Event 5 of the 2012 Borgata Poker Open!
Final Table Results
1 - John Hinds (Greensville, NC) - $68,871
2 - Larry Samet (Wellesley, MA) - $40,125
3 - Chin Nguyen (Silver Spring, MD) - $24,554
4 - Roger Lussier (East Islip, NY) - $20,212
5 - Peter Herold - Brooklyn, NY - $16,469
6 - Seth Sokol (Staten Island, NY) - $13,475
7 - Kijoon Park (New York, NY) - $10,780
8 - Nick Drosos (Cleveland, OH) - $8,085
9 - Justin Nasatir (Washington, DC) - $5,689
10 - Jason Nablo (Niagara Falls, NY) - 3,743
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