Winners From Summer Poker Event at Borgata Announced

Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa announces the results from the inaugural Borgata Summer Poker Open Tournament held July 8 - 20, 2006 in Borgata’s new 85-table poker room. Poker pros and regional poker fanatics competed in 32 events including Texas Hold’Em No Limit, Texas Hold’Em Limit, 7-Card Stud, Omaha, Super Satellites, Second Chance Cash and Sit-and-Go tournaments.
 
The thirteen-day Borgata Summer Poker Open drew nearly four thousand participants with total cash prizes of $2,515,950. The tournament culminated with a four-day $5,000 + $200 No Limit Championship Event. Pennsylvania native, Carmine Tirone captured the title of the Championship Event taking home a $267,300 prize purse.

Borgata Summer Poker Open winners included:
 
1. Carmine Tirone - Manheim, PA                    $267,300
2. Philip Saracino - Ozone Park, NY                $141,750
3. Matthew Vitale - Sayville, NY                      $81,000
4. Benedetto Bianco - Franklin Square, NY     $60,750
5. Richard Hall - Bristow, VA                           $44,550
6. Steven McLaughlin - Las Vegas, NV           $36,450
7. Dylan Membrino - Glen Mills, PA                   $28,350
8. Anthony Dagostino - Largo, FL                    $24,300
9. Dean Scholtz - Monroe Falls, OH                 $16,200
10. Vincent Napolitano  - Williston Park, NY     $14,175
11. Moshe Mendlowitz - Lakewood, NJ           $14,175
12. David Corey - Martinsburg, WV                 $14,175
13. Edward Blount - Bumpass, VA                  $12,150
14. Paul Valenzuela - S.I., NY                          $12,150
15. Nikolaos Frangos - Mays Landing, NJ        $12,150
16. Oren Bramson - Briarcliff Manor, NY         $10,125
17. Adam Gomes - Astoria, NY                        $10,125
18. Wayne Greenberg - Fairfax, VA                $10,125
 
The Borgata Summer Poker Open was the first-ever major event to be held in the new 85-table poker room, which opened for play on June 30. The 21,500 square-foot poker room features an eighteen-table High Limit Room offering food service; a nine-table tournament area offering bleacher seating for tournament viewing that can be partitioned off as a “reserved” poker area, and a 58-table Main Poker Room offering live poker action outfitted with plasma televisions. Known as the East Coast’s preeminent poker hub, Borgata offers the largest variety of games and limits in Atlantic City.