Joe Gargan (Brooklyn, NY) ripped through the final table like a chainsaw through butter, busting seven out of eight opponents. He collected a total of 18 bounties on his way to winning event 2 and $24,625. He busted out early in the day and opted to re-enter, which proved to be a good investment.
Professional poker player Nick Salimbene (Brick, NJ) had to settle for second place and $14,509, along with ten bounties he gathered during the day. "I was never all-in and at-risk, until we got heads-up" he said.
Surprisingly, neither of these players arrived today with the intention of playing this tournament. Salimbene was going to grind away at the $2/5 No Limit cash games, but got talked into entering. He has several tournament cashes on record, including a 2nd place finish at Foxwoods for over $23k, but this is his best finish at Borgata.
"I meant to enter the PLO tournament" [event 3] Gargan said, but ended up in this tournament [event 2]. "I can play Hold'em whenever I want, but it is hard to find a PLO game". Gargan only plays occasionally when he can find the time between trips to China. He's a Quality Control Manager for a shoe company, which keeps him busy. This is his first reported tournament cash ever.
Both players are expecting to be back for more during the Borgata Summer Open.
A total of 259 entries generated total buy-ins of $90,650. The final 27 players earned a piece of the prize pool, but many more picked up $100 bounties along the way.
A bevy of Borgata regulars entered this event, but did not cash, including: Gordon Eng, Anthony Caruso, Matt "Muffins" Mazzeo, Adam Agaev, James Boyle, Tony Antonious, Dan Spirer, Nancy Martin, Mickey Woll, 'Lucky' Lee Kirsch, and Travis Greenawalt.
Final Table Results
1 Joe Gargan (Brooklyn, NY) $24,625
2 Nick Salimbene (Brick, NJ) $14,509
3 Michael Forca (Long Island, NY) $8,353
4 David Schulman (New York, NY) $6,771
5 Jay Kaplan (Rockville, MD) $5,276
6 Myung Jung (Wake Forrest, NC) $4,397
7 Mark Doiban (Brooklyn, NY) $3,517
8 Aleksandr Odessky (Brooklyn, NY) $2,638
9 Bob Fogarty (Outer Banks, NC) $1,759
10 Seth Manfield (Chevy Chase, MD) $1,143 
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