$1000 + $90 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)
When heads up play began, the winner was guaranteed to be a father of four, they just didn't know it would take three hours to decide the newest Borgata Summer Poker Open Champion.
After a grueling two day grind it's Tom Evers (East Northport, NY) who defeated Alex Torres (Cliffside Park, NJ) on Father's Day for the title to win his second Borgata trophy.
"This one was a lot of tougher at the end with the final two tables," said Evers, who earned $35,210 for the win. He won his first title during January's Borgata Winter Poker Open ($53,000).
The last hand played out with Evers hitting a card on the river, something he also did to stay alive early in heads-up play. "I kept getting two or three-outed on the river," said Torres who watched the final card give Evers a higher two pairs.
"I'm used to the ups and down, that's poker."
Evers and Torres, who both have four children, spent a lot more time with each other than they did with their families this Father's Day.
Day 2 began with the 18 returning players all in the money and when they got to the final table third place finisher Pierre Bowery did most of the dirty work. He knocked out four players including three in a row when he sent Jason Loehrs, Michael Skraptis and Arnold Dinio out 4th, 5th and 6th places respectively.
Bowery couldn't continue the momentum and was eliminated by Torres in third place who pulled even with Evers in chips for their heads up battle.
Also in the final 10 were Karthik (7th), William Klevitz (8th), Avi Kataria (9th) and Michael Benisty (10th).
Just missing the final table was Danny Yousefzadeh, (Roslyn, NY) who finished 11th for $2,347. Yousefzadeh won the 2007 WSOP Circuit Championship at Caesar's AC, good for almost $489,000.
Jordan Ludwick (Cherry Hill, NJ) followed up his win in event 7, the $100,000 Guaranteed $350 Deep Stack Double Play No Limit Hold'em event ($58,443), with a 13th place finish ($2,054).
121 players entered this event, making the total buy-ins $121,000. One of the notable players who did not earn a piece of the pie was Bill Gazes (New York, NY). Gazes had pocket kings cracked twice, on back-to-back hands, late on Day 1. Gazes has amassed more than $2.3 million in lifetime tournament earnings, but failed to add to his bankroll.
Evers joins a growing list of two-time Borgata trophy winners as he now has book ends.
"She [wife Lori] gets the money, I get the trophy," said Evers a 50-year-old CFO, who will be back Monday to play in the Championship Event.
Final Table Results
Position-Name-Amount
1 Tom Evers (East Northport, NY) $35,210
2 Alex Torres (Cliffside Park, NJ) $19,366
3 Pierre Bowery (Rockville, MD) $11,150
4 Jason Loehrs (Upper Darby, PA) $9,390
5 Michael Skrapits (Bronx, NY) $7,042
6 Arnold Dinio (Bowie, MD) $5,869
7 Karthik (Alexandria, VA) $4,695
8 William Klevitz (Greenwich, CT) $3,521
9 Avi Kataria (Kendall Park, NJ) $2,641
10 Michael Benisty (New York, NY) $2,347
