Any tournament poker player knows that the best time to go on a mad rush is at the end of a tournament. Yes, skill always plays a part in winning a tournament but it never hurts to get deal dominating hands. This was precisely what happened to Eric Rivkin today as he cruised to a dominating victory in Event #18 here at the Borgata Poker Open. Once down to close to ten big blinds, Rivking picked up hand after hand and eliminated or crippled multiple players in the process. So dominating was his victory that he took out not one, but two players, on the last hand of the night when he got pocket queens to best the A-T of Joe Galazzo and the K-6 of a short stacked Sean Wallace.
There were 377 entries in this one day tournament and for his victory, Eric takes home an impressive $34,552 and a beautiful Borgata Poker Open trophy for his efforts. A professional poker player since 2007, Eric has had bigger scores in his career but this is his first outright major tournament win. "It feels awesome to win," he said and said the last hand and the hand where he had A-K against Leonardo Palermo's A-Q were the key hands in taking down the title. He added "no one really got in my way. Even the big stacks to my left were playing tight." Eric wants to play in the Championship Event but has a prior obligation that he needs to try and clear up first. If he has his way though, he'll be here.
Congratulations on the win Eric!
Eric Rivkin (East Hampton, NY) - $34,552
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