Event 19: 2nd Place - Yaginuma

$1500 + $150 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

 Jesse Yaginuma (Silver Spring, MD) 

$25,710

Jesse Yaginuma finishes runner-up, behind Matt Salsberg and just ahead of Jay Nair.

"It's always great to go deep in a tournament," says the two-time Borgata trophy holder. "I haven't been back to Borgata for a few years, so it's great to be back and do well."

Yaginuma won his first title in the 2009 Borgata Poker Open Heads Up tournament, followed by his second trophy in the $1K event of the 2011 Spring Open.

Yaginuma moved to California two years ago and continues to play poker full time. He's jumping into Day 1A of the Championship Event and says, "hopefully this (2nd place) will translate into the Main"