Two Borgata trophy winners were heads up for the title, but it wasn't close as Brian O'Donohue (Bayside, NY) used a 7 to 1 chip lead to defeat Alex Rocha (S. Setauket, NY) for the title. O'Donohue held 6♥ 5♥ on the final hand and flopped a six to beat Rocha's pocket 4s.
"This is prestigious," says O'Donoghue who won his third Borgata trophy and earned $60,663 for the win, "everyone in the poker world was saying this was a crazy tough final table, so to win it means something."
The win prevented Rocha's bid for a second Borgata trophy. "I'm happy, no regrets," said Rocha who nursed a short stack most of the final table, "I played well."
O'Donoghue got most of the chips in a 4 million chip pot against third place finisher Ronnie Bardah (Brockton, MA) when O'Donoghue's pocket 10s held against Ace-Jack. Bardah's WSOP bracelet and nearly $1 million in career tournament earnings was just part of the final table prestige.
In addition to O'Donoghue and Rocha's trophies, two other players are Borgata winners.
4th place finisher Russell Crane (Howell, NJ) won the 2011 Borgata Spring Poker Open Championship as part of his $1 million in career earnings, while Kevin Calenzo (Las Vegas, NV) won his trophy in the $1K event during the 2010 Borgata Poker Open.
Sixth place finisher Abe Faroni (Philadelphia, PA) earned his 11th career Borgata cash, while two-time WSOP circuit ring holder Daniel Gilmer (Ashland, OH) rounded out the final seven.
The final stage made it an impressive win for O'Donoghue, who made a name for himself in the 2012 Borgata Poker Open when he won
consecutive tournaments for two straight trophies.
Day 2 began with 24 player who were all going after the $246,000 total buy-in created by the 236 entries.
Those who cashed in this talented laden field included Borgata trophy winners John DiBella (10th), Mike Linster (12th), who has two titles, Jack Schanbacher (15th), Tyler Patterson (18th), Steve Scales (19th) and "Action" Bob Hwang (24th).
Also in the money was WPT Champion Jonathan Little (16th).
Final Table Results
Entries: 236
Total Buy-in: $236,000
Place-Name-Amount
1st Brian O'Donoghue (Bayside, NY) $60,663
2nd Alex Rocha (S. Setauket, NY) $36,055
3rd Ronnie Bardah (Brockton, MA) $27,470
4th Russell Crane (Howell, NJ) $21,747
5th Kevin Calenzo (Las Vegas, NV) $17,169
6th Abe Faroni (Philadelphia, PA) $12,591
7th Daniel Gilmer (Ashland, OH) $9,729
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