American pro player Chris Leong won the WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open final table on Friday banking a cool $816,246 plus a spot in the WPT Tournament of Champions. He was victorious among a field of 1,171.
Leong joined Joe McKeenhen, reigning WSOP main event champion, at the final table along with Yevgeny Timoshenko, the 2009 Championship winner, and Rafael Yaraliyev, who he entered the heads up round with him.
Final Table Payouts:
1 Chris Leong - $816,246
2 Rafael Yaraliyev - $487,288
3 Liam He - $297,995
4 Joe McKeehen - $249,267
5 Yevgeniy Timoshenko - $206,160
6 Matthew Wantman - $166,803
The tournament has come to a close with a final message in the event blog. “The series culminated with the WPT WPO Championship, with over 1,170 players building up a nearly $3,500,000 prize pool. The WPT WPO Championship, which was also live streamed was won by Chris Leong, good for a career best $816,000 score and a WPT victory. On top of the WPT Champions' Cup that Chris won, there were 22 Winter Poker Open trophies, or “tiny glass Borgatas” as we've been calling them, awarded over the last three weeks. This has truly been another amazing series here at the Borgata and once again this poker room has set itself apart as the pre-eminent poker destination in the country.”
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