Poker Tournament Results

$500,000 Guaranteed Deepstack Poker Tournament

Place	Name	Prize
1	Lawrence Rao (Fallston, MD, USA)	$260,478
2	Micah Raskin (Old Westbury, NY, USA)	$140,850
3	Eric Doerr AKA "Clown Fish" (Newark, DE, USA)	$72,772
4	Josh Brikis (Pittsburgh, PA, USA)	$63,382
5	Daniel Smethurst (Charlotte, NC, USA)	$53,992
6	Steven Cho (Derwood, MD, USA)	$44,603
7	Jeremy Schofer (Washington, DC, USA)	$35,213
8	Drew Johnson (Bridgewater, NJ, USA)	$25,823
9	Antonio Cavezza (Huntington Station, NY, USA)	$18,780
10	H-Barry Trembetzky (Toronto, ON, Canada)	$12,207
11	James St. Hilaire (College Park, MD, USA)	$12,207
12	Adam Bragar (New York, NY, USA)	$12,207
13	Manish Patel (Burlington, NJ, USA)	$8,921
14	John McCann AKA "Jukebox" (Boothwyn, PA, USA)	$8,921
15	Mark Reynolds (Eldersburg, MD, USA)	$8,921
16	Salvatore Simeone (Denville, NJ, USA)	$5,634
17	Michael Dentale AKA "MIKEY UNBELIEVABLE" (Brooklyn, NY, USA)	$5,634
18	Fred Moskowitz (Morganville, NJ, USA)	$5,634
19	Iraj Razmjou (Mclean, VA, USA)	$4,226
20	Edward Jacobs (Hauppauge, NY, USA)	$4,226
21	Joseph Brooks (Egg Harbor Twp, NJ, USA)	$4,226
22	Jerry Maher (Warren, NJ, USA)	$4,226
23	Anderson Almonte (Bronx, NY, USA)	$4,226
24	Richard Rossetti (Ventnor, NJ, USA)	$4,226
25	Luis Nargentino (Floral Park, NY, USA)	$4,226
26	Jerry Burgess (Louisburg, NC, USA)	$4,226
27	Antonio Walker (Greenbelt Pg, MD, USA)	$4,226
28	Ian Searing (Smithtown, NY, USA)	$3,568
29	John Renzi (Boothwyn, PA, USA)	$3,568
30	Sirous Jamshidi (Broomall, PA, USA)	$3,568
31	Donald Matusow (Bryn Mawr, PA, USA)	$3,568
32	Bruce Bartfeld AKA "(Dragon)" (Churchville, MD, USA)	$3,568
33	David King (Brooklyn, NY, USA)	$3,568
34	Tae Baik (Colmer, PA, USA)	$3,568
35	Carl Pion AKA "The Cannon" (Brampton, ON, Canada)	$3,568
36	John Lakatosh (Red Lion, PA, USA)	$3,568
37	Michael Dichiaro (Woddcliff Lake, NJ, USA)	$3,005
38	Jared Difilippo (Oreland, PA, USA)	$3,005
39	Feming Chan (W. Windsor, NJ, USA)	$3,005
40	Joseph Curcio (Yonkers, NY, USA)	$3,005
41	james Magee (Mastic, NY, USA)	$3,005
42	Tam Chi Ly (Landsale, PA, USA)	$3,005
43	Joshua Paul (New York, NY, USA)	$3,005
44	David Williams (West Reading, PA, USA)	$3,005
45	Edward Betlow (Morris Plains, NJ, USA)	$3,005
46	Dharmesh Patel (Pawtucket, RI, USA)	$2,629
47	Matthew Burnitz (Wilmington, DE, USA)	$2,629
48	R M (Anytown, Unknown)	$2,629
49	Alex Smith (Highland Park, NJ, USA)	$2,629
50	Anthony Casagrande AKA "PittBull" (Medford, NY, USA)	$2,629
51	Jennifer Sherwood (Newport News, VA, USA)	$2,629
52	Dean Johnson (Easton, PA, USA)	$2,629
53	Daniel McGovern (South Glens Falls, NY, USA)	$2,629
54	Anthony Schiano (Farmingdale, NJ, USA)	$2,629
55	David Inselberg (Long Beach, NY, USA)	$2,441
56	Ian Palomo (San Antonio, TX, USA)	$2,441
57	John McEwen (Nazareth, PA, USA)	$2,441
58	Richard Hall (Bristow, VA, USA)	$2,441
59	Gregory Fishberg AKA "Fish" (Willow Grove, PA, USA)	$2,441
60	Shakhin Mamedov (Brooklyn, NY, USA)	$2,441
61	Mickael Morgousky (Brooklyn, NY, USA)	$2,441
62	Christopher Bell (Raleigh, NC, USA)	$2,441
63	Robert Cerminara (Mount Laurel, NJ, USA)	$2,441

Tournament Report

BORGATA’S $500,000 GUARANTEED POKER TOURNAMENT CROWNS A WINNER Tournament Generates Prize Pool of $939,000 ATLANTIC CITY, NJ (May 21, 2009) – Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa concluded its $500,000 GUARANTEED PRIZE POOL POKER TOURNAMENT last night, awarding Lawrence Rao of Fallston, MD, $260,478 as the $500,000 GUARANTEED PRIZE POOL POKER winner. The tournament, which ran four days, generated a prize pool of $939,000, almost doubling the $500,000 guarantee provided by Borgata. Runner-up Micah Raskin from Old Westbury, NY, walked away with $140,850 after falling to Rao in a heads-up war at the final table. The tournament drew 626 poker pros and amateurs from across the country all of whom were given the chance to experience a Borgata championship event structure for $1,650 ($1,500 buy-in event plus $150 entry). Borgata’s $500,000 GUARANTEED PRIZE POOL POKER TOURNAMENT paves the way for the fourth annual BORGATA SUMMER POKER OPEN (June 7-30). The Summer Open Championship Event will feature a guaranteed million dollar prize pool.