The World Poker Tour Season XI Borgata Poker Open concluded on Friday evening in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and the newest member of the WPT Champions Club is Ben Hamnett.
Joining Hamnett at the six-handed final table were Matthew Burnitz, Tyler Patterson, Ofir Mor, Steve Brecher, and David Diaz. According to the World Poker Tour Live Updates Team, on the third hand of play, Burnitz, who started the day as the chip leader, opened to 325,000 from under the gun with the blinds at 60,000/120,000/10,000. Hamnett three-bet to 525,000 on the button, Burnitz called, and the flop was
Hamnett tabled
The action slowed down for a while until Hand #33, where Patterson doubled through Hamnett. Both players flopped trip queens on a
The first elimination didn’t come until Hand #48, when Brecher moved all in from the small blind for effectively 3 million. Diaz called all-in with
Despite recording the first knockout, Brecher was the next player eliminated. Brecher limped in from the small blind, Hamnett raised to 580,000 from the big blind, and Brecher called. The flop fell
A few hands later, Patterson doubled through Mor, who was crippled to less than a big blind. Burnitz opened to 600,000 from under the gun with the blinds at 120,000/240,000/30,000, and Mor moved all in from the small blind. Patterson re-shoved from the big blind and Burnitz folded. Mor’s
In the first hand of three-handed play, Burnitz won a 6.23 million-chip pot off of Patterson. There was betting on all three streets as the board came
Thirteen hands later, Patterson three-bet jammed over a min-raise from Hamnett, and Hamnett tank-called. Patterson was ahead with
Heads-Up Counts
Name | Chips |
---|---|
Matthew Burnitz | 11,375,000 |
Ben Hamnett | 24,075,000 |
Burnitz won the first five hands of heads-up play, peaking at 15.85 million chips, but in Hand #111, Hamnet won a 7.5 million-chip pot. Hamnett had the button and min-raised to 600,000. Burnitz three-bet to 1.3 million, Hamnett called, and the flop came
Hamnett turned up the aggression from there on out, grinding Burnitz down to 5.775 million chips. The final hand was the first and only hand of Level 38. With the blinds at 250,000/500,000/75,000, Burnitz raised to 1.05 million. Hamnett moved all in, and Burnitz called with
Place | Player | Prize |
---|---|---|
1st | Ben Hamnett | $818,847 |
2nd | Matthew Burnitz | $488,850 |
3rd | Tyler Patterson | $298,950 |
4th | Ofir Mor | $250,065 |
5th | Steve Brecher | $206,821 |
6th | David Diaz | $167,337 |
Hamnett earned $818,847 for the victory, which includes a seat in the $25,000 WPT World Championship.
Season XI of the WPT continues on Oct. 22 with the Emperors Palace Poker Classic in beautiful Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Data and photo courtesy of WorldPokerTour.com.