September 22 2012, by mr4b
Ben Hammet wins the Borgata Poker Open WPT
The Borgata Poker Open came to an end yesterday and saw Ben Hammet taking home $818.847 and a WPT title.
M. Hammet has been playing poker for 7 years and is finally taking down such a big tournament. He said that by winning it, he would start and create a film production company.
We sure hope he will make is dream come true. What we can be sure about though, is that he will make a huge jump in the GPI rankings, winning it in front of over 1,100 players for a buy in of $3,500
| # | Name | Prize | Country | GPI Rank | GPI Score |
| 1 | Ben Hamnett | $818,847 |  |
1942 | 345.41 |
| 2 | Matthew Burnitz | $488,850 | |
3457 | 221.50 |
| 3 | Tyler Patterson | $298,950 | |
565 | 806.72 |
| 4 | Ofir Mor | $250,650 | |
2504 | 287.59 |
| 5 | Steve Brecher | $206,650 | |
184 | 1321.57 |
| 6 | David Diaz | $167,337 | |
369 | 998.87 |
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Mr4b discovered poker randomly in 2005 and fell in love with this skill game. First playing live at the DeepStack Open tournaments as well as online, he then decided to work in the industry and joined the Chilipoker team as a community manager. He now works for the Global Poker index as a Social Media and Content Manager. Passionate about the online world and social networks, as well as basket ball, or sports in general!
