Borgata & Aussie Millions Results

Andy Hwang Wins WPT Borgata

From a starting field of 1,042 players and prize pool of more than $3.3 million at the World Poker Tour Borgata Winter Poker Open Main Event, the final table was set for February 1 in Atlantic City. A very long fourth day of action finally reduced the field to six players when Cuong Phung was eliminated in seventh place for $117,805.

The final table started with Andy Hwang in the chip lead with 9.55 million, followed in chip order by Jim Anderson, Jeremy Druckman, Matt Haugen, Mike Gogliormella, and Matt Salsberg on the shortest stack with 1.92 million.

After more than 100 hands of final table action, these were the results, as Andy Hwang took down his first World Poker Tour title.

1^st place: Andy Hwang ($730,053)
2^nd place: James Anderson ($438,698)
3^rd place: Mike Gogliormella ($265,475)
4^th place: Matt Haugen ($222,336)
5^th place: Jeremy Druckman ($182,514)
6^th place: Matt Salsberg ($147,671)

Information courtesy of the World Poker Tour live updates.

Mervin Chan Wins Aussie Millions Main Event

The Aussie Millions series from the Crown Casino in Melbourne started with 629 players and a $6.29 million prize pool. That field was reduced to a final table of seven players last week, and the weekend saw the playdown of the final table, which lasted an extra day.

It started with Dan Shak in the lead, Jarrod Glennon in second, and Patrik Antonius in third chip position. Mervin Chan, Joseph Cabret, and David Yan were next on the leaderboard, and Jay Tan was the shortest stack. After 15 hours, three players remained, and play was stopped for a 10-hour break.

When they returned, play went quickly, with Antonius out in third and Chan making a comeback to eliminate Cabret and take the title, not to mention $1.6 million.

1^st place: Mervin Chan ($1,600,000)

2^nd place: Joseph Cabret ($1,000,000)

3^rd place: Patrik Antonius ($600,000)

4^th place: Dan Shak ($400,000)

5^th place: Jarrod Glennon ($290,000)

6^th place: David Yan ($220,000)

7^th place: Jay Tan ($150,000)