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Atlantic City native Jason Nguyen won the $600 Kickoff at the Borgata Fall Poker Open. He outlasted a field of 1,862 entries and collected $126,727 after the final three players agreed to a deal, PokerNews reported.
Nguyen beat Canada's Sebastian Crema heads-up. He started the final table with 3,850,000 chips while Crema led with 15,525,000. Under the three-way deal, Crema took $115,171, Nguyen $106,727 and Chadd Beatty $97,471. A further $10,000 was set aside for second place and $20,000 for the winner.
Beatty went out in third with king-six against Crema's king-queen. Nguyen began heads-up play with a 34,000,000 to 21,000,000 lead. He pointed to one hand as the turning point: he folded to a 6,800,000 river bet and Crema showed ten-high. Nguyen said he nearly called with jack-high.
He then doubled up twice. On the final hand, a four on the turn paired him and put him ahead of Crema, who had called off his last 10,500,000 with a flush draw.
Nguyen said he set himself the goal early this year of winning a trophy at the Borgata and told friends and family about it. His previous biggest result was second place for $76,000 at the Winter Open in January. According to The Hendon Mob, he came in with about $170,000 in live earnings. The Fall Poker Open continues for another ten days.
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