Level 42 (Blinds 1,000,000/2,000,000/300,000)
Total Entries: 4,158
Players Remaining: 1
Chip Average: 83,160,000
Final Table Hand: 175
Aaron Massey (Elmwood Park, IL)
On one of the first hands after break, Jonathan “Nolte” Evans raised the action pre-flop to 6,000,000.
Aaron Massey would then announced all-in, putting his tournament life in danger.
“Nolte” would take a few moments contemplating a call, knowing how huge of a moment this was. “Nolte” would then call and Aaron would slam his {10d}{10h} on the felt, “Nolte” would table {Ks}{Qs}, the tournament announcer was right in stating, “This is a classic.”
Flop: {5h}{qd}{8s}
Turn: {5c}
River: {As}
“Nolte” paired up on the flop and the celebration began, Aaron Massey’s camp though, was holding on hope, not wanting to write off the Event 1 title prematurely.
The turn and river would brick and the emotions on either side of the table could not have been different, as “nolte” and his two man rail were ecstatic, Massey’s was rightfully disappointed.
But, Aaron Massey still walks away from Event 1, outlasting over 4,000 players and making $219,208 for his runner-up finish.
This is a great start for Massey as he plans to take on more Borgata Poker Open events throughout the next few weeks, and it would be hard to say anyone in the country is running better than him, with over $700,000 in live earnings from his last three tournaments.