Championship: 42nd Place – Yong Keun Kwon ($12,740)

$3,300+$200 WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship NLH
$3,000,000 Guaranteed
Structure | Payouts

Level 21: Blinds 10,000/15,000/15,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 1,075
Remaining:  41
Average Chips:  1.05 million

Yong Keun Kwon

Yong Keun Kwon won his seat in this event playing a satellite online at BorgataPoker.com.  Now he’s parlayed that into a $12,740 payday for making it to 42nd place in the Championship event.

He got his last chips in the pot on a flop of holding in the big blind.  His two pair was ahead of Nick Pupillo’s , but Nick made his flush when the landed on the turn.  The completed the board and completed Kwon’s deep run in this event.