Event 2 (Day 2)
$300+$40 Omaha/Stud High/Low Mix
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Structure Sheet | Payouts
Total Entries: 107
Ron ‘Wink’ Winkelvoss – 1st Place Omaha/Stud High/Low Mix
After a heads-up adjusted payout deal, Ron ‘Wink’ Winkelvoss is our Event 2 Omaha/Stud H/L mix winner. He’ll take home $9,726* and his first-ever Borgata Open trophy — the first of 21 trophies to be awarded during this Borgata Poker Open series.
Wink was a top-three stack at the start of Day 2, despite making what he called “a mistake” late on Day 1. He explained that he was so tired he used the wrong denomination of chips when he intended to raise, but was only enough to call. That resulted in a lost pot near the end of Day 1.
Nevertheless, he started Day 2 refreshed and sharp, ready to do battle, and came up with the win. The retired entrepreneur has come close before at Borgata, with final table appearances in OE, HOSE, HORSE, PLO, and PLO/8, but this is the first time he’s taken home a Borgata trophy.
He’s got an OE win from a casino in Florida and a HOSE title from Mississippi, and now he’s completed the triple crown with an OE title from New Jersey.
Event 2 Final Results
| Place | Player | Payout |
| 1 | Ron Winkelvoss | $9,726* |
| 2 | Jeff Moses | $7,400* |
| 3 | Scott Byron | $3,269 |
| 4 | Mike Gabarick | $2,273 |
| 5 | Justin Finberg | $2,024 |
| 6 | Lonnie Heimowitz | $1,713 |
| 7 | Jay Quintana | $1,245 |
| 8 | Ed Betlow | $934 |
| 9 | Bob Camano | $778 |
| 10 | Baruch Krieger | $623 |
| 11 | Giovanni Giovanniello | $592 |
| 12 | Peng Zhang | $560 |
*Indicates Adjusted Payouts
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Level 26: Limits 60,000/120,000
Total Entries: 107
Wink Winkelvoss & TaxMan Moses
Before a single hand was dealt heads-up, the final two players agreed on an adjusted payout arrangement. With nearly a 2:1 chip lead, Ron ‘Wink’ Winkelvoss gets the win and $9,726*, along with his first Borgata Hotel replica trophy.
Jeff ‘Taxman’ Moses is our second-place finisher and will collect $7,400* for his work over these last two days. The Taxman started Day 2 in the middle of the pack with only 77,000 chips (fewer than 4 big bets). He worked his stack well and held on all the way to the final two.
*Indicates Adjusted Payouts
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Level 25: Limits 50,000/100,000
Total Entries: 107
Players Remaining: 3
Average Stack: 713,000
Mike Gabarick
Playing Stud/8:
Mike Gabarick was among the short-stacks all day, but managed to hold on all the way to a 4th place finish. His last hand was against Scott Byron playing Stud High/Low. Mike had a pair of Queens, but Scott came up with a pair of Aces.
Mike was eliminated in 4th place, earning $2,273.
Scott chipped up to about 400,000.
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Level 25: Limits 50,000/100,000
Total Entries: 107
Players Remaining: 4
Average Stack: 535,000
Jeff ‘TaxMan’ Moses
Playing Omaha/8:
Jeff ‘TaxMan’ Moses (utg) bet the river with a board of 
and after studying the board, Mike Gabarick (sb) said “I can’t let you have it,” and called, showing AKQ8 for Aces-up and no low,
Jeff tabled T543 for a wheel to scoop both the high and the low. He’s now stacking close to 700,000 and Mike’s down to only 85,000.
Mike doubled up on the next hand, getting some of his chips back from Jeff, but is still the short stack.
Mike Gabarick
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Level 25: Limits 50,000/100,000
Total Entries: 107
Players Remaining: 4
Average Stack: 535,000
Ron ‘Wink’ Winkelvoss
Play has resumed after the break. Here’s how they stand:
Wink Winkelvoss – 1,095,000
Mike Gabarick – 445,000
Scott Byron – 390,000
Jeff ‘TaxMan’ Moses – 250,000
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Level 26: Limits 60,000/120,000
Total Entries: 107
Players Remaining: 2
Average Stack: 1,070,000
Scott Byron
Playing Omaha/8:
Scott Byron got his last chips in against Wink Winkelvoss on an Omaha H/L hand. The final board read 
and no low was possible, and neither player could make a flush.
Scott had T976 for trip 9s, but Wink had KQT2 for the straight to scoop. Wink’s stacking close to 1.4 million.
Scott finished in 3rd place, earning $3,269.
The official chip counts at the start of heads-up play:
Ron ‘Wink’ Winkelvoss – 1,375,000
Jeff ‘TaxMan’ Moses – 765,000
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End of Level 24: Limits 40,000/80,000
Total Entries: 107
Players Remaining: 4
Average Stack: 535,000
Jeff ‘TaxMan’ Moses
After the flurry of eliminations in Level 23, Level 24 was quite tame.
Near the end of the 30-minutes, a big three-way Stud/8 hand developed between Wink Winkelvoss, Jeff ‘Taxman’ Moses, and Mike Gabarick.
The TaxMan was applying pressure the whole way with an open pair of Aces, but the other two held on until the river. It was checked to Wink who bet (80,000) which the TaxMan called. Mike folded.
“Flush” said Wink. He three diamonds up and two in the hole to beat the TaxMan’s Aces and scoop the pot. That took his stack north of 1 million chips. The TaxMan was left short with about 90,000.
On the last hand of the level, Jeff ‘TaxMan’ Moses got some back. He got all-in on 5th street and called by Mike Gabarick. Mike whiffed and Jeff scooped to end the level.
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Level 23: Limits 30,000/60,000
Total Entries: 107
Players Remaining: 4
Average Stack: 535,000
Level 23 was a killer, sending five players to the rail.
Justin Finberg
Justin Finberg was the latest casualty. The last of his chips went in on a hand of Stud/8 against Scott Byron and Scott scooped it. He’s up to ~600,000.
Justin adds another OE final table appearance to his collection, but once again came up short of the ultimate goal, the Borgata Open trophy. For his 5th place finish, he’ll collect $2,024.
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Level 23: Limits 30,000/60,000
Total Entries: 107
Players Remaining: 5
Average Stack: 428,000
Two players hit the rail in quick succession.
Jay Quintana
Jay Quintana has been working his short-stack well all day, but finally ran into a brick wall. He was busted in 7th place, earning $1,245.
Lonnie Heimowitz was left short after that O/8 hand earlier and reported to the rail soon after. He’ll collect $1,713 for 6th place.
Lonnie Heimowitz
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Level 23: Limits 30,000/60,000
Total Entries: 107
Players Remaining: 7
Average Stack: 306,000
Ed Betlow
Playing Omaha/8:
Lonnie Heimowitz raised all-in pre-flop, getting his last 35,000 in the pot. Ed Betlow called from the small blind and Wink Winkelvoss called the extra 5,000 in the dark from the big blind.
The flop fell 
and Ed led out for 30,000. Wink asked what he had left, (45,000) and raised. Ed put in his last chips on the three-bet and Wink called. All the hands were tabled:
Ed: 
Wink: 
Lonnie: 
Wink had flopped the straight and a nice low and it looked like he was headed for a double-elimination, but the last two cards came 
giving Lonnie a bigger straight. Wink scooped the side pot and took the low half of the main. He’s up to ~685,000. Lonnie survived elimination, taking the high-half of the main pot (about 60,000).
Ed Betlow was eliminated in 8th place, earning $934.