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2006 Borgata Winter
Poker Open
World Poker Tour Season 4
Main Event No Limit Hold'em
Final Day
February 1, 2006
Borgata Winter Poker
Open/WPT Season 4
Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Poker Open
World Poker Tour Season 4
Main Event No Limit Hold'em
Final Day
February 1, 2006
Borgata Winter Poker
Open/WPT Season 4
Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa
Atlantic City, New Jersey
| Tournament Results |
| MICHAEL "THE GRINDER" MIZRACHI |
World Poker Tour Season 4
2006 Borgata Winter Poker Open
Main Event No Limit Hold'em
Final Day
February 1, 2006
Borgata Winter Poker Open/WPT Season 4
Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Buy-In: $9,700 + $300
Prize Pool: $3,695,700
Entries: 381
2006 Borgata Winter Poker Open
Main Event No Limit Hold'em
Final Day
February 1, 2006
Borgata Winter Poker Open/WPT Season 4
Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Buy-In: $9,700 + $300
Prize Pool: $3,695,700
Entries: 381
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Place Name Prize
1. Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi (Hollywood, FL, USA) $1,173,373 + $25,500
Seat
2. John D'Agostino (Egg Harbor Townshi, NJ, USA) $591,312
3. Erick Lindgren (Las Vegas, NV, USA) $282,721
4. Amnon Filippi (New York, NY, USA) $174,785
5. Josh Spiegleman (Secaucus, NJ, USA) $147,828
6. Stuart "The Donator" Paterson (Boca Raton, FL, USA) 110,871
7. Peter Feldman $73,914
8. Joe Miceli $55,436
9. Don Mullis (Mooresville, NC, USA) 46,196
10. Kenny Schuyler (Long Branch, NJ, USA) $27,718
11. Cliff "Johnny Bax" Josephy (Syosset, NY, USA) $27,718
12. Louise Francoeur (Juno Beach, FL, USA) $27,718
13. Richard Dabal $22,174
14. Michael Goodman (Scarsdale, NY, USA) $22,174
15. Eugene Todd (Brooklyn, NY, USA) $22,174
16. Will Tong (Bayside, NY, USA) $18,479
17. Dane Jorgensen (Chesterfield, VA, USA) $18,479
18. Pete Skyllas (Astoria, NY, USA) $18,479
19. Dennis January (Vancouver, WA, USA) $18,479
20. Richard Kirsch (Pampass Beach, FL, USA) $18,479
21. John Duthie (London, United Kingdom) $18,479
22. Jim Lester (Cincinnati, OH, USA) $16,631
23. Denis Ethier (Durham, NC, USA) $16,631
24. Bill Edler (Las Vegas, NV, USA) $16,631
25. Ronnie Cauthen (Pawleys Island, SC, USA) $16,631
26. Vladislav Mezheritsky (Brooklyn, NY, USA) $16,631
27. Mike Sica (Brunswick, NJ, USA) $16,631
28. Jorge Arias (Caracas, Venezuela) $16,631
29. Greg cash (Mt. Ida, AR) $16,631
30. Leonard Green (Huntingdon Valley, PA, USA) $16,631
31. Chris Reslock (Atlantic City, NJ, USA) $14,783
32. Marc Natais (ON, Canada) $14,783
33. Erik Seidel (Las Vegas, NV, USA) $14,783
34. Matthew Hilger (Duluth, MN, USA) $14,783
35. John Juanda (Marina Del Ray, CA, USA) $14,783
36. David Lewis (Weston, CT, USA) $14,783
37. Alan Schein (North Miami, FL, USA) $14,783
38. Michael Esposito (Seaford, NY, USA) $14,783
39. Jean Armstrong (Egg Harbor, NJ, USA) $14,783
40. William Kaczynski (Scotch Plains, NJ, USA) $14,783
41. Brian Haveson (Newtown, PA, USA) $14,783
42. Anthony Salerno (Howell,, NJ, USA) $14,783
43. Jeffrey King (Colchester, CT, USA) $14,783
44. Richard Murnick (Upper Montclair, NJ, USA) $14,783
45. Mark Schaech (Eldridge, MD, USA) $14,783
46. James Fletcher (Carney, MD, USA) $14,783
47. Albert Muir (Ansonia, CT, USA) $14,783
48. Curt Kohlberg (Western, CT, USA) $14,783
49. Richard Aquino (Kearny, NJ, USA) $14,783
50. Robert Weitzner (New York, NY, USA) $14,783
51. Richard Tatalovich (Scottsdale, AZ, USA) $12,935
52. Scott Paston (Old Westbury, NY, USA) $12,935
53. Nick Feoli (Richboro, PA, USA) $12,935
54. Greg Fondacaro (Sewell, NJ, USA) $12,935
55. Many Syragakis (Montreal, QC, Canada) $12,935
56. Joe Sebok (San Francisco, CA, USA) $12,935
57. Feming Chan (Cranbury, NJ, USA) $12,935
58. Andy Black (Dublin, Ireland) $12,935
59. Tommy Wang (Rosemead, CA, USA) $12,935
60. Frank Vizza (Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA) $12,935
61. Alexander Magor (Woodmere, NY, USA) $12,935
62. Tom Martelli (Sewell, NJ) $12,935
63. Mark Lurenfeld (Virginia Beach, VA, USA) $12,935
64. Nick Grudzien (Mt. Vernon, NY, USA) $12,935
65. Jonathan Zuchowski (Jupiter, FL, USA) $12,935
66. Scotty Nguyen (Henderson, NV, USA) $12,935
67. Daniel Yanofski (W.Orange, NJ, USA) $12,935
68. Ronald M Schiffman (Cherry Hill, NJ, USA) $12,935
69. John Cullen (Farmingdale, NJ, USA) $12,935
70. Ylon Schwartz (Brooklyn, NY, USA) $12,935
71. Dean Schultz (Lewis Center, OH, USA) $12,935
72. Andrew Schwartz (Boca Raton, FL, USA) $12,935
73. Chris Fargis (Brooklyn, NY, USA) $12,935
74. Mark Weber (Sicklerville, NJ, USA) $12,935
75. Vinod Vangimalla (Silver Spings, MD, USA) $12,935
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Tournament Report
The Grinder Captures a Victory at the Borgata
February 1, 2006
Not very often does a final table come along that generates as much
excitement as the one for the 2006 Borgata Winter Poker Open today did.
This table was stacked from top to bottom with great players who survived a
field of 381 entrants. However, everyone had their eye on one player,
Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi. He final tabled the Gold Strike WPT event in
Tunica just over a week ago and was looking to improve on his second place
finish.
The day started well for Mizrachi, as he was picking up pots left and right.
Then, he knocked Stu “The Donator” Paterson out in sixth place and it looked
like he might turn into a one man wrecking crew. That began to change when
John D’Agostino picked up some momentum.
To say that John D’Agostino went on a rush would be an understatement.
“Dags” single handedly knocked out Josh Spiegelman in fifth place, Amnon
Filippi in fourth place and Erick Lindgren, our beginning of the day chip leader,
in third place. Those eliminations led to a heads up match between two of
the best young poker players in the business.
Michael Mizrachi entered heads up play with a chip lead of less than half a
million chips. However, “The Grinder” won a pot of over $1.5 million on only
the second hand against D’Agostino. After that, Mizrachi played patiently but
kept applying pressure to the shorter stack of D’Agostino. Finally, D’Agostino
moved all in on a semi bluff and was called by Mizrachi with two pair. “Dags”
missed his gutshot straight on the river and finished the tournament in
second place for $591,312.
With the victory, “The Grinder” picks up $1,173,373, a $25,000 entry into the
WPT Championship and a new 2006 Cadillac Escalade. This was Mizrachi’s
second victory on the World Poker Tour. Now, he is off to defend his title at
the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles.
Is it possible that “The Grinder” can final table three World Poker Tour events
in a row? If anyone can do it, it is Michael Mizrachi. After all, he is a
machine.
Report by Jay Newnum
1. Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi (Hollywood, FL, USA) $1,173,373 + $25,500
Seat
2. John D'Agostino (Egg Harbor Townshi, NJ, USA) $591,312
3. Erick Lindgren (Las Vegas, NV, USA) $282,721
4. Amnon Filippi (New York, NY, USA) $174,785
5. Josh Spiegleman (Secaucus, NJ, USA) $147,828
6. Stuart "The Donator" Paterson (Boca Raton, FL, USA) 110,871
7. Peter Feldman $73,914
8. Joe Miceli $55,436
9. Don Mullis (Mooresville, NC, USA) 46,196
10. Kenny Schuyler (Long Branch, NJ, USA) $27,718
11. Cliff "Johnny Bax" Josephy (Syosset, NY, USA) $27,718
12. Louise Francoeur (Juno Beach, FL, USA) $27,718
13. Richard Dabal $22,174
14. Michael Goodman (Scarsdale, NY, USA) $22,174
15. Eugene Todd (Brooklyn, NY, USA) $22,174
16. Will Tong (Bayside, NY, USA) $18,479
17. Dane Jorgensen (Chesterfield, VA, USA) $18,479
18. Pete Skyllas (Astoria, NY, USA) $18,479
19. Dennis January (Vancouver, WA, USA) $18,479
20. Richard Kirsch (Pampass Beach, FL, USA) $18,479
21. John Duthie (London, United Kingdom) $18,479
22. Jim Lester (Cincinnati, OH, USA) $16,631
23. Denis Ethier (Durham, NC, USA) $16,631
24. Bill Edler (Las Vegas, NV, USA) $16,631
25. Ronnie Cauthen (Pawleys Island, SC, USA) $16,631
26. Vladislav Mezheritsky (Brooklyn, NY, USA) $16,631
27. Mike Sica (Brunswick, NJ, USA) $16,631
28. Jorge Arias (Caracas, Venezuela) $16,631
29. Greg cash (Mt. Ida, AR) $16,631
30. Leonard Green (Huntingdon Valley, PA, USA) $16,631
31. Chris Reslock (Atlantic City, NJ, USA) $14,783
32. Marc Natais (ON, Canada) $14,783
33. Erik Seidel (Las Vegas, NV, USA) $14,783
34. Matthew Hilger (Duluth, MN, USA) $14,783
35. John Juanda (Marina Del Ray, CA, USA) $14,783
36. David Lewis (Weston, CT, USA) $14,783
37. Alan Schein (North Miami, FL, USA) $14,783
38. Michael Esposito (Seaford, NY, USA) $14,783
39. Jean Armstrong (Egg Harbor, NJ, USA) $14,783
40. William Kaczynski (Scotch Plains, NJ, USA) $14,783
41. Brian Haveson (Newtown, PA, USA) $14,783
42. Anthony Salerno (Howell,, NJ, USA) $14,783
43. Jeffrey King (Colchester, CT, USA) $14,783
44. Richard Murnick (Upper Montclair, NJ, USA) $14,783
45. Mark Schaech (Eldridge, MD, USA) $14,783
46. James Fletcher (Carney, MD, USA) $14,783
47. Albert Muir (Ansonia, CT, USA) $14,783
48. Curt Kohlberg (Western, CT, USA) $14,783
49. Richard Aquino (Kearny, NJ, USA) $14,783
50. Robert Weitzner (New York, NY, USA) $14,783
51. Richard Tatalovich (Scottsdale, AZ, USA) $12,935
52. Scott Paston (Old Westbury, NY, USA) $12,935
53. Nick Feoli (Richboro, PA, USA) $12,935
54. Greg Fondacaro (Sewell, NJ, USA) $12,935
55. Many Syragakis (Montreal, QC, Canada) $12,935
56. Joe Sebok (San Francisco, CA, USA) $12,935
57. Feming Chan (Cranbury, NJ, USA) $12,935
58. Andy Black (Dublin, Ireland) $12,935
59. Tommy Wang (Rosemead, CA, USA) $12,935
60. Frank Vizza (Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA) $12,935
61. Alexander Magor (Woodmere, NY, USA) $12,935
62. Tom Martelli (Sewell, NJ) $12,935
63. Mark Lurenfeld (Virginia Beach, VA, USA) $12,935
64. Nick Grudzien (Mt. Vernon, NY, USA) $12,935
65. Jonathan Zuchowski (Jupiter, FL, USA) $12,935
66. Scotty Nguyen (Henderson, NV, USA) $12,935
67. Daniel Yanofski (W.Orange, NJ, USA) $12,935
68. Ronald M Schiffman (Cherry Hill, NJ, USA) $12,935
69. John Cullen (Farmingdale, NJ, USA) $12,935
70. Ylon Schwartz (Brooklyn, NY, USA) $12,935
71. Dean Schultz (Lewis Center, OH, USA) $12,935
72. Andrew Schwartz (Boca Raton, FL, USA) $12,935
73. Chris Fargis (Brooklyn, NY, USA) $12,935
74. Mark Weber (Sicklerville, NJ, USA) $12,935
75. Vinod Vangimalla (Silver Spings, MD, USA) $12,935
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Tournament Report
The Grinder Captures a Victory at the Borgata
February 1, 2006
Not very often does a final table come along that generates as much
excitement as the one for the 2006 Borgata Winter Poker Open today did.
This table was stacked from top to bottom with great players who survived a
field of 381 entrants. However, everyone had their eye on one player,
Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi. He final tabled the Gold Strike WPT event in
Tunica just over a week ago and was looking to improve on his second place
finish.
The day started well for Mizrachi, as he was picking up pots left and right.
Then, he knocked Stu “The Donator” Paterson out in sixth place and it looked
like he might turn into a one man wrecking crew. That began to change when
John D’Agostino picked up some momentum.
To say that John D’Agostino went on a rush would be an understatement.
“Dags” single handedly knocked out Josh Spiegelman in fifth place, Amnon
Filippi in fourth place and Erick Lindgren, our beginning of the day chip leader,
in third place. Those eliminations led to a heads up match between two of
the best young poker players in the business.
Michael Mizrachi entered heads up play with a chip lead of less than half a
million chips. However, “The Grinder” won a pot of over $1.5 million on only
the second hand against D’Agostino. After that, Mizrachi played patiently but
kept applying pressure to the shorter stack of D’Agostino. Finally, D’Agostino
moved all in on a semi bluff and was called by Mizrachi with two pair. “Dags”
missed his gutshot straight on the river and finished the tournament in
second place for $591,312.
With the victory, “The Grinder” picks up $1,173,373, a $25,000 entry into the
WPT Championship and a new 2006 Cadillac Escalade. This was Mizrachi’s
second victory on the World Poker Tour. Now, he is off to defend his title at
the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles.
Is it possible that “The Grinder” can final table three World Poker Tour events
in a row? If anyone can do it, it is Michael Mizrachi. After all, he is a
machine.
Report by Jay Newnum
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