{"id":23324,"date":"2012-09-23T22:27:50","date_gmt":"2012-09-23T21:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/?p=23324"},"modified":"2019-11-01T11:03:11","modified_gmt":"2019-11-01T11:03:11","slug":"ben-hamnett-takes-down-wpt-borgata-poker-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/ben-hamnett-takes-down-wpt-borgata-poker-open.html","title":{"rendered":"Ben Hamnett takes down WPT Borgata Poker Open"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nWith all his cashes at various WSOPs Ben Hamnett is probally a big fan of Vegas. However when the WPT rolled into Atlantic City Ben obviously played his heart out, as Tony G would say he had the commitment<\/strong><\/a>. And so with over 1100 runners he managed to crush one of the largest fields in World Poker Tour history to become the newest WPT Borgata Poker Open champion.<\/p>\n

A Quick Double Up<\/h3>\n

Ben managed to double up through the only amateur player Matthew Burnitz, he quickly went on to eliminate Tyler Patterson making it heads-up.<\/p>\n

Then On To Heads Up<\/h3>\n

And after only 30 hands of play Hamnett, a professional from Pittsburgh, defeated his oponent Burnitz taking home $818,000 in prize money, his name on the WPT Champions which of course would sit next to past winners like Negreanu, Rajkumar, and Oboodi.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

I played my best<\/h3>\n

After his win Ben was quoted as saying \u201cI\u2019m glad I played my best. That\u2019s the most I could hope for. I\u2019m glad I got lucky, and I\u2019m glad it all worked out,\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Final Table Pay-Outs<\/h3>\n

1. Ben Hamnett — $818,847, including entry into the $25,000 WPT World Championship
\n2. Matthew Burnitz – $488,850
\n3. Tyler Patterson – $298,950
\n4. Ofir Mor – $250,065
\n5. Steve Brecher – $206,821
\n6. David Diaz – $167,377<\/p>\n

Why not give it a shot? The World Poker Tour is making its debut in historic Copenhagen from 12th\u201317th November <\/strong><\/a>\u2014 and you can be there only with PartyPoker!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With all his cashes at various WSOPs Ben Hamnett is probally a big fan of Vegas. However when the WPT rolled into Atlantic City Ben obviously played his heart out, as Tony G would say he had the commitment. And so with over 1100 runners he managed to crush one of the largest fields in<\/p>\n

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