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title: "Peckholdt and Bolotin Claim Titles at the Borgata Winter Open"
url: https://tourneyblog.com/category/Land-Tournaments/Peckholdt-and-Bolotin-Claim-Titles-at-the-Borgata-Winter-Open/
description: "The Borgata Winter Open began on January 15, 2008 in New Jersey. The first event of the tournament series, held on the 15th, drew 1,649 entrants, which is a."
published: 2008-01-18
updated: 2008-01-18
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# Peckholdt and Bolotin Claim Titles at the Borgata Winter Open

Published 2008-01-18

The Borgata Winter Open began on January 15, 2008 in New Jersey. The first event of the tournament series, held on the 15th, drew 1,649 entrants, which is a record-breaker. With a $300 buy-in, this NLHE event generated a tasty prize pool of $494,700 with nearly $100,000 going to the top spot.

Here are the results:

1) Justin Peckholdt - $93,152 2) Alexander Cukar - $69,258 3) Joseph Fleming - $38,339 4) George Leonard - $33,392 5) Anthony Bruschi - $28,445 6) John Whitemarsh - $23,498 7) Nick Oliveri - $18,551 8) Robert Leninger, Jr. - $13,604 9) Huy Nam - $9,894

834 people paid their $500 to play in Event #2 at the Borgata Winter Open. This No-Limit Hold'em Tournament gave 81 people a share of the $421,500 prize pool. The champ, Aleksandr Bolotin, who currently makes his home in Brooklyn, NY and finished second at the 2007 Five Diamond World Classic $5,000 NLHE event, added more than $100,000 to his million plus lifetime earnings.

These are the final standings:

1) Aleksandr Bolotin - $102,213 2) Jay Parisi - $62,382 3) Ayub Sayed - $32,666 4) Savid Semless - $28,451 5) Albert Hoffman - $24,236 6) Robert Chung-Shui - $20,021 7) Vittario Iemolo - $15,806 8) Joseph Perfetti - $11,591 9) Brian Paneth - $8,430