WPT Borgata attracted a huge starting field this year. Not so many notable poker players, but the tournament turned out great even though the most stars decided to play WSOPE in London instead. Of the huge starting field it came to be the 6 players below who made it to the final table.
Olivier Busquet - 10,350,000
Yanick Brodeur - 5,780,000
Ivan Mamuzic - 5,655,000
Jeremy Brown - 5,480,000
Keith Crowder - 2,750,000
Kenny Nguyen - 600,000
Olivier Busquet, from New York, had a big chip lead as the final table started. It was a very well deserved chip lead, and to be honest it seemed like nothing could stop him from grabbing the first prize of $925,514. But the way to the win of WPT Borgata wasn't all that easy for the American.
Olivier almost instantly eliminated short-stacked Kenny Nguyen. At this time he had almost twice as many chips as the other remaining players. Then everything took a big turn in the tournament. Jeremy Brown suddenly had a great run and took down almost every single pot. He eliminated the next 3 players and now it looked like he would take home the first prize instead of Olivier.
Greatest comeback in the history of WPT?
Things were not looking good for Oliver as he and Jeremy Brown were playing heads-up. But somehow, Oliver, manage to come back from a 20-to-1 chip disadvantage and win the whole tournament. This is for sure one of the greatest comebacks in the history of WPT.
Final table results:
1 Olivier Busquet - $925,514
2 Jeremy Brown - $453,519
3 Ivan Mamuzic - $251,955
4 Yanick Brodeur - $216,681
5 Keith Crowder - $188,126
6 Kenny Nguyen - $156,212
