Thursday, November 22, 2012

Championship Event Winner - Parker

 $2500 + $200 Championship Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) 

Brock Parker (Silver Spring, MD) 
$372,568

Blinds 100k/200k/20k ante

Brock Parker raises the button and Scott Baumstein calls.

Flop: 9♠ 5♠ 3♣

Baumstein checks,
Parker bets 525k
Baumstein raises to 1.2 million
Parker is all in
Baumstein calls and puts his 5.5 million at risk

Baumstein: K♣ 9 (top pair)
Parker: K♠ K (91% favorite)

Turn: 3 (no change)

River: K

Baumstein misses his two outer on the river and wins the Borgata Fall Poker Open for $372,568.
"I was lucky considering where I started," said Parker who was 26th out 27 returning players with only 14 big blinds. "I didn't expect to stay very long, but I was lucky enough to get two double-ups and then took it from there."

This is Parker's best finish at Borgata and pushes him over the $2 million mark in live career tournament earnings.

The Borgata trophy adds to a resume that features two WSOP bracelets.

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