Event #23: $300 Big Wednesday | 2020 Borgata Winter Poker Open

01-30-2020 08:43 UTC-4

Nikolaos Platis Eliminated in 2nd Place ($27,408)

TKBluffs

Level 35 : 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Jean Gaspard moved all in and Nikolaos Platis called for his last 4,800,000. Gaspard showed and Platis turned over .

The board ran out and Gaspard's king was enough to earn him the elimination.

Platis is our Event #23 runner up earning $27,408 for his second place finish.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jean Gaspard	24,325,000 9,000,000	9,000,000

Nikolaos Platis	Busted

Tags: Jean Gaspard Nikolaos Platis

01-30-2020 08:53 UTC-4

Jean "Prince" Gaspard Wins Event #23: $300 Big Wednesday NLH ($47,042)

TKBluffs

Level 35 : 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Event #23: $300 Big Wednesday NLH drew a massive total of 811 creating a prize pool of over $200,000.

The day saw plenty of big-name pros fall by the wayside including Tony Dunst, Vinny Pahuja, Yaser Al-Keliddar, Timothy Finne and Soukha Kachittavong.

It was a long night of tournament poker that extended into the early morning hours and with the clock about to strike 8:00 a.m. our newest BWPO Champion was finally crowned.

Jean "Prince" Gaspard was the last man standing after an epic heads up battle with Nikolaos Platis that lasted nearly two hours. Gaspard earned $47,042 and his fourth Borgata Poker Open trophy.

"He was a really good player, a tough player and also a very polite kid, I enjoyed playing against him," Gaspard said as he posed for his winner's photo.

Event #23: $300 Big Wednesday NLH Final Table Results

Place	Player	Payout
1	Jean Gaspard	$47,042
2	Nikolaos Platis	$27,408
3	Evan Tan	$16,772
4	Norman Rodriguez	$13,806
5	Leonid Kaziyev	$11,249
6	Zarko Mandic	$9,024
7	Lucas Picking	$7,363
8	Carlos Figueroa Fernandez	$5,522
9	Mario Conception	$3,886

Tags: Jean Gaspard Nikolaos Platis Soukha Kachittavong Timothy Finne Tony Dunst Vinny Pahuja

Event #23: $300 Big Wednesday

Day 1 Completed