Hal Rotholz Takes Down Event #7: OE H/L 8B for $7,408!
The seventh event of the 2019 Borgata Fall Poker Open is now in the books after a grueling day of mixed game action, and reigning supreme is Hal Rotholz who bested a 67 player field to take home the $7,408 first-place prize, along with a prestigious Borgata trophy.
Rotholz took down a star-studded final table that included the likes of JJ Liu, Roland Israelashvili and Gary Kosakowski. Rotholz had some stiff competition but held his own and showed why he has over a quarter of a million in live tournament earnings.
The heads-up play saw Marc Tholheim duel with Rotholz in a heated exchange of two and three-bets as the pendulum swung back and forth. Tholheim almost knocked Rotholz down a few times but failed to fade the split pot cards during crucial moments. Tholheim put up a good fight but in the end, he came up just short and had to settle for a respectable second-place finish worth $4,289.
| Place | Player | Payout |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hal Rotholz | $7,408 |
| 2 | Marc Tholheim | $4,289 |
| 3 | Gary Kosakowski | $2,340 |
| 4 | Dennis Kratzer | $1,560 |
| 5 | JJ Liu | $1,365 |
| 6 | Jason Shapot | $1,170 |
| 7 | Stephanie Anderson | $780 |
| 8 | Roland Israelashvili | $580 |
That wraps it up for the PokerNews coverage of Event #7: OE H/L 8B, but tune in tomorrow for all of the action in the $300+40 Senior.
on the flop. Tholheim bet, Rotholz made it two and Tholheim moved all in, Rotholz called.
peeled off on the turn, smashing Rotholz with a full house and Tholheim now needed to fill up as well or he was going to be finishing as runner up. A 
landed on the felt, cementing the pot for Rotholz as Tholheim was sent packing in second for a respectable $4,289.
and Rotholz scooped the entire pot, eliminating Kratzer from the tournament in fourth place.
flop.
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(folded on fifth)
