EVENT #5 DANIEL BALDEV TAKES THE TROPHY

Play took another little slowdown once we were 3-handed but that gave Daniel Baldev to put a strangle hold on the chip lead and he never let it go. Melissa Brancato played a great game but was unable to overcome the huge chip differential, eventually bowing out in 3rd place for $6,970.

The hot running Donald Jacoby was cooled off over a series of hands that found him holding onto a single 5,000 chip. Though it would have been a great story about a chip and a chair, he was only able to double up once before losing a 4-card bingo hand. Jacoby finished with a nice payday, $12,674 for 2nd place.

That leaves Daniel Baldev as your 2009 Borgata Open Omaha/8b Champion.

1st - Daniel Baldev - $22,365
2nd - Donald Jacoby - $12,674
3rd - Melissa Brancato - $6,970
4th - Joseph Smith - $5,219
5th - Jinglin Chen - $4,473
6th - Bill Coleman - $3,728
7th - Neal Levin - $2,982
8th - Nick Slepica - $2,237
9th - Joy Reslock - $1,491

Melissa Brancato finished 3rd in Event #5

Donald Jacoby finished 2nd in Event #5

Event #5 Champion Daniel Baldev