Mark Newhouse is the champion of the 2006 Borgata Poker Open. The 21 years old of North California took home more than 1.5 million dollars. Newhouse is not only the youngest player to win the Borgata Poker Open event, he had also won the biggest prize in 2006 Borgata Poker Open history. Newhouse won his seat to the 2006 Borgata Poker Open after winning in a 1,000 dollars satellite.
Mark Newhouse won the title and the 1,519,020 dollars prize after beating Chris McCormack in a heads up tournament at the 2006 Borgata Poker Open final table. 22 years old McCormack took home a sum of 802,985 dollars for reaching second place. The two young poker players were the most dominant figures around the final table from the beginning.
The 2006 Borgata Poker Open saw the biggest number or attendees and therefore could afford the biggest prize pool in the prestigious poker tournament history. The WPT main event with more than 5 million dollars prize pool was the biggest poker event that ever took place in Atlantic City. In January 2007, Borgata poker room will be hosting the second annual Borgata Winter Open, which is scheduled to begin on Wednesday, January 17 until Tuesday, January 30, 2007.
Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa is located at Renaissance Pointe in Atlantic City. Borgata Casino has the biggest poker room in Atlantic City with 85 tables and daily 50,000 dollars tournaments. In addition, Borgata 161,000 square feet gaming space features 200 table games and more than 4,000 slots and video poker machines.
