Papola Bear Weathers Storm

Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship

Jeff Papola was short as low as 14,000 but now sits behind a stack of 280,000.

"I coolered Matt Waxman earlier in a big hand" said Papola.

Jeff finished in 8th place for the Card Player 2010 Player of The Year.

He made a fantastic 7th Place run in the 2010 Borgata Poker Open last September just missing our WPT final TV table.

Jeff, the TV bubble cashed $118,408.

We'll see if he can finish as well or even better this time.