Michael Castaldo 1st Place $57,665Michael Castaldo is the Borgata Winter Poker Open - Event #8 - Deep Stack NL Champion.
So how did Michael survive two days and win every one of the 15,475,000 chips from the 619 starting players?
"Yesterday I got pocket aces three times in seven hands and they held up every time with people betting into me" explained Michael.
Today Castaldo started with 301,000 and grinded it out at the final table of ten for close to seven hours.
Michael will add to his Poker Players Internationl (PPI) BWO total points as he continues to battle with other PPI players for the Main Event buy in first place prize.
This is Castaldo's second cash in the three BWO tournaments he's played in so far.
He loves the deepstack structure, loves Borgata, and will take home $57,665 for his efforts.
Congratulations to our new Deep Stack Champ, Michael Castaldo.
So how did Michael survive two days and win every one of the 15,475,000 chips from the 619 starting players?
"Yesterday I got pocket aces three times in seven hands and they held up every time with people betting into me" explained Michael.
Today Castaldo started with 301,000 and grinded it out at the final table of ten for close to seven hours.
Michael will add to his Poker Players Internationl (PPI) BWO total points as he continues to battle with other PPI players for the Main Event buy in first place prize.
This is Castaldo's second cash in the three BWO tournaments he's played in so far.
He loves the deepstack structure, loves Borgata, and will take home $57,665 for his efforts.
Congratulations to our new Deep Stack Champ, Michael Castaldo.
