Players began falling out in the very early stages of that last day of the race. Oleg Schnaider was that nearest competitor with 7.75 million/52 big blinds.Ī long playdown period on the previous day, when players had to whittle down the field to the final six, provided for quick action on the final day. The player had a total of 21.575 million in chips at the start of final day action, good for 144 big blinds and well ahead of his nearest competitor. It was namely Yilmaz who led the pack of six with a massive chip advantage over everyone else left. Six survivors returned to play down to a champion.

The final day of the Main Event was played on Friday at the host venue, Atlantic City’s Borgata Casino.

Yilmaz topped the field of this year’s WPT Borgata Poker Open $3,500 Main Event for a first-place cash prize of $575,112 after putting up a great show in the final stages of the tournament.

The WPT champions club has a brand-new member and his name is Erkut Yilmaz, a player from Sacramento, California.

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