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Home town hero takes wins big poker prize

New Jersey's Michael J. Nargi defeated, Florida's James M. English for the title at Event six of Borgata's 2005 Poker Open. After surviving a field of 323 top players in the $2,500 buy-in event, including some of the biggest names in poker, such as David 'the Dragon' Pham, Nargi elevated his game and scored a big victory.

Nargi collected $250,325 and a gold diamond-encrusted Borgata bracelet for winning this grueling 30-hour marathon. English, collected $137,275, and third-place finisher Jason M. Langianse took in almost $70,000 as payouts sky-rocketed for this high buy-in event Fourth-place finisher, Sal J. Giambrone of Staten Island, NY, collected $56,525 for his efforts.




Source: OnlineCasinoNews

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