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$1.6 Million at The Borgata Winter Open
Poker Legend Back on Top
John "Johnny World" Hennigan makes history winning the World Poker Tour (WPT) Main Event at the
Borgata Winter Poker Open. Hennigan joins Daniel Negreanu as the only
player to win a World Poker Tour title, a World Series Of Poker (The $10,000 Big One)
Bracelet (Hennigan has won two), and the US Poker Championship. Not only
did "Johnny World" win $1.6 Million for first place, he re-established
himself among today's poker elite.
A lively studio audience of family, friends, and poker enthusiasts
filled the Borgata Event Center for the start of the televised WPT Final
Table. Audience members barely took their seats when John James was the
first player eliminated winning $276,935 for sixth place. The next player
to exit the Final Table was Michael Sukonic of Warminster, PA, winning
$332,322 for fifth place. The level of play and intensity rose dramatically
with four players left. Joseph Simmons, a Philadelphia native and former
manager of the Grammy award-winning hip-hop group, The Roots, won $387,709
in fourth place.
Professional poker player and The $10,000 Big One Bracelet Winner, John Gale, slid
down the leader board before finally being eliminated from the tournament.
The British-born player won $443,096 for his third place finish. Following
the money presentation ceremony, the 2007 Borgata Winter Poker Open featured a heads-up match between a premier professional and an amateur
tournament player. As play resumed, Hennigan was the favorite to beat
Charles Kelley of Stanton, VA. Kelley, a retired stockbroker, made several
runs for the chip lead, but in the end, it was "Johnny World's" night.
Hennigan grew up in Philadelphia and Atlantic City. He started playing
pool as a young man, and eventually moved to the professional ranks.
"Johnny World," who got his start playing poker with friends in the
neighborhood, began playing professionally in Atlantic City. The likes of
Phil Ivey and Daniel Negreanu have commented that "Johnny World" is one of
the best cash game players on the planet. Aside from his reputation in the
cash games, Hennigan gained attention at the Final Table of the first-ever
World Poker Tour televised event, where he finished fourth.
After experiencing significant success as a poker player, "Johnny
World" went through a period outside the spotlight, opting to take some
time away from the game to reprioritize and refresh. Last night displayed
the end result of Hennigan's perseverance.
After the presentation at the end of the tournament, Hennigan finally
seemed to relax. "I've played a lot of poker tournaments; they're exciting
and brutal," commented a smiling Hennigan. "I'm completely in shock right
now. I've won a few tournaments in the past, and it usually doesn't sink in
for the first couple hours. I'm just soaking it in. Two hours from now it
will really hit me."
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