Borgata Poker Open

Donovan Dean just won the Borgata Poker Open Championship for $408,836! Earlier this week, he said "When I leave this place, they will know my name" and he made sure that happened! Congrats on the win Donovan!

Donovan Dean

Matthew Berglund

BPO Main Event - Level 32: 200,000/400,000/400,000

Donovan Dean leaned on Luis Ortiz during heads-up to grind down his stack. The final hand saw Dean open-shove with and Ortiz called with .

With Ortiz at risk, the board ran and Dean took down the biggest score of his career for $410,452. Ortiz earned $283,446 for his efforts at table the saw a dozen lead changes.

Final Table Payouts

1. Donovan Dean - $410,452
2. Luis Ortiz - $283,446
3. Kharlin Sued - $195,599
4. Josh Kay - $128,699
5. Ryan Dodd - $89,002
6. Andrew Ostepchenko - $69,330
7. Frank Funaro - $54,992

BPO Main Event - Level 32: 200,000/400,000/400,000

We pick up the first hand back from break with Ortiz holding and Dean with . The flop was , Ortiz bet 600,000 and Dean called. The turn came , Ortiz checked and Dean bet 1.8 million.

Ortiz called, the river came , Ortiz checked and Dean moved all in. Ortiz snap-called to see bad news.

• Dean - 17,550,000
• Ortiz - 12,675,000

Luis Ortiz, Donovan Dean

Matthew Berglund

BPO Main Event - Level 32: 200,000/400,000/400,000

Here's how they line up at the start of heads-up play.

• Luis Ortiz - 21,650,000
• Donovan Dean - 8,575,000