Event 14: 2nd Place - Linster

 $1500 + $150 Mix-Max No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) 
 

 Mike Linster (Island Park, NY) 

$27,063

Mike Linster's bid for a third Borgata trophy in less than one week comes up short with a runner-up finish to Jeff Papola.

On the final hand, Linster was all in with A♦ 8♦ against Papola's A♠ K♣, but doesn't connect.

"Three would have been nice," says Linster, "but I'm not done yet. I'm saving my third for the main."

After wins in Event 4 (Big Stack PLO) for $28,225 and Event 10 (Black Chip Bounty) for another $38,081, Linster now has four cashes in the series for a combined total of nearly $94,000 and a strangle hold on the Borgata Winter Poker Open Leaderboard.