Andy Spears Tops Four-Way Chop in 1,857-Entry Borgata Event

Andy Spears, Bradley Jansen, Zach Donovan and Phong Nguyen ChopPlayers love having lots of chips, and the World Poker Tour Borgata Winter Poker Open $450 Almighty Stack gives players 100,000 to start with. Given that, it's no surprise that 1,857 runners fired away in the event, creating a prize pool of $742,800, well above the $500,000 guarantee.

When the dust settled on Friday, four players decided to make a deal for the remaining prize money, and it was Andy Spears, one of the more recognizable regulars in Borgata events, who took the most money with $94,800.

Spears is a high-volume pro who can be found playing events all over the country. He banked his third-biggest cash to move past $1.1…