The World Poker Tour Winter Poker Open Championship at Borgata began with 1,171 entrants, and on Friday the final six returned to battle down to a winner. Just missing out on a final table appearance was defending champ Aaron Mermelstein, who saw his title defense come to an end in 19th for $16,868.
Replacing him as the new WPT WPO champ is Chris Leong, who emerged victorious to capture the $816,236 first-place prize. Leong, who hails from New York, began the final table as the short stack but managed to outlast all the rest to etch his name on the WPT Champions' Cup.