Event 9: 2nd Place - Marder

$260 + $40 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

Michael Marder (Sewell, NJ) 

$23,458

Michael Marder and Frank Vulpis are nearly dead even in chips when Marder moves all in with K 5 and Vulpis calls with QJ.

Vulpis hits a queen on the flop and wins the tournament with a pair of Queens.

"I really want one of those," says Marder about the Borgata trophy.  "I'll take anything, a trophy, bracelet, ring. It's okay, it'll happen."

This is Marder's second runner-up finish at Borgata and 14th career tournament cash here.  His biggest score came in the 2012 Borgata Summer Poker Open Championship Event when he finished second for $110,000.

The full time pro now has more than $200,000 in tournament earnings and is gearing up for this weekend's Championship Event.