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Aaron Pinson claimed the title in Event #6: $2,200 Big Big Borgata Mystery Bounty, turning a bottom-third stack at the start of the day into a commanding run through the field. The event guaranteed two $50,000 bounties and two $25,000 bounties, drawing a $500,000 prize pool that Pinson would end up capturing nearly 40 percent of.
Pinson and Matt Glantz reached heads-up play and agreed to chop the remaining prize money, then flipped a coin to decide who would keep the trophy and draw first for the leftover bounties. Pinson won the flip and, despite having only one bounty slip to Glantz’s six, pulled the final $25,000 prize himself.
That last pull pushed Pinson’s bounty earnings to $150,000, giving him a total tournament payout of $199,825. He described the result as unexpected, noting he had entered the day without much hope of a deep run.
Along the way, Pinson also secured two separate $50,000 bounties, including one during a key three-handed pot against Michael Wang where his seven outdrew Wang’s pocket tens.
The Maryland-based grinder, who has more than $2.4 million in career earnings, recorded his first-ever title at Borgata. He said he has only experienced a comparable score once before, in a small buy-in PKO event at his home casino.
The final table also featured eliminations of notable names such as Joe McKeehen, Kharlin Sued, and Victor Ramdin, with Michael McNicholas and Glantz both cashing for over $17,000 and $44,000 respectively.
