1st Woman, Nicole Rowe - $11,889Nicole Rowe (New Windsor, NY) outlasted 267 other ladies to be the last woman standing in the Ladies Event, unfortunately a man kept her from winning the tournament.
Abraham Korotki (Ventnor City, NJ) in a controversial move, entered the field and won the title. For Rowe, not winning the event is disappointing, but not devastating. "It doesn't matter," says Rowe, who was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. "It was 16 hours of being cancer free, a diversion from my reality."
Rowe will have a double mastectomy in the next two weeks and used the tournament to, not only escape the emotional drain, but to help inform the women. "I told everyone at all my tables, 'if your under 50, make sure you get a sonogram along with your mammogram, or else your mammogram is useless.'"
"It's a shame she didn't win," says 5th place finisher Jena Ross, "but our thoughts and prayers are with Nicole."
Rowe says she'll donate $500 to breast cancer research and will need the rest of her winnings to help cover expenses for the 6 weeks she'll be off from work.
Korotki says he'll also donate part off his $20,982 winnings to the cause. "That's very nice of him," says Rowe, when told the news. "Even just to think of that is very nice."
"We know who the real winner is," adds Ross. "She (Nicole) was the last woman standing."
Originally posted on Borgata Poker Site (where you can find comments)
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