Former Champ is Back!

Winston, the 2009 Big Cheese

We're just one day from the third annual Put a Bad Beat on Hunger poker tournament and once again recognizable pros will be in the field to help support the Community FoodBank of New Jersey.

2009 Champion Roy Winston is back to try and win the event that not only features the normal Borgata pay structure, but first place includes a WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship Event seat worth $3,500.

In addition to Winston, professional players Eric Buchman and Bernard Lee will also be in the field.

"It's great value for a great cause," says Winston, who also won the 2007 Borgata Poker Open title.  "The FoodBank needs the support and I'm impressed with the Cabot co-op and how they make everything work both on the farms and with Borgata."

The tournament is presented by Cabot Creamery Cooperative which is based in Vermont and owned by 1,200 farm families in New England and upstate New York. Cabot has won prestigious awards for producing the best tasting cheese and is now known as the "World's Best Cheddar."

Not only will players be sampling top notch cheese, but they'll get some first rate competition as well.

Buchman was part of the 2009 November Nine in the WSOP Main Event.  He finished 4th ($2.5 million) the year Joe Cada won the title. 

Lee is an accomplished player and media personality with nearly $1.4 million in career earnings. His finished 13th in the 2005 Main Event when Joe Hachem won the championship.

All three pros are here to help the cause and like everyone else will try and win their way into Borgata's September WPT Championship Event.