Level: 14
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
The Return - A Borgata Championship Event
$2,200 Mystery Bounty Event ($1,000,000 in Guaranteed Bounties)
Day: 2
Event Info
Level 13
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
James Romero opened to 7,000 from the cutoff and the button flat-called to get the hand heads-up.
The flop landed 
and Romero continued for 10,500. His opponent laid it down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
385,000
7,700
|
7,700 |
|
||
Level 13
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Alex Feiner was all in for around 41,000 against Maxwell Schrack, who had him covered.
Alex Feiner: 
Maxwell Schrack: 
"Fair fight!" someone at the table said before the board ran out 
to mark Feiner's elimination.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
130,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 13
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Joseph Villella began the day with a short stack of 30,000 but has had a big spin-up to start the day. He was spotted all in with the 
against the 
of Abraham Korotki and the 
of John Machen.
Korotki had the biggest stack and was looking for a double knockout but the flop came down 
to launch Villella into the lead. The turn was the and the river came the 
as Villella pumped his fist as his stack is now very healthy.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
208,000
7,100
|
7,100 |
|
205,000
173,800
|
173,800 |
|
Busted |
Level 13
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Casey Yontz had Robert Brady barely covered and held the slight advantage with the 
against the of Brady.
The flop came 
to make things extremely dire for Brady.The turn was the 
and the river was the 
to end the day for Brady and give Yontz a nice boost.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
109,000
61,700
|
61,700 |
|
Busted |
Level 13
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
The $2,200 Mystery Bounty Event generated a total prize pool of $2,670,340 with $1 million of that going into the bounty pool. Of the remaining $1,670,340 in prize money, $354,932 will go to the winner with 130 slots paid and a minimum cash being worth $2,656.
Mystery Bounties will start at 300 players and the minimum Mystery Bounty prize will be $500. Additional prizes include 20 prizes of $1,000, 24 prizes of $2,500, 11 prizes of $5,000, 5 prizes of $10,000, 4 prizes of $25,000, 3 prizes of $50,000, 2 prizes of $100,000 and a Grand prize of $250,000.
The full payout information is available in the table below.
| PLACE | PRIZE (IN USD) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $354,932 | |
| 2 | $208,793 | |
| 3 | $130,287 | |
| 4 | $109,407 | |
| 5 | $91,034 | |
| 6 | $73,495 | |
| 7 | $56,775 | |
| 8 | $41,759 | |
| 9 | $30,066 | |
| 10-12 | $19,794 | |
| 13-15 | $13,363 | |
| 16-18 | $8,936 | |
| 19-27 | $7,400 | |
| 28-36 | $6,264 | |
| 37-45 | $5,412 | |
| 46-54 | $4,744 | |
| 55-63 | $4,092 | |
| 64-72 | $3,508 | |
| 73-81 | $3,174 | |
| 82-100 | $2,973 | |
| 101-120 | $2,706 | |
| 121-130 | $2,656 |
Level 13
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
The flop showed 
. The pot had about 60,000 in it. Alexander Mangine moved all in for about 20,000. Jason Nguyen thought for a little bit before he called.
Mangine had the 
which led the of Nguyen. The turn was the 
and the river came the 
to secure a double up for Mangine.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
146,000
72,900
|
72,900 |
|
75,000
-73,100
|
-73,100 |
Level 13
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Action was joined on a flop that read 
. From the button, Aaron Kirshenberg bet 15,500.
Start of day chip leader, Michael Dentale was in the big blind and spread his opponent's bet to make sure of the amount. He stared down Kirshenberg for a bit before folding.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
425,000
-40,100
|
-40,100 |
|
220,000
28,100
|
28,100 |
Level 13
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
The cards are now in the air as Day 2 gets underway.
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000