The Return - A Borgata Championship Event

$5,300 The Return ($3,000,000 Guaranteed)
Day: 1a
Event Info

The Return - A Borgata Championship Event

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
$1,206,097
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,300
Prize Pool
$5,538,700
Entries
1,142
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
562
Players Left
156

All the Eights at Table 33

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Dan Zack was out of position in a three-way pot on a flop of {7-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{3-Hearts}.

Zack bet 2,500 on the flop and only one opponent called. Zack then checked on the {q-Spades} turn and his opponent bet 6,000. Zack called. Zack checked again on the {j-Diamonds} river and his opponent checked back.

"Eights," the opponent said.

Somewhat confusingly, Zack then flipped over {8-Spades}{8-Clubs}. But the opponent wasn't psychic as he then flipped over {8-Hearts}{8-Diamonds} to reveal he had been referring to his own hand.

"All the eights!" the opponent laughed as they chopped the pot.

"You said eights. I thought you were guessing what I had!" laughed Zack.

Player Chips Progress
Dan Zack us
Dan Zack
37,000
2,000
2,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 3X Winner

Tags: Dan Zack

Andrews Leads Latest Counts

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Player Chips Progress
Cherish Andrews us
Cherish Andrews
85,000
23,000
23,000
Michael Wang us
Michael Wang
80,000
-60,000
-60,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Martin Zamani us
Martin Zamani
75,000
39,000
39,000
David Jackson us
David Jackson
53,000
53,000
53,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Matthew Stout us
Matthew Stout
45,000
10,000
10,000
Justin Saliba us
Justin Saliba
40,000
5,000
5,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 2X Winner
Chris Brewer us
Chris Brewer
40,000
40,000
40,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 2X Winner
James Romero us
James Romero
37,000
2,000
2,000
WPT 1X Winner
Kane Kalas us
Kane Kalas
36,000
36,000
36,000
$25K Fantasy
Dan Zack us
Dan Zack
35,000
35,000
35,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 3X Winner
Tony Sinishtaj us
Tony Sinishtaj
20,000
-20,000
-20,000
WPT 1X Winner
Ryan Riess us
Ryan Riess
19,000
-21,000
-21,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Joe McKeehen us
Joe McKeehen
18,000
-32,000
-32,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 3X Winner
Nick Pupillo us
Nick Pupillo
16,000
16,000
16,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
Blake Bohn us
Blake Bohn
5,000
-25,000
-25,000

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

Pillai Pillaged by Umdenstock

Level 5 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante
Shankar Pillai
Shankar Pillai

Shankar Pillai was all in for about 7,000 against two players who had him covered, including Joseph Umdenstock.

Umdenstock checked on the flop of {8-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{2-Clubs} and the third player in the hand bet 3,000. Umdenstock called. Umdenstock checked again on the {k-Diamonds} turn and his opponent checked back.

Umdenstock checked a third time on the {6-Hearts} river and his opponent again bet 3,000. Umdenstock called. The opponent showed {j-Hearts}{j-Clubs}, which was no good against the {a-Hearts}{k-Hearts} of Umdenstock. Pillai, meanwhile, showed {5-Diamonds}{5-Clubs} to lose the main pot and be sent to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Joseph Umdenstock us
Joseph Umdenstock
40,000
40,000
40,000
Shankar Pillai us
Shankar Pillai
Busted
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Joseph UmdenstockShankar Pillai

Verderamo Backdoors Better Flush to Double Through Lonis

Level 5 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante
Jesse Lonis
Jesse Lonis

In a three-way pot on a board reading {a-Clubs}{4-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}, Nicholas Verderamo bet 5,000 from the small blind and Chance Kornuth folded in middle position. Jesse Lonis raised all in on the button and Verderamo quickly called with a smallers stack.

Lonis showed {5-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} for a runner-runner flush, but it was no good against the superior runner-runner flush of Verderamo with {q-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}.

"Wow. Backdoor-backdoor," a player at the table exclaimed.

Player Chips Progress
Chance Kornuth us
Chance Kornuth
77,000
-23,000
-23,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 3X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Nicholas Verderamo us
Nicholas Verderamo
55,000
55,000
55,000
Jesse Lonis us
Jesse Lonis
28,000
-4,000
-4,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Chance KornuthJesse LonisNicholas Verderamo

Level: 5

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 500

Wheaton Cracks Kings to Felt Simpson

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
Tom Wheaton
Tom Wheaton

Solve for Why's Conrad Simpson was seen hitting the rail after getting his kings cracked by the queens of Tom Wheaton to his left.

The board showed {k-Spades}{j-Spades}{10-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{a-Clubs} for Simpson's set of kings with {k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds} to be no good against the Broadway straight of Wheaton with {q-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}.

"You were drawing thin there!" table mate George Abi-Zeid laughed to Wheaton.

"I think the hand played itself," replied the Faded Spade and Above the Felt Entertainment founder.

Player Chips Progress
Tom Wheaton us
Tom Wheaton
92,000
92,000
92,000
Conrad Simpson us
Conrad Simpson
Busted

Tags: Conrad SimpsonGeorge Abi-ZeidTom Wheaton