$5,300 The Return ($3,000,000 Guaranteed)
Day 2 Completed
$5,300 The Return ($3,000,000 Guaranteed)
Day 2 Completed
A sensational Day 2 of $5,300 The Return has come to an end after 16 hours that saw the day start with 369 players out of an original 1,142 field and as the final hand was completed just 53 players remained.
The chip leader at the close of shop was Bin Weng (2,395,000) who used a late-night surge, which included a huge hand where he rivered a set against the aces of Christopher Frank to send the two players hurtling in opposite directions in the chip counts.
Right behind Weng as the only other player with more than 2 million chips was Lanny Vaysman who ended second in chips with 2,050,000. The loquacious local player had an eventful day that saw him playing interesting hands all day long and he also caught fire in the last level to become one of the big stacks.
Christopher Ng (1,785,000) and Blake Bohn (1,500,000) also finished in the top five counts at the end of the night and rounding out the top five was none other than Sam Laskowitz (1,425,000) who won the $2,200 Mystery Bounty event here in the Borgata just a few days ago earlier in the series.
Top 10 Chip Counts
Position | Player | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Bin Weng | 2,395,000 | 120 |
2 | Lanny Vaysman | 2,050,000 | 103 |
3 | Christopher Ng | 1,785,000 | 89 |
4 | Blake Bohn | 1,500,000 | 75 |
5 | Sam Laskowitz | 1,425,000 | 71 |
6 | Ryan Dodd | 1,385,000 | 69 |
7 | John Pannucci | 1,385,000 | 69 |
8 | Andrew Fegan | 1,195,000 | 60 |
9 | Sundiata Devore | 1,195,000 | 60 |
10 | Quan Quach | 1,150,000 | 58 |
There are many big-name players still amongst the 53 remaining; including Joe McKeehen (950,000), Frank Funaro (605,000), Richard Alsup (490,000) and Anthony Zinno (475,000) as well as Dan Zack who at one point was among the chip leaders but had a rough end to the day to finish as the bottom stack with 135,000.
One of the highlights of Day 2 was the tense bubble where there were a few micro stacks who were battling it out as well as Aubrey Williams surviving by fading several outs to ultimately leave Tomasz Zakrzewski as the bubble boy.
Among the many notable players who were not able to make it to Day 3 were; Darren Elias who went out in the money and Nick Schulman as he fell in the final level of the night.
The remaining players will take to the felt at 12 noon local time where the levels will extend to 90 minutes on Day 3.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be on hand throughout Day 3 for all of the updates
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Bin Weng |
2,395,000
275,000
|
275,000 |
|
||
Lanny Vaysman |
2,050,000
940,000
|
940,000 |
Christopher Ng |
1,785,000
1,785,000
|
1,785,000 |
Blake Bohn |
1,500,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
Sam Laskowitz |
1,425,000
555,000
|
555,000 |
Ryan Dodd |
1,385,000
-125,000
|
-125,000 |
John Pannucci |
1,385,000
265,000
|
265,000 |
Sundiata Devore |
1,195,000
1,075,000
|
1,075,000 |
Andrew Fegan |
1,195,000
465,000
|
465,000 |
Quan Quach |
1,150,000
560,000
|
560,000 |
Sead Duraku |
1,000,000
375,000
|
375,000 |
Jarrett Mullins |
990,000
824,500
|
824,500 |
Aubrey Williams |
975,000
465,000
|
465,000 |
James Mendoza |
965,000
788,500
|
788,500 |
Joe McKeehen |
950,000
565,000
|
565,000 |
|
||
John Desimone |
875,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
Jeffery Hobrecker |
865,000
777,000
|
777,000 |
John Cox |
835,000
712,000
|
712,000 |
David Manikos |
810,000
694,500
|
694,500 |
Mukul Pahuja |
760,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
Grant Lang |
745,000
-515,000
|
-515,000 |
Son Ho |
715,000
-385,000
|
-385,000 |
Michael Vela |
710,000
108,000
|
108,000 |
|
||
Patrick Quinn |
665,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
Jiang Qian |
630,000
220,000
|
220,000 |
The floor has announced five more hands before the completion of play.
There was a big pot in progress as the board read and a pot of at least 250,000 in the middle. From the small blind Christopher Frank bet 260,000. Bin Weng came along under the gun from under the gun to swell the pot to an even larger amount.
The river was the . Frank led-jammed all in and Weng snap-called.
Weng tabled the for a rivered set. Frank shook his head and showed his misfortune as he tabled the as the table audibly reacted to the hand.
Frank looked like he had had his bell rung as he continued to shake his head and stare at the ceiling, continuously throwing his hands up with a stunned shrung. Meanwhile, Weng gathered the pot and became the big stack of the tournament.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Bin Weng |
2,120,000
640,000
|
640,000 |
|
||
Christopher Frank |
90,000
-800,000
|
-800,000 |
Action was picked up on the river as the board read . Andrew Fegan put together a bet of 200,000 into a pot of roughly 240,000. Grant Lang asked the dealer how much before making the call after a few moments.
Fegan showed the case king with the for quads. Lang tabled his beaten as he surrendered a portion of his stack to his left.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Grant Lang |
1,260,000
270,000
|
270,000 |
Andrew Fegan |
730,000
566,000
|
566,000 |
Patrick Quinn called the all in from his opponent preflop.
At risk player:
Patrick Quinn:
Quinn had his opponent dominated and had clubs covered. The flop came to pair the ace. The turn was the to give the all in player a glimmer of hope but the river was the to end his night and give Quinn the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Patrick Quinn |
690,000
-35,000
|
-35,000 |
Action was picked up on the river with the board showing with three players in the hand.
The pot had about 175,000 in it and Bin Weng carefully chose the chips from his stack and bet 83,000 from the small blind. The big blind quickly folded. Lanny Vaysman was in early position and called quickly.
Weng tabled the which was the winner as Vaysman mucked.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Bin Weng |
1,480,000
555,000
|
555,000 |
|
||
Lanny Vaysman |
1,110,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
The last level of the night has arrived with 63 players remaining. In some 75 minutes those who make it through this level will bag and tag their chips to prepare for Day 3.