Alex Queen raised to 5,000 on the button and in the small blind, Adrian Mohamed moved all in for 28,500 to see Queen call.
Adrian Mohamed: A♥Q♠ 
Alex Queen: J♦J♣
The board ran out K♥4♦3♥9♥7♣ and the jacks held up for Queen to take down the pot and eliminate Mohamed from the tournament in the early goings of the day.
Hamza Azim opened to 6,000 under the gun. Two to his left, Anthony Piacquadio called the bet, as did the cutoff player. John Pannucci defended his big blind.
The A♠7♣2♥ flop checked through, which brought in the 3♣ on the turn. Azim then fired out 12,000 into the middle when checked to, and all of his opponents let their hands go.
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,500/2,500
Ante: 2,500
Cards are in the air for the second day of competition.
The 143 entries who navigated through a Day 1 flight have been joined by 35 last-minute entries, to make it a total of 178 players taking part in Day 2.
The series is winding down to a close at the Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Over the past three days, a total of 483 entrants came in to play Event #10: $5,300 Big, Big Championship in the hopes of taking a piece of the massive $3,000,000 prize pool. A total of 143 players have made it to start the day, with registration remaining open until the first card is pitched off of the deck.
Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ari Katz | United States | 393,000 |
| 2 | Jason Min | United States | 390,000 |
| 3 | Alejandro Herrera | Spain | 374,000 |
| 4 | Myles Mullaly | United States | 365,500 |
| 5 | Tony Sinishtaj | United States | 343,500 |
| 6 | Thomas Cannuli | United States | 328,500 |
| 7 | Daniel Iachan | United States | 308,500 |
| 8 | Victor Ramdin | United States | 304,000 |
| 9 | Tyler Hirschfeld | United States | 296,500 |
| 10 | Julian Altieri | Argentina | 288,000 |
Ari Katz (393,000) leads the way with Jason Min (390,000) and Alejandro Herrera (374,000) rounding out the top podium. Among the others in the field are WSOP Main Event Champions Joe McKeehen (187,000) and Scott Blumstein (99,500), BetMGM Ambassadors Michael Gagliano (158,500) and Darren Elias (101,500), and BetMGM qualifiers Sanat Mehrotra (236,000), Anthony Ambroselli (194,000), Frank Funaro (187,000), and Cherish Andrews (26,500). They will be among the many competing for a place in Borgata poker history.
Registration will be open to the start of play today, with players still able to buy in and sit down with 40,000 in starting chips. At 12:15 pm, Level 11 will kick off with blinds at 1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 big blind ante. Levels will last one hour each with a 15-minute break occurring at the conclusion of every two levels. Play will continue until the end of Level 20, where the field will bag up and set themselves to return tomorrow to play to a winner.
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