Jordan Glazer, a BetMGM Poker qualifier in the Big, Big Baller event, raced for his tournament life with pocket tens and was looked up by Mike Gao, who had king-queen.
Gao would hit his king on the flop, but Glazer hit a 10 for a set to double-up to nearly twice his starting stack on Day 1.
Jeremy Becker couldn't spin up his stack on Day 1 in the $10,200 Big, Big Baller tournament. He took a shot with an open-ended straight draw, but BetMGM qualifier Daniel Escherich's pocket queens held up, sending Becker to the rails in Level 5.
The players are taking a few minutes to color up and get a drink or go to the bathroom with six players left in the Mystery Bounty.
Michael Wang, who recently pulled four bounties (no, he didn't get the big one), has a huge lead with six players left in the Mystery Bounty.
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Justin Arnwine jammed his pocket deuces but ran into pocket queens held by Michael Wang in a massive pot. Arnwine was eliminated in ninth place ($5,950) in the Mystery Bounty.
Wang, now the chip leader, has yet to pull his bounty from that elimination.
The field is growing in the $10,200 Big, Big Baller as 24 players have registered (two have already been eliminated). This tournament has a $500,000 guaranteed prize pool, so it will need at least 50 players, which appears to be within striking distance as registration doesn't close until the start of Day 2 tomorrow.
Richard Newman lost with ace-queen to Matt Glantz who had jack-ten and was eliminated in 10th place ($4,950) in the $2,200 Big, Big Mystery Bounty.
There are now nine players remaining as the final table has begun. One of the two $50,000 mystery bounties are still in play.
...a $5,000 bounty. Better luck next time!
Borgata is hosting $1,000 buy-in, rake-free shootouts and flips to get into the $10,200 Big, Big Baller, a $500,000 guaranteed No-Limit Hold'em tournament.
These satellites will be running until 6 p.m. today, so come out by and get in on the action.
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