$2,100 Bounty Event
Day 2 Completed
The Return - A Borgata Championship Event
$2,100 Bounty Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
The Return - A Borgata Championship Event
Buy-in
$2,100
Prize Pool
$485,000
Entries
500
Level
28
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
100,000
Players Left
1
Level 28
: Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
The two-day $2,100 Bounty Event in Atlantic City as part of The Return - A Borgata Championship Event wrapped up after just under ten hours of play following a five-handed ICM chop that saw New York's Soukha Kachittavong taking home the top prize of $70,194 and the Borgata trophy.
Other players who got in on the final table deal include Mitchell Garshofsky ($64,042), who was second in chips when the deal was struck, as well as Ross Feldman ($58,042), Jake Ripnick ($54,743) and Daniel Williams ($46,495).
$2,100 Bounty Event Final Table Results
| PLACE | PLAYER | PRIZE (IN USD) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soukha Kachittavong | $70,194* | |
| 2 | Mitchell Garshofsky | $64,042* | |
| 3 | Ross Feldman | $58,042* | |
| 4 | Jake Ripnick | $54,743* | |
| 5 | Daniel Williams | $46,495* | |
| 6 | Scott Bohlman | $22,310 | |
| 7 | Nir Cohen | $17,703 | |
| 8 | Joshua Smith | $13,823 | |
| 9 | Jesse Mercado | $9,700 |
*Denotes five-way deal
Another Trophy for the Shelf
With over $1.6 million in Hendon Mob-reported live earnings heading into the event, Kachittavong was one of the more experienced players at the final table as he made his return to Atlantic City.
“It feels good," he told PokerNews after the victory. "I haven’t been playing here very often and I will probably play here more now. My home turf is Foxwoods, I play there a lot, but they don’t have a series going on, just dailies.”
He added, “I don’t travel like these guys. I have two kids. But I do play a lot of tournaments.”
Traveling to The Return series was clearly a good move. Kachittavong started the trip with a deep run in $2,200 Mystery Bounty and now takes home up $70,194 in addition to the more than a dozen $1,000 bounties he picked up along the way.
“I wanted to play again. I’ve been doing well besides Foxwoods … I’ve got like five titles from here (at Borgata), five or six … I’ve got six of these trophies at home.”
Day 2 Action
Day 2 action kicked off with 54 players after the burst of the money bubble at the end of day one. It took only a few hands for World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champ Ryan Riess to fall for a minimum cash of $1,940. The 2013 champ managed to get it in good with ace-king against the ace-queen of Robert McLaughlin, but a queen on the flop and another on the turn send Riess packing.
While Riess failed to further advance in the bounty event, another world champion, Joe McKeehen, sits among the chip leaders in $5,300 The Return with two tables remaining.
Simon Levy, who began the day with just three big blinds, managed to build a stack before being eliminated on the final table bubble during hand-for-hand play as his Big Slick couldn't win a flip against the eights of Nir Cohen. Cohen began the day second in chips and fell in seventh when his ace-seven was dominated by the Fishhooks of Garshofsky.
Next out was Scott Bohlman, who took a painful exit when his king-queen out-flopped the pocket eights of Garshofsky before an eight appeared on the river to send him home in sixth place.
After Bohlman's exit, the five remaining players decided to look at ICM numbers and liked what they saw. Luckily for Kachittavong, he had recently stolen the chip lead from Garshofsky after winning a big pot with top pair top kicker.
“I played cautiously because he was chip leader at that time and I was second in chips," Kachittavong said. "And it worked out fine just like that.”
Level 28
: Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
The remaining five players have agreed to an ICM chop that will see Soukha Kachittavong taking home the top prize of $70,194 and the Borgata trophy.
Stay tuned for a full recap of the day's action.
| PLACE | PLAYER | PRIZE (IN USD) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soukha Kachittavong | $70,194* | |
| 2 | Mitchell Garshofsky | $64,042* | |
| 3 | Ross Feldman | $58,042* | |
| 4 | Jake Ripnick | $54,743* | |
| 5 | Daniel Williams | $46,495* |
Level 28
: Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
The tournament floor has paused the clock as the remaining players discuss a deal and look at ICM numbers.
Level 28
: Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Scott Bohlman was all in as the short stack against chip leader Mitchell Garshofsky.
Scott Bohlman: 
Mitchell Garshofsky: 
Bohlman took a big lead when the flop landed 
, but the board then finished out 
for an eight on the river to send Bohlman out in gut-wrenching fashion.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,000,000
1,600,000
|
1,600,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
||
Level 28
: Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Soukha Kachittavong opened to 230,000 as the first player to act and Mitchell Garshofsky called from the hijack.
Kachittavong bet 185,000 on the flop of 
and Garshofsky called. Kachittavong then checked on the 
turn and Garshofsky bet 350,000. Kachittavong called.
Kachittavong checked again on the 
river and Garshofsky bet 575,000. Kachittavong sighed and called.
"If you've got an ace you have it," Garshofsky said before Kachittavong tabled 
to win the pot.
"I was going to shove the turn, but I wanted to get paid!" said Kachittavong.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,000,000
1,500,000
|
1,500,000 |
|
|
3,400,000
-1,100,000
|
-1,100,000 |
Level 28
: Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Mitchell Garshofsky opened to 250,000 in middle position and Nir Cohen three-bet jammed for 290,000 from the big blind. Garshofsky called.
Nir Cohen: 
Mitchell Garshofsky: 
Cohen couldn't pull ahead as the board ran out 
to mark his elimination in seventh place for $17,703.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,500,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 28
: Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Ross Feldman was in the big blind in a heads-up pot against Nir Cohen in middle position on a flop of 
.
Feldman checked on the flop and Cohen bet 135,000. Feldman check-raised all in and Cohen quickly folded to hang on to his remaining 600,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,500,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
|
|
600,000
-150,000
|
-150,000 |
Level: 28
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 100,000
Level 27
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,200,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
|
2,600,000
-400,000
|
-400,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
2,500,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
2,300,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
|
1,500,000
-700,000
|
-700,000 |
|
|
1,300,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
750,000
-150,000
|
-150,000 |