$2,100 Bounty Event Day 1 | The Return - A Borgata Championship Event

01-07-2023 02:15 UTC-4

Some Big Stacks Emerging

Connor Richards

Level 15 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Nir Cohen	610,000
Simon Levy	550,000
Soukha Kachittavong	300,000 -60,000	-60,000
Sung Lee	250,000 160,000	160,000
Ren Lin	130,000 -150,000	-150,000

David Jackson	60,000 -25,000	-25,000

Level: 15

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 5,000

01-07-2023 01:37 UTC-4

Final Break

Connor Richards

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Players have been sent on their final 15-minute break of the evening.

01-07-2023 01:37 UTC-4

Payout Information

Connor Richards

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Payout information is now available for the $2,100 Bounty Event. With $485,000 in the prize pool, a total of 54 places will be paid with a minimum cash being worth $1,940 and $120,753 up top for the winner.

The full payouts are available in the table below.

	PLACE	PRIZE (IN USD)
	1	$120,753
	2	$67,900
	3	$43,650
	4	$34,678
	5	$27,160
	6	$22,310
	7	$17,703
	8	$13,823
	9	$9,700
	10-12	$6,305
	13-15	$4,850
	16-18	$3,638
	19-27	$2,668
	28-36	$2,425
	37-45	$2,183
	46-54	$1,940

01-07-2023 01:27 UTC-4

Updated Counts

Connor Richards

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Soukha Kachittavong	360,000 225,000	225,000
Ren Lin	280,000 70,000	70,000

Tim Forehand	170,000 95,000	95,000
Nick Pupillo	130,000 -190,000	-190,000

David Jackson	85,000 -55,000	-55,000

Ryan Riess	85,000 10,000	10,000

01-07-2023 00:59 UTC-4

Gao Doubles Through Jackson

Connor Richards

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

David Jackson was in a heads-up pot against Mike Gao and moved all in with the board reading . Gao called with a stack of 123,000.

Mike Gao:
David Jackson:

Jackson's two pair was behind the nut flush of Gao and Jackson couldn't fill up on the river as the peeled off to earn Gao the big double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Gao	280,000
David Jackson	140,000 -10,000	-10,000

Tags: David Jackson Mike Gao

Level: 14

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

01-07-2023 00:45 UTC-4

"Cuz" No More

Connor Richards

Level 13 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Steven "Cuz" Buckner can no longer be heard yelling throughout the tournament room as the two-time WPT runner-up has been eliminated.

Buckner built up a nice stack and picked up several bounties throughout the day but couldn't make it to bag time.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steven Buckner	Busted

01-07-2023 00:42 UTC-4

Jackson Gets Four-Bet

Connor Richards

Level 13 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

The hijack opened to 10,000 and David Jackson three-bet to 28,000 from the button.

Action folded back around to the hijack, who put out his bounty chip for an all-in bet. The two-time bracelet winner snap-folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Jackson	150,000 -25,000	-25,000

Tags: David Jackson

01-07-2023 00:32 UTC-4

PokerNews Podcast: A Look Back at the Biggest Stories of 2022; Where Does Negreanu Rank?

Connor Richards

Level 13 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

In the final PokerNews Podcast episode of 2022 – which marks our 51st of the year – Chad Holloway, Jesse Fullen, and Connor Richards take a look back at the biggest stories of the year as presented in PokerNews’ Top 10 Stories of 2022 article series.

Take a trip back as they reminisce about big stories such as the boom of live poker, the World Series of Poker (WSOP) moving homes, and cheating scandals galore. Plus, they talk live streams, poker legislation, Hustler Casino Live, Robbi Jade Lew vs. Garrett Adelstein, and Daniel Negreanu’s rollercoaster year.

Finally, they share their favorite podcast episodes of the year – including with guests like Jack Binion, Espen Jorstad, Antonio Esfandiari, Bryn Kenney, and Eugene Katchalov – before remembering those poker players and personalities that the industry lost in 2022.

Click here to listen to the new PN Podcast!