The Return - A Borgata Championship Event
Level: 10
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 1,600
There were once again boisterous scenes at Table 39 as Steven Buckner played a heads-up pot on a board of ![]()
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With around 65,000 already in the middle, his opponent bet 30,000 before Buckner raised all in to put the opponent to the test for his remaining 50,000. That's when the real excitement began.
"Can I show him one? I can show him one, my hand isn't dead," Buckner said before taking the
and sticking it on his forehead.
Players at the table laughed as the opponent went deep in the tank and eventually folded. Buckner then turned over the
for a rivered straight.
"The nuts!" he cheered.
Francis Anderson was all in against Sung "Frankie the Fish" Lee, who had him covered.
Francis Anderson: ![]()
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Sung "Frankie the Fish" Lee: ![]()
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The flop landed ![]()
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to give Anderson a set but to leave Lee some hope with a gutshot. The board then ran out ![]()
for Lee to hit his straight and Anderson went out in painful fashion.
Earlier in the week, Anderson finished eighth in the $2,200 Mystery Bounty Event for $104,084 after a nine-handed chop.
Level: 9
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
Julio Clavell raised to 6,500 in middle position and John Ross called before the cutoff moved all in for 41,600. Wooyang Lin then moved all in for 6,900 from the big blind and Clavell tanked before calling. Ross also tanked before folding ![]()
face-up.
Wooyang Lin: ![]()
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Julio Clavell: ![]()
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The cutoff had less outs and was drawing thin as the flop came ![]()
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. The turn then brought the
to have both of Lin's opponents drawing dead.
"Yes! Full house already!" he celebrated before the
bricked off on the river for Lin to nearly quadruple up given the dead money in the pot and for Clavell to win a big side pot to eliminate the cutoff.
"I expected way more out of you than that," the cutoff growled. "That's really bad."
Right before the dinner break, Steven Buckner raised and an opponent three-bet jammed a stack of 19,000. Buckner called with a bigger stack.
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Steven Buckner: ![]()
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The flop of ![]()
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got Buckner screaming as he had flopped quads. "I flopped him dead!" Buckner celebrated as the board finished out ![]()
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"You know I love you, Cuz," Buckner told the unfortunate opponent as he picked up another bounty.
Players in the $2,100 Bounty Event are on a 45-minute dinner break and action will pick back up at approximately 8:10 p.m. local time. The clocks show 481 entrants in the event so far.
In a three-way pot on a flop of ![]()
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, Uke Dauti checked and the next player to act bet 2,300. Steven Buckner raised to 7,200 and Dauti flat-called, while the other player folded.
"No club!" Buckner yelled before the dealer put down the
on the turn.
Dauti checked again and Buckner bet 8,000. Dauti called. The
river completed the board and Dauti led all in for around 23,700.
"You were open-ended, huh?" Buckner said before he through his hand into the muck and showed a
.Dauti then turned over a bluff with ![]()
for a missed flush draw.
"I'm coming for that bounty!" roared Buckner.