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

01-06-2023 16:44 UTC-4

Borgata Mystery Bounty: Huge Misclick Late May Have Cost One Player Tens of Thousands

Connor Richards

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Tournament poker returned to Atlantic City in a big way this week with the The Return - A Borgata Championship Event $2,200 Mystery Bounty Event, a tournament that attracted 1,361 entries and awarded a $2,670,340 prize pool!

Samuel Laskowitz of Bayport, New York won that tournament for $146,609 in prize money after an ICM deal at the final table. Right behind Laskowitz in chips was Anthony Maio, who ended with $142,054 in prize money to add to his over $1 million in career earnings.

Also scoring a big payday in the tournament was Ryan Dodd, who not only made the final table as the short stack but also pulled the highly sought-after $250,000 top bounty!

Here’s a look at five of the more interesting hands captured by the PokerNews Live Reporting Team in the Borgata $2,200 Mystery Bounty event.

Click here for a look at 5 Big Hands from the Mystery Bounty Event!

Level: 2

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 200

01-06-2023 16:39 UTC-4

Turn Bet Wins it for Eriquezzo

Connor Richards

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

Ryan Eriquezzo was in early position in a three-way pot against the blinds on a flop of .

The blinds checked on the flop and Eriquezzo bet 500. The small blind folded and the big blind called. The big blind checked on the turn and Eriquezzo bet 1,500. His opponent folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Eriquezzo	32,000 2,000	2,000

Tags: Ryan Eriquezzo

01-06-2023 16:26 UTC-4

Eriquezzo Looking to Make Another Bounty Run

Connor Richards

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

Ryan Eriquezzo is among the players in the field as the Connecticut native looks to add to his $2 million in live earnings with another deep bounty run.

Earlier this week, Eriquezzo finished third in the $2,200 Mystery Bounty Event for $132,093 after a nine-way ICM chop. Eriquezzo also picked up several bounties throughout the day but, unfortunately for him, almost all of them were for the minimum $500.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Eriquezzo	30,000 30,000	30,000

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01-06-2023 16:05 UTC-4

Shuffle Up and Deal

Connor Richards

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

Cards are in the air and action is underway in Day 1 of $2,100 Bounty Event.

Level: 1

Blinds: 100/100

Ante: 100

01-06-2023 15:00 UTC-4

Borgata Bounty Action Continues Today with Day 1 of $2,100 Bounty Event

Connor Richards

As Day 2 of the $5,300 The Return plays out as part of The Return - A Borgata Championship Event, Day 1 of the $2,100 Bounty Event will commence at 3 p.m. local time as players look to become the next big bounty winner here in Atlantic City.

There have already been plenty of bounty winners after the $2,200 Mystery Bounty event, which featured $25,000, $50,000 and $100,000 bounties, as well as a single $250,000 bounty that remained in play up to the final table before finally being drawn by Ryan Dodd. Rodd is continuing his hot streak and currently sits with a big stack in Day 2 of The Return.

While there won't be any five or six figure bounties in play in this event, players will have the opportunity to pick up a $1,000 bounty per elimination.

Players will start with 30,000 chips and blinds at 100/100/100. The first eight levels will be 30 minutes long and all levels after that will be 40 minutes. Day 1 will play through Level 15 and a dinner break will be provided, as well as 15-minute breaks after levels 4 and 8 and then every three levels. Late registration will remain open through the end of Level 8.

Day 2 is scheduled to play to a winner as it gets underway on Jan. 7 at 1 p.m. local time.

Be sure to stay tuned as PokerNews is on-site here in Atlantic City and will be covering all of the bounty action.

Tags: Ryan Dodd

$2,100 Bounty Event

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