The Return - A Borgata Championship Event

$2,200 Mystery Bounty Event ($1,000,000 in Guaranteed Bounties)
Day: 2
Event Info

The Return - A Borgata Championship Event

Event Info
Buy-in
$2,200
Prize Pool
$2,670,340
Entries
1,361
Players Left
9
Average Chip Stack
5,292,778
Total Chips
47,635,000
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
160,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
397
Players Left
9

Alexander Tumay Eliminated in 19th Place ($7,400)

Level 27 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Alexander Tumay
Alexander Tumay

Alexander Tumay was down to just over an ante and was all in as he posted the big blind. Nathan Cho opened from under the gun and everyone else folded to get the hand heads-up.

Alexander Tumay: {4-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}
Nathan Cho: {a-Hearts}{8-Spades}

Tumay managed to stay alive as the board ran out {9-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{2-Spades}{k-Hearts} to give him the best hand. The next hand, Christine Familetti raised to 150,000 from the cutoff and Tumay moved in from the small blind with much less, while Cho called from the big blind.

Cho checked on the flop of {10-Clubs}{2-Spades}{a-Clubs} and Familetti moved all in. Cho folded.

Alexander Tumay: {9-Clubs}{2-Clubs}
Christine Familetti: {a-Spades}{6-Hearts}

"I have outs!" Tuma said as he revealed a pair and flush draw before the board ran out {k-Hearts}{5-Hearts} to mark his elimination. "I no longer have outs."

Player Chips Progress
Nathan Cho us
Nathan Cho
4,500,000
2,750,000
2,750,000
Christine Familetti us
Christine Familetti
1,400,000
-250,000
-250,000
Alexander Tumay us
Alexander Tumay
Busted

Tags: Alexander TumayChristine FamilettiNathan Cho

Ryan Riess Eliminated in 20th Place ($7,400)

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Ryan Riess
Ryan Riess

Ryan Riess moved all in from under the gun for 860,000 and Samuel Laskowitz called in the small blind with a bigger stack.

Ryan Riess: {a-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}
Samuel Laskowitz: {k-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}

Riess had run into Cowboys and couldn't hit an ace on the {7-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{4-Spades}{2-Diamonds} runout for the 2013 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champion to go out in 20th place for $7,400.

Player Chips Progress
Samuel Laskowitz us
Samuel Laskowitz
3,000,000
600,000
600,000
Ryan Riess us
Ryan Riess
Busted
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Ryan RiessSamuel Laskowitz

Gerard Petrocelli Eliminated in 21st Place ($7,400)

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Gerard Petrocelli
Gerard Petrocelli

Gerard Petrocelli open-shoved from under the gun and Alexander Tumay re-shoved from the next seat with 685,000, slightly having Petrocelli covered. Baruch Forst called in the big blind with both players covered.

Gerard Petrocelli: {j-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}
Alexander Tumay: {6-Diamonds}{6-Spades}
Baruch Forst: {a-Hearts}{k-Hearts}

The flop landed {7-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}{q-Spades} to give Petrocelli the lead with a pair of jacks and the {j-Hearts} on the turn only improved his hand. "Ten!" yelled Forst without realizing such a card would give Petrocelli a full house.

But it was Tumay who made the full house as the river brought the {6-Clubs} to give him sixes full of jacks and to send Petrocelli out in excruciating fashion.

"Holy shit! This is crazy," Nathan Cho reacted in real time.

"That's the way to go out, boys," Petrocelli said stoically.

Player Chips Progress
Alexander Tumay us
Alexander Tumay
2,000,000
1,450,000
1,450,000
Baruch Forst us
Baruch Forst
1,200,000
40,000
40,000
Gerard Petrocelli us
Gerard Petrocelli
Busted

Tags: Alexander TumayBaruch ForstGerard PetrocelliNathan Cho

Anthony Cicali Eliminated in 22nd Place ($7,400)

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Anthony Cicali III
Anthony Cicali III

As relayed to PokerNews, Anthony Cicali was eliminated when he went all in with {a-}{3-} and was called by Anthony Giliberti with {a-}{6-}.

A six on the board confirmed Cicali's elimination as he went out in 22nd place for $7,400. That's just a fraction of what the gambling streamer earned earlier in the day when he pulled one of two $100,000 bounties.

Player Chips Progress
Anthony Giliberti us
Anthony Giliberti
3,100,000
1,800,000
1,800,000
Anthony Cicali us
Anthony Cicali
Busted

Tags: Anthony CicaliAnthony Giliberti

Eriquezzo Applies Pressure

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Ryan Eriquezzo
Ryan Eriquezzo

Michael Rossitto opened for 85,000 in the hijack. Anthony Giliberti called in the cutoff. Ryan Eriquezzo three-bet to 395,000 from the small blind, Rossitto thought for a bit before smooth-calling and Giliberti decided to call also to swell the pot to over 1,200,000 preflop.

The flop came {3-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}. Eriquezzo led for 400,000. Rossitto and Giliberti both relinquished their hands fairly quickly and Eriquezzo continued to rocket to the top.

Player Chips Progress
Ryan Eriquezzo us
Ryan Eriquezzo
4,900,000
2,500,000
2,500,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Michael Rossitto us
Michael Rossitto
1,780,000
260,000
260,000
Anthony Giliberti us
Anthony Giliberti
800,000
706,300
706,300

Tags: Anthony GilibertiMichael RossittoRyan Eriquezzo

Villella Sends Conniff Away

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Asher Conniff
Asher Conniff

Asher Conniff was headed out of the room as his losing hand was turned over as the board showed {6-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{2-Spades}{k-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}.

Joseph Villella was picking up the ruins of Conniff's stack with the winning {k-Spades}{q-Diamonds} showing as the field lost one of the more accomplished players left in the field.

Player Chips Progress
Joseph Villella us
Joseph Villella
1,650,000
1,445,000
1,445,000
Asher Conniff us
Asher Conniff
Busted
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Asher ConniffJoseph Villella

"My Watch is Worth More Than Your Lives"; Bianco Slays Failla in Huge Dramatic Pot

Level 24 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Benedetto Bianco
Benedetto Bianco

There was a commotion at the table as the board read {10-Spades}{j-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{a-Hearts} and two boisterous players ended up all in on the turn in a massive pot, one of the largest of the day thus far.

Emanuel "Will the Thrill" Failla held the nuts with the {k-Spades}{q-Spades} while Benedetto Bianco had the {a-Spades}{5-Spades}. The river dramatically came the {4-Spades} to give Bianco the nut flush and crush Failla.

"Yes! You can't beat me, I'm the luckiest guy in the world!" said Bianco to Failla.

The two New Yorkers loudly razzed and boasted at each other while the dealer counted out the stacks to see who had the larger stack.

"I don't care, I got 30 jobs I want to get out of here," said Bianco about his turn call.

"My watch is worth more than both of your lives," said Failla in retort while gesturing to the two players next to him.

Eventually, it was determined that Failla was barely covered and he was eliminated in dramatic fashion while Bianco became one of the biggest stacks in the room.

Player Chips Progress
Benedetto Bianco us
Benedetto Bianco
3,400,000
3,286,800
3,286,800
Emanuel Failla us
Emanuel Failla
Busted
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Benedetto BiancoEmanuel Failla

Palma's Run Comes to an End

Level 23 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Nick Palma
Nick Palma

Nick Palma was standing up and waiting for payouts as his deep run was over. He retold his bust-out hand to PokerNews.

Palma raised to 60,000 preflop. Albert Nguyen jammed all in and Palma called.

Palma had the {a-Spades}{k-Spades} and well ahead of the {a-}{j-} of Nguyen.

The flop came {k-}{10-}{3-} to give Nguyen a broadway draw which would come in on the turn when a {q-} came off and the river was a blank to send Palma away.

Player Chips Progress
Albert Nguyen ca
Albert Nguyen
1,050,000
230,000
230,000
Nick Palma us
Nick Palma
Busted

Tags: Albert NguyenNick Palma

Zero for Zinno as He Runs Into Aces

Level 23 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Anthony Zinno
Anthony Zinno

As relayed to PokerNews, Anthony Zinno open-shoved a stack of around 300,000 and was called by the bigger-stacked George Abi-Zeid.

Anthony Zinno: {a-Hearts}{5-Hearts}
George Abi-Zeid: {a-}{a-}

Zinno had run smack into aces and couldn't get ahead on the brick runout to be eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
George Abi-Zeid us
George Abi-Zeid
650,000
483,600
483,600
Anthony Zinno us
Anthony Zinno
Busted
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 3X Winner

Tags: Anthony ZinnoGeorge Abi-Zeid