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

Villella Spinning Up

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

Joseph Villella began the day with a short stack of 30,000 but has had a big spin-up to start the day. He was spotted all in with the {a-Spades}{q-Spades} against the {k-Hearts}{k-Spades} of Abraham Korotki and the {q-Clubs}{q-Hearts} of John Machen.

Korotki had the biggest stack and was looking for a double knockout but the flop came down {a-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{6-Hearts} to launch Villella into the lead. The turn was the {8-Hearts} and the river came the {4-} as Villella pumped his fist as his stack is now very healthy.

Player Chips Progress
Abraham Korotki us
Abraham Korotki
208,000
7,100
7,100
Joseph Villella us
Joseph Villella
205,000
173,800
173,800
John Machen us
John Machen
Busted

Tags: Abraham KorotkiJohn MachenJoseph Villella

Level: 14

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

Spinella vs Stout

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

The flop read {4-Clubs}{j-Clubs}{6-Spades}. From the button, Matt Stout bet 17,000 and Anthony Spinella called from the cutoff.

The turn was the {8-Diamonds}. Action went check-check. The river came the {2-Hearts}. Spinella led for 50,000 into a pot of around the same size. Stout thought it out for close to a minute before eventually sliding his cards forward for the fold.

Player Chips Progress
Anthony Spinella us
Anthony Spinella
235,000
-38,800
-38,800
WSOP 1X Winner
Matt Stout us
Matt Stout
107,000
107,000
107,000

Tags: Anthony SpinellaMatt Stout

Santiago Jams River

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

Action came in on the river with the board showing the {10-Spades}{3-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{3-Spades}. Anibal Santiago was in the big blind and was facing a bet of 50,000 from his opponent in early position.

Santiago took his time before he raised all in which got a quick fold from his opponent and Santiago took in the addition to his stack.

Player Chips Progress
Anibal Santiago us
Anibal Santiago
230,000
149,900
149,900

Tags: Anibal SantiagoSantiago Jams River

Song Busts Marin

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

Nikita Marin open-shoved a stack of around 40,000 from the hijack and Stephen Song re-shoved in the small blind to get the hand heads-up.

Nikita Marin: {k-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}
Stephen Song: {a-Spades}{9-Hearts}

"Alright, you're ahead but I'm live. And you're running bad!" Marin told Song.

"No, I got that out of the way!" Song laughed.

Song stayed ahead as the board ran out {8-Hearts}{j-Spades}{3-Clubs}{4-Spades}{a-Diamonds} to improve him to a pair of aces as Marin hit the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Stephen Song us
Stephen Song
100,000
45,900
45,900
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
Nikita Marin us
Nikita Marin
Busted

Tags: Nikita MarinStephen Song

Spinella Adding More

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

There were three players headed to the river as the board showed {3-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{a-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{j-Hearts}. From middle position, Anthony Spinella bet 40,000.

Otto Dierkes folded on the button quickly and the big blind also got out of the way which allowed Spinella to gather more chips as his stack continues to move up on Day 2.

Player Chips Progress
Anthony Spinella us
Anthony Spinella
375,000
140,000
140,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Otto Dierkes us
Otto Dierkes
180,000
55,200
55,200

Tags: Anthony SpinellaOtto Dierkes