$2,200 Mystery Bounty Event ($1,000,000 in Guaranteed Bounties) | The Return - A Borgata Championship Event

01-03-2023 14:35 UTC-4

Giovanniello Eliminated by Frangias After Bounty Bubble

Connor Richards

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

On the bounty bubble, Dominick Giovanniello moved all in with a short stack and was called by Demetrios Frangias, who had him covered.

Dominick Giovanniello:
Demetrios Frangias:

Frangias was far ahead but waited anxiously for several minutes as hands at other tables played out.

"Can we see this hand?! I'm stressed out! I know it's gonna be three deuces on the flop!" Frangias said.

Despite Frangias' cynicism, the board ran out to give him the winner and for Giovanniello to go out on the bounty bubble.

His cynicism may have been warranted as he told PokerNews he started the day with 179,000 chips but lost heaps when he had aces cracked.

"But I'm still in it!" he said triumphantly.

As it turns out, the bubble had burst in a previous hand and Frangias was awarded the first bounty of the event. Frangias pulled a $500 bounty and the room erupted in cheer as they learned the coveted $250,000 bounty was still in play.

Player	Chips	Progress
Demetrios Frangias	80,000 -99,000	-99,000
Dominick Giovanniello	Busted

Tags: Demetrios Frangias Dominick Giovanniello

Level: 15

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 5,000

01-03-2023 15:06 UTC-4

Updated Chip Counts

Jeff McMillan

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Christian Harder	495,000 311,500	311,500

Soukha Kachittavong	405,000 40,100	40,100
Nohad Teliani	385,000 204,000	204,000
Anthony Spinella	365,000 -10,000	-10,000

Ryan Riess	345,000 90,300	90,300

Asher Conniff	320,000 173,900	173,900

Anibal Santiago	280,000 50,000	50,000
Michael Rossitto	255,000 133,900	133,900
Shawn Stroke	220,000 117,100	117,100
Dave Stefanski	215,000 215,000	215,000
Nick Pupillo	182,000 182,000	182,000

Matt Stout	160,000 53,000	53,000
Stephen Song	158,000 58,000	58,000

Anthony Zinno	135,000 -126,900	-126,900

Vamsi Magam	127,000 39,500	39,500
Nick Palma	118,000 118,000	118,000
Kristen Foxen	75,000 31,100	31,100

Francis Anderson	65,000 -33,400	-33,400

01-03-2023 15:09 UTC-4

River Bet Wins it for Diamond

Connor Richards

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

Michael Diamond opened to 13,000 from under the gun and the button called to get the hand heads-up.

Diamond checked on the flop of and the button bet 13,000. Diamond called. Diamond checked again on the turn and the button checked back.

The river completed the board and Diamond led out for 12,000. His opponent laid it down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Diamond	150,000 -1,100	-1,100

Tags: Michael Diamond

01-03-2023 15:20 UTC-4

Conniff Above 500,000

Jeff McMillan

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

A player was all in preflop for close to 100,000. Asher Conniff and Nohad Teliani both called as big stacks.

The flop came . Conniff bet 50,000 and Teliani quickly folded. Conniff showed the which made Teliani express relief over having whiffed the flop while the all in player held the .

The turn was the to give the all in player trips but improve Conniff to a full house. The river was the and Conniff added a bounty to his haul as well as the big pot to move his stack north of 500,000 to put himself among the leaders.

Player	Chips	Progress
Asher Conniff	529,000 209,000	209,000

Nohad Teliani	378,000 -7,000	-7,000

Tags: Asher Conniff Nohad Teliani

01-03-2023 15:38 UTC-4

Eriquezzo Raises River

Jeff McMillan

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

Action was picked up on the river with the board reading . Matheus Simonetti Pereira bet 17,000 into a pot of 47,000.

Ryan Eriquezzo raised to 70,000 to turn the screws on his opponent who mulled it over for a solid minute before eventually getting rid of his hand and sending the pot to Eriquezzo.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Eriquezzo	290,000 186,000	186,000

Matheus Simonetti Pereira	153,000 67,000	67,000

Tags: Matheus Simonetti Pereira Ryan Eriquezzo

01-03-2023 15:40 UTC-4

"Call the Press!" Lonis Scoops for Double KO

Connor Richards

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

PokerNews got to Table 7 just as a massive hand involving three players was underway. Action kicked off with Martin Mirkovic opening to 11,500 from under the gun and the next player to act calling before a middle position player three-bet jammed for around 65,000.

Action folded to Jesse Lonis in the small blind, who four-bet jammed a bigger stack. The big blind then also moved all in with around 70,000.

"Call the press!" Lonis yelled as the massive hand played out and he alerted his friend at another table who had a piece of his bounty.

"The press is here!" someone replied.

Mirkovic went deep in the tank and eventually folded, while the flat-caller also folded.

Middle Position:
Big Blind:
Jesse Lonis:

Lonis was in good shape but the big blind had two live outs and was screaming for a queen.

"Queen!" he yelled as the flop landed . "QUEEN!" he repeated before the turn. The opponent gave up asking for a queen before the bricked off on the river for Lonis to eliminate both opponents.