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

Spinella Sends Cohen Away

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Anthony Spinella
Anthony Spinella

Michael Cohen moved all in except for 15,000 that he left behind. Anthony Spinella called and turned over the {a-Diamonds}{j-Hearts} but Cohen was not all in quite yet and Spinella quickly turned his cards back over.

The flop came {j-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}. Despite knowing that Spinella hit his jack, Cohen tossed in the last few chips and Spinella called.

Cohen had the {a-Diamonds}{q-Clubs} which would try to chase down the pair of jacks. The turn was the {9-Diamonds} and the river came the {q-Spades} to end the day for Cohen.

Player Chips Progress
Anthony Spinella us
Anthony Spinella
490,000
125,000
125,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Michael Cohen us
Michael Cohen
Busted

Tags: Anthony SpinellaMichael Cohen

Cicali Pulls $100K Bounty

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Anthony Cicali III
Anthony Cicali III

Anthony Cicali is one of the early big winners of the day after the Borgata regular and online grinder pulled the $100,000 bounty during Level 16.

"I can't even call my girlfriend, she's in a massage appointment right now!" he laughed.

One $100,000 bounty still remains, as does the elusive $250,000 bounty.

Randolph Rivers Chop

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

On a flop of {9-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}{2-Hearts}, Naichang Chen was in a good spot to get a needed double as he held the {k-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds} for top pair and was out-kicking the {k-Spades}{8-Spades} of Columbus Randolph.

The turn was the {9-Spades} to pair the board and the river came the {a-Clubs} to give both players two pair with an ace kicker to chop it up, which Randolph was much more excited about than Chen who frowned a bit as he pulled back his initial short stack.

Player Chips Progress
Columbus Randolph us
Columbus Randolph
340,000
211,800
211,800
Naichang Chen us
Naichang Chen
95,000
-9,200
-9,200

Tags: Columbus RandolphNaichang Chen

"Sick Hand" Sees Zhan Double With Ladies

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

An early position player opened to 18,000 and Michael Zhan three-bet to 60,000 from the next seat. Action folded around and the opponent four-bet jammed with Zhan covered. Zhan called off for a total of 224,000.

Michael Zhan: {q-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}
Early Position: {a-}{k-}

The flop landed {10-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{k-Clubs} to give the opponent a commanding lead and the {k-Hearts} was just an insult to injury for Zhan. However, the dealer put down the {q-Spades} on the river to give Zhan queens full and the table erupted after the rollercoaster hand.

"What a sick hand!" someone commented.

Zhan remarked that the hand "played itself" and the opponent replied that he was "surprised you called."

"Hard to fold queens," a table mate countered.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Zhan us
Michael Zhan
460,000
359,000
359,000

Tags: Michael Zhan

Dibernardi Doubles with Flush Over Flush

Level 16 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Picking up action on a board of {2-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{q-Spades}{3-Spades} in a three-way pot, the big blind checked and a middle position player also checked before David Dibernardi bet 40,000. The big blind check-jammed a stack of around 350,000 and the middle position player went deep into the tank before folding. Dibernardi quickly called.

David Dibernardi: {a-Spades}{j-Spades}
Big Blind: {6-Spades}{5-Spades}

"Bigger flush?" the big blind said before the cards were flipped over to reveal he was drawing to one out for a straight flush.

Teasingly, the river brought the {8-Spades}, but it wasn't the {4-Spades} that the big blind needed and Dibernardi doubled. The middle position player told the table he folded pocket kings.

Player Chips Progress
David Dibernardi us
David Dibernardi
450,000
349,100
349,100

Tags: David Dibernardi

Level: 17

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

Assorted Chip Counts; Bogiatzis Leading

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Constantine Bogiatzis us
Constantine Bogiatzis
840,000
661,500
661,500
Jason Deutsch us
Jason Deutsch
480,000
199,900
199,900
Ryan Riess us
Ryan Riess
420,000
75,000
75,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Kyle Goodman us
Kyle Goodman
395,000
184,600
184,600
Ryan Eriquezzo us
Ryan Eriquezzo
390,000
100,000
100,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Otto Dierkes us
Otto Dierkes
345,000
165,000
165,000
Christian Harder us
Christian Harder
320,000
-175,000
-175,000
$25K Fantasy
Michael Rossitto us
Michael Rossitto
300,000
45,000
45,000
Anthony Cicali us
Anthony Cicali
290,000
105,200
105,200
Nick Palma us
Nick Palma
235,000
117,000
117,000
Dave Stefanski us
Dave Stefanski
190,000
-25,000
-25,000
Yaser Al-Keliddar us
Yaser Al-Keliddar
155,000
-130,900
-130,900
WSOP 1X Winner
Stephen Song us
Stephen Song
125,000
-33,000
-33,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
Anthony Zinno us
Anthony Zinno
112,000
-23,000
-23,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 3X Winner

Rossitto Rising

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Action was on the turn with the board reading {4-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}. Michael Rossitto bet 100,000 from the button and his opponent in the cutoff called.

The river came the {8-Diamonds}. Rossitto put out a bet of 145,000 and was snap-called by his opponent who instantly tossed in the one-chip call.

Rossitto tabled the {k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds} and his opponent mucked as Rossitto moved high up in the counts.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Rossitto us
Michael Rossitto
720,000
420,000
420,000

Tags: Michael Rossitto

Dodd Nearly Triples After Flopping Set

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Ryan Dodd as all in and at risk against a shorter-stacked opponent and David Dibernardi, who had him covered.

Opponent: {q-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}
Ryan Dodd: {8-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}
David Dibernardi: {a-Hearts}{10-Spades}

Dodd took a massive lead as the flop landed {2-Hearts}{k-Clubs}{8-Hearts} to give him a set and nothing changed as the board ran out an innocent {9-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}.

The player with queens was eliminated while Dibernardi, who last level doubled up with the nut flush, was left with a short stack.

Player Chips Progress
Ryan Dodd us
Ryan Dodd
730,000
612,600
612,600
David Dibernardi us
David Dibernardi
100,000
-350,000
-350,000

Tags: David DibernardiRyan Dodd