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

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

Day 2 Started

Full Chip Counts (full)

Player Chips Progress
Michael Dentale us
Michael Dentale
465,100
465,100
465,100
Anthony Elmo us
Anthony Elmo
432,000
432,000
432,000
Christopher Rich
Christopher Rich
411,400
411,400
411,400
James Romero us
James Romero
377,300
WPT 1X Winner
Arash Eshaghian us
Arash Eshaghian
375,300
375,300
375,300
Soukha Kachittavong us
Soukha Kachittavong
364,900
Steven Sau
Steven Sau
358,400
358,400
358,400
Brett Levitzke us
Brett Levitzke
320,200
320,200
320,200
Frank Brannan us
Frank Brannan
309,000
309,000
309,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Jeffrey Chang us
Jeffrey Chang
301,800
301,800
301,800
Yaser Al-Keliddar us
Yaser Al-Keliddar
285,900
WSOP 1X Winner
Jason Deutsch us
Jason Deutsch
280,100
Anthony Spinella us
Anthony Spinella
273,800
WSOP 1X Winner
Matthew Taylor us
Matthew Taylor
264,000
264,000
264,000
Anthony Zinno us
Anthony Zinno
261,900
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 3X Winner
Gregory Spurdis
Gregory Spurdis
255,500
255,500
255,500
Ryan Riess us
Ryan Riess
254,700
79,700
79,700
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Ryan Wolfson us
Ryan Wolfson
247,600
99,600
99,600
Max Hoffman us
Max Hoffman
245,000
245,000
245,000
Michael Mann
Michael Mann
245,000
245,000
245,000
Michael Mcguinness us
Michael Mcguinness
237,700
237,700
237,700
Zhan Ma
Zhan Ma
235,400
235,400
235,400
Jared Kaanga
Jared Kaanga
232,500
232,500
232,500
Gino Gesso us
Gino Gesso
230,800
230,800
230,800
Gaetana Dierkes
Gaetana Dierkes
230,000
230,000
230,000

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Day 2 Seat Draw

 TABLESEATPLAYERCHIP COUNTBIG BLINDS
 11Patrick Martorella223,80075
 12Mukul Pahuja143,10048
 13Stuart Gelwarg105,90035
 14Columbus Randolph128,20043
 15Kevin Roche207,40069
 16Andrew Carnevale124,00041
 17Michael Niceta60,50020
 18Daniel Kelly85,00028
 19Sefula Seji123,30041
      
 21Anthony Spinella273,80091
 22Matthew Stout178,80060
 23Michael Cohen160,00053
 24Otto Dierkes124,80042
 25Mikepan Gao81,90027
 26Matthew Costanzo180,00060
 27Hitesh Patel151,00050
 28Johnathan Younger196,50066
 29EMPTY  
      
 31Matheus Simonetti Pereira86,00029
 32Ryan Eriquezzo104,00035
 33Brendon Oneal60,10020
 34Michael Dobbs136,30045
 35Francis Anderson98,40033
 36Alex Paredes-Diaz153,40051
 37Ethan Paquette179,70060
 38David Stefanski213,10071
 39Simon Harrison43,50015
      
 41Yaser Al-Keliddar285,90095
 42Joshua Rothberg34,30011
 43Gerard Petrocelli149,00050
 44Rodney Turvin180,00060
 45Stephanie Rivkin86,50029
 46Kyle Goodman210,40070
 47Adam Adler166,00055
 48Istvan Szabo71,00024
 49Chad Devin Dutrow24,3008
      
 51Admir Gjevukaj54,00018
 52Byron Vereschagin115,50039
 53Anthony Zinno261,90087
 54Baruch Forst150,00050
 55Eugene Layne169,10056
 56August Smrek50,70017
 57Taylor Black133,60045
 58Nicholas Palma160,70054
 59Arkadiy Tsinis59,10020
      
 61Nikita Marin42,50014
 62Earl King111,90037
 63Luke Iorio42,20014
 64Stephen Song54,10018
 65Genady Mayzel133,20044
 66Akash Seth204,40068
 67Daniel Buzgon73,60025
 68Soukha Kachittavong364,900122
 69Ramon Liriano135,10045
      
 71Brandon Lulov47,10016
 72Matthew Gambino56,20019
 73Jesse Lonis203,30068
 74Golan Gabay83,70028
 75Martin Mirkovic120,30040
 76Stephen Celeste52,00017
 77Gregory Lakis92,90031
 78Tyler Hirschfeld148,00049
 79EMPTY  
      
 81Noemi Saleh126,40042
 82Nicholas Coiro218,90073
 83Ronald Davis49,20016
 84Esther Taylor103,20034
 85Lawrence Harper103,20034
 86Buu Nguyen228,10076
 87Jatinder Singh46,40015
 88Scott Haze67,30022
 89Andrew Kim144,50048
      
 91Monro Secor52,30017
 92Joseph Migliore141,50047
 93Anthony Ibrahim180,50060
 94Bruce Homan52,20017
 95Alexander Tumay209,00070
 96Paul Fisher55,20018
 97Joseph Grodowski101,60034
 98Anna Antimony169,80057
 99Joseph Zuniga63,00021
      
 101Matthew Mazzeo74,70025
 102Anthony Maio124,60042
 103Timothy Gaynord97,60033
 104Matthew Iles128,40043
 105Christopher Trang108,10036
 106Jason Deutsch280,10093
 107Michael Renna59,80020
 108Gino Gesso230,80077
 109Michael Affa67,90023
      
 111Joseph Gegan144,00048
 112Zhan Ma235,40078
 113Mykhailo Lendel96,30032
 114Timothy Forehand91,60031
 115Jeffrey Stellwagon100,40033
 116Brendan Mahoney197,10066
 117Matthew Brady103,60035
 118James Mendoza136,00045
 119Lamel Riollano68,60023
      
 121Moshe Yehoshua136,40045
 122Mijael Meza-Rivera116,50039
 123Jonathan Cho154,80052
 124Christoph Basile152,20051
 125Ryan Depaulo159,30053
 126Mark Llorente79,50027
 127Benjamin Ahdut49,70017
 128Luis Valenzuela229,60077
 129Dennis Loftus53,20018
      
 131Brandon Hamlet175,80059
 132Myles Mullaly144,60048
 133Daniel Fortier124,80042
 134Edwin Buskirk82,30027
 135A Paleatsos75,80025
 136Eric Hayes62,70021
 137Sean Barringer204,50068
 138John Ross119,90040
 139EMPTY  
      
 141Arian Stolt21,8007
 142Troy Oneal171,90057
 143Joseph Villella31,20010
 144Jeremy Pappano81,40027
 145Abraham Korotki200,90067
 146Thomas Holowchuk67,30022
 147John Machen47,80016
 148Christopher Serafin115,60039
 149Ryan Wolfson247,60083
      
 151David Kilcoyne147,10049
 152Kai Zheng100,30033
 153Michael Gagliano28,0009
 154Shimon Milul62,30021
 155Shang Dai194,50065
 156Joseph Matos55,50019
 157Arash Eshaghian375,300125
 158Alain Caballero218,00073
 159Joseph Umdenstock212,10071
      
 161Zachary Daily80,90027
 162Alex Feiner41,80014
 163Michael Hanisch99,90033
 164Scott Remaley172,50058
 165Ethan Bennett184,50062
 166Nicholas Wang122,60041
 167Tamer Abdelhakiem217,60073
 168Andrew Swenson104,00035
 169Maxwell Schrack95,00032
      
 171Frank Toscano116,60039
 172Marc Sandy182,80061
 173Scott Boxenhorn49,20016
 174Daniel Amrhein38,50013
 175Mitchell Jacko52,90018
 176Shang Wang155,00052
 177Thien-Loc Nguyen114,70038
 178Kijana Corbin51,30017
 179Vamsi Magam87,50029
      
 181Kristen Foxen43,90015
 182Matthew Taylor264,00088
 183Max Hoffman245,00082
 184Nicholas Pupillo148,10049
 185Ryan Hohner39,40013
 186Raymond Ferretti65,00022
 187Weize Lin212,10071
 188Alexander Rocha110,30037
 189Harold Hyatt67,10022
      
 191Safi Syed59,60020
 192Michael Haberman47,90016
 193Abhinav Iyer112,90038
 194She Wong162,90054
 195Richard Rossetti108,40036
 196Stanton Tentnowski125,00042
 197Werner Muller62,60021
 198Joseph Cutler173,70058
 199Christopher Rich411,400137
      
 201Gregory Nerenberg64,90022
 202Asif Mohammed125,90042
 203William Braden162,20054
 204David Coleman47,80016
 205Po Ying169,80057
 206Kelly Holes67,30022
 207Alexander Mangine73,10024
 208Raymond Tetsoshvili216,00072
 209Jason Nguyen148,10049
      
 211Ryan Flynn28,2009
 212Naichang Chen104,20035
 213Aaron Kirshenberg191,90064
 214Mitchell Garshofsky167,70056
 215Michael Dentale465,100155
 216Todd Rodenborn34,50012
 217Bruce Yamron128,70043
 218Christian Harder183,50061
 219Octavian Neacsu140,90047
      
 221Ryan Dodd117,40039
 222Steven Sau358,400119
 223Ricky Guan109,80037
 224Jose Noboa111,10037
 225Carlo Sciannameo119,50040
 226Ozea Ingram82,40027
 227James Lillis188,60063
 228Anthony Cicali184,80062
 229Rostislav Shetman66,20022
      
 231David Jackson227,00076
 232James Raymond78,90026
 233Frank Brannan309,000103
 234George Rakitzis80,10027
 235Jeffrey Chang301,800101
 236Norman Joven202,50068
 237Jimmy Le76,00025
 238Matthew Sullivan100,40033
 239Philip Saracino67,50023
      
 241Anthony Marra49,30016
 242Annand Ramdin215,10072
 243Brandon Mueller150,20050
 244Bryce Mcvay53,50018
 245Ricardo Mateo68,00023
 246Chan Kim172,30057
 247Omar Saeed125,60042
 248Justin Bianco53,50018
 249EMPTY  
      
 251Richard Milo54,70018
 252Nohad Teliani181,00060
 253Jerry Atkins110,20037
 254Asher Conniff146,10049
 255Luis Alves128,10043
 256Phillip Mendel65,50022
 257Eric Donahue151,30050
 258Leo Taffe122,40041
 259Demetrios Frangias179,00060
      
 261Brett Levitzke320,200107
 262Wen Zhang78,90026
 263Joseph Kuczewski87,50029
 264Alex Foxen28,2009
 265David Mount68,40023
 266Gregory Spurdis255,50085
 267Frank Bland46,10015
 268Anthony Elmo432,000144
 269Leonid Vizirov105,70035
      
 271Tony Sinishtaj48,30016
 272Sean Abrams79,00026
 273Ding Guan54,10018
 274George Abi-Zeid166,40055
 275Michael Nieliwocki75,80025
 276Changlong Zeng33,70011
 277Nicholas Amicucci218,10073
 278Jared Kaanga232,50078
 279John Mcguinness74,50025
      
 281Shawn Stroke102,90034
 282Aleksander Ukolov102,50034
 283Frank Lupi146,70049
 284James Gilbert79,20026
 285Gustavo Galvao154,80052
 286Derek Sudell76,50026
 287James Romero377,300126
 288Masoud Shoja56,00019
 289Yoan Medrano95,60032
      
 291Anthony Imperial105,70035
 292Christian Mantuano98,30033
 293Gaetana Dierkes230,00077
 294Jason Rivera206,50069
 295Albert Albay68,80023
 296David Dibernardi100,90034
 297Balakrishna Patur217,70073
 298Mark Khaitman69,80023
 299Eric Valerio39,40013
      
 301Fencan Chen80,30027
 302Eli Ross143,40048
 303Yercy Fernanedez Salcedo183,80061
 304Orson Young63,20021
 305John Malvasio189,40063
 306John Hackbart90,20030
 307Thomas Wheaton140,50047
 308Stephen Marshall65,10022
 309Chetna Joshi65,70022
      
 311Maxim Urvantsev223,30074
 312Samuel Laskowitz66,60022
 313Robert Brady59,70020
 314Medhat Ramzy49,50017
 315Casey Yontz47,30016
 316Jose Collado205,00068
 317Derek Staib170,70057
 318Charles Kassin106,30035
 319Ryan Brown57,30019
      
 321Marc Lesitsky68,00023
 322Yosef-Izhak Lider90,80030
 323Bin Weng84,40028
 324Barry Mcgovern208,00069
 325Alex Gil147,80049
 326Gregory Himmelbrand218,80073
 327Emanuel Failla87,50029
 328Michael Mcguinness237,70079
 329Ryan Dougherty100,30033
      
 331Joseph Lebrun124,00041
 332Ron Ovadia108,30036
 333Luis Rodriguez44,90015
 334Constantine Bogiatzis178,50060
 335Michael Gonzalez54,20018
 336Philip Corhan110,20037
 337Maryann Wegh27,1009
 338Jeffrey Tomlinson141,30047
 339Paul Ross97,50033
      
 341Demir Edis41,10014
 342John Oconnell62,30021
 343Anibal Santiago80,10027
 344Trevor Johnson139,60047
 345Herbert Cheng40,00013
 346Kalas Kane45,40015
 347Quan Quach152,20051
 348Corey Paggeot152,10051
 349Robert Nguyen53,90018
      
 351Joseph Pascucci145,80049
 352Lisa Pickell82,40027
 353William Nunley79,90027
 354Thomas Martone93,30031
 355Jarad Jones35,00012
 356Sazan Lusha68,60023
 357Matthew Graham139,50047
 358Paul Volpe132,60044
 359EMPTY  
      
 361Daniel Sewnig43,70015
 362Anthony Russo45,20015
 363Michael Diamond151,10050
 364Abul Chowdhury37,00012
 365Seung Lee92,60031
 366Brian Frasca29,20010
 367Norman Rodriguez187,90063
 368Carlo Solerti133,60045
 369Michael Bees138,80046
      
 371Michael Zhan101,00034
 372John Mcdonald45,40015
 373Raphael Pulliam54,70018
 374Michael Savino133,10044
 375Anthony Giliberti93,70031
 376Ryan Mccarroll202,90068
 377Hans Kasperzetz220,80074
 378Salvatore Donofrio43,00014
 379Robert Lofaso70,20023
      
 381Saurav Desai166,00055
 382Hattori Lopez124,90042
 383David Tiller205,50069
 384Anthony Forte38,80013
 385Taylor Hart77,80026
 386Joseph Pergola35,60012
 387David Aronson55,50019
 388Joseph Gossweiler139,00046
 389William Davis155,30052
      
 391Irving Lorenzo60,10020
 392Ryan Riess254,70085
 393James Campbell60,20020
 394Saman Motazedi114,50038
 395Michael Rossitto121,10040
 396James Mauro172,60058
 397Edward Leonard184,90062
 398Michael Medugno66,50022
 399Ryan Mcknight92,60031
      
 401Adam Hendrix99,90033
 402Terence Mcgill112,50038
 403Jiandong Xu54,40018
 404Kenneth Barkoff111,60037
 405Anthony Schifilliti41,70014
 406Frankie Muzzio80,00027
 407Michael Mann245,00082
 408Simon Teyer113,00038
 409EMPTY  
      
 411Alida Veliu170,00057
 412Boris Shakhmurov113,70038
 413Joseph Reddick60,10020
 414Christopher Odle157,10052
 415Justin Liberto121,40040
 416James Graziosi74,30025
 417Cristian Gutierrez-Quintana60,70020
 418Daniel Weprin58,50020
 419Michael Marder99,40033
      
 421Christopher Ackerman72,10024
 422Joseph Liberta63,40021
 423Christopher Frank57,80019
 424Dominick Giovanniello29,90010
 425David Lu74,10025
 426David Hoag89,10030
 427Peter Koys156,40052
 428William Harder61,20020
 429Timothy Flank107,10036
      
 431Stanley Wang131,20044
 432Benedetto Bianco113,20038
 433Raul Fernandez111,10037
 434Besnik Biberaj28,2009
 435Joey Weissman56,50019
 436Joseph Prata62,80021
 437Emanuele Gugliuzza89,50030
 438Sheng Ng142,10047
 439EMPTY  
      
 441Demetrius Ampbell37,00012
 442Jin Xin33,00011
 443Brian O'Donoghue202,00067
 444Meshesha Truesaw67,10022
 445Thomas Sipes162,40054
 446Antonio Serrao98,10033
 447Krista Farrell75,00025
 448Alex Jim110,50037
 449Skender Alicka35,30012
      
 451Joseph Montesanto157,30052
 452Jie Zheng196,50066
 453Anthony Damato141,00047
 454Richard Miedzinski90,40030
 455Nathan Cho114,50038
 456Dusti Smith20,8007
 457Amit Aery65,00022
 458Christine Familetti96,10032

Riess, Depaulo & Foxens Among Notables Returning for Day 2 in $2,200 Mystery Bounty Event

Ryan Riess
Ryan Riess

The second and final day of $2,200 Mystery Bounty Event as part of The Return - A Borgata Championship Event in Atlantic City kicks off today at noon local time with 397 players remaining. Among them are chip leaders Michael Dentale (465,100), Anthony Elmo (432,000), Christopher Rich (411,400) and James Romero (377,300).

The two starting flights of the Mystery Bounty Event attracted 1,361 runners for a total prize pool of $2,640,340, and $1 million of that will go into the bounty prize pool.

Plenty of big names survived to see Day 2, including 2013 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champion Ryan Riess, multi-bracelet winners Anthony Zinno and Paul Volpe, 2022 GPI Player of the Year Stephen Song and runner-up Adam Hendrix, and Joey Weissman, who last summer won the inaugural BetMGM Poker Championship in Las Vegas for $224,236.

$2,200 Mystery Bounty Event Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts

 RANKPLAYERCHIP COUNTBIG BLINDS
 1Michael Dentale465,100155
 2Anthony Elmo432,000144
 3Christopher Rich411,400137
 4James Romero377,300126
 5Arash Eshaghian375,300125
 6Soukha Kachittavong364,900122
 7Steven Sau358,400119
 8Brett Levitzke320,200107
 9Frank Brannan309,000103
 10Jeffrey Chang301,800101

Other notables who will be in the Day 2 field include Francis Anderson, Ryan Depaulo, Matthew Stout, Jesse Lonis, Lisa Pickell and poker poker couple Alex Foxen and Kristen Foxen.

Ryan DePaulo
Ryan DePaulo

Mystery Bounties will start at 300 players and the minimum Mystery Bounty prize will be $500. Additional prizes include 20 prizes of $1,000, 24 prizes of $2,500, 11 prizes of $5,000, 5 prizes of $10,000, 4 prizes of $25,000, 3 prizes of $50,000, 2 prizes of $100,000 and a Grand prize of $250,000.

Day 2 will play down to a winner, who will take home the lion's share of the prize pool and the honor of winning the first event during the magnificent return to Borgata.

Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team is on-site and will report on the event until a winner a crowned.

Tags: Adam HendrixAlex FoxenAnthony ZinnoFrancis AndersonJames RomeroJason DeutschKristen FoxenLisa PickellMatthew StoutPaul VolpeRyan DePauloRyan RiessStephen SongYaser Al-Keliddar

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

Kirshenberg Takes Some From Chip Leader

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

Action was joined on a flop that read {4-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{q-Clubs}. From the button, Aaron Kirshenberg bet 15,500.

Start of day chip leader, Michael Dentale was in the big blind and spread his opponent's bet to make sure of the amount. He stared down Kirshenberg for a bit before folding.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Dentale us
Michael Dentale
425,000
-40,100
-40,100
Aaron Kirshenberg us
Aaron Kirshenberg
220,000
28,100
28,100

Tags: Aaron KirshenbergMichael Dentale

Jacks Hold For Mangine

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

The flop showed {k-Clubs}{k-Hearts}{3-Spades}. The pot had about 60,000 in it. Alexander Mangine moved all in for about 20,000. Jason Nguyen thought for a little bit before he called.

Mangine had the {j-Spades}{j-Clubs} which led the {a-Clubs}{q-Diamonds} of Nguyen. The turn was the {5-Diamonds} and the river came the {8-Spades} to secure a double up for Mangine.

Player Chips Progress
Alexander Mangine us
Alexander Mangine
146,000
72,900
72,900
Jason Nguyen us
Jason Nguyen
75,000
-73,100
-73,100

Tags: Alexander MangineJason Nguyen

Payout Information

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

The $2,200 Mystery Bounty Event generated a total prize pool of $2,670,340 with $1 million of that going into the bounty pool. Of the remaining $1,670,340 in prize money, $354,932 will go to the winner with 130 slots paid and a minimum cash being worth $2,656.

Mystery Bounties will start at 300 players and the minimum Mystery Bounty prize will be $500. Additional prizes include 20 prizes of $1,000, 24 prizes of $2,500, 11 prizes of $5,000, 5 prizes of $10,000, 4 prizes of $25,000, 3 prizes of $50,000, 2 prizes of $100,000 and a Grand prize of $250,000.

The full payout information is available in the table below.

 PLACEPRIZE (IN USD)
 1$354,932
 2$208,793
 3$130,287
 4$109,407
 5$91,034
 6$73,495
 7$56,775
 8$41,759
 9$30,066
 10-12$19,794
 13-15$13,363
 16-18$8,936
 19-27$7,400
 28-36$6,264
 37-45$5,412
 46-54$4,744
 55-63$4,092
 64-72$3,508
 73-81$3,174
 82-100$2,973
 101-120$2,706
 121-130$2,656

Yontz Flops Set

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

Casey Yontz had Robert Brady barely covered and held the slight advantage with the {4-Diamonds}{4-Clubs} against the {a-Spades}{k-Spades} of Brady.

The flop came {6-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{4-Spades} to make things extremely dire for Brady.The turn was the {6-Clubs} and the river was the {j-Spades} to end the day for Brady and give Yontz a nice boost.

Player Chips Progress
Casey Yontz us
Casey Yontz
109,000
61,700
61,700
Robert Brady us
Robert Brady
Busted

Tags: Casey YontzRobert Brady