The Return - A Borgata Championship Event

$2,200 Mystery Bounty Event ($1,000,000 in Guaranteed Bounties)
Day: 1a
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 1a
Entries
807
Players Left
277

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Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Borgata Poker Room
Borgata Poker Room

The fabulous Borgata is an iconic hotel and casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and one of the top gambling destinations in the U.S. for over 40 years. At this luxurious high-rise resort, you'll find one of the top poker rooms not only in town, but in all of the Northeast and United States. MGM Resorts, based out of Las Vegas, owns the property, which boasts 52 card tables, most in Atlantic City.

Borgata offers a plethora of card games inside the always crowded casino, both cash games and tournaments. Many players outside of the area know of the poker room for hosting the Borgata Poker Open and Borgata Winter Poker Open. Both events appear as part of the famous World Poker Tour, one of the most prestigious poker tours in the world.

Cash games are also a big deal at the Borgata. Players from New Jersey, New York, and other nearby states in the Northeast flock to the casino to play low, mid, and high stakes poker. You'll find a wide mix of games, ranging from $1/$3 no-limit hold'em on up to $10/$25, and sometimes higher if the poker room has interest to spread a game. Numerous pot-limit Omaha, spread limit, limit, and mixed limit games are also available most days, especially on the weekends.

Room Summary:

  
Number of tables:52
Non smokingYes
Meal CompsYes
Poker Room RateYes
Phone-in ListYes
Automatic ShufflersYes
Massage ServiceYes
Cocktail ServiceYes
Food ServiceYes
JackpotYes
Poker room managerJoseph Garber
Phone(609)317-1000
Social MediaTwitter

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Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

Pickell Rising

Level 10 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Lisa Pickell
Lisa Pickell

Lisa Pickell opened to 3,400 from the hijack and the button three-bet to 10,000. Pickell called.

Pickell checked on the flop of {a-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{8-Clubs} and her opponent bet 5,500. Pickell called. Pickell checked again on the {5-Spades} turn and her opponent checked back.

The {4-Diamonds} river completed the board and Pickell led out for 10,500. Her opponent quickly folded {q-Hearts}{q-Clubs} face-up.

Player Chips Progress
Lisa Pickell us
Lisa Pickell
170,000

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Mount Boots Opponent

Level 10 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

David Mount opened on the button and the big blind three-bet jammed a short stack. Mount called.

Big Blind: {q-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}
David Mount: {k-Hearts}{j-Hearts}

Mount stayed ahead with king-high as the board ran out {5-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{8-Hearts} to send the big blind to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
David Mount us
David Mount
190,000

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Level: 10

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 1,600

River Bet Wins it for Seth

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Akash Seth opened to 3,000 from under the gun and the cutoff flat-called before the button three-bet to 13,000. Seth and the button both called.

All three players checked on the flop of {8-Hearts}{q-Spades}{9-Spades} and Seth led out for 8,000 on the {10-Diamonds} turn. Only the button called. The {3-Clubs} river completed the board and Seth bet a sizable 30,000. His opponent laid it down.

Player Chips Progress
Akash Seth us
Akash Seth
165,000 165,000

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Hanisch Doubles Through Kotsines

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Eric Kotsines was in position in a three-way pot on a board of {7-Diamonds}{j-Spades}{q-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}.

Kotsines moved all in for around 35,000 and Michael Hanisch called with a stack of 29,400, while the third player in the hand folded.

"You guys can fight for it," he said.

Michael Hanisch: {a-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}
Eric Kotsines: {k-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}

Kotsines was on a flush draw and couldn't hit as the {5-Clubs} bricked off on the river to earn Hanisch the double and to leave Kotsines with crumbs.

"You've got leftovers," the player who folded told Kotsines.

"I don't want them!" he laughed.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Hanisch us
Michael Hanisch
120,000
Eric Kotsines us
Eric Kotsines
5,000

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