The Return - A Borgata Championship Event

$2,200 Mystery Bounty Event ($1,000,000 in Guaranteed Bounties)
Day: 1a
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Event Info
The Return - A Borgata Championship Event
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,200
Prize Pool
$2,670,340
Total 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
Players Left 9 / 1,361
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Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

Freda Gets Lucky

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

In a battle between the blinds, Stephen Freda moved all in for 15,800 on a board of {a-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} and Christine Brewer called with a bigger stack.

Stephen Freda: {10-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}
Christine Brewer: {j-Spades}{10-Spades}

Both players had trips but Brewer had the better kicker. However, the river then brought the {9-Spades} to give Freda a full house to double up.

"Oh! Lucky me!" exclaimed Freda.

Player Chips Progress
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Stephen Freda
35,000
35,000
35,000
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Christine Brewer
7,000
7,000
7,000

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Zuniga Gets a Shove Through

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Joseph Zuniga was in position in a heads-up pot on a board of {8-Spades}{7-Clubs}{k-Hearts}{a-Spades}.

The opponent checked and Zuniga moved all in for 16,900 before engaging in some table talk.

"I have a flight to catch!" Zuniga said as he sported a shirt that read "Don't need sex. The river f***s me every day."

The opponent eventually folded and Zuniga revealed {a-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}, while his opponent said he had ace-ten.

Player Chips Progress
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Joseph Zuniga
30,000

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Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

Elias Takes Two Pots

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Darren Elias
Darren Elias

Darren Elias was in position in a heads-up pot on a board of {9-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}{4-Clubs}.

The opponent checked on the turn and Elias bet 6,500. The opponent called. The opponent checked again on the {q-Hearts} turn and Elias bet 14,000. The opponent called, only to muck when Elias showed {10-Hearts}{8-Diamonds} for a straight.

"Luck box!" joked table mate Renata Colache.

The next hand, Elias opened to 1,800 and was called by Ren Lin in the big blind.

Lin checked on the flop of {a-Clubs}{q-Spades}{4-Spades} and Elias bet 1,500. Lin called. Lin checked again on the {4-Clubs} turn and Elias checked back. Lin checked a third time on the {6-Clubs} river and Elias bet 5,500.

"I don't believe you. Happy New Year," Lin said as he tossed in a call.

Elias tabled {k-Clubs}{k-Spades} for a pair of kings and it was good to win the pot.

"King-king?? Ugh... You're not scared (of the board)?" asked Lin.

Player Chips Progress
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Darren Elias
60,000
24,000
24,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 4X Winner
BetMGM Poker
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Ren Lin
28,000
3,000
3,000
WPT Global

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Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

Garrett Flops Set to Double Through Pillai

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Shankar Pillai opened to 1,300 in early position and a middle position player three-bet to 3,500. BW Garrett then cold four-bet jammed a stack of 21,800 from the cutoff and Pillai five-bet jammed for 50,100 to get the hand heads-up.

BW Garrett: {9-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}
Shankar Pillai: {a-Diamonds}{k-Spades}

Garrett didn't have to sweat the flip for long as the flop landed {3-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{5-Hearts} to give him top set and his hand held up as the board finished out {10-Spades}{2-Hearts}.

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BW Garrett
45,000
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Shankar Pillai
28,000
WSOP 2X Winner

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