Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
The Return - A Borgata Championship Event
$2,200 Mystery Bounty Event ($1,000,000 in Guaranteed Bounties)
Day: 1a
Foxen Falls to Better Full House
Level 2
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Just as quickly as he entered the tournament, Alex Foxen was eliminated.
As relayed to PokerNews by the table, Foxen opened to 500 and received two callers, including Frank Bland. Foxen bet 500 on the flop of 
and only Bland called.
Foxen sized up to 3,000 on the 
turn and Bland again called. The river completed the board and Foxen bet 10,000. Bland moved all in and Foxen called with a smaller stack.
Bland showed for sevens full of deuces, while Foxen showed an inferior full house with 
for sixes full of deuces.
Foxen quickly bought back into the event and sat down with a fresh starting stack of 35,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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75,000
75,000
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75,000 |
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35,000 | |
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"Never Fold" Lin Leads Turn
Level 2
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
The hijack opened to 600 and a player called behind before Ren Lin also called in the big blind.
"Never fold!" Lin said as he tossed in his chips.
The flop landed 
and Lin checked. The hijack bet 1,100 and only Lin called. "NEVER FOLD!" Lin repeated.
The turn brought the 
and Lin led out for 3,500. His opponent laid it down.
As he placed out his small blind for the next hand, Lin joked to his table mates that "this is a straddle table."
Level: 3
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
More Entrants
Level 3
: 200/300, 300 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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35,000
35,000
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35,000 |
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35,000
35,000
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35,000 |
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35,000
35,000
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35,000 |
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35,000 | |
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Back-to-Back Pots for Al-Keliddar
Level 3
: Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
Patrick Dalton opened to 900 from under the gun and Yaser Al-Keliddar three-bet to 3,100 in middle position. Naftali Rosenberg flat-called in the small blind and Dalton folded.
Rosenberg checked on the flop of 
and Al-Keliddar continued for 3,500. Rosenberg laid it down.
The next hand, Al-Keliddar opened to 700 and got two callers, including Dalton in the big blind. Al-Keliddar bet 1,000 on the flop of 
and both opponents folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000 | |
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35,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
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32,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
Five-Bet Wins it for Collado
Level 3
: Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
Frank Pasquale opened to 800 in middle position and Joseph Collado three-bet to 2,300 from the hijack.
Action folded back around to Pasquale, who put in a four-bet to 5,900. Undeterred, Collado five-bet to 17,000, which prompted a snap-fold from his opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
40,000 | |
|
28,000 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Jin Leads River
Level 4
: Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
In a four-way pot on a flop of 
Jay Jin bet 1,800 from under the gun and Dominick Giovanniello and Ben Bianco both called.
Jin checked on the turn and Giovanniello bet 2,500. Bianco and Jin both called. The 
river completed the board and Jin took a moment before leading out for around 25,000. Green let out a lengthy groan that fluctuated in pitch before slamming his card into the muck. Bianco folded in a less flamboyant manner.
Giovanniello told Jin he had a set of fours, while Jin told him "you were behind the whole way" as he had a set of kings.
Just a few hands later, Jin was seen raking in another sizable pot against Giovanniello when his Cowboys were good at showdown.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
|
45,000 | |
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22,000
22,000
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22,000 |
First Break
Level 4
: Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
The 622 players left in Day 1a have been sent on their first 15-minute break of the day.