$2,200 Mystery Bounty Event ($1,000,000 in Guaranteed Bounties)
Day 1b Completed
The Return - A Borgata Championship Event
$2,200 Mystery Bounty Event ($1,000,000 in Guaranteed Bounties)
Day: 1b
Kachittavong Among the Leaders as Several Notables Bag on Day 1b of $2,200 Mystery Bounty Event
Level 12
: Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Day 1b of the $2,200 Mystery Bounty Event as part of The Return - A Borgata Championship Event wrapped up after 12 levels of play and saw over a hundred players of the 554 runners advance to Day 2.
Of the notable players bagging at the end of the night, one of the largest stacks was Soukha Kachittavong who bagged up 364,900. The Rhode Island native has about 1.6 million in career earnings. He accumulated much of his stack late in the night as he eliminated two players in a single hand where his aces appeared to initially be cracked by a set but he hit the nut flush on the turn to gather the big boon which he rode to the end of the night.
Jason Deutsch was another beneficiary of a big three-way all in to gather a large amount of chips when his pocket jacks cracked queens and kings on the flop. He was able to finish the night with an impressive stack of 280,100, which was among the leaders.
Some other large notable stacks to end the night were WSOP bracelet winners Yaser Al-Keliddar who bagged up 285,900, Anthony Spinella who finished with 273,800 and Anthony Zinno with 261,900.
There were many players who were not able to secure a bag to Day 2 including; Darren Elias and Steve Dannenmann who was unable to roll back the years on his past success.
The Day 1a and Day 1b survivors will combine on Day 2, which will commence on Jan. 3 at noon local time and will play down to a winner.
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, five prizes of $10,000, four prizes of $25,000, three prizes of $50,000, two prizes of $100,000 and a Grand prize of $250,000.
Full chip counts and the Day 2 seat draw will be available in the morning when everything has been compiled and confirmed.
PokerNews will pick up coverage for Day 2 tomorrow, so make sure to tune in to follow all of the action.
Assorted End of Day 1b Chip Counts
Level 12
: Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
364,900
67,900
|
67,900 |
|
285,900
251,900
|
251,900 |
|
||
|
280,100
-28,900
|
-28,900 |
|
273,800
20,800
|
20,800 |
|
|
||
|
261,900
233,900
|
233,900 |
|
||
|
213,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
178,800
140,800
|
140,800 |
|
148,100
41,100
|
41,100 |
|
|
||
|
146,100
71,100
|
71,100 |
|
||
|
54,100
2,100
|
2,100 |
|
|
||
|
20,800
-41,200
|
-41,200 |
Two More Hands
Level 12
: Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
The floor has just announced two more hands before play is ended for the night.
Chen Ends Elias
Level 12
: Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Darren Elias was all in with 
against the 
of Naichang Chen.
The flop sent Chen into the lead as it came 
. The turn was 
, and the river was 
to close the curtains on Elias' night.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
90,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
||
Kachittavong KO's Two
Level 12
: Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Soukha Kachittavong was in a great position to eliminate two players as he held the 
against the and the 
of two shorter-stacked opponents.
But the flop came 
to give the player holding fives the lead. The turn was the 
to put Kachittavong back into the lead with the nut flush. The player with a set called for the board to pair but it would not as the 
came off to bust him and the other player.
Meanwhile, Kachittavong added the stacks to his to emerge as one of the late night leading stacks.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
297,000
297,000
|
297,000 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,500/2,500
Ante: 2,500
Deutsch Crushes Royal Family With Jacks
Level 11
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Jason Deutsch called attention to his table as he had just been the beneficiary of a massive hand that surged him toward the top of the chip counts.
His hand of 
was showing, as was the 
of Dusti Smith and the of a shorter stacked all-in player.
The board displayed 
, showing that it was the flop that had launched Deutsch into the lead, crushing the kings and queens.
Deutsch's stack of 136,000 was taken from Smith as she was denied what would have been a huge chip lead as she got up from the table to try and walk off the frustration.
Deutsch also added the 37,000 from the player holding queens to his stack to move him above 300,000, as he now sits among the top stacks in the room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
309,000
227,000
|
227,000 |
|
|
62,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
Palma Takes With Trips
Level 11
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Three players were in a hand on the turn as the board showed 
. From the big blind, Nick Palma made a bet and was called by his under-the-gun opponent while the third player got out of the way.
The river came the 
. Palma bet 20,000 and got called.
Palma tabled the 
for tip sixes which won the pot as his opponent mucked to send Palma's stack to a decent level.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
143,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000