$5,300 The Return ($3,000,000 Guaranteed) Day 1b | The Return - A Borgata Championship Event

01-05-2023 22:54 UTC-4

River Quads Crushes Romero's Boat

Jeff McMillan

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

There was an explosion of reactions in the middle of the room and it was quickly apparent why as the board showed the damage.

Shaun O'Donnell:
James Romero:

The board had made this race as wild of a ride as possible. The flop showed giving O'Donnell the lead with a boat over trips aces. The turn was the to make O'Donnell stand up as he was now basically out the door against the better full house as the table reacted but the river provided the real sting in the tail as the case ten the came down to give O'Donnell quads and sit him right back down while the table and dealer continued to voice their amazement.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shaun O'Donnell	63,000 63,000	63,000
James Romero	59,000 33,000	33,000

Tags: James Romero Shaun O'Donnell

01-05-2023 22:36 UTC-4

Alvarado Takes More From Albrinck

Jeff McMillan

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

Carlos Alvarado was all in and at risk and he was up against Brad Albrinck.

Carlos Alvarado:
Brad Albrinck:

Albrinck would not be able to sweep Alvarado away as the board ran out and Alvarado secured his double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Carlos Alvarado	180,000 51,000	51,000
Brad Albrinck	75,000 -67,000	-67,000

Tags: Brad Albrinck Carlos Alvarado

01-05-2023 22:33 UTC-4

Stefanski Pips Opponent

Jeff McMillan

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

The board read on the river. Dave Stefanski bet 10,000 into a pot of about 14,000. His opponent called after just a few moments.

Stefanski tabled the which barely bested the of his opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dave Stefanski	48,000 -12,000	-12,000

Tags: Dave Stefanski

01-05-2023 22:19 UTC-4

Kabir Cruising

Jeff McMillan

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

The flop read . Mohammed Kabir made a continuation bet after having raised preflop. His opponents both got out of the way in a flash to send Kabir another boost to his stack which is now one of the largest in the room.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mohammed Kabir	275,000 275,000	275,000

Tags: Mohammed Kabir

01-05-2023 22:16 UTC-4

Assorted Chip Counts

Jeff McMillan

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Frank Pasquale	300,000
Michael Leah	245,000 93,000	93,000
Petru Cuzuioc	205,000
Michael Renna	170,000
John Kim	160,000
Roman Valerstein	150,000 99,000	99,000
Darren Elias	147,000 112,000	112,000

Joe McKeehen	123,000 50,000	50,000

Nick Schulman	115,000 70,000	70,000

Francis Anderson	110,000 76,000	76,000
Jennifer Noone	105,000 70,000	70,000
Olivier Busquet	75,000 -10,000	-10,000

Michael Wang	73,000 6,000	6,000

Ari Engel	19,000 4,000	4,000

Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

01-05-2023 21:36 UTC-4

Last Break of the Night

Jeff McMillan

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

The players are now headed on their last break of the night with an extended 20-minute break. Registration will close at the conclusion of the break and then play will continue for two more levels which will be 75 minutes in length.

01-05-2023 21:27 UTC-4

Day 1b in Action

Jeff McMillan

01-05-2023 21:15 UTC-4

Zinno's Ladies Slain By Jacks

Jeff McMillan

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

Anthony Zinnon was spotted getting up from the table as he had just been the victim of an unfortunate flop.

His was just being swept away while the of Affif Prado was hailing as the winner. The board showed the exact moment of the queen carnage as was displayed and Zinno could do nothing but walk away.

Player	Chips	Progress
Affif Prado	114,000 114,000	114,000
Anthony Zinno	Busted

Tags: Affif Prado Anthony Zinnon

01-05-2023 21:11 UTC-4

Quad Alert For Al-Keliddar

Jeff McMillan

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

Yaser Al-Keliddar raised to 2,200 from early position. The hijack called as well as Mitch Garshofsky in the cutoff.

The flop came . Al-Keliddar checked. The hijack bet 4,000, Garshofsky folded and Al-Keliddar raised to 10,000, the hijack called.

The turn was to pair the board. Al-Keliddar went all in for his remaining 14,000. The hijack said "I guess I have to call you" and tossed in the call.

Al-Keliddar had the goods as he tabled for quads which crushed the of the hijack. The river was inconsequential and Al-Keliddar gathered a big pot to boost his stack to a healthy amount.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yaser Al-Keliddar	57,000 43,500	43,500

Mitch Garshofsky	31,000 31,000	31,000

Tags: Mitch Garshofsky Yaser Al-Keliddar