$5,300 The Return ($3,000,000 Guaranteed)
Day 2 Completed
The Return - A Borgata Championship Event
$5,300 The Return ($3,000,000 Guaranteed)
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
The Return - A Borgata Championship Event
Buy-in
$5,300
Prize Pool
$5,538,700
Entries
1,142
Level
34
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Entries
1,142
Players Left
53
Weng Takes Lead With Late Surge as 53 Remain After Day 2 of $5,300 the Return
Level 20
: Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
A sensational Day 2 of $5,300 The Return has come to an end after 16 hours that saw the day start with 369 players out of an original 1,142 field and as the final hand was completed just 53 players remained.
The chip leader at the close of shop was Bin Weng (2,395,000) who used a late-night surge, which included a huge hand where he rivered a set against the aces of Christopher Frank to send the two players hurtling in opposite directions in the chip counts.
Right behind Weng as the only other player with more than 2 million chips was Lanny Vaysman who ended second in chips with 2,050,000. The loquacious local player had an eventful day that saw him playing interesting hands all day long and he also caught fire in the last level to become one of the big stacks.
Christopher Ng (1,785,000) and Blake Bohn (1,500,000) also finished in the top five counts at the end of the night and rounding out the top five was none other than Sam Laskowitz (1,425,000) who won the $2,200 Mystery Bounty event here in the Borgata just a few days ago earlier in the series.
Top 10 Chip Counts
| Position | Player | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bin Weng | 2,395,000 | 120 |
| 2 | Lanny Vaysman | 2,050,000 | 103 |
| 3 | Christopher Ng | 1,785,000 | 89 |
| 4 | Blake Bohn | 1,500,000 | 75 |
| 5 | Sam Laskowitz | 1,425,000 | 71 |
| 6 | Ryan Dodd | 1,385,000 | 69 |
| 7 | John Pannucci | 1,385,000 | 69 |
| 8 | Andrew Fegan | 1,195,000 | 60 |
| 9 | Sundiata Devore | 1,195,000 | 60 |
| 10 | Quan Quach | 1,150,000 | 58 |
There are many big-name players still amongst the 53 remaining; including Joe McKeehen (950,000), Frank Funaro (605,000), Richard Alsup (490,000) and Anthony Zinno (475,000) as well as Dan Zack who at one point was among the chip leaders but had a rough end to the day to finish as the bottom stack with 135,000.
One of the highlights of Day 2 was the tense bubble where there were a few micro stacks who were battling it out as well as Aubrey Williams surviving by fading several outs to ultimately leave Tomasz Zakrzewski as the bubble boy.
Among the many notable players who were not able to make it to Day 3 were; Darren Elias who went out in the money and Nick Schulman as he fell in the final level of the night.
The remaining players will take to the felt at 12 noon local time where the levels will extend to 90 minutes on Day 3.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be on hand throughout Day 3 for all of the updates
End of Day 2 Chip Counts (full)
Level 20
: Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,395,000 | 275,000 |
|
2,050,000 | 940,000 |
|
1,785,000 | 1,785,000 |
|
1,500,000 | 160,000 |
|
1,425,000 | 555,000 |
|
1,385,000 | -125,000 |
|
1,385,000 | 265,000 |
|
1,195,000 | 1,075,000 |
|
1,195,000 | 465,000 |
|
1,150,000 | 560,000 |
|
1,000,000 | 375,000 |
|
990,000 | 824,500 |
|
975,000 | 465,000 |
|
965,000 | 788,500 |
|
950,000 | 565,000 |
|
875,000 | 105,000 |
|
865,000 | 777,000 |
|
835,000 | 712,000 |
|
810,000 | 694,500 |
|
760,000 | -30,000 |
|
745,000 | -515,000 |
|
715,000 | -385,000 |
|
710,000 | 108,000 |
|
665,000 | -25,000 |
|
|
630,000 | 220,000 |
Five More Hands
Level 20
: Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
The floor has announced five more hands before the completion of play.
Weng Shreds Frank With Rivered Set
Level 20
: Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
There was a big pot in progress as the board read 
and a pot of at least 250,000 in the middle. From the small blind Christopher Frank bet 260,000. Bin Weng came along under the gun from under the gun to swell the pot to an even larger amount.
The river was the 
. Frank led-jammed all in and Weng snap-called.
Weng tabled the 
for a rivered set. Frank shook his head and showed his misfortune as he tabled the 
as the table audibly reacted to the hand.
Frank looked like he had had his bell rung as he continued to shake his head and stare at the ceiling, continuously throwing his hands up with a stunned shrung. Meanwhile, Weng gathered the pot and became the big stack of the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,120,000 | 640,000 |
|
90,000 | -800,000 |
Royal Quartet For Fegan
Level 20
: Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Action was picked up on the river as the board read 
. Andrew Fegan put together a bet of 200,000 into a pot of roughly 240,000. Grant Lang asked the dealer how much before making the call after a few moments.
Fegan showed the case king with the 
for quads. Lang tabled his beaten 
as he surrendered a portion of his stack to his left.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,260,000 | 270,000 |
|
|
730,000 | 566,000 |
Quinn Eliminates Opponent
Level 20
: Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Patrick Quinn called the all in from his opponent preflop.
At risk player: 
Patrick Quinn: 
Quinn had his opponent dominated and had clubs covered. The flop came 
to pair the ace. The turn was the to give the all in player a glimmer of hope but the river was the 
to end his night and give Quinn the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
690,000 | -35,000 |
Late Night Action in Day 2
Weng Wins With Top Pair
Level 20
: Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Action was picked up on the river with the board showing 
with three players in the hand.
The pot had about 175,000 in it and Bin Weng carefully chose the chips from his stack and bet 83,000 from the small blind. The big blind quickly folded. Lanny Vaysman was in early position and called quickly.
Weng tabled the 
which was the winner as Vaysman mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,480,000 | 555,000 |
|
|
1,110,000 | 120,000 |
Last Level of the Night
Level 20
: Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
The last level of the night has arrived with 63 players remaining. In some 75 minutes those who make it through this level will bag and tag their chips to prepare for Day 3.