The Return - A Borgata Championship Event

$5,300 The Return ($3,000,000 Guaranteed)
Day: 2
Event Info

The Return - A Borgata Championship Event

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
$1,206,097
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,300
Prize Pool
$5,538,700
Entries
1,142
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
1,142
Players Left
53

Level: 20

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 16,000

Desimone Sends Quach Into the Tank

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Action was joined at the river with the board reading {6-Hearts}{4-Spades}{a-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}{10-Clubs} and a pot of chips strewn about which looked to be at least 300,000. Under the gun, John Desimone jammed for around 380,000 which sent Quan Quach deep into the tank from early position.

Quach thought hard as he sat motionless. Eventually the clock was called and he folded as the countdown began.

Player Chips Progress
John Desimone us
John Desimone
770,000
654,500
654,500
Quan Quach us
Quan Quach
590,000
477,000
477,000

Tags: John DesimoneQuan Quach

Pannucci Back Over a Million

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Action was joined on the river with the board reading {2-Hearts}{k-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}. John Pannucci bet 59,000 into a pot of around 215,000 from the button.

Frederic Normand was in middle position and thought for a decent amount oft time before he folded and Pannucci moved his stack back over the million mark after it had dipped a bit since his peak.

Player Chips Progress
John Pannucci us
John Pannucci
1,120,000
225,000
225,000
Frederic Normand ca
Frederic Normand
661,000
-9,000
-9,000
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Frederic NormandJohn Pannucci

Vela Can't Finish Off Abrams

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Lawrence Abrams was all in preflop with his short stack against Michael Vela.

Lawrence Abrams: {k-}{j-}
Michael Vela: {q-}{j-}

The flop came {q-}{q-}{8-} to put Abrams on his last legs, the turn was {9-} and the river {10-} to give Abrams the king-high straight and keep him alive once again.

"Oh my god. He's like a cockroach!" said Vela about Abrams' inability to be eliminated as he has apparently had a series of unlikely survivals throughout the night.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Vela us
Michael Vela
602,000
396,500
396,500
WPT 1X Winner
Lawrence Abrams us
Lawrence Abrams
330,000
293,000
293,000

Tags: Lawrence AbramsMichael Vela

Alsup Jams Turn

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

There was an already large pot of about 255,000 in the middle as the flop showed {3-Hearts}{k-Spades}{10-Clubs}. Richard Alsup bet 75,000 from the small blind and his under the gun opponent called.

The turn was the {a-Spades}. Alsup led-jammed which forced his opponent to fold fairly quickly.

Player Chips Progress
Richard Alsup us
Richard Alsup
610,000
534,500
534,500
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Richard Alsup

Vavysman Raises Out Bohn

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

The flop showed the {7-Diamonds}{a-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}. Blake Bohn bet 105,000. Lanny Vaysman stood up to assess the situation before he raised to 260,000 and Bohn swiftly folded as the table was then broken and the players scattered amongst the room.

Player Chips Progress
Blake Bohn us
Blake Bohn
1,340,000
-60,000
-60,000
Lanny Vaysman us
Lanny Vaysman
990,000
20,000
20,000

Tags: Blake BohnLanny Vaysman

Williams Bets Out Two

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Three players were on the turn as the board showed {7-Hearts}{j-Spades}{a-Spades}{4-Hearts}. From the big blind, Aubrey Williams bet 55,000. Frederic Normand folded quickly from early position and John Pannucci also ditched his cards from the cutoff to send the pot across the table to Williams.

Player Chips Progress
John Pannucci us
John Pannucci
895,000
-165,000
-165,000
Frederic Normand ca
Frederic Normand
670,000
30,000
30,000
WPT 1X Winner
Aubrey Williams us
Aubrey Williams
510,000
215,000
215,000

Tags: Aubrey WilliamsFrederic NormandJohn Pannucci

Level: 19

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

A Round of Chip Counts

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Ryan Dodd us
Ryan Dodd
1,510,000
380,000
380,000
Blake Bohn us
Blake Bohn
1,400,000
220,000
220,000
Xiaofeng Hu us
Xiaofeng Hu
1,350,000
1,291,500
1,291,500
Jonathan Diolosa us
Jonathan Diolosa
1,340,000
1,101,500
1,101,500
John Pannucci us
John Pannucci
1,060,000
-90,000
-90,000
Grant Lang us
Grant Lang
990,000
150,000
150,000
Bin Weng us
Bin Weng
925,000
480,000
480,000
WPT 2X Winner
Sam Laskowitz us
Sam Laskowitz
870,000
35,000
35,000
Chinmay Patel us
Chinmay Patel
680,000
-100,000
-100,000
Frederic Normand ca
Frederic Normand
640,000
115,000
115,000
WPT 1X Winner
Nick Schulman us
Nick Schulman
535,000
280,000
280,000
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
Jeremy Meacham us
Jeremy Meacham
525,000
60,000
60,000
Jennifer Noone us
Jennifer Noone
510,000
120,000
120,000
Thomas Carroll us
Thomas Carroll
365,000
150,000
150,000
Anthony Zinno us
Anthony Zinno
325,000
35,000
35,000
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 3X Winner
Steven Sarmiento us
Steven Sarmiento
290,000
60,000
60,000
Howard Feingold us
Howard Feingold
220,000
158,000
158,000
Roman Valerstein us
Roman Valerstein
210,000
36,000
36,000
Jacob Ferro us
Jacob Ferro
180,000
-100,000
-100,000
Michael Marder us
Michael Marder
95,000
-90,000
-90,000
Darren Elias us
Darren Elias
Busted
Joey Weissman us
Joey Weissman
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner