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

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Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Borgata Poker Room
Borgata Poker Room

The fabulous Borgata is an iconic hotel and casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and one of the top gambling destinations in the U.S. for over 40 years. At this luxurious high-rise resort, you'll find one of the top poker rooms not only in town, but in all of the Northeast and United States. MGM Resorts, based out of Las Vegas, owns the property, which boasts 52 card tables, most in Atlantic City.

Borgata offers a plethora of card games inside the always crowded casino, both cash games and tournaments. Many players outside of the area know of the poker room for hosting the Borgata Poker Open and Borgata Winter Poker Open. Both events appear as part of the famous World Poker Tour, one of the most prestigious poker tours in the world.

Cash games are also a big deal at the Borgata. Players from New Jersey, New York, and other nearby states in the Northeast flock to the casino to play low, mid, and high stakes poker. You'll find a wide mix of games, ranging from $1/$3 no-limit hold'em on up to $10/$25, and sometimes higher if the poker room has interest to spread a game. Numerous pot-limit Omaha, spread limit, limit, and mixed limit games are also available most days, especially on the weekends.

Room Summary:

  
Number of tables:52
Non smokingYes
Meal CompsYes
Poker Room RateYes
Phone-in ListYes
Automatic ShufflersYes
Massage ServiceYes
Cocktail ServiceYes
Food ServiceYes
JackpotYes
Poker room managerJoseph Garber
Phone(609)317-1000
Social MediaTwitter

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Level: 16

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

Zack Forces Overpair to Fold

Level 15 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Dan Zack
Dan Zack

Dan Zack opened under the gun and was called by the button. The flop came {8-Spades}{3-Spades}{6-Diamonds}. Zack check-raised his opponent after a bet who then called.

The turn was the {10-Clubs}. Zack jammed all in. His opponent stewed it over for about two minutes before flipping over the {j-Spades}{j-Hearts} for the fold to send Zack the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Dan Zack us
Dan Zack
630,000
250,000
250,000
WSOP 3X Winner

Tags: Dan Zack

Duraku Makes River Call

Level 15 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

The pot was about 150,000 with a wet board of {2-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{q-Spades}{k-Hearts}{9-Spades} showing. Sead Duraku was facing an all in jam from his big blind opponent for about 215,000 which Duraku has covered but not by much.

Durako considered it for quite some time from the button as it was for more than 80% of his stack. After a few minutes he called.

His opponent revealed the {a-Spades}{j-Clubs}. Duraku pumped his fist and said "Yes!" and he turned over the {k-Diamonds}{k-Clubs} to bust his opponent and move himself far up the counts.

Player Chips Progress
Sead Duraku us
Sead Duraku
770,000
662,500
662,500

Tags: Sead Duraku

Maher Fills Up on River to Deny Normand Huge Pot

Level 15 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Jerry Maher
Jerry Maher

Action was on Jerry Maher in the big blind on the turn as the board read {k-Hearts}{a-Clubs}{q-Clubs}{2-Clubs}. He took his time first to act and after about a minute announced all in.

Frederic Normand snap-called from the hijack and tabled the {8-Clubs}{6-Clubs} for the turned flush. Maher shook his head and tabled the {a-Hearts}{q-Spades} and got ready to head out the door but just as he did the dealer procured the {a-Spades} on the river which filled him up to score the big pot for him and deny Normand what would have been a near million chip stack.

Player Chips Progress
Frederic Normand ca
Frederic Normand
525,000
-175,000
-175,000
WPT 1X Winner
Jerry Maher us
Jerry Maher
345,000
-75,000
-75,000

Tags: Frederic NormandJerry Maher

Pannucci Sheds Some From Pahuja

Level 15 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

On a flop of {q-Spades}{q-Hearts}{7-Clubs}. John Pannucci bet 9,500 from early position. Mukul Pahuja called in the hijack and the small blind folded.

The turn came the {j-Spades}. Pannucci bet again, this time for 31,000. Pahuja elected to fold after a few moments.

Player Chips Progress
Mukul Pahuja us
Mukul Pahuja
595,000
160,000
160,000
John Pannucci us
John Pannucci
585,000
310,000
310,000

Tags: John PannucciVinny Pahuja

More Chip Counts

Level 15 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Christopher Frank de
Christopher Frank
920,000
435,000
435,000
Son Ho us
Son Ho
890,000
300,000
300,000
Frederic Normand ca
Frederic Normand
700,000
493,000
493,000
WPT 1X Winner
Dusti Smith us
Dusti Smith
620,000
-40,000
-40,000
Darren Elias us
Darren Elias
532,000
255,500
255,500
Frank Pasquale us
Frank Pasquale
470,000
130,000
130,000
Jerry Maher us
Jerry Maher
420,000
420,000
420,000
Joe McKeehen us
Joe McKeehen
403,000
87,000
87,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 3X Winner
Jesse Lonis us
Jesse Lonis
395,000
129,000
129,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Anthony Zinno us
Anthony Zinno
290,000
-45,000
-45,000
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 3X Winner
Stephen Song us
Stephen Song
235,000
-13,000
-13,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Michael Marder us
Michael Marder
190,000
45,000
45,000
James Romero us
James Romero
135,000
-33,000
-33,000
WPT 1X Winner
Bryce Mcvay us
Bryce Mcvay
28,000
-245,000
-245,000

Level: 15

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 5,000

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