Borgata Mystery Bounty: Huge Misclick Late May Have Cost One Player Tens of Thousands
Tournament poker returned to Atlantic City in a big way this week with the The Return - A Borgata Championship Event $2,200 Mystery Bounty Event, a tournament that attracted 1,361 entries and awarded a $2,670,340 prize pool!
Samuel Laskowitz of Bayport, New York won that tournament for $146,609 in prize money after an ICM deal at the final table. Right behind Laskowitz in chips was Anthony Maio, who ended with $142,054 in prize money to add to his over $1 million in career earnings.
Also scoring a big payday in the tournament was Ryan Dodd, who not only made the final table as the short stack but also pulled the highly sought-after $250,000 top bounty!
Here’s a look at five of the more interesting hands captured by the PokerNews Live Reporting Team in the Borgata $2,200 Mystery Bounty event.
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. Alex Foxen bet 26,000 into a pot of about 30,000 from the big blind.
, the turn was the 
to give Ferro the double and send Wang short.
. Marder continued for 10,000. Theuma called.
. Both players checked. The river was the 
. This time Theuma changed the flow of action and led for 35,000. Marder folded after a few seconds and Theuma flashed the 
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for a rivered set of aces. Li raised his eyebrow and mucked.
on a board that showed 
to send Couden away.
