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

01-07-2023 15:54 UTC-4

Zinno Finished by Lang

Jeff McMillan

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Anthony Zinno was the last eliminated player before the three-table redraw as his came up begging against the of Grant Lang.

The board provided some sweat as two diamonds came on the flop but a third would not come and Zinno was gone.

Player	Chips	Progress
Grant Lang	4,650,000 800,000	800,000
Anthony Zinno	Busted

Tags: Anthony Zinno Grant Lang

01-07-2023 15:42 UTC-4

Vaysman Slays Duraku to Take Big Chip Lead

Jeff McMillan

Level 22 : Blinds 15,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Lanny Vaysman raised from middle position. Sead Duraku three-bet out of the big blind and Vaysman called.

The flop came . Duraku led with a bet. Vaysman raised it up quickly. Duraku tanked for quite a while before announcing all in and Vaysman snap-called.

Sead Duraku:
Lanny Vaysman:

Vaysman had the lead with a flopped set but would need to dodge diamonds. The turn made diamonds irrelevant as the came off to fill up Vaysman and leave Duraku drawing only to the case ace for quads. But the river was the and just like that Duraku was gone and Vaysman became the big chip leader of the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lanny Vaysman	4,495,000 2,105,000	2,105,000
Sead Duraku	Busted

Tags: Lanny Vaysman Sead Duraku

01-07-2023 14:32 UTC-4

Williams Flops Broadway

Jeff McMillan

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

The flop came . From the button, Gregory Nerenberg jammed all in and was instantly called by Audrey Williams.

Gregory Nerenberg:
Aubrey Williams:

Williams had flopped broadway and was relieved to see she was not against diamonds as the board filled out to end the day for Nerenberg and give Williams a boon to her stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aubrey Williams	1,750,000 775,000	775,000
Gregory Nerenberg	Busted

Tags: Aubrey Williams Gregory Nerenberg

01-07-2023 14:10 UTC-4

Normand Clocked and Eliminated

Jeff McMillan

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Action was joined on the river with the board reading . From the big blind, Xiaofeng Hu moved all in with a pot of about 300,000 in the middle. Frederic Normand was in the small blind and had the decision for his tournament life on him.

While Normand thought there was a lot of commotion as the players at the table and other tables got talkative when the floor announced a change in plan to the break structure. Through the loud chaos, Normand did not realize the clock had been called on him by someone and he suddenly had just 15 seconds to make a decision. But the floor reset the clock as Normand protested as the loudness continued as he tried to think about the decision.

Eventually, he called. Hu showed the for two-pair. Normand angrily tossed his cards into the muck as his day was over.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xiaofeng Hu	1,100,000 -40,000	-40,000
Frederic Normand	Busted

Tags: Frederic Normand Xiaofeng Hu

01-07-2023 14:04 UTC-4

Zack's Run Ends

Jeff McMillan

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

The flop read . Dan Zack jammed all in and was called by John Cox.

Zack had the while Cox had the . The turn was the to give Cox the straight and the river was the to eliminate Zack.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Cox	1,550,000 715,000	715,000
Dan Zack	Busted

Tags: Dan Zack John Cox

01-07-2023 13:44 UTC-4

Vaysman Takes Down Funaro

Jeff McMillan

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Frank Funaro three-bet jammed from the small blind over the under the gun raise from Lanny Vaysman who called.

Frank Funaro:
Lanny Vaysman:

The board ran out and just like that Funaro was gone.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lanny Vaysman	2,350,000 300,000	300,000
Frank Funaro	Busted

Tags: Frank Funaro Lanny Vaysman

01-07-2023 12:00 UTC-4

Day 3 of $5,300 The Return Begins at Noon with 53 Players Vying For Final Table

Jeff McMillan

Day 3 of $5,300 The Return here in Atlantic City gets underway today at 12 noon local time. Just 53 players remain out of an original 1,142 field. The remaining players are battling to take their share of the $5,538,700 prizepool with their eyes set on the ultimate grand prize of $1,206,097.

Leading the way to start Day 3 is Bin Weng (2,395,000) who took control of the field late in Day 2. Weng has close to $2 million in career tournament earnings and will be aiming to cross that threshold with a big result here.

In second place is Lanny Vaysman with 2,050,000 in chips. He has less than $100,000 in career earnings and has a great chance to lock up his career-best score.

Christopher Ng (1,785,000), Blake Bohn (1,500,000) and Sam Laskowitz (1,425,000) who won the $2,200 Mystery Bounty event earlier in the series, round out the top five counts.

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 who will hit the felt today; including Joe McKeehen (950,000), Justin Saliba (630,000) Frank Funaro (605,000), and Anthony Zinno (475,000).

Play starts at 12 noon and will continue all the way until there is a final table set. Levels lengthen to 90 minutes today and will remain that long throughout the rest of the event.

The PokerNews live reporting team will be on hand throughout Day 3 for all of the updates and keep you up to date on chip counts and the eliminations as they occur.

Tags: Andrew Fegan Anthony Zinno Bin Weng Blake Bohn Christopher Ng Frank Funaro Joe McKeehen John Pannucci Justin Saliba Lanny Vaysman Quan Quach Ryan Dodd Sam Laskowitz