A Few Reentrants

We've already spotted a trio of players who all failed to survive Day 1b of Event 1 yesterday; "Karate" Mike Santoro, Brian Ali, and Micah Raskin.

Despite lacking an elite poker résumé, Santoro became famous in the mid 2000's due to the often televised U.S. Poker Championships. Santoro didn't win the event, but his antics and actions made him somewhat of a household name in the poker community.

Brian Ali recorded a big six-figure score here in Atlantic City in 2011, winning a WSOPC event and $139,284. Since then Ali has never cashed for more than $3,848, but perhaps he will return to his winning ways here at Borgata.

With nearly $2 million in career live tournament earnings, Raskin is the most successful of this bunch. Raskin, a New York native, won the 2009 Borgata $500K Guaranteed Deep Stack Tournament for $320,231, and three years later reached the final table of EPT Sanremo. He has a handful of other six-figure scores, including another runner-up finish at Borgata, a win in a side event at EPT Berlin, and a final table appearance in the 2013 $25,000 High Roller at the PCA.