$2,100 Bounty Event | The Return - A Borgata Championship Event

01-07-2023 21:47 UTC-5

Joshua Smith Eliminated in 8th Place ($13,823)

Connor Richards

Level 27 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Joshua Smith open-jammed for 405,000 from early position and Mitchell Garshofsky called from the cutoff to get the hand heads-up.

"I have a really bad hand," Smith said after getting called.

Mitchell Garshofsky:
Joshua Smith:

"It just got a lot worse!" Scott Bohlman said after it was revealed Smith was dominated. The board then ran out for Smith to go out in eighth place for $13,823.

"Thanks for putting up with me," Smith said as he left.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mitchell Garshofsky	3,200,000 400,000	400,000
Joshua Smith	Busted

Tags: Joshua Smith Mitchell Garshofsky Scott Bohlman

01-07-2023 21:38 UTC-5

Jesse Mercado Eliminated in 9th Place ($9,700)

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Connor Richards

Level 27 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Jesse Mercado open-jammed for around 400,000 from middle position and Soukha Kachittavong called in the big blind with a bigger stack. "I looked at one," Mercado said as he revealed his cards.

Jesse Mercado:
Soukha Kachittavong:

Mercado wouldn't be chopping as the board ran out to mark his elimination in ninth place for $9,700.

Player	Chips	Progress
Soukha Kachittavong	2,000,000 400,000	400,000
Jesse Mercado	Busted

Tags: Jesse Mercado Soukha Kachittavong

Level: 27

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 80,000

01-07-2023 20:24 UTC-5

Dinner Break

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Connor Richards

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

The final nine players have been sent on a 60-minute dinner break and will return at approximately 9:20 p.m. local time.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jake Ripnick	3,000,000 100,000	100,000

Mitchell Garshofsky	2,800,000 1,400,000	1,400,000
Ross Feldman	2,200,000 200,000	200,000
Daniel Williams	2,100,000 800,000	800,000
Soukha Kachittavong	1,600,000 -600,000	-600,000
Scott Bohlman	1,000,000 350,000	350,000

Nir Cohen	900,000 -200,000	-200,000
Joshua Smith	700,000 -200,000	-200,000
Jesse Mercado	600,000 525,000	525,000

01-07-2023 20:18 UTC-5

Feldman Doubles Through Ripnick

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Connor Richards

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Ross Feldman opened to 125,000 from the hijack and Jake Ripnick three-bet to 300,000 from the cutoff. Feldman four-bet jammed a stack of 1,000,000 and Ripnick quickly called with the chip lead.

Ross Feldman:
Jake Ripnick:

Feldman was able to survive the flip to double through the chip leader as the board ran out .

Player	Chips	Progress
Jake Ripnick	2,900,000 -1,400,000	-1,400,000

Ross Feldman	2,000,000 900,000	900,000

Tags: Jake Ripnick Ross Feldman

01-07-2023 20:04 UTC-5

Mercado Calls Clock on Himself

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Connor Richards

Level 26 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Mitchell Garshofsky opened to 150,000 on the button and Jesse Mercado defended his big blind.

Mercado checked on the flop of and Garshofsky bet 225,000. Mercado called. Mercado checked again on the turn and Garshofsky quickly moved all in to put Mercado to the test for his remaining 750,000. Mercado went deep into the tank for around five minutes and eventually asked others at the table to help him out.

"Somebody call clock," Mercado requested as he sat deep in thought. Eventually, Mercado folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mitchell Garshofsky	1,400,000 300,000	300,000
Jesse Mercado	75,000 -775,000	-775,000

Tags: Mitchell Garshofsky Jesse Mercado

01-07-2023 19:48 UTC-5

Final Table Redraw

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Connor Richards

Level 26 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

SEAT	PLAYER	CHIP COUNT	BIG BLINDS
1	Mitchell Garshofsky	1,100,000	18
2	Daniel Williams	1,300,000	22
3	Jesse Mercado	850,000	14
4	Scott Bohlman	650,000	11
5	Ross Feldman	1,100,000	18
6	Jake Ripnick	4,300,000	72
7	Nir Cohen	1,100,000	18
8	Joshua Smith	900,000	15
9	Soukha Kachittavong	2,200,000	37

Player	Chips	Progress
Jake Ripnick	4,300,000 2,600,000	2,600,000

Soukha Kachittavong	2,200,000 200,000	200,000
Daniel Williams	1,300,000 -200,000	-200,000
Mitchell Garshofsky	1,100,000 400,000	400,000
Ross Feldman	1,100,000 -300,000	-300,000
Nir Cohen	1,100,000
Joshua Smith	900,000 -500,000	-500,000
Jesse Mercado	850,000 50,000	50,000
Scott Bohlman	650,000 -750,000	-750,000

01-07-2023 19:44 UTC-5

Simon Levy Eliminated in 10th Place ($6,305)

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Connor Richards

Level 26 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Nir Cohen and Simon Levy were all in with similarly sized stacks.

Nir Cohen:
Simon Levy:

Cohen was able to live the flip as the board ran out and it was then revealed Levy had him covered by a single 5,000 chip.

Incredibly, Levy managed to survive to get that 5,000 up to 75,000 before he was once again all in and at risk against Levy.

Simon Levy:
Nir Cohen:

"We're chopping," Levy said before a six in the window had him drawing this as the board ran out to mark his elimination on the final table bubble.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nir Cohen	1,100,000 300,000	300,000
Simon Levy	Busted

Tags: Nir Cohen Simon Levy

Level: 26

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 60,000

01-07-2023 19:30 UTC-5

Hand-for-Hand on Final Table Bubble

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Connor Richards

Level 25 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

There was some confusion on the final table bubble as to whether hand-for-hand play would take place.

The floor gave players the option to go to hand-for-hand but a single player objected. Eventually, the floor ruled that hand-for-hand would take place after players on Table 2 began stalling.