The Return - A Borgata Championship Event

$2,200 Mystery Bounty Event ($1,000,000 in Guaranteed Bounties)
Day: 2
Event Info

The Return - A Borgata Championship Event

Event Info
Buy-in
$2,200
Prize Pool
$2,670,340
Entries
1,361
Players Left
9
Average Chip Stack
5,292,778
Total Chips
47,635,000
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
160,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
397
Players Left
9

Anderson Forces Fold

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

Action was picked up on the river with the board reading {6-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}. The pot had about 400,000 in it. Francis Anderson loaded up a bet of 225,000 and pushed it forward.

His opponent went into the tank and folded after a few moments as Anderson collected the pot and moved north of a million.

Player Chips Progress
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Francis Anderson
1,185,000
385,000
385,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Francis Anderson

Haberman Flops Flush and Gets Full Value

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

From early position, Michael Haberman bet 30,000 on a flop of {2-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{a-Diamonds} and was called by Jessie Lonis in the big blind.

The turn was the {3-Clubs}. Haberman fired 100,000 and Lonis check-called again.

The river came the {8-Hearts}. Haberman moved all in for what was counted out to be 208,000. Lonis went into the tank and after over a minute, he decided to call.

Haberman revealed the {10-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} for the flopped flush. Lonis had the {a-Clubs}{5-Diamonds} and had to surrender a large portion of his once large stack.

Player Chips Progress
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Michael Haberman
685,000
637,100
637,100
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Jesse Lonis
90,000
-560,000
-560,000
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Jessie LonisMichael Haberman

Level: 21

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000

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Level 20 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
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Kim Makes Spinella Show Frustration

Level 20 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

There was a three-way pot brewing on a board that read {k-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{5-Spades}. Anthony Spinella was in middle position and bet 75,000 into a pot of about 95,000. Chan Kim was in the small blind and jammed all in for about 432,000.

Spinella audibly said "No!" and angrily exasperated despite there being a third player in the hand who was in the tank from the big blind. The big blind continued to tank before eventually folding after about a minute. Spinella also tossed his cards angrily into the muck as Kim was able to get the shove through.

Spinella claimed to have folded the {7-Clubs}{6-Clubs} after the hand as he told the table.

Player Chips Progress
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Anthony Spinella
1,085,000
595,000
595,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Samuel Laskowitz
950,000
883,400
883,400
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Chan Kim
690,000
517,700
517,700
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Yaser Al-Keliddar
612,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Anthony SpinellaChan Kim

Himmelbrand Busts to Palma After Doubling Nguyen

Level 20 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Nick Palma
Nick Palma

The cutoff opened and Greg Himmelbrand three-bet on the button before Albert Nguyen four-bet jammed a stack of 355,000 from the small blind. The cutoff folded what he later said was ace-queen and Himmelbrand called with a slightly bigger stack.

Albert Nguyen: {a-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}
Greg Himmelbrand: {k-Clubs}{k-Spades}

"Not like this, Greg!" said table mate and fellow New Yorker Nick Palma before the board ran out {9-Spades}{a-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{5-Hearts} for Nguyen to hit his ace to double.

"How many aces are in this deck?" asked Anthony Zinno. "I genuinely want to know."

Himmelbrand pushed 355,000 over to Nguyen and joked that "if it's too much, give me my change; if it's not, too bad."

The next hand, Palma opened and Himmelbrand moved all in with just two big blinds. The big blind also called. The flop landed king-high and the big blind check-called a bet from Palma. Palma sized up on the turn and the big blind folded.

Palma revealed {k-Diamonds}{q-Spades} for top pair and began screaming when Himmelbrand turned over {k-Hearts}{j-Hearts}.

"Greg, you have king-king? What the f***?" said Palma, who started filming the hand and didn't realize he was far ahead.

"You realize I have king-jack, right?" replied Himmelbrand

"Oh," Palma said before a brick on the river sent Himmelbrand packing.

Player Chips Progress
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Albert Nguyen
800,000
800,000
800,000
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Nick Palma
450,000
127,000
127,000
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Greg Himmelbrand
Busted

Tags: Albert NguyenAnthony ZinnoGreg HimmelbrandNick Palma

Levitzke Over a Million

Level 20 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Brett Levitzke called a preflop raise of 35,000 in middle position from his opponent on his direct right.

The flop came three to a straight flush {3-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}. Levitzke bet and his opponent called.

The turn was the {8-Hearts}. Levitzke fired again, this time for 200,000 which was again called.

The river was the {5-Hearts}. Levitzke jammed all in which put his opponent in a difficult spot as he had a healthy stack. After a while he folded and Levitzke picked up the boost to his stack and move over a million in chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Brett Levitzke
1,140,000
680,000
680,000
Jaka Coaching

Tags: Brett Levitzke

Level: 20

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 16,000