Event 1: 21st Place - Kadet ($2,053)

$350 + 50 Deep Stack NL Hold'em (Re-Entry)

We walked over to Table 2, as Justin Kadet (New York, NY) was all-in, and Jimmy Born was debating the call.  Kadet was all-in for about 475,000, and if Born made the call and lost, it would basically leave him crippled.  Born decided to call after about four minutes in the tank, and the hands would be tabled:

Born: A♥ 7♠           Kadet: A♣ J♥

Flop: 10♥ 7♦ 5♥

Turn: 9♠

River: K♥

Kadet would be eliminated, and had a strong opinion on the call by Born.  Justin will take home $2,053 for his finish, and Born would build his stack to just under 1,000,000.

Event 2: 27th Place - Murphy

$350 + $50 + $100 Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)  

In a three-way all-in, Mike Murphy (Wilkes-Barre, PA) was in bad shape with pocket Jacks and was up against pocket Kings and AQ.

An Ace hit the board for the main pot and the pocket Kings took the side.

Mike took the walk to the payout desk to collect $871 for 27th place.  He's also got four bounties to soften the blow.

Event 1: 22nd Place - Ginsberg ($2,053)

$350 + 50 Deep Stack NL Hold'em (Re-Entry)

As we were updated you on the chip leader remaining, we lost Marc Ginsberg (Scotch Plains, NJ) in 22nd place.  Ginsberg will take home $2,053 for his efforts.

Event 1: Chip Leader Down The Stretch

$350 + 50 Deep Stack NL Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Baruch Altman (Monsey, NY)

The chip leader among the remaining 22 players is Baruch Altman (Monsey, NY), who sits with just over 4,500,000 (~73 big blinds).

Event 1: 23rd Place - Michailidis ($2,053)

$350 + 50 Deep Stack NL Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Said Michailidis (Montreal, CAN) has just been eliminated in 23rd place, collecting $2,053 for his finish.  The tournament director has balanced the tables and play continues.

Event 1: Level Up....Tran Tanks...Two More Bust

$350 + 50 Deep Stack NL Hold'em (Re-Entry)

After Michael Marder opened the pot to 110,000, Tony Tran three-bet to 315,000 from the button.  Mark Sykes who was in the big blind asked Marder how much he was playing, and after receiving the answer (about 900,000), Sykes declared himself all-in.  Marder folded behind and Tran was deep in the tank, for about 6-7 minutes.

While Tran was thinking we lost Dixit Patel (Langhorn, PA) in 25th place ($2,480), and Joseph Ramsaroop (Rockaway, NJ) in 24th place ($2,480).

Tran would eventually fold his hand, and we'd be on to the next one.  All the while the blinds would increase in the middle of that hand to 30,000/60,000/5,000.

Event 2: In The Money

$350 + $50 + $100 Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry) 

Level 18 (still): Blinds 4k/8k with 1k ante.

Time was added back to the clock to compensate for the hand-for-hand play, so this level will be extra long.

David Eilers

As of the break, David Eilers (Rocky Mtn, NC) is still the chip leader with ~440k.  He's also got 12 bounties in his pocket.

Christine "Blaze" Sazon (Virginia Beach, VA) is the only woman remaining and hence the only one the make the money in this event.

Event 1: 26th Place - Sturm ($2,053)

$350 + 50 Deep Stack NL Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Michael Sturm (West Hempstead, NY) open shoved his remaining 345,000 (less than 7 big blinds), and was called by Michael Bonney.  The rest of the table folded around, and it would be the A 7 of Sturm trailing the A K of Bonney.  The board would not give Sturm the opportunity to catch up, as Bonney would make broadway on the river.  Sturm goes home in 26th place and collects $2,053.

Event 1: 27th Place - McGarry ($2,053)

$350 + 50 Deep Stack NL Hold'em (Re-Entry)

The action is currently slow and deliberate, as we are seeing a lot of raising and taking down the blinds and antes.  We're not seeing too many flops at the moment, with chips at such a premium.  Thomas McGarry (Atlantic City) has been our most recent elimination, going home in 27th place and collecting $2,480.

Event 2: Bubble Burst

$350 + $50 + $100 Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)

With 28 players remaining, the four tables were playing hand-for-hand on the bubble.

Jack Rapoport (Brooklyn, NY) got all-in for his last 72,100 holding pocket Aces.

He was up against a bigger stack holding pocket Jacks.

The board ran out 9 6 5 A 4 and Jack doubled up to ~145k.

While that hand was going on, a player busted out on another table, leaving 27 players, all in the money.  They are guaranteed to earn at least $871 to go with any bounties they've collected.

They were also sent on an overdue color-up break for 20 minutes.  Play will resume at 10:40 pm.

Event 1: Final Three Tables

$350 + 50 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Here are your final three tables for what's to be a marathon finish:

Table 1:

1. Athanasios Diakos
2. Justin Kadet
3. Yevgeny Fishman
4. Chris Farley
5. Joseph Ramsaroop
6. Jimmy Born
7. Gregory Whiting
8. Jason Loehrs
9. Mikhail Zemlansky

Table 2:

1. Michael Sturm
2. Christian Goris
3. Michael Marder
4. Michael Bonney
5. Tony Tran
6. Andrew Samples
7. Mark Sykes
8. Khoi Ta
9. Luke Edwards

Table 3:

1. Baruch Altman
2. Thomas McGarry
3. Said Michailidis
4. Samuel Tucker
5. Irina Akerman
6. Marc Ginsberg
7. Dixit Patel
8. Chad Power
9. Jacob Perry

Event 1: 28th Place - Perez

$350 + $50 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Level 27:  Blinds 25k/50k with 5k ante.

Manny Perez (Rego Park, NY) was the short-stack as of the break and busted out soon after play resumed.

He finished 28th for $1,738.

Down to 27 players at three tables.  Average stack is 1.28 million.

Event 1: Break Time Chip Leaders

$350 + $50 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

End of level and time for a color-up break.

Here are the big stacks:

Christian Goris - 2.8 million
Baruch Altman - 2.2 million
Mark Sykes - 2 million
Said Michailidis - 1.95 million
Mikhail Zemlyansky - 1.8
Tony Tran - 1.6 million
Athanasios Diakos - 1.6 million
Samuel Tucker - 1.5
Michael Bonney - 1.5 million

With 28 players remaining, the average stack is 1.2 million.

Event 2: Bounty Hunters

$350 + $50 + $100 Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)

Only one player hits the rail in the last level, which are now 40 minutes long.

32 players remain with an average stack of 134k (22 bb) with blinds moving to 3k/6k/500.

Since we're still five spots from the money, here's a look at the players that are free rolling after collecting five or more bounties:

Name-Bounties

David Eilers (Rocky Mount, NC) 12
Scott Hillier (Manahawkin, NJ) 8
Steve Tabb (Newton, MA) 6
Matt Milliken (New York, NY) 6
Jack Rapoport (Brooklyn, NY) 5
Doug Torrey (Parsippany, NJ) 5
John Alexander (Montville, NJ) 5
Leo Shirani (Germantown, MD) 5

Event 1: Ramsaroop Doubles

$350 + $50 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) 

After an opening raise, Joseph Ramsaroop (Rockaway, NJ) shoved for 416k.

Baruch Altman (Monsey, NY) raised to ~900k, folding the original raiser, and the hands were tabled.

Joseph - TT
Baruch - AQ

Board - T 5 3 5 J

Joseph flopped a set and turned a full boat to double up to ~ 1 million.

Down to 28 players remaining.  Average stack is 1.235 million.

Event 1: 31st Place - Miller

$350 + $50 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Athanasios Diakos (Jersey City, NJ) opened for 90k.

Eric Miller (Hicksville, NY) shoved for ~400k.

Diakos made the call, showing AQ.

Eric was ahead with pocket Queens.

Then an Ace landed on the flop, shipping the pot to Diakos.j

Eric busted out in 31st place, earning $1,738

Athanasios Diakos chipped up to ~2.1 million.

Event 1: 35th Place - Hovanec

$350 + $50 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Level 26:  Blinds 20k/40k with 4k ante.

Richard Hovanec & Khoi Ta

Khoi Ta (Greenbelt PG, MD) was all-in for 857k pre-flop against Richard Hovanec (St. James, NY) who had him slightly covered.

Khoi - AK
Richard - 99

Board - 8 5 5 A T

The Ace on the turn saved Khoi's tournament life and he doubled up to ~1.8 million.

Richard was left with only about 60k and busted out soon after in 35th place, earning $1,738.

Event 2: Level Up, Barsanti-Chou Down

$350 + $50 + $100 Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)

We see six people hit the door in the last level including Patti Barsanti-Chou (Metuchen, NJ).

That leaves Christine "Blaze" Sazon (Virginia Beach, VA) as the last woman standing and still with a healthy 200k stack.  After Barsanti-Chou's departure the table breaks and chip leader David Eilers (Rocky Mount, NC) lands on Sazon's right with more than 300k.

Currently 33 players remain, six spots from the money, with an average stack of 126k (25 bb) as blinds are now 2.5k/5k/500 ante.

Event 1: 37th Place - Corona

$350 + $50 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Adrian Corona (Floral Park, NY) was busted when his pocket 2s failed to hold up against Christian Goris (Bronx, NY) who had A8.  An Ace on the flop sealed Adrian's fate.  He finished 37th for $1,502.

Christian Goris is way out in front of the remaining 36 players.  He's stacking a mountain of about 2.5 million chips.

Event 2: Name Game - Play Resumes

$350 + $50 + $100 Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)

Here's a look at some familiar names still in the running for the $27,091 first place prize as play resumes:

David Eilers
Christine Sazon
Patricia Barsanti-Chou
Bob Haavind
David Heck
Matt Milliken
Jack Rapoport
Steve Eyzerovich

Event 1: It's Miller Tiime

$350 + $50 + $100 Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)

Eric Miller

 
Michael Bonney opened for 65k, Mikhail Zemlyansky (Hewlett, NY) called, then Eric Miller (Hicksville, NY) shoved for 257k.

Action folded back to Michael, who called, as did Mikhail.

They checked down the board of 6 6 2 5 3 and Eric showed his pocket 9s.

Both opponents mucked and Eric collected his more-than-triple-up to ~835k.

Event 2: Numbers Game

$350 + $50 + $100 Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
 
Number of Entries:  285
Players Remaining:  39
Chips in Play:  4.275 million

Big Stack:  265k (66 bb)
Average Stack: 110k (28 bb)

Play Resumes: 8:15 pm

Next Blinds: 2k/4k/400 ante

Total Buy-In: $99,750

First Prize: $27,091
Places Paid: 27
Spots from Money: 12
Min Cash: $871

Event 1: Dinner's Done

$350 + $50 + $100 Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)

Level 25:  Blinds 15k/30k with 4k ante.

Play has resumed.

 Michael Bonney

As of the dinner break, Michael Bonney (Mays Landing, NJ) was the chip leader with 1.68 million.  A couple of players were close behind in the 1.5 million range.

Here's what was buzzing during dinner:

marc ‏@golfermarc 47m
Dinner. 43 left. 803k. 15/30/4 when we come back

Chris Farley ‏@farley2508 46m
1.2 at dinner. 43 left

Luke Edwards ‏@7thecho 42m
2nd official payday! Dinner voucher 2! 826k around 40 left! #bspo

Michael Marder ‏@MMarder86 39m
265,000 on dinner. Coming back to 30k/4k and the btn. 43 left, avg ~800k. #BSPO1

Chad Power ‏@Chad_Power 14m
930k coming back from dinner. I was down to 750k, raised UTG, reg 3bets to 150k and I stuffed it on him with K7s and got a fold.

Event 2: Dinner Break Chip Leader

$350 + $50 + $100 Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)

Eilers, Chip Leader - 265k

Players are on a one hour dinner break just 12 spots from the money.

David Eilers (Rocky Mount, N.C.) is the chip leader with 265k and one decent pot comes against Robert "Rizzi" Aronowitz (N. Merrick, NY) who says, "slow suck out" on his way to the rail.

Several other players are in the 200-220k range including Christine Sazon (Virginia Beach, VA).

39 players remain with an average stack of 110k (27 bb) with the top 27 making the money.

Play resumes at 8:15 pm with blinds heading to 2k/4k/200 ante.

Event 2: Last Ladies Playing

$350 + $50 + $100 Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)

Barsanti-Chou & Sazon

Of the 42 remaining players only two are ladies, Borgata regular Patti Barsanti-Chou (Metuchen, NJ) and relative newbie Christine "Blaze" Sazon (Virginia Beach, VA).

Barsanti-Chou has 14 Borgata cashes and three trophies with career tournament earnings of $164,000, while Sazon has two career cashes, one them at Borgata.

Right now Sazon has the advantage with a top 5 stack at ~200k, while Barsanti-Chou is hanging on with 42k and ~10 BB as they towards the 7:15 pm dinner break.