Event 19: Blinds Up / Chip Counts

$200 + $30 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 12k/24k/3k ante 

Chip Counts

Miguel Borrero (Jersey City, NJ) 1.6 million
Dennis Altman (Polk City, FL) 1. 4 million
Chris Giannell (Red Bank, NJ) 970k
Dennis Aiello (Kinnelon, NJ) 900k
Mick O'Neill (New York, NY) 583k

Event 19: 6th Place - Hirschorn

$200 + $30 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 10k/20k/3k ante  

Paul Hirschorn (Edgewater, NJ) 

$2,105

On the last hand of the level, Paul Hirschorn moves all in for 250k and Dennis Aiello makes the call.

Hirschorn: K8

Aiello: 44

Hirschorn picks up a gutshot straight draw after the J 10 7 flop, but misses on the turn and river.

Hirschorn earns $2,105 for his 6th place finish.

Event 19: 7th Place - Grayber

$200 + $30 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 10k/20k/3k ante 

 Steve Grayber (Franklin Lakes, NJ) 

$1,684

Miguel Borrero (UTG) raises to 43k, Steve Grayber makes it 100k and Borrero calls.

Flop: J♠ 7♠ 3♠

Both players check.

Turn: 5♣

Borrero bets 340k, Grayber moves all in for 600k, Borrero snap calls.

Borrero: 6♣ 4♠ (straight)

Grayber: A♠ A♦ (flush draw)

The river is a blank and Borrero cracks Aces to take his stack to 1.5 millioin.

Grayber finishes in 7th place for $1,684.

Event 19: 8th Place - Vozzoto

$200 + $30 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 10k/20k/3k ante

Giovanni Vozzoto (Bellmore, NY)

$1,263

Giovanni Vozzoto is practically doing back flips for his 8th place finish.

"I had 100k with 18 players left," he says, "I had nothing."

Vozzoto watched exit after exit move himself from $421 (18th place) to $1,263 for finishing 8th.

On his final hand, Giovanni is all in for 100k with KJ against the A8 of Miguel Borrero. 

Giovanni doesn't get any help and is happy to be heading to the pay window.

Event 19: 9th Place - Goldfeier

$200 + $30 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 10k/20k/3k ante 

Eric Goldfeier (Cluster, NJ) 

$842

Eric Goldfeier raises half his 225k stack preflop and gets a call from Chris Giannell.

Flop: A 9 6

Goldfeier moves all in for ~115k and Giannell snap calls.

Goldfeier: JJ

Giannell: 99 (set of 9s)

There's no help on the turn or river and Goldfeier finishes in 9th place for $842.

Event 19: 10th Place - Kanner

$200 + $30 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 8k/16k/2k ante 

Bruce Kanner (Bronx, NY)

$547

After shipping a double-up that drops him to less than 200k, Bruce Kanner's elimination comes in a theatrical hand.

Kanner, Dennis Aiello and Miguel Borrero see a flop of A 4 7.

Aiello moves all in for 433k and is at risk against Borrero, but has Kanner covered.

Borrero goes into the tank and mutters, "why so much," before eventually folding.

Kanner makes the call and both players turn over an Ace in a cat and mouse game.  Aiello shows his 5 kicker, while Kanner flips over a 10.  With that Borrero explodes from the table upset, saying he folded Ace-Jack.

Just seconds later a 5 comes on the turn and everyone explodes as Aiello hits two pairs. A brick on the river gives Aiello the pot to knockout Kanner.

"I'm alive," shouts Aiello, who has been enjoying his time at the table in a frat house atmosphere.

The hand stuns Kanner who finishes in 10th place for $547.

Meanwhile at the other end of the table, Borrero is literally patting himself on the back saying, "good fold," while Giovanni Vozzoto is thrilled to still be in the tournament with 100k (6 bb).

"I just picked up $300 bucks with nothing," he says referring to the pay jump from 10th to 9th place.

Event 19: Final Table

$200 + $30 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 8k/16k/2k ante

Seat-Name-Chip Count

1 Paul Hirschorn (Edgewater, NJ) 430k
2 Eric Goldfeier (Cluster, NJ) 398k
3 Bruce Kanner (Bronx, NY) 585k
4 Steve Grayber (Franklin Lakes, NJ) 390k
5 Mick O'Neill (New York, NY) 700k
6 Dennis Aiello (Kinnelon, NJ) 510k
7 Chris Giannell (Red Bank, NJ) 460k
8 Miguel Borrero (Jersey City, NJ) 1.1 million
9 Dennis Altman (Polk City, FL) 900k
10 Giovanni Vozzoto (Bellmore, NY) 116k

Event 19: 11th Place - Lapinta

$200 + $30 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 8k/16k/2k ante

 Joe Lapinta (Toms River, NJ)

$547

Joe Lapinta and Dennis Aiello see a flop of 3 3 4.   Lapinta moves all in for 130k and Aiello makes the tough call.

Lapinta: Q2 (over card)

Aiello: 4 6 (two pairs, 4s and 3s)

Turn: A

River:9

Lapinta misses his three-outer on the turn and river and finishes in 11th place for $547.

Event 19: 12th Place - Sheridan

$200 + $30 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 6k/12k/2k ante

 Shaheim "Sha" Sheridan (Fayetteville, NC)

$547

Sha Sheridan is all in for 200k with J 10 against the KQ of Bruce Kanner.

Kanner hits two Queens on the flop and wins the hand with trip queens.

Sheridan finishes in 12th place for $547. That's one spot higher than his finish in the Championship which earned him nearly $8,000.

Event 19: 13th Place - Davis

$200 + $30 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 6k/12k/2k ante 

Jack Davis (Washington, DC)

$463

Jack Davis is all in for 135k with KQ against the AK of Miguel Borrero.

There's no help on the board and Davis is on the rail.

Davis earns $463 for his 13th place finish and sends a shout out to "Sarah."

Event 19: Big Double for Goldfeier

$200 + $30 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 6k/12k/2k ante 

Just after a break there's a huge 800k pot.

Eric Goldfeier is all in and at risk with KK against the QQ of Chris Giannell.

The Kings hold and Goldfeier doubles 377k which severely cripples Giannell.

Event 19: 14th Place - Corrado

$200 + $30 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 5k/10k/1k ante

Nick Corrado (Staten Island, NY) is all in UTG for 26,500 and gets calls from Bruce Kanner and Chris Giannell.

Kanner and Giannell check the flop, turn and river of 10 5 3 8 6.

Corrado: K9
Kanner: KQ
Giannell: mucks

Kanner wins the hand with King high, Queen kicker.

Corrado earns $471 for his 14th place finish.

Event 19: 15th Place - Ondis

$200 + $30 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 5k/10k/1k ante 

Bruce Kanner limps from early position, Sha Sheridan raises to 23k, Victoria Ondis (Manasquan, NJ)
moves all in for 143k.

Kanner calls for 3/4 of his stack and Sheridan folds.

Kanner: KJ
Ondis: 33

Kanner hits a Jack on the flop and says, "keep it right there."

Ondis gets no help on the turn and river and finishes in 15th place for $463.

Event 19: 16th Place - Zuarino

$200 + $30 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 5k/10k/1k ante

Sal Zuarino (Westfield, NJ) is all in for 100k with pocket Queens against the AK of Steve Grayber.

Grayber hits a King on the flop and gets the knockout.

Zuarino finishes in 16th place for $471.

Event 19: 17th Place - Natalini

$200 + $30 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 5k/10k/1k ante 

Jeff Natalini (Alexandria, VA) is all in for 35k with K 8 against the QQs of Eric Goldfeier.

Natalini doesn't pick up any sweats saying, "I needed a King. I was crippled five hands before, that's what did me in."

Natalini earns $471 for his 17th place finish.

Event 19: 18th Place - Elliott

$200 + $30 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 5k/10k/1k ante

Allen Elliott (Raliegh, NC) is all in with pocket 6s for 75k against the A♠ 5♠ of Dennis Aiello.

When the flop of Q♠ J♠ 2♠ hits the board, Aillo has the nut flush and when Elliott doesn't connect with a 6 on the turn his tournament is over.

Elliott finishes in 18th place for $471.

Event 19: Final Two Tables

$200 + $30 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 4k/8k/1k ante

Table 1

Seat-Name

1 Bruce Kanner (Bronx, NY)
2 Mick O'Neill (New York, NY)
3 Jeff Natalini (Alexandria, VA)
4 Shaheim Sheridan (Fayetteville, NC)       
5 Eric Goldfeier (Cluster, NJ)
6 Victoria Ondis (Manasquan, NJ)
7 Chris Giannell (Red Bank, NJ)
8 Paul Hirschorn (Edgewater, NJ)
9 Nick Corrado (Staten Island, NY)

Table 2

Seat-Name

1 Sal Zuarino (Westfield, NJ) 
2 Steve Grayber (Franklin Lakes, NJ) 
3 Giovanni Vozzoto (Bellmore, NY)
4 Dennis Altman (Polk City, FL)
5 Dennis Aiello (Kinnelon, NJ)
6 Jack Davis (Washington, DC)
7 Allen Elliott (Raliegh, NC)
8 Joe Lapinta (Toms River, NJ)
9 Miguel Borrero (Jersey City, NJ)

Event 19: 19-27th Places ($397)

$200 + $30 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Bustouts have been flying out the door, here's a look at those earning the min cash of $397.

Place-Name

19th Marcelo Lanas (Anapolis, MD)
20th Lenard Adams (Markham, IL)
21st Michael Tauman (Metuchen, NJ)
22nd Max Digilov (Staten Island, NY)
23rd Mike Molino (Astoria, NY)
24th Aaron Pinson (Baltimore, MD)
25th Gil Sacks (Bala Cynwyd, PA)
26th Paul Lambrakis (Brooklyn, NY)
27th Craig Comerford (Apopka, FL)

Event 19: Two More Down

$200 + $30 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 4k/8k/1k ante

Mike Molino (Astoria, NY) sees his tournament end with 99 vs the KK of Dennis Aiello (Kinnelon, NJ)

Next to to is Max Digilov (Staten Island, NY) who moves all in with J9 against a player holding 99 and Miguel Borrero's (Jersey City, NJ) AK.

"Ace in the window baby," says Borrero, who gets a double-up and a knockout to take his stack to 400k.

Digilov is the victim who is out in 22nd place.

Event 19: Borrero Sacks Gil

$200 + $30 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 3k/6k/500 ante

One player earning a min cash is Gils Sacks (Wynnewood, PA) who is dominated with Ah 3h against the Ad Jd of Miguel Borrero (Jersey City, NJ).

Borrero ends up with the nut flush, and after a close count, gets the last 84k of Sacks chips.

Sacks finishes in 25th place for $379.

Event 19: Perfect 10 for Hirschorn

$200 + $30 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 3k/6k/500 ante

Hirschorn (right) Watches Opponent Turn Over KK

On the second hand of the bubble a player moves all in for 40k and Paul Hirschorn (Edgewater, NJ) calls.

Player X: KK
Hirschorn: 10 10

The board is clean until a 10 hits the river and Hirschorn wins the hand with a set of 10s.  The knockout of the anonymous bubble boy means the remaining 27 players are in the money and guaranteed a min cash of $397.

One minute, half the time spend in hand-for-hand play, is put back on the clock in one of the fastest bubbles in Borgata history.

Event 19: Hand-for_Hand

$200 + $30 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Two players are gone in the first ten minutes of play leaving 28 players, one from the money.

Play is now hand-for-hand on the money bubble.

Event 19: Big Stacks

$200 + $30 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Aiello (left) and Giannell Fist Bump with Big Stacks

Chip Leaders

Name-Chip Count

Chris Giannell (Red Bank, NJ) 716k
Dennis Altman (Polk City, FL) 486k
Dennis Aiello (Kinnelon, NJ) 416k

Event 19: Numbers Game

$200 + $30 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Number of Entries: 217
Players Remaining:  30
Spots From Money: 3

Chips in Play:  5.4 million
Big Stack:  716k (119 bb)
Average Stack:  181k (30 bb)

Next Blinds:3k/6k/500 ante
Play Resumes: 8:10 PM


Total Buy-In:  $43,400
First Prize:  $11,787
Places Paid: 27
Min Cash: $379

Event 19: Three-Way All in X 2

$200 + $30 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

On the last hand before dinner break, two tables have three-way all ins and both times the big stack gets a double knockout.

First Dennis Altman (Polk City, FL) isolates two all ins for ~60k each with pocket Jacks and is against Brian Kruyd's (Parsippany, NJ) pocket Aces and a third player's 77.

Altman flops a Jack to crack Aces and says, "I knew this was going to be my day."

On the other table, Chris Giannell (Red Bank, NJ) gets his AA to hold against AK (65k) and 88 (150k) to add nearly 225k in chips.
 
The two double knockouts means the field is down to 30 players, just three spots from the money.

Both Giannell and Altman have heaps of chips and we'll sort out the chip lead after the floor supervisors color up the chips.

Players are on a one hour dinner break until 8:10 pm.