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After the intensity of the prolonged period of bubble play, the remaining players have taken a well-deserved break from the action.
Cards will be back in the air in about ten minutes.
Level: 22
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
Play has resumed in the Borgata Poker Room.
Joseph Mckeehen was all in and at risk with 
preflop against Collin White's 
. Neither player made a pair, but the ace-high was good enough to send Mckeehen packing.
White chipped up to 1.35 million, but ran into a flopped flush a few hands later and fell to around a million.
Chris Tryba was also eliminated with unknown action.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,000,000 | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Here a few photos taken during the mad rush of bubble play that just punctuated the middle stages of Day 2.
"Mad Dog" Mike Shasho raised to 50,000 from middle position, a player two spots to his left moved all in for 213,000, and the action folded back to Shasho. He tanked for a considerable amount of time, but just couldn't commit the extra 163,000 chips, folding the 
face up.
His opponent didn't show.
At the table, Mark Sykes is doing quiet well post-bubble, chipping up to 1.1 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,100,000
942,500
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942,500 |
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340,000
-160,000
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-160,000 |
After a preflop raising war, Ibra Ibraimovic was all in and at risk for over half of a million chips with 
against Brett Richey's 
. Richey was "running hot" to start the day, and if his hand held he would've chipped up to nearly two million, but there was a in the window of the flop.
Richey was unable to run down a straight or hit a two-outer of his own, and plummeted to 600,000 chips. Ibraimovic rocketed up to 1.3 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,300,000
872,000
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872,000 |
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600,000
-700,000
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-700,000 |
Peruse some updated chip counts for the biggest stacks and notable names still left in contention.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,250,000
570,000
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570,000 |
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1,200,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
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1,100,000
730,000
|
730,000 |
|
625,000
285,000
|
285,000 |
|
587,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
420,000
201,000
|
201,000 |
|
255,000
174,500
|
174,500 |
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225,000
-41,000
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-41,000 |
Level: 23
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 3,000
A clash of two big stacks just occurred, with longtime professional Brett Richey clashing with Christopher Nugent in what can only be described as a post-flop cooler.
Nugent opened for 60,000 from the button and next to act, and Richey defended his small blind by flatting to see the flop. After the dealer fanned the 
across the felt, Richey check-called a bet of 150,000 and an 
arrived on the turn.
Another check from Richey prompted an all-in wager of about 240,000 from Nugent, and Richey snapped the bet off while tabling 
for the stone cold nuts. Although he had flopped Broadway and had a hammerlock on the hand, Richey was still fading outs when Nugent rolled over his for middle set.
River:
The board failed to pair and Nugent's set could not be built into a boat, leaving Richey's nut straight in the lead. With over $1.3 million in reported live earnings, Richey is one of the more experienced players left in the field, meaning the 1.25 million chips at his disposal will be wielded by a player who knows just how to use them.
Following his exit Nugent took to Twitter to provide his own postmortem, graciously bowing out after making an impressive run to the money:
It was a fun ride @BorgataPoker. Out in 128. JJ vs KQ. Flopped middle set vs flopped straight. #goodgame #SpringPokerOpenFollow @CNugentPoker
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,250,000
650,000
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650,000 |
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Busted |