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The hand happened quickly with two players getting it all in on a 
flop with the bigger stack of the two holding 
and the other player holding 
. The turn was 
giving the shorter stack a few more outs but the river was another giving the bigger stacked player a full house and putting us at 27 total players left in the tournament.
Level: 17
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 500
Joe Debonis opened for a raise from early position and it was folded to the small blind who moved all in for 83,000 total. After getting a count and peeking back at his cards, Debonis pulled back his original wager making it clear that he was going to call. He counted out the 83,000, stacked them into one large pile, and pushed the chips forward.
Debonis held 
while his shorter stacked foe held 
.
The flop came 
giving Debonis a few more outs. He would hit one of those outs on the turn as it was the 
. The all in player slapped his hand down on the table and could only mutter a string of complaints after the dealer put out the 
on the river.
"All the time. I never win those races," he said, standing up.
"Unbelievable."
Debonis is up to 195,000 after the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
195,000
169,000
|
169,000 |
Level: 18
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
Even the poker players can't help but tune into the PokerNews coverage of the Borgata Spring Poker Open. Johannes Mueller from Rochester, New York was perusing the coverage on his iPad in between hands. We'd be remiss if we didn't include Mueller's chip count - he's sitting at 132,000 with 20 players left. We're getting close to the money as 18 will get paid.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
132,000 |
Jim McKeon moved all in for a little more than 100,000 and it was folded to Bill Kontaratos who has been near the top of the leader board for most of the day.
Kontaratos made the call, standing up and saying "I folded the same hand to you before" while turning over 
. He probably wished he would have folded it again as McKeon had 
.
The board ran out 
and McKeon clapped his hands in excitement and pumped his fist. He doubles up to 210,000 while Kontaratos is down to 55,000 after the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
210,000 | |
|
55,000
-155,000
|
-155,000 |
Players are on a 15 minute break. There are still 20 remaining and here our the top three in chips currently...
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
327,000
195,000
|
195,000 |
|
264,000
154,000
|
154,000 |
|
|
230,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Level: 19
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
Dennis Dekenipp just eliminated Wazir Baksh when his 
was able to hold against Baksh's 
. That leaves 19 players and the tournament is now hand-for-hand on the money bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
325,000
61,000
|
61,000 |
|
Busted |
In a small blind versus big blind confrontation, it would be Bill Kontaratos who would get a little bit of luck. The small blind moved all in for 58,000 with and Kontaratos would call out of the big blind having just 4,000 more in chips with 
. The flop came 
moving Kontaratos into the lead and nothing would change on the 
turn or river.
They are now in the money and are consolidating to two tables.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
125,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
