Erosion

Atillio Bitondo opened for 75,000 holding the button, a raise which folded Mike Sandler, but Joe McKeehen plunked a tower of red T25000 chips forward while announcing himself all in.

The big bet would force Bitondo to call off the remainder of his stack - a stack which had just been depleted by nearly 25 percent with his opening raise. Bitondo declined to take the plunge though, and he folded after rechecking his cards.

On the next hand McKeehen attacked Bitondo's big blind with another shove, this time from the small blind, and Bitondo retreated once again.