Event 1: Bubbling Over

$500 + $60 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

Level 19: Blinds 4k/8k/1k ante

Vamshi Posing with his Payout Slip Next to 

Ioannis Konstantinidis (Ocean City, NJ); Both Make the Money

 
It's doesn't take long to hit the money, and when the heads are counted exactly 400 players remain with four players busting on the last hand before the count.

Vamshi Maddi (Iselin, NJ) held is breath until it's confirmed that he did make the min cash of $1,138.

Maddi loses a flip for 53k with A 9 against the pocket 7s of Rich Migliorisi (Brooklyn, NY) who hits a set on the turn.

The payout line is stacking up and includes Borgata trophy holder Alex Rocha (S. Setauket, NY). "Thank you, but what are we being congratulated for," says the disappointed grinder, who had his eye on a deep run.

Rocha has multiple Borgata final tables including a $151,000 win in the premiere event of the 2011 Borgata Winter Poker Open ($560 entry).

The rest of the players, including John Pantalone (Poughkeepsie, NY), are anxious to get back to the grind towards the $363,091 first place prize.

 Pantalone In the Money