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Level 24 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

Attilio Bitondo is trying to avoid getting pinched

With all of the action involving Joe McKeehen and Mike Sandler taking place recently, one might suspect heads-up play has already began.

Attilio Bitondo is still here though... he's just keeping quiet.

At the tender age of 85, the New Yorker has lived a long life filled with countless stories of intrigue and intimidation... you just won't hear it from him.

With a large family to earn for (larger than you can imagine... just take our word for it), Bitondo has never been one to speak out of turn, which is why he's survived for so many years despite the occasional call to go to the mattresses.

He's still hanging tough here today, despite playing with a feared professional in McKeehen and a made guy like Sandler. Bitondo currently rides the short stack at the table, but he's much more than mezza morta at the moment, needing only for one of his opponents to clip the other to pocket an even fatter envelope filled with 2nd place prize money.