Dennis Naroditsky got all-in holding against the big stack of Kirkwood Saccardo, who had . The flop fell Naroditsky's way with giving him a pair of tens.
The turn made no difference, but the river gave Saccardo a straight and his big stack got bigger. Naroditsky hit the rail in 13th place for $13,177.
Guillermo Vargas and Zarko Mandic battled to the river with a board of followed by a brick and Vargas jammed. Mandic called and his for top two pair had Vargas' crushed. He was eliminated in 14th place ($13,177) while Mandic chipped up nicely to more than 12 million.
The 2019 Borgata Summer Poker Open Championship winner Jackob Datashvili was eliminated in 15th place when his pocket kings fell to . An ace on the flop was all it took to send his chips across the felt to Kirkwood Saccardo, who is crushing his table.
BorgataPoker.com Sponsored Pro Dan Buzgon worked his big stack well, but was finally eliminated in 16th place ($10,312). He got his last chips in with only to run into an opponent holding .
Alida Veliu was the last woman in this event and got her chips in good holding pocket eights against Big Slick. Unfortunately her opponent spiked a king on the river to take the pot.
Zachary Gruneberg (21st), Soheb Porbandarwala (20th), and Guy Ciccone (19th) have all reported to the payout desk and will collect $8,135 for their finishes in Event #1.
The remaining 18 players are redrawing seats and moving to the final two tables, where play will resume with just a few minutes before the break.