Event 13: I'm a Survivor!

$400 + $50 Survivor No Limit Hold'em

After 13 hours, the final eliminations send 18 players into the money.  "It always feels good when you get money," says Dave McDonold (Nottingham, MD), one of the relieved short stacks.

McDonold has less than 4 big blinds when the bubble broke and everyone celebrated their way to the cage.

Borgata regulars John Hinds (Winterville, NC), Mike Linster (Island Park, NY), and Dan Spirer (Mechanicsville, PA) are in the money along with WSOP Circuit Ring holders Rick Rossetti (Ventnor, NJ) and Dustin Manns (West Chester, PA).

All these players finish in the top 17 and earn $4,000, while Robert Yannucci (Coram, NY) takes home $3,780 for 18th place.

Two players who just missed the money, but aren't terribly disappointed are Ken Silverstein (Edison, NJ) and Louis Iorio (E. Moriches, NY).