Michael Martin bets $30,000 from the button and Nick Manganaro goes all-in for $93,000 from the big blind. Martin makes the call and the players flip over their cards:

Martin: K 5

Manganaro: J 10

The board comes A 9 6 6 4 and local favorite Manganaro is eliminated third. He will receive $52,039 for his efforts. We are now heads-up.

Just one hand after their epic bout Ben Hock and Nick Manganaro are once again all-in against each other.

Incredibly Manganaro has Q-Q while Hock has 10 10 again.

The pro-Manganaro crowd is postively raucous as we go to the board, which comes 8 7 4 J... 10!

The crowd gives out an exuberant cheer until they realize the spiked ten makes Hock the winner. The room then quiets to almost silence as the dealer shoves the pot toward Hock. After two roller-coaster hands Manganaro is down to approximately $80,000 and on life support against the two big stacks.

Michael Martin bets $24,000 from the button and Ben Hock limps from the small blind. Nick Manganaro decides to go all-in from the big blind and Martin folds. Hoth makes the call and the players flip over their cards:

Manganaro: K K

Hock: 10 10

The board comes J 7 5 6 5 and Manganaro doubles and puts Hock in a precarious position.

Bernard Lee shoves all-in from under the gun for $106,000. Action is folded to Michael Martin and the chip leader decides to make the call.

Lee: Q J

Martin: A 5

The board comes K 8 3 K 3 and intrepid journalist/poker player Bernard Lee has been eliminated. He will receive $37,965 for coming in fourth.

Players are back in their chairs and they now get to deal with blinds of $6,000/$12,000 and a $2,000 ante. That's what Level 14 will do to you.

Here are the chip counts of the four remaining players:

1. Michael Martin	$342,000
2. Ben Hock	$336,000
3. Nick Manganaro	$202,000
4. Bernard Lee	$106,000

Players are on a 15-minute break. Stand by for updated chip counts.

Chip leader Michael Martin has been getting numerous walks when he has the big blind and after a recent walk Bernard Lee commented, "It's good to be the king, huh?"

Martin just chuckles.

Still hurting from the big Nick Manganaro hand, Keith Murrell decides to shove from under the gun. Action is folded to Michael Martin who is on the big blind and considering a call. He asks for a count and it's approximately $25,000 more for Martin to call.

Eventually Martin opts to call and Murrell flips over A K, which has a slight advantage over Martin's J 8.

The board comes 10 10 8 2 9 and Martin's spiked eight means elimination for Murrell. Murrell finishes fifth for $33,273.

Keith Murrell and Nicholas Manganaro see a flop of 8 3 2. Murrell bets $30,000 and Manganaro shoves all-in for an additional $65,000. Murrell makes the call and the players flip over their cards:

Murrell: J J

Manganaro: 8 8

The board finishes 5 and then 6 and Manganaro's set of eights are good. The mostly pro-Manganaro crowd lets out a mighty roar in appreciation. Murrell takes a massive hit to his stack and Manganaro is boosted to the upper echelon of today's chip counts.

Samuel Shamburg moves all-in for his last $50,000 or so from the cut-off; Bernard Lee calls from the small blind and Ben Hock from the big.

The board of J 4 2 10 9 is checked all the way by Lee and Hock and the players flip over their cards:

Hock: Q-Q

Lee: A-K

Shamburg: (mucks)

Hock wins the pot and Shamburg is eliminated sixth. He will receive $28,582 for his poker-playing prowess.