Event 5 - The Never Ending Bubble

Event 5 -  $350 + $50 Big Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Seems like we've been stuck at 82 players for the past 3 days.  A lot of raising and folding...raising, then folding to a re-raise, etc.  You get the picture.  There was one player with barely enough chips to cover the big blind.  He was under the gun and shoves his remaining 24k into the middle.  One player in mid position calls.  Action folds around to Tony Abiyaghi (Jersey City, NJ) in the big blind, who asks the player in mid position for a chip count.  Once he realizes the player in mid position also doesn't have much chips left, he announces he is all-in.  The middle position player folds.  Abiyaghi turns over A♣8♠ and his opponent tables A♠6♠.  The flop come A♥8♥6♦ giving both Abiyaghi and the all-in player 2 pair, with Abiyaghi having the higher 2 pair.  However, Abiyaghi's lead doesn't last long when the J♥ falls on the turn and the J♠ comes on 5th street, giving both players the same 2 pair with an 8 kicker.  And so we play on...and on....