$1,000 + $90 NL
Michael DeMartino (Laurence Harbor, NJ) started the day not knowing if he'd even cash, now he's one of the chip leaders.
DeMartino returned as the shortest stack (26k) and needed a river suck out on the bubble to stay alive when his A2 suited hit a spade on the river vs AQ.
After making the money, DeMartino hangs around until he gets a big double-up through Jennifer So (Galloway, NJ). DeMartino hits an ace on the flop holding AK vs 99, doubling his stack to 200k.
DeMartino was moved to balance tables and is now one of the bigger stacks with 450k.