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Event 8: 6th Place, Mike Taylor – $888

$175 + $25 + $20 NLH Deep Stack TURBO (Re-Entry)

Blinds: 20k/40k/5k ante

Rob Manjura moved all in first to act and was called by Mike Taylor. Manjura had KhJc and would need some help as Taylor held pocket Queens. The flop and turn kept Taylor in the lead but the King on the river would have Taylor flinging his sunglasses down on the ground and sending him to the rail in 6th place.

6th place - Mike Taylor
6th place – Mike Taylor

Event 8: 7th Place, Mack McMackin – $691

$175 + $25 + $20 NLH Deep Stack TURBO (Re-Entry)

Blinds: 15k/30k/5k ante

A short stack Mack McMackin moved all in for 89K total from the cutoff and the big blind Paul DeRosa said “I don’t like it, but I have to” and called for the additional 59K with Js5s. Mack had Ah7d and was ahead until the 5d came on the turn. McMackin finishes in 7th place for $691.

7th place - Mack McMackin
7th place – Mack McMackin

Event 8: Chip Counts

$175 + $25 + $20 NLH Deep Stack TURBO (Re-Entry)

Blinds: 15k/30k/5k ante

Approximate chip counts of the eight remaining players. They are about to return from dinner break.

SeatName (Hometown)Chip Count
1Mack McMackin (Lecanto, FL)170K
2Rob Manjura (Orlando, FL)400K
3Mike Taylor (Trinity, FL)505K
4Paul DeRosa (Apollo Beach, FL)235K
5Aaron Damron (Leesburg, FL)275K
6Andrew Graham (Boston, MA)300K
7Chris Kelly (St. Cloud, FL)310K
8Charlie Campos (Kissimmee, FL)140K

Event 8: Final Table – In the Money

$175 + $25 + $20 NLH Deep Stack TURBO (Re-Entry)
Blinds  10k/20k/3k ante
10 players remaining, 235k avg (21 bb)

Final Table
Final Table

The eliminations of Helen Houghes (11th) and Hristos Tsironis (12th) send the final 10 players into the money.

Seat-Name-Chip Count

1 Mack McMackin (Lecanto, FL) 265k
2 Rob Manjura (Orlando, FL) 350k
3 Mike Taylor (Trinity, FL) 480k
4 Paul DeRosa (Apollo Beach, FL) 252k
5  Erik Watkins (Santa Rosa, CA) 80k
6 Aaron Damron (Leesburg, FL) 180k
7 Andrew Graham (Boston, MA) 210k
8 Chris Kelly (St. Cloud, FL) 360k
9 Charlie Campos (Kissimmee, FL) 150k
10 Chris McKean (Geneseo IL) 107k

Hellen Houghes (Bubble) & Hristos Tsironis (12th Place)
Hellen Houghes (11th Place – Bubble) & Hristos Tsironis (12th Place)

Event 8: Rodriguez Crowned by Kings

$175 + $25 + $20 NLH Deep Stack TURBO (Re-Entry)
Blinds  8k/16k/2k ante

Mario Rodriguez
Mario Rodriguez

Mario Rodriguez (Kissimmee) was the big stack all day, but runs into a couple of coolers including his elimination hand.  Rodriguez is all in with JJ against the KK of Rob Manjura (Orlando)

Manjura ends up hitting a king-high flop and barely has Rodriguez covered 190k to 186k for the knockout.

Rodriguez is out in 13th place, two spots from the money.