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Event 9: Final Table, Bubble Time

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 600/1,200/200
10 Players Remaining, 78k (65 bb)

$1K Final Table
$1K Final Table

Michael Nguyen’s elimination in 11th place sends the remaining 10 players to the final table and are one spot off the money

The players agree to break the bubble and then will bag and tag for the night.

Final Table

Seat-Name

1 Steve Korfonta
2 Robert Winsler
3 Jeff Trudeau, Jr.
4 Ray Prieto
5 Filipp Khavin
6 Jeff “Flicka” Coutroulis
7 James “Ping Pang” Kerr
8 Don Matthews
9 Gregory McNealy
10 Brian Haas

Prize Pool

Place-Payout

1st $26,350
2nd $14,250
3rd $9,000
4th $6,750
5th $5,250
6th $4,500
7th $3,750
8th $3,000
9th $2,250

Event 9: Double Bubble

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 600/1,200/200
11 Players Remaining, 71k (59 bb)

The field is two spots from the money and just back from break.

Table 1

Seat-Name-Chip Count

1 Don Matthews 21,100
2 Michael Nguyen 19,100
3 Ray Prieto 132,200
4
5 Jeff “Flicka” Coutroulis 91,000
6
7 James Kerr 86,400
8 Steve Korfonta 53,600
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Table 2

Seat-Name-Chip Count

1 Gregory McNealy 188,300
2
3
4
5 Brian Haas 38,200
6 Jeffrey Trudeau, Jr. 117,500
7
8 Filipp Khavin 22,700
9 Robert Winsler 19,900

Event 8: Nine Lives

$250 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Blinds  10k/20k/3k ante
9 Players Remaining, 441k avg (22 bb)

Maynard Hirshon has a commanding chip lead with more than one million, while Darryal Watts is the only other player above the chip average.

Seat-Name-Chip Count

1
2 Maynard Hirshon (St. Pete Beach) 1 million
3 Amelio Amato (Sarasota, FL) 311k
4 Luqman Alghanim (Tampa, FL) 428k
5 Darryal Watts (Charlotte, NC) 550k
6 Joe Abdo (Tampa, FL) 357k
7 Dave Edwards (Tampa, FL) 146k
8 Danny Lobato (Tampa, FL) 139k
9 Randall Ball (Lutes, FL) 146k
10 Brandon Adams (Macon, GA) 139k

Event 7: Set of Queens

$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 10k/20k/3k ante
30 Players Remaining, 794k avg (40 bb)

Three woman are among the final 30 players.

Angel Vu has a healthy stack at more than 2 million, while Lana Nester is in survival mode at 250k.

Debra Dorcy was on life support (45k) after losing set over set, but got through her blinds and adds a double-up to get over 400k.

Event 8: Final Table

$250 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 8k/16k/2k ante
10 Players Remaining, 353k avg (22 bb)

Seat-Name

1 Stan Blacker (Patterson, NJ)
2 Maynard Hirshon (St. Pete Beach)
3 Amelio Amato (Sarasota, FL)
4 Luqman Alghanim (Tampa, FL)
5 Darryal Watts (Charlotte, NC)
6 Joe Abdo (Tampa, FL)
7 Dave Edwards (Tampa, FL)
8 Danny Lobato (Tampa, FL)
9 Randall Ball (Lutes, FL)
10 Brandon Adams (Macon, GA)

Event 7: 37th-71st Places

$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Earning $1,677

37 Laimis Bucnius
38 Ranier Ebonia
39 Peter Walsworth
40 John Pappas
41 Craig Comerford
42 Nathaniel Palombo
43 Joshua Maskell
44 Marwan Sahoury
45 Robbie Godbey

Earning $1,485

46 Alan Korpi
47 Robert Williams
48 Al Krux
49 Cory Blum
50 Steven Patterson
51 Alicia Mohammed-Riley
52 Timothy Bolland
53 Michael Monaco
54 Francisco Gomez

Earning $1,341

55 Sheila Olsen
56 Maria Luciano
57 Andrew MacDonald
58 Antoinette Fiorenza
59 Basil Abusrur
60 Devis Mulla
61 Ryan Osborne
62 James Millis II

Earning $1,198

63 Mark Scacewater
64 Aric Pluskat
65 Christine Holubeck
66 John Pfolsgrof
67 Kiarrash Amrooei
68 Joseph Gibbons
69 Robert Kinstle
70 Steven Bennett
71 Tuan Pham