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End of Level 26: Blinds 30k/60k/5k ante
Before the level ran out, Rodney Dillehay was felted in 9th place, earning $2,343.
The remaining 8 players have taken off on a 40-minute dinner break. Play will resume at about 7:35pm.
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Level 26: Blinds 30k/60k/5k ante
In a battle of the blinds, Claudimer Osorio (sb) and Max Dertke (bb) got all the chips in the middle on the flop of 
. Claudimer’s 
had Max’s 
out-kicked. The last two came 
and Claudimer took the pot.
The stacks were very close and when counted down, Claudimer had 748k and covered Max’s ~700k.
Max Dertke busted out in 10th place, earning $1,520.
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Level 25: Blinds 25k/50k/5k ante
After Alan Korpi raised on the button, Ayed Shweihat shoved his last 300k from the big blind. Alan called, showing pocket 6s. Ayed had A3. An Ace on the flop gave Ayed hopes of a double-up, but then a 6 on the turn sent the pot to Alan. Ayed busted out in 11th place $1,520.
With his departure, the final ten drew for seats and moved to a single table. Average stack is almost 1.3 million.
Here’s the lineup with rough chip counts:
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
In the biggest hand of the tournament so far, Nick Tzoumas (Trinity, FL) is on the rail when his two pairs is beaten by Gabriel Tudorache’s higher two pair.
On a board of J-8-7-K Tzoumas moves all in for 1 million chips and Tudorache calls.
Tzoumas: 8-7 (flopped two pairs)
Tudorache: K-8 (turned two pairs)
A Jack hits the river and gives Tudorache Kings and Jacks for the winner and a commanding chip lead with 2.9 million.
Tzoumas finishes in 12th places for $1,520.
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13th Nixon Diaz (Atlanta, GA)
14th Frank Walker (Auburndale, FL)
15th Eric Wilkinson (Palmetto, FL)
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16th Wadie Khalaf (Tampa. FL)
17th Garth Fudens (Clearwater, FL)
18th John Pishos (Palm Beach Gardens, FL)
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19 Sebastian Gallego
20 Jeremy Antonoff
21 Pamela Osteen
22 Adam Freeman
23 Robbie Godbey
24 Aaron Young
25 Tony March
26 Randolph Spain
27 Sterling Savill
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Level 24; Blinds 20k/40k/5k ante
In a huge hand, Nick Tzoumas was all-in pre-flop holding 
against Garth Fudens’ pocket Kings.
The board fell 
[ Kd] giving Garth a set on the flop, but giving Nick Broadway on the river. He doubled up to ~1.5 million.
Garth was left very short-stacked, but then doubled up twice, only to bust out in 17th place.
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Blinds 15k/30k/4k ante
27 Players Remaining, 450k avg (16 bb)
Table 1
1 Nick Tzoumas
2 Garth Fudens
3 Eric Moffett
4 Alan Korpi
5 Randolph Spain
6 Robbie Godbey
7 Sebastian Gallego
8 Adam Freeman
9 Jeremy Antonoff
Table 2
1 Pamela Osteen
2 Steven Bennett
3 Eric Wilkinson
4 Claudemir Osorio
5 Nixon Diaz
6 Ayed Shweihat
7 Sterling Savill
8 Wadie Khalaf
9 Frank Walker
Table 3
1 Tony March
2 John Pishos
3 Gene Stone
4 Gabriel Tudorache
5 Rodney Dillehay
6 John Stillitano
7 Aaron Young
8 Raymond Dwyer
9 Max Dertke
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Blinds 15k/30k/4k ante
27 Players Remaining, 450k avg (16 bb)
81-year-old Max Dertke (Tampa, FL) leads the final 27 players with 960k.
“Do I get a prize for oldest player,” quips Dertke, who is actually the second oldest remaining player. Start of day co-chip leader Franklin Walker (Auburndale, Fl) is still in the field at age 82.
Big Stacks
Max Dertke 960k
Gabriel Tudorache 865k
Sebastian Gallego 830k