$2,200 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-out)
Level 20: 4,000/8,000/1,000 Ante

Rayan Chamas min-raised from the button to 16,000, Konstantinos Pantaridis reraised from the small blind to 45,000, and Chamas moved all in. Pantaridis folded, and Chamas took the pot.

Rayan Chamas  –  605,000  (75 bb)
Konstantinos Pantaridis  –  120,000  (15 bb)

A short while later, Chamas moved all in from the small blind, and Pantaridis called all in from the big blind for 115,000 with . Chamas turned over , and Pantaridis needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Pantaridis won the pot with the two pair on the board and his ace kicker to double up in chips.

Konstantinos Pantaridis  –  234,000  (29 bb)
Rayan Chamas  –  505,000  (63 bb)

Then the two big stacks tangled in a pot, as Ryan Riess min-raised under the gun to 16,000, and Chamas called from the button. The flop came , Riess checked, Chamas bet 20,000, and Riess called. The turn was the , Riess checked, Chamas bet 51,000, and Riess called.

The river was the , and both players checked. Riess showed to win the pot with two pair, tens and nines, and Chamas mucked.

Ryan Riess  –  705,000  (88 bb)
Rayan Chamas  –  520,000  (65 bb)

Then it was the two short stacks who got it all in. Pantaridis moved all in from the button for 171,000, and Anthony Zinno called all in from the small blind for 144,000 with . Pantaridis turned over , and Zinno was dominated as he faced elimination.

The board came , and Zinno paired his ten on the river to win the pot and double up in chips — knocking Pantaridis down to three big blinds in the process.

Anthony Zinno  –  300,000  (37 bb)
Konstantinos Pantaridis  –  27,000  (3 bb)

The next hand, Pantaridis moved all in under the gun for 26,000, Zinno reraised from the button to 51,000, and the two big stacks folded. Pantaridis turned over , but he needed to improve to stay alive against Zinno’s .

The board came — Pantaridis paired his jack on the flop, but Zinno rivered a diamond flush to win the pot and eliminate Pantaridis in fourth place.

Konstantinos Pantaridis  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($22,550)

Here are the official chip counts for the final three players as they begin discussions about a potential chop:

Seat 2.  Ryan Riess  –  689,000  (86 bb)
Seat 3.  Rayan Chamas  –  464,000  (58 bb)
Seat 6.  Anthony Zinno  –  347,000  (43 bb)