$1,100 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-out)
Level 20: 3,000/6,000/1,000 Ante

Tracey Gelb was all in from the button for 85,000 with , and she needed to improve to stay alive against the of Nacho Barbero on the button.

The board came , and the pocket queens held up for Barbero to win the pot and eliminate Gelb from the tournament.

Nacho Barbero  –  295,000
Tracey Gelb  –  Eliminated in 13th Place  ($3,592)

With 12 players remaining, the field combined to the final two tables in this six-max event.

Michael Chiappetta was all in from the small blind for 68,500 with , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive against Daniel Blum’s on the button.

The board came — Blum turned a heart flush draw, but improved no further. Chiappetta won the pot to double up, knocking Blum down to a single big blind. Blum was eliminated on the next hand.

Michael Chiappetta  –  147,000
Daniel Blum  –  Eliminated in 12th Place  ($5,125)

In the time since, both Larry Klur and Jamie Avila have busted.

Larry Klur  –  Eliminated in 11th Place  ($5,125)
Jamie Avila  –  Eliminated in 10th Place  ($5,125)

Level 19 came to an end, and the players took a 15-minute break. Here are their official chip counts from the break:

TABLE 17
Seat 1.  Amelio Amato  –  310,000  (52 bb)
Seat 2.  Tom Dobrilovic  –  336,000  (56 bb)
Seat 3.  Stuart Paterson  –  192,000  (32 bb)
Seat 4.
Seat 5.  Nacho Barbero  –  440,000  (73 bb)
Seat 6.  Ricardo Alvarado  –  101,000  (17 bb)

TABLE 18
Seat 1.  Joe Serock  –  420,000  (70 bb)
Seat 2.  Matt Stout  –  235,000  (39 bb)
Seat 3.  Michael Chiappetta  –  155,000  (26 bb)
Seat 4.
Seat 5.  Jose Litvak  –  438,000  (73 bb)
Seat 6.

1st:  $50,497
2nd:  $34,164
3rd:  $22,338
4th:  $17,849
5th:  $13,403
6th:  $10,315
7th-9th:  $7,709

With nine players remaining, the average chip stack is about 292,000 (49 big blinds).