$1,100 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-out)
Level 17: 1,500/3,000/500 Ante

With the board showing on the turn, Nikolai Sears checked, and Jamie Avila bet 129,000, leaving himself just 10,000 behind. Sears thought for a few moments before moving all in with a similar stack, and Avila called off his last 10,000 with for a pair of eights with a spade flush draw. Sears turned over for a pair of jacks.

The river card was the , and Avila made two pair, queens and eights, to win the pot. Their chip stacks were counted down, and they both had exactly 137,000 — Avila doubled up while Sears was eliminated.

Jamie Avila  –  300,000+  (100+ bb)
Nikolai Sears  –  Eliminated in 18th Place  ($2,672)

A few minutes later, after a flop of , Philip Consolo was all in with for a pair of nines with an open-ended straight draw, but he needed to improve to stay alive against Nacho Barbero’s — pair of jacks with the same straight draw.

The turn was the , the river was the , and Barbero won the pot with two pair, jacks and sevens, to eliminate Consolo from the tournament.

Nacho Barbero  –  205,000
Philip Consolo  –  Eliminated in 17th Place  ($2,672)

Consolo actually won Event 8 earlier this series, which was also a six-max event, and he had been hoping to win both six-max events to become the undisputed six-max champion of the Seminole Hard Rock. But he’s going to have to share that unofficial title with the winner of this event.

There was a redraw for random seats at the final three tables (18 players), and the bustouts have been coming quickly since then. Here is the current lineup at the tables, along with the recent eliminations:

TABLE 17
Seat 1.  Amelio Amato
Seat 2.  Tom Dobrilovic
Seat 3.
Seat 4.  Cory Drury
Seat 5.
Seat 6.  Ricardo Alvarado

TABLE 18
Seat 1.  Joe Serock
Seat 2.  Daniel Blum
Seat 3.
Seat 4.  Jamie Avila
Seat 5.  Jose Litvak
Seat 6.  Larry Klur

TABLE 25
Seat 1.  Tracey Gelb
Seat 2.
Seat 3.  Matt Stout
Seat 4.  Stuart Paterson
Seat 5.  Nacho Barbero
Seat 6.  Michael Chiappetta

1st:  $50,497
2nd:  $34,164
3rd:  $22,338
4th:  $17,849
5th:  $13,403
6th:  $10,315
7th-9th:  $7,709
10th-12th:  $5,125
13th-14th:  $3,592

15th:  Javier Zarco  –  $3,592
16th:  Angel Vu  –  $2,672
17th:  Philip Consolo  –  $2,672
18th:  Nikolai Sears  –  $2,672
19th:  Mike Beasley  –  $2,190
20th:  Darryll Fish  –  $2,190
21st:  Mohammed Tarkmani  –  $2,190
22nd:  Davis Adams  –  $2,190
23rd:  Sterling Savill  –  $2,190
T-24th:  Jeffrey Trudeau, Jr.  –  $1,095
T-24th:  Ronald Sullivan  –  $1,095

With 14 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 188,000 (63 big blinds).