$1,100 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-out)
Level 24: 8,000/16,000/2,000 Ante

Tom Dobrilovic was all in from the small blind for about 275,000 with against the of Joe Serock in the big blind, who had him covered by 10,000.

The board came , and Dobrilovic rivered a heart flush to win the pot and double up in chips, knocking Serock down to less than a big blind in the process.

Tom Dobrilovic  –  560,000  (35 bb)
Joe Serock  –  10,000  (<1 bb)

The next hand, Nacho Barbero raised under the gun to 34,000, Joe Serock moved all in from the small blind for 10,000, and Ricardo Alvarado called from the big blind. Any additional betting would go into the side pot of 48,000.

Alvarado and Barbero checked to the river on a board of , Alvarado bet 35,000, and Barbero folded. Alvarado took the side pot uncontested.

For the main pot, Serock showed  for a pair of fives, but Alvarado turned over to win the pot with two pair, tens and sevens, eliminating Serock in fifth place.

Joe Serock  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($13,403)

There was brief talk about chopping the remaining prizepool, but the discussion ended quickly without ever getting much into specifics.

A few minutes later, on a board of with about 145,000 already in the pot, Alvarado bet 86,000 from the small blind, and Barbero tanked for a while before moving all in for 406,000. Alvarado tanked for a while himself before he folded, and Barbero took the pot.

Nacho Barbero  –  640,000  (40 bb)
Ricardo Alvarado  –  760,000  (48 bb)

And that’s where things stand right now. Here are the updated chip counts:

Seat 1.  Matt Stout  –  680,000  (43 bb)
Seat 2.  Tom Dobrilovic  –  558,000  (35 bb)
Seat 5.  Ricardo Alvarado  –  760,000  (48 bb)
Seat 7.  Nacho Barbero  –  640,000  (40 bb)

1st:  $50,497
2nd:  $34,164
3rd:  $22,338
4th:  $17,849

With four players remaining, the average chip stack is about 657,000 (41 big blinds).