$1,100 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-out)
Level 25: 10,000/20,000/3,000 Ante

Nacho Barbero raised from the small blind to 38,000, Matt Stout moved all in from the big blind for 380,000, and Barbero called with . Stout turned over , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The flop came , and Barbero paired his ace to take the lead. Stout started to stand up, saying, “Nice hand. It was fun playing with you guys.

But the turn card was the , giving Stout a set of jacks. Stout sat back down and said, “Wow. I’m just hitting one-outers these days.” The river card was the , and Stout won the pot with his set to double up in chips.

Matt Stout  –  768,000  (38 bb)
Nacho Barbero  –  610,000  (31 bb)

The next hand, Stout raised from the small blind to 42,000, Tom Dobrilovic reraised from the big blind to 100,000, and Dobrilovic called. The flop came , Stout bet 85,000, and Dobrilovic folded. A quick extra 100K for Stout to add to his stack.

Matt Stout  –  976,000  (61 bb)
Tom Dobrilovic  –  425,000  (27 bb)

When Level 24 came to an end, the players took a 15-minute break. Here are their official chip counts as the blinds are increasing to 10,000-20,000 with a 3,000 ante:

Seat 1.  Matt Stout  –  970,000  (61 bb)
Seat 2.  Tom Dobrilovic  –  328,000  (21 bb)
Seat 5.  Ricardo Alvarado  –  797,000  (50 bb)
Seat 7.  Nacho Barbero  –  532,000  (33 bb)

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

With four players remaining, the average chip stack is 657,000 (33 big blinds).