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Christopher Bolek min-raised to 20K from middle position and the big blind called. The flop came 
and the big blind checked. Bolek moved all in and the big blind snap called with 
for a big blind special. “It was only 10K more for me to see a flop,” he said. Bolek had pocket 6’s and was unable to hit the 1 outer for the win and is our 17th place finisher.
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We’re down to 17 players as three players busted out in a matter of moments. First it was James Hoeppner going out in 20th place when his 
could not outdraw the 
his opponent held. Hoeppner did pick up a flush draw on the flop but was unable to hit it. James is a long time tournament player with over $850,000 in winnings to his name. He adds another $6,507 with his finish today.
At another table, two players were eliminated in one hand. Philip Randazzo moved all in for 165K and was called for less by Fernando Diaz. A bigger stack in the 1 seat called both all ins. Randazzo had 5’s, Diaz 8’s, and the big stack A-K. A King on the turn would give Seat 1 the pot and Diaz is our 19th place finisher while Randazzo get a small pay increase by finishing in 18th.
Here are the payouts for 18th through 27th:
| 18th | Philip Randazzo | $7,447.00 |
| 19th | Fernando Diaz | $6,507.00 |
| 20th | James Hoeppner | $6,507.00 |
| 21st | Matthew Mendez | $6,507.00 |
| 22nd | John Rhodes Jr. | $5,856.00 |
| 23rd | William Beasley | $5,856.00 |
| 24th | Marcus Harris | $5,856.00 |
| 25th | David Rheem | $5,133.00 |
| 26th | Benjamin Zamani | $5,133.00 |
| 27th | Steven Karp | $5,133.00 |
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They are in the money and at the final table. 10 players remain and with the turbo structure it probably won’t be long before it’s over.
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We caught up on the action with the board reading 
and a red all in button in front of Michael Mizrachi. Mizrachi’s opponent, Marcus Harris, only had 200K behind and was easily covered by Michael. “I told myself if you went all in you had nothing and that if you made a bit bet you had something,” said Harris as he contemplated his tournament life.
Grinder tells him “I tell you what, I’ll give you a picture.”
This seems to convince Marcus to call and he pushes his chips out on top of his cards. Mizrachi flips over 
for rivered trips. Harris meekly turns over his hand… Aces. Someone jokes that he can get that picture and he says with a small smile on his face “I don’t want no f***ing picture.” He sits there, not wanting to get up, staring at the payout card in front of him telling him that he finished in 24th place. “I should have went all in preflop,” he says, looking to the table for affirmation.
There are now 20 players left. Among the recently eliminated are Chino Rheem and Michael Beasley.
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Three players including Tyler Stafman and Darryl Fish saw the flop in a 14K raised pre-flop pot. Fish was in the big blind and led out for 20K on the 
flop. The pre-flop raiser got out of the way and Tyler raised to 50K. It was folded back to Darryl who put in a third bet to 175K. Stafman shoved all in and Fish made the call. Stafman held 
for second pair with the open ended straight flush draw. A monster flop for his hand. Fish was in the lead though with his flopped set of 6’s. The turn gave Fish a full house but Stafman was not drawing dead as it was another 7. A 7, 8, 
or would eliminate Fish from the tournament. The river was a 5 and Fish scooped the massive pot to take his stack to 1.15 million, crippling Stafman in the process. Fish is neck and neck with Michael Mizrachi who won a huge pot when he cracked aces with a set of deuces. Local boy Nigel Murray has chipped up from a low point of 40K to over 500K after his pocket Aces held up.
Here are the 28th through 33rd place finishers:
| 28th | Jason G. | $4,483.00 |
| 29th | Evan Teitelbaum | $4,483.00 |
| 30th | Ross Fischer | $4,483.00 |
| 31st | Jose Galvez | $4,483.00 |
| 32nd | Fariborz Zojaji | $4,483.00 |
| 33rd | Bruce Reid | $4,483.00 |
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We’re down to 27 players and one table you could say is a little bit on the tough side. In the 4 seat, Michael Mizrachi. The 6 seat has Chino Rheem occupying it. The 7 seat has the aforementioned Lenny Duvdivani. In the 8 seat is Matthew Waxman and Steve Karp in the 9. Grinder and Chino thought that was tweetworthy.
What a view. All my buddies and the famous Lenny Duvdavani. @DoveLennyOver 50! And soon to be famous @ChinoRheem @stevekarp and Matt Waxman
— Michael Mizrachi (@TheGrinder44) December 2, 2013
3 tables left & my draw was @TheGrinder44 @Matthew_Waxman @SKdaPLaYa & s. Flas best player over 50 @dovelenny #yup
— David Rheem (@ChinoRheem) December 2, 2013
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There are 18 players remaining – they are three short of the money.
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His real name is Lenny Duvdivani but he goes by Lenny Dove (@dovelenny on Twitter). “Just easier to say,” he grinned as he eyed his large stack of nearly 700K, which is probably good for 2nd in chips at this point. You might not know who Lenny is but the best poker professionals in South Florida do:
Just wanted to give my boy @dovelenny. Best player over 50 in SFlorida…true grinder …having dinner with him.started my career vs Him!
— Michael Mizrachi (@TheGrinder44) December 2, 2013
@TheGrinder44 @DoveLenny not only did I start my career w papa @DoveLenny, he gave me my 1st job dealing! Def best over 50 in s fla! #yup
— David Rheem (@ChinoRheem) December 2, 2013
I hereby nominate local legend @dovelenny for best player over 50 in Florida, get your votes in people!
— Darryll Fish (@DarryllFish) December 1, 2013
That’s some pretty high praise. Mizrachi told me that when he first started playing poker he would go up against Lenny. “Learned a lot from him,” he smiled. He has had some tournament success including a cash in the $10,000,000 Guaranteed back in August but his forte is in cash games. Grinder, and Lenny’s wife Regette, told me that Lenny is a true grinder that has been playing cash games from years. His best tournament score is $12,033 at a Venetian Deep Stack event. He’s looking good to topple that mark in this tournament.
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We’ve lost a couple notable players in Tony Cousineau, Cong Pham, and David Diaz but there are still some great players going for the trophy. A few updated (approximate) chip counts:
Michael Mizrachi 525K
Matthew Waxman 525K
Darryl Fish 500K
Chino Rheem 140K
Nigel Murray 110K
34th through 44th payouts were as follows:
| 34th | Francis Margaglione | $4,483.00 |
| 35th | Robert Aron | $4,483.00 |
| 36th | Sterling Savill | $4,483.00 |
| 37th | David Diaz | $3,904.00 |
| 38th | David Baker | $3,904.00 |
| 39th | Anthony Cousineau | $3,904.00 |
| 40th | John McCaffrey | $3,904.00 |
| 41st | Kevin Froemming | $3,904.00 |
| 42nd | Omar McFarlane | $3,904.00 |
| 43rd | Joseph Tumminelli | $3,904.00 |
| 44th | Cong Pham | $3,904.00 |
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They have just started Level 15 and there are 33 left out of the original 141 – 15 will make the money. Total Prize Pool was $16,920 and payouts will be as follows:
| Place | Prize |
| 1st | $5,415.00 |
| 2nd | $3,130.00 |
| 3rd | $2,030.00 |
| 4th | $1,396.00 |
| 5th | $1,074.00 |
| 6th | $838.00 |
| 7th | $660.00 |
| 8th | $491.00 |
| 9th | $338.00 |
| 10th | $279.00 |
| 11th | $279.00 |
| 12th | $279.00 |
| 13th | $237.00 |
| 14th | $237.00 |
| 15th | $237.00 |