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Level 21: 10000/20000 Limits

After a wild Level 20 which saw amazing river cards, Faith Klimzach catch up to Nancy Cope and Peter Walsworth spending most of his time at his Event 8 seat, Nicholas Kost couldn’t survive the whirlwind at the start of Level 21.

Kost, who had just hit two pair on a river to stay alive, pushed his luck in Hold ‘Em with but ran right into Jack Deutsch’s .  Cole didn’t come close to even getting a sweat and had his tournament ride end in a 5th place finish and $1,119 plus an apparent trip to the Eight-Game Mix tourney.

Nicholas Kost (Chicago, IL) – $1,119

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Level 19: 6000/12000 Limits

Right off the break, Richard Shtrax finally made his stand. Coming into the final table with only 29,000 and at 21,000 after the break, Shtrax showed vs. Faith Klimzack’s . After Shtrax’s chips were in, he showed a pair of tens against Klimzack’s sevens.

Shtrax was ahead until 7th street when Klimzak hit a third 7 for trips and Shtrax’s uphill battle had finally ended with a 6th place finish and an $886 payout.

Richard Shtrax (Coral Springs, FL) – $886

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Level 16:  Limits 3k/6k (26:17 remaining)

Day 1 is done and the final eight are in the money.  They’ve bagged up for the night and will return at 1pm Sunday for the finale.  Here’s the lineup with chip counts:

Seat.  Player Chips

1. Richard Shtrax 29,000
2. Jack Deutsch 67,000
3. Faith Klimzack 51,500
4. Nancy Cope 191,000
5. Nicholas Kost 107,000
6. Anita Pearl 89,500
7. Peter Walsworth 182,000
8. Grady Yeager Jr 23,000

Final Table Gallery

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Level 16:  Limits 3k/6k (26:17 remaining)

Playing Stud Hi/Lo:

Tom Nasuti got his last chip in on 7th street showing Q J 2 2 and was called by both Richard Shtrax and Nancy Cope.

Nancy made a flush and beat Tom’s Kings-up.  (Richard missed his draws.)

Nancy scooped the final pot of the night and Tom was busted on the bubble in 9th place.

The final eight are bagging their chips and the chip counts will be posted shortly.

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Level 15:  Limits 2,500/5,000

They’ve reached the money bubble with nine players remaining.  Here’s the lineup at the final table:

1. Richard Shtrax
2. Tom Nasuti
3. Jack ‘Team Snake’ Deutsch
4. Faith Kilmzack
5. Nancy Cope
6. Nicholas Kost
7. Anita Pearl
8. Peter Walsworth
9. Grady Yeager Jr

Peter Walsworth is still the chip leader and he’s approaching 200k.

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Level 14:  Limits 2k/4k

Michael Ortiz has busted out.  They’re down to 13 HORSEs remaining in this race.  Average stack is 57k.

The two biggest stacks belong to Peter Walsworth (~135k) and Jack Deutsch (~125k).

Still a ways to go to reach the money, which goes to the final 8.

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Level 13:  Limits 1500/3000

Kevin ‘KevMath’ Mathers got his chips all-in on a hand for Razz.  By sixth street, he was showing A 2 4 5 5 K for a King-low against Jack ‘Team Snake’ Deutsch’s A 3 3 8 9 J for a Jack-low.

The river brought Kevin a Ten, giving him the best low by a pip, but Jack drew a 6 giving him a 9-low and the pot.  Kevin was put to pasture holding while Jack chipped up to about 85k.

Eighteen players remain and only eight get paid, so there’s still a long way to go.