$1,100 Eight-Handed Turbo NLH (Freeze-Out)Prizepool Level 13: 1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante Players Remaining: 28 of 97 3b3e45

With the prizepool released and the final 16 players getting paid, this Eight-Handed Turbo field is shrinking quickly, down to the final four tables with 28 players remaining.

Nashaat Antonious was all in from the cutoff for 40,500 with , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive against big blind’s .

The board came — the big blind flopped a diamond flush draw, but improved no further as Antonious won the pot with his pocket kings.

Nashaat Antonious  –  83,500  (33 bb)

And here’s an update on some of the notables still in the field after the blinds increased to 1,500/3,000:

Manny Tarich  –  150,000  (50 bb)
Stephen Song  –  140,000  (47 bb)
Jean Gaspard  –  100,000  (33 bb)
Mukul Pahuja  –  77,000  (26 bb)
James Romero  –  75,000  (25 bb)
Michael Wang  –  70,000  (23 bb)
Marcus Stein  –  65,000  (22 bb)
Trent Smith  –  47,000  (16 bb)
Evan Teitelbaum  –  42,000  (14 bb)
Aaron Mermelstein  –  40,000  (13 bb)
Corey Burbick  –  37,000  (12 bb)
Raj Vohra  –  37,000  (12 bb)
Martin Kozlov  –  27,000  (9 bb)
Jake Bazeley  –  25,000  (8 bb)