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The final play day of the $2,500 Mixed event featured the race for the title coming down to a battle between Jerrod Ankenman and Sergey Altbregin.

The remaining 14 players returned for the final play day of the $2,500 Mixed event and even though Jimmy Fricke ended Day 2 by losing a large portion of his stack, he entered Day 3 in a great manner, picking up pots whenever he could. Soon enough, his short stack of just  to 47,400 in chips climbed up to 335,000.

It didn’t take long for the first victims of the day to fall, namely Blair Rodman and the winner of Event #10 Rami Boukai had to pack their bags first. As the play progressed, the final table bubble boy was reached and surprisingly, it was Jimmy Fricke. Even though he mounted a great comeback, he couldn’t make his way to the final table and had to leave in 9th place for which he earned $18,000.

Dario Alioto’s (pictured left) final table appearance didn’t last for long, as he was seen making his way out in 8th place. Layne Flack followed him in 7th place after an encounter with Eric Crain. Ironically, it was Crain who would have to leave the table next.

With three players already out of the way, the remaining five players battled back and forth until Jon Turner met his end in a round of Limit Hold’em. Jerrod Ankenman raised from under the gun and Turner called all-in from the next position. Sergey Altbregin called  and so did Chris Klodnicki.

The flop came and everyone checked. The turn brought , Altbregin checked, Klodnicki bet and Ankenman called while Altbregin folded. The river came and both Klodnicki and Ankenman checked. Turner tabled , Ankenman showed and Klodnicki revealed . Ankenman won the hand and Turner was out in 5th place.

In a round of No Limit Hold’em, Klodnicki raised to 30,000, Jeff Tims moved all-in for his last 75,000 and Klodnicki called. Tims showed and Klodnicki revealed . The flop came and with the on the turn, Tims was flushed from the final table in 4th place.