There were 21 hands of Stud 8 during the last level. Amnon Filippi doubled up on the first hand of the level to stay alive. Unfortunately, he would not last too much longer. His exit happened two hands later.
After that, Fitoussi had the other two players outchipped both by a margin of 5 to 1. On Hand #158, Fitoussi crippled John Hanson, who slipped to last place in chips.
For a split-pot format, there were no split pots during the level.
The players take a 15-minute break before the game switches to limit hold'em, with blinds of 80,000-150,000, and limits of 150,000-300,000. Official chip counts will be posted soon.
Stud 8
Hand #151 - Bruno Fitoussi
Hand #152 - Freddy Deeb
Hand #153 - John Hanson
Hand #154 - Freddy Deeb
Hand #155 - Bruno Fitoussi
Hand #156 - John Hanson
Hand #157 - Bruno Fitoussi
Hand #158 - Bruno Fitoussi
Hand #159 - Freddy Deeb
Hand #160 - Freddy Deeb
On Hand #158, Fitoussi took down a pot worth close to 1.98M against John Hanson. That hand put Deeb into second place as Hanson slipped into third in chips.