In what would be the last hand of the night, there would be an elimination at one table and a double up at another table. Julio Martinez doubled up with against the of Chris Thompson when Martinez moved all in on a flop and would fade the outs Thompson had when the turn and river bricked out.
William Dubay would deliver the knock out blow to end play for the night when his took out a short-stacked player holding when the board ran out .
We'll have full chip counts of the 20 surviving players momentarily.
The Tampa poker players came out in force today for Day 1c of the 2014 PPC North America Championship at Tampa Downs with 134 entrants bringing the total numbers for the $200,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool to 315. When play wrapped up shortly before 9 p.m. local time, there were only 20 of those players remaining.
Fred Miller used momentum from a key double up against Natasha Barbour late in play to end with the biggest stack of the day at 268,400. This moved Miller into the overall chip lead ahead of Day 1a chip leader Arri Stone's 250,100. The second biggest stack of Day 1c would belong to Stanley Trim with 245,400. Trim hit a two outer to score a massive double up against John Pappas as play came to a close. Rounding out the top three was Ian Zeaman with a stack of 231,800.
Others that will move on to final day play on Sunday included Giancarlo Disalvo (95,000), Chris Thompson (180,100), Robert Harwell (120,900), John Pappas (42,200), Evlys Gutierrez (210,000), and Natasha Barbour (35,900). Those that fell short and would have to return to play Day 1d if they wanted to have a shot at the $200,000+ prize pool included Mike Raimon, Andrew Malowitz, Sam Medina Jr., Chris Bolek, Chris Lewis, and Jordan Wunder.
This concludes our coverage of Day 1c. Make sure to follow along with PokerNews as we continue our coverage with Day 1d and come back tomorrow until a winner is determined.