| Seat | Player | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barry Nelson | 240,000 | 15 |
| 2 | Justin Page | 120,000 | 8 |
| 3 | Craig Ashley | 400,000 | 25 |
| 4 | Darren Sneed | 120,000 | 8 |
| 5 | Jim Knight | 300,000 | 19 |
| 6 | Jeremy Anderson | 240,000 | 15 |
| 7 | Russell Neil | 300,000 | 19 |
| 8 | Isaac Thompson | 200,000 | 13 |
| 9 | Robin Stene | 80,000 | 5 |
Niveau: 12
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
There were all-ins at both tables beginning with Jeremy Anderson open-jamming a stack of 116,000 in the small blind and being snap-called by the big blind.
Jeremy Anderson: A♥8♥ 
Opponent: 9♥9♦
Anderson took a big lead on the flop of A♠5♣3♣ before the board finished out 10♥K♠ to save him from bubbling.
At the other table, Steve Schreiner was all in for crumbs on a flop of 5♠7♦K♥ against Jim Knight.
Steve Schreiner: J♣10♣
Jim Knight: 6♣5♣
Schreiner couldn't pull ahead as the board finished out 2♥Q♣ to mark his elimination on the money and final table bubble.
Niveau: 13
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 16,000
The floor has instructed dealers to deal hand-for-hand with ten players remaining and nine getting paid and making the final table.
Jeremy Anderson open-jammed in middle position and two-time champion Joel Smith called behind him to send fellow champion Craig Ashley into the tank into the big blind. Eventually Ashley called to put both players at risk with the final table bubble looming.
Joel Smith: A♦J♦
Jeremy Anderson: A♠Q♥
Craig Ashley: A♥7♥
Anderson had both opponents pipped but Smith took the lead on the flop of J♥9♣K♦. It was short-lived as the Q♠ turn put Anderson ahead before the 3♠ river to mark Smith's elimination.
"The rookie who hasn't qualified yet takes it!" Anderson cheered as he scooped the three-way pot.
The remaining 11 players have been sent on a ten-minute break.
In a three-way pot with a short stack all in, Isaac Thompson moved all in on the board of 9♠6♠8♠ to bring a fold from the third player in the hand.
Opponent: K♥9♦
Isaac Thompson: Q♥Q♦
Thompson's queens held up as the board ran out 7♣A♠ as the third player in the hand revealed that he had folded A♣K♣.
Steve Schreiner called an opponent's jam on a board of 9♦3♥7♣ to put the opponent at risk.
Opponent: K♦9♥
Steve Schreiner: 7♥7♦
Schreiner had flopped a set and stayed ahead for a knockout as the board finished out Q♠5♦.
Schreiner is the son of Robert "Bob" Schreiner, FPN's oldest member who earlier told PokerNews about his "Wow Girl" rock initiative.
The death of musician, recording engineer and poker player Steve Albini hit the music world with a force like that of the incendiary device aimed at Earth pictured on Big Black's 1986 debut album Atomizer. It may have hit one group of Chicago poker players the hardest.
Albini, a two-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner who recorded landmark works by bands like Nirvana and Pixies and who The New York Times described as "one of the most admired, and most divisive, figures in rock," was a key figure in a friend group that bonded, joked and supported one another over the poker table. For 20 years, they played in a weekly low-stakes Chicago home game often held in Electrical Audio that included bracelet winners like Jason Gola, Eric Rodawig and Brian Hastings. Now, the game is on hiatus after Albini's death in May as the group of poker pros, musicians and audio engineers adapts to a world without its figurehead.
PokerNews spoke with two of Albini's closest friends who were regulars in the game, Brandon Shack-Harris and Andrew Kosinski.
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