Level 30 (Blinds 60,000/120,000/15,000)
Total Entries: 1,651
Players Remaining: 7
Chip Average: 7,000,000
The final seven players in the Big Stax 300 were able to work out a chop that gave three players $50,000 and the remaining four players just under $26,000.
Joe Santoro - $50,000
Jonathan Borenstein - $50,000
Chris Kostoulas - $50,000
Tyreem Williams - $26,000
Joshua Hertz - $26,000
Joe Shinn - $26,000
Scott Blackman - $26,000
The "Champion" of the Big Stax 300 was left up to a high card deal between Santoro, Borenstein and Kostoulas.
Borenstein drew first, flipping over the 2♠, the table erupted in laughter.
Kostoulas then turned over the K♦ followed by Santoro turning over the 8♦.
While Borenstein probably felt he deserved the title, as he knocked out three of the final four players in the Big Stax 300 and bossed much of the last two levels, it was Kostoulas who would be "crowned" the first Champion of the Big Stax VIII series.
Kostoulas and Santoro, along with all the players at the Final Table, battled through a massive field of over 1,600 players and played through an extremely difficult Day 3 field and are more than deserving of their winnings.
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