Late registration is over and the prize pool has hit $316,200 or $66,200 more than the $250,000 posted guarantee. The tournament is still far away from the bubble with 705 players remaining and 162 getting paid a minimum of $442.68. The winner of the event will be awarded a huge $53,754 top prize.
Tournament Details
Level: 12
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
Sometime before late registration ended, 888poker Ambassador Nicolau "nicofellow" Villa-Lobos joined the action. The only other ambassador in play is Chris "888Moorman" Moorman, currently with a stack of 63,228.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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63,228
5,111
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5,111 |
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16,250 | |
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Chris "888Moorman" Moorman is now the last 888poker Ambassador remaining in the tournament after Nicolau "nicofellow" Villa-Lobos was eliminated getting it all in with 
against two opponents.
A stack that was shorter than Villa-Lobos held 
, while a bigger stack held 
. The board ran out 
to give the big-stacked opponent a full house, while Villa-Lobos was unable to improve his preflop holdings and was eliminated from the tournament in 600th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 250
After just one blind level after late registration completed, the field size went down by almost 200 players from 705 to 527.
Moorman was on a roll for awhile, but his stack is now down to 19,085. The 888poker Ambassador recently three-barrelled on a 
board before folding to his opponent's shove after the third barrel on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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19,085
-44,143
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-44,143 |
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The action folded around to JustGamblin in the small blind, who shoved for more than 40,000. This more than covered Moorman's remaining stack and he called from the big blind.
The duo was flipping with Moorman holding 
and JustGamblin holding 
. Moorman odds to win the hand went down significantly after his opponent paired the 
flop. He was drawing even thinner after the hit the turn, giving his opponent trip and eliminating the possibility of any runner-runner outs.
Moorman was eliminated in 484th place after he was unable to find one of the two sixes he needed on the river, which instead came the 
handing a nice pot to JustGamblin.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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With 413 players remaining, United Arab Emirates player AlexMax15 took over the chip lead with 256,512. Not too far behind were Groggggggggy in second place with 224,360 and steaming_ork in third place with 188,938.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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256,512
256,512
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256,512 |
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224,360
8,375
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8,375 |
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191,314
64,926
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64,926 |
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188,938
25,814
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25,814 |
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150,357
-6,023
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-6,023 |
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120,942
10,176
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10,176 |
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117,228
16,496
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16,496 |
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79,201
-21,397
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-21,397 |
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25,075
-43,305
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-43,305 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Level: 14
Blinds: 1,250/2,500
Ante: 300