Level 26, Blinds: 16,000/32,000 (4,000)
"pay4medsch00l" was the first bust in the money after shoving an ace with 361,264 from the button, but running into the kings of open-raiser "GogoYubari". The kings held, and they are now hand-for-hand to the final table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
954,978
425,264
|
425,264 |
|
|
Busted |
Level 26, Blinds: 16,000/32,000 (4,000)
They are still hand for hand on the bubble with 11 players remaining at the break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,648,340
-41,000
|
-41,000 |
|
|
1,212,268
-313,014
|
-313,014 |
|
1,115,488
31,500
|
31,500 |
|
767,316
-131,700
|
-131,700 |
|
||
|
687,050
100,498
|
100,498 |
|
597,300
57,500
|
57,500 |
|
530,228
-194,386
|
-194,386 |
|
|
529,714
123,500
|
123,500 |
|
|
361,264
-123,500
|
-123,500 |
|
294,453
-248,000
|
-248,000 |
|
|
256,579
-156,500
|
-156,500 |
Level 22, Blinds: 8,000/16,000 (2,000)
Darren "Darren_Elias" Elias, the headliner for this series, busted just 5 from the money, leaving 14 players left in action. Elias shoved over a raise to 32,000 from Daniel "centrfieldr23" Lupo and a call from "Manley303", who got out of the way.
Darren "Darren_Elias" Elias: 
Daniel "centrfieldr23" Lupo: 
Elias got it in with a pair, but Lupo had woken up with a bigger one, and the 
board gave Lupo the unnecessary set on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,446,451
531,462
|
531,462 |
|
|
662,162
-46,000
|
-46,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level 19, Blinds: 5,000/10,000 (1,250)
The final numbers are in, and ten players will share in the prizes today. The winner can expect to get $32,830 of the $100,000 final prize pool.
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $32,830 |
| 2 | $18,500 |
| 3 | $13,100 |
| 4 | $10,100 |
| 5 | $7,600 |
| 6 | $5,650 |
| 7 | $4,350 |
| 8 | $3,250 |
| 9 | $2,310 |
| 10 | $2,310 |
Level 18, Blinds: 4,000/8,000 (1,000)
Just before the end of the last level, Anthony "supremetny" Chin became the first player over one million chips when his 
turned a straight to crack the pocket kings of "RobertJordan", who even rivered trips on the 
board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,282,795
508,785
|
508,785 |
|
|
115,605
-189,102
|
-189,102 |
|
|
Busted |
Level 17, Blinds: 3,500/7,000 (875)
There is just over one level left in registration, and Ryan "Whosyourdoddy" Dodd sent Don "dhimp20" Himpele to the rail when he turned an ace with ace-nine against pocket ten-nine suited.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
277,764
45,875
|
45,875 |
|
Busted |
Level 15, Blinds: 2,500/5,000 (625)
"MYSTICMOUNTAIN" shoved the cutoff for 47,196 and table boss "Moedawg99" called from the small blind before big blind Anthony "supremetny" Chin re-shoved 118,125.
"Moedawg99" called to a three-way hand where Chin and "MYSTICMOUNTAIN" were at risk.
"MYSTICMOUNTAIN": 
Anthony "supremetny" Chin: 
"Moedawg99": 
The board of 
ran clean for Chin's ace-high and he got a huge chip up to almost 300k.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
318,044
-51,297
|
-51,297 |
|
|
288,446
152,546
|
152,546 |
|
|
Busted |
Level 11, Blinds: 1,400/2,800 (350)
Daniel "centrfieldr23" Lupo raised under the gun to 5,600, and big stack Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken re-popped it to 15,400 from his left. Lupo called to the flop where he check-called for 28,087.
The turn was the 
and both players checked it, but when the river came 
Lupo over-shoved the pot for 122,555. Vanauken called but his pocket kings were behind the turned straight for the pocket sevens of Lupo.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
338,734
264,223
|
264,223 |
|
|
327,927
-166,742
|
-166,742 |
Level 10, Blinds: 1,200/2,400 (300)
Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken jumped into a huge lead when they forced "pay4medsch00l" to rebuy. "pay4medsch00l" raised to 5,250 from the button, and Vanauken defended the big blind with a call, then checked the flop of 
.
"pay4medsch00l" bet 4,302, and Vanauken check-raised to 21,510. "pay4medsch00l" called to on the turn where Vanauken led for 43,020, then called when his opponent shoved for 139,618.
"pay4medsch00l": 
Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken: 
The 
gave Vanauken a river boat, but he didn't need it with the flopped two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
420,887
288,595
|
288,595 |
|
|
100,000
-29,122
|
-29,122 |
Level 10, Blinds: 1,200/2,400 (300)
"njpokeraa" raised early to 4,800 and "PhuneeeMuneee" called from the button as did "Earthcloud" from the big blind. The flop came 
and when it checked to "PhuneeeMuneee" they fired 8,800. "Earthcloud" was the only caller to the 
turn.
Both players checked to the 
river, where "Earthcloud" bet 8,865. "PhuneeeMuneee" called quickly, showing against to take down the pot with a flopped two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
239,061
77,435
|
77,435 |
|
|
170,729
29,675
|
29,675 |
|
|
123,370 |