Level 21 is officially underway with blinds of 7,000/14,000 and an ante of 1,750. This is the last chance to join the Main Event, as registration will close for the tournament upon the completion of this 12-minute level.
Action was in Level 21 with blinds of 7,000/14,000 and an ante of 1,750 as "TheSims" had gotten all in from the hijack against "bigcakes1" and the cards were in the process of being run.
"TheSims": 
"bigcakes1": 
When all was said and done, the board read 
, with "bigcakes1" earning the pot and the knockout as their pair of aces remained best against "TheSims" top pair of tens.
"bigcakes1" now finds themselves with over 900,000, while "TheSims" wasted no time re-entering while they were still able to as only a handful of minutes remain inside the registration period
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
917,542 | |
|
|
100,000
-81,743
|
-81,743 |
Registration has officially closed as Level 22 has begun and blinds have been raised to 8,000/16,000 with an ante of 2,000. In total, 346 entries generated a total prize pool of $126,290. Thirty-six players will get paid and earn at least $757.74, with the eventual winner taking home $28,604.70. Full prize pool information can be found in the Payouts Tab.
Sixty-six players currently remain.
In Level 22 with blinds of 8,000/16,000 and an ante of 2,000, "Burgersssss" was in the process of having the pot shipped their way to eliminate "MarsRover" from the tournament after they got their last 13 big blinds into the middle.
"MarsRover": 
"Burgersssss": 
The runout came 
and "Burgersssss" took down the pot with a set of kings. On the following hand, "Burgersssss" eliminated "Theother28" from the tournament.
"Theother28": 
"Burgersssss": 
"Theother28" hit a jack on the flop but four clubs came on board by the river and "Burgersssss" got their second knockout in as many hands, ballooning over 1 million in the process.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,141,420
679,709
|
679,709 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
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Forty-nine players remain on break in Level 23 with blinds of 10,000/20,000 and an ante of 2,500. Full chip counts have been provided for all remaining players.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,849,054
1,031,921
|
1,031,921 |
|
|
1,668,477
980,567
|
980,567 |
|
|
1,579,594
1,126,035
|
1,126,035 |
|
|
1,526,991
751,033
|
751,033 |
|
|
1,331,002
773,242
|
773,242 |
|
|
1,269,392 | |
|
|
1,198,287
754,777
|
754,777 |
|
|
1,190,517
554,464
|
554,464 |
|
|
1,170,920
29,500
|
29,500 |
|
|
1,148,284
963,541
|
963,541 |
|
|
1,061,961 | |
|
|
1,008,604
-28,793
|
-28,793 |
|
|
973,957
332,484
|
332,484 |
|
|
888,416 | |
|
|
874,576
542,046
|
542,046 |
|
|
866,514
499,706
|
499,706 |
|
|
850,384
-67,158
|
-67,158 |
|
|
785,712 | |
|
|
768,233
252,747
|
252,747 |
|
|
751,917
163,657
|
163,657 |
|
|
740,110
-177,699
|
-177,699 |
|
|
635,874
258,224
|
258,224 |
|
|
627,815
136,879
|
136,879 |
|
|
614,504
512,734
|
512,734 |
|
|
576,024
-279,136
|
-279,136 |
Hand #1: In Level 23 with blinds of 10,000/20,000 and an ante of 2,500, "Nanony" raised to 40,000 on the button and "TheSims" three-bet all in for about 130,000. "Nanony" called.
"TheSims": 
"Nanony": 
The preflop coin-flip situation turned into a sweat for "TheSims" on the flop 
. Despite flopping a set, "Nanony" now found themselves with an open-ended straight draw.
However, "TheSims" wound up on the right end of the coin when all was said and done as the turn 
and river were both safe for their hand to remain best and score a double.
Hand #2: On another table, "bbmkbb1" went all in on the button for their last 108,000 and "Burgersssss" gave them action from the small blind.
"bbmkbb1":
"Burgersssss":
"bbmkbb1" was unable to get any help on the runout and found themselves eliminated from the tournament in 47th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,376,367
205,447
|
205,447 |
|
|
301,240
81,870
|
81,870 |
|
|
295,000
152,500
|
152,500 |
|
|
Busted |
Play was in Level 24 with blinds of 12,000/24,000 and an ante of 3,000. "GrindUrGearz" opened to 60,000 under the gun and "Nanony" three-bet all in for about 360,000. "GrindUrGearz" called upon action making its way back to them.
"Nanony":
"GrindUrGearz":
"Nanony" was way out in front and did not have much of a sweat en route to a double as the board came 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
996,621
-530,370
|
-530,370 |
|
|
790,480
489,240
|
489,240 |
Just under a minute remains in Level 24 with blinds at 12,000/24,000 and an ante of 3,000. The field size has dropped to 40, just four eliminations away from reaching the money. Here are the players to have recently been eliminated from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
In the $5 buy-in Event #13 Low: $2,500 GTD 6-Max Rebuy, the guarantee was more than doubled as 368 entrants took to the virtual felt. That created a $5,278.50 prize pool that was paid out to the top 42 players including “DaNuts2013” (5th - $263.92), “GaiusMarius” (11th - $73.89), “Diesel554” (13th - $62.02), “freebird22” (17th - $62.02), and “JohnBeckwith” (20th - $51.46).
After seven and a half hours of play, “jchan281” beat “Plesiosaur88” in heads-up play to win the title and $1,187.91 first-place prize. The latter had to settle for second place and $686.20 in prize money.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | “jchan281” | $1,187.91 |
| 2 | “Plesiosaur88” | $686.20 |
| 3 | “GiantGenius” | $527.85 |
| 4 | “xxkingAAx” | $358.93 |
| 5 | “DaNuts2013” | $263.92 |
| 6 | “zippy” | $211.14 |
