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In Level 19 with blinds of 5,000/10,000 and an ante of 1,250, "pay4medsch00l" opened to 20,000 in early position and action made its way around to MattEMenz, who three-bet jammed for 317,834 from the small blind. "pay4medsch00l" called all in for slightly less and the two found that a coin flip would decide their fates.

"pay4medsch00l":
"MattEMenz":

"MattEMenz" needed help and got it on the flop . The turn improved him further to two pair and the river was safe to complete the runout and score the knockout, becoming a top-five stack as just three tables remain in play.

"pay4medsch00l" was only one of a handful of recent casualties, as have also been updated below as the field has been reduced to 25.

Player	Chips	Progress
MattEMenz	615,918	283,084
pay4medsch00l	Busted
mooseman1710	Busted
tc_ownz	Busted
theMossberg	Busted
centrfieldr23	Busted

The midway point of Level 19 has been reached with blinds at 5,000/10,000 and an ante of 1,250 as the tournament enters another five-minute break. Just 30 players remain and complete chip counts have been provided.

Player	Chips	Progress
smoothustler	734,061	335,557
JinYang	633,140	-61,125
ClarkWesterfeld	489,661	489,661
harveyblicks	473,161	281,161
sri50k	471,192	319,916
thehebrewhammer	424,931	55,125
Turkeyleg	367,068	120,760
PompYouUp	349,178	-129,362
MattEMenz	332,834	128,740
FrankyFunk	319,862	101,757
SugarJ	313,070	313,070
Djp120338	294,721	294,721
pay4medsch00l	269,334	204,343
IIIIIIIIIIII	229,892	-5,525
Anthony Maio	227,159	114,031
golden13	212,256	14,892
supremetny	206,000	104,500
rumpthumper	205,099	19,192
mooseman1710	184,895	-18,375
odo23	179,042	-74,875
PeoplesChamp	175,550	35,775
IReadYrSoul	161,904	101,404
Ari Engel	118,965	-138,185
Pokerlambie18	112,462	93,450
tc_ownz	100,189	-71,756

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With seconds left in Level 17 (3,500/7,000 with an 875 ante), "PeoplesChamp" jammed for 60,700 in early position and was called ty "tc_ownz," who was in the hijack.

"PeoplesChamp":
"tc_ownz":

"PeoplesChamp" saw the flop come to pull ahead with a pair of aces. The turn improved that to trips and the river was safe to complete the runout en route to a double.

Player	Chips	Progress
tc_ownz	171,945	-127,905
PeoplesChamp	139,775	44,075

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Just two levels remain in the registration period as Level 17 is underway. Blinds are now 3,500/7,000 with an ante of 875 and the field size is up to 156 with 40 players remaining.

Player	Chips	Progress
chaposticks	1,167,729	989,789
JinYang	694,265	324,354
Djp120388	513,086	209,190
PompYouUp	478,540	181,350
smoothustler	398,504	215,211
ClarkWesterfeld	387,166	387,166
thehebrewhammer	369,806	284,017
tc_ownz	299,850	-28,800
Ari Engel	257,150	158,172
odo23	253,917	48,120
Turkeyleg	246,308	101,563
IIIIIIIIIIII	235,417	17,855
FrankyFunk	218,105	-22,275
MattEMenz	204,094	71,714
mooseman1710	203,270	100,125
golden13	197,364	87,073
harveyblicks	192,000	132,500
rumpthumper	185,907	96,688
theMossberg	173,296	2,046
centrfieldr23	171,276	120,201
selsk32285	165,062	29,425
dhimp20	164,965	13,500
KingofNJ	156,952	-14,810
buh-bye	153,411	925
sri50k	151,276	-125,814

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In regards to the man known as "Gags," he has been playing poker professionally for a decade and has amassed more than $2 million in live tournament cashes. That includes a career-best $448,463 for winning the 2016 World Series of Poker Event #25: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em, good for his first bracelet. He also finished third in the 2017 WSOP Event #27: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em - 6 Handed for $210,139.

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Level 16 saw blinds at 3,000/6,000 with an ante of 750 when "IReadYrSoul" got all in from the hijack against "tc_ownz" in the big blind.

"IReadYrSoul":
"tc_ownz":

"IReadYrSoul" was drawing dead after by the turn after "tc_ownz" hit Broadway, but wasted no time getting back in on the action.

Immediately thereafter, "IReadYrSoul" went all in from middle position and saw Anthony Maio three-bet all in from the hijack to isolate the remaining players out of the pot.

"IReadYrSoul":
Anthony Maio:

"IReadYrSoul" found themselves on the wrong end of the coin flip as the board ran out and was eliminated once more for just a moment before re-registering again.

Player	Chips	Progress
tc_ownz	328,650	278,900
Anthony Maio	143,137	-28,211
IReadYrSoul	50,000	-119,188

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With play in Level 15 and blinds at 2,500/5,000 with an ante of 625, "MattEMenz" raised to 10,000 under the gun and saw "Stevehung" three-bet all in on his direct left for 37,125. "pay4medschool" was in the cutoff and called before action made its way back to "MattEMenz," who thought for a bit before calling as well.

The flop fell and "MattEMenz" checked. "pay4medschool" bet 20,000, more than one-third of their stack, and it was good to force "MattEMenz" out of the pot.

"Stevehung":
"pay4medsch00l":

"Stevehung" found themselves with three outs to stay alive and that number quickly became two as the turn gave "pay4medschool" a flush draw to go along with their already-ahead pair of queens. The river changed nothing and the pot was shipped to "pay4medschool" as "Stevehung" was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
pay4medsch00l	179,366	-13,750
MattEMenz	132,380	67,680
Stevehung	Busted