Level 8 is officially underway and the tournament clock reads 92 total entries. The 100-entry mark is threatening as there is still another 75 minutes of play left in addition to the one-hour dinner break, meaning there is still over two hours left for players to join.
Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
There was around 20,000 in the pot from preflop action and stacks had already gotten in on a flop of 
. Aaron Frei was in the small blind and at risk for his tournament life after receiving action from Robert Meglich, who was under the gun.
Aaron Frei: 
Robert Meglich: 
Meglich had found himself having flopped top two pair, only to be up against Frei's top set. Nonetheless, he still had life after the turn 
gave him nine outs to the nut flush. However, the river 
was clean for Frei and secured him the double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
74,000
38,900
|
38,900 |
|
56,600
29,400
|
29,400 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
96,100
41,400
|
41,400 |
|
|
86,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
|
59,900
28,800
|
28,800 |
|
||
|
44,500
18,200
|
18,200 |
|
40,600
28,100
|
28,100 |
|
40,500
7,300
|
7,300 |
|
|
40,500
40,500
|
40,500 |
|
|
35,100
4,100
|
4,100 |
|
|
34,600
5,400
|
5,400 |
|
34,200
4,200
|
4,200 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
12,900
7,700
|
7,700 |
A player limped in from under the gun and action folded around to Danny Gonzales, who was on the button and raised to 6,000. Andreas Ramadanis three-bet to 18,000 from the small blind and the big blind called all in for less, totaling around 13,000. The original limper folded and Gonzales went into the tank, eventually announcing he was all in. Action was then back on Ramadanis, who took a while before reluctantly letting his hand go.
Danny Gonzales: 
All-In Player:
"I was worried you had aces or kings," said the all-in player. The under-the-gun player then said he folded an ace. Ramadanis chimed in, saying he folded ace-king. If both players were telling the truth, Gonzales was in need of fading the case ace as well as flush and Broadway outs to score the knockout. He would do just that as the board came 
, sending his opponent to the rail and vaulting him to nearly three starting stacks along the way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
88,500
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
64,500
12,900
|
12,900 |
The HPT Golden Gates September, 2018 champion Wendy Freedman has been seen in her seat after the resumption of the tournament from the second break of the day. Freedman topped last year's field of 496 entries for a first-place prize of $167,696.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
146,700
16,200
|
16,200 |
|
127,500
101,800
|
101,800 |
|
||
|
68,000
4,800
|
4,800 |
|
58,500
14,300
|
14,300 |
|
55,000
25,700
|
25,700 |
|
53,800
10,400
|
10,400 |
|
51,200
24,200
|
24,200 |
|
50,100
10,900
|
10,900 |
|
40,400
14,700
|
14,700 |
|
40,400
25,400
|
25,400 |
|
14,200
7,600
|
7,600 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
Level: 7
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
Players are on their second 15-minute break of the day.
