The late registration period of the tournament has now come to an end after 15 levels of play. A total of 148 registration slips were sold with just 32 left in contention. Just 18 left will be finding a payday with a min-cash being worth $152 and the eventual champion taking home $1,559 for their victory.
On blinds of 2,500/5,000, "upayformypennys" moved all in and so did Eric “alwaysliquid” Vanauken. "speedypete" called both and all three players tabled their hands.
Eric “alwaysliquid” Vanauken: 
"upayformypennys": 
"speedypete": 
The community card came down 
and the pocket tens of "speedypete" took down the pot for two more eliminations as they added even more chips to their lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
736,000 | 421,000 |
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50,000 | |
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Busted |
On blinds of 2,000/4,000, "WILLYSMOM" shoved all in from the hijack for around 66,000 and Brian “TopCreature” Sherrier called, putting "WILLYSMOM" at risk.
"WILLYSMOM": 
Brian “TopCreature” Sherrier: 
The board came down 
and the pocket rockets of Sherrier added another bounty to his total, sending "WILLYSMOM" out the door.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
165,000 | 76,000 |
|
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Busted |
On blinds of 1,600/3,200, action folded around to "centrfieldr23" who shoved 66,946 from the small blind and "jetsfan411" snap-called in the big blind.
"centrfieldr23":
"jetsfan411": 
The board rolled out 
and a turned king pulled in the pot for "jetsfan411" who sent "centrfieldr23" packing.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
193,890 | 23,890 |
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Busted |
On blinds of 1,600/3,200, the turned board showed 
and there was 122,810 in the pot. "jordanofpkr" hit the check button and "speedypete" bet 84,000 which was more than enough to cover their opponent.
"jordanofpkr" took another moment of thought but in the end, they let their hand go, sending the chip lead pot to "speedypete".
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
315,000 | 142,000 |
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72,075 |
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On blinds of 1,200/2,400, "WILLYSMOM" opened from the cutoff and "mia1223" shoved on the button. "WILLYSMOM" called for less and was the player at risk of elimination.
"WILLYSMOM": 
"mia1223":
The flip saw "mia1223" take control when a 
flop landed on the board. A 
turn and 
river were of no help for "WILLYSMOM" who was eliminated by the flopped queen of "mia1223".
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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186,821 | |
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Busted |
On blinds of 1,000/2,000, Brian “TopCreature” Sherrier opened and "stevenmadara" shoved their newly-acquired short stack into the middle. Sherrier called and the two tabled their hands.
"stevenmadara":
Brian “TopCreature” Sherrier:
The board rolled out 
and the turned seven of Sherrier scooped the pot, eliminating "stevenmadara" early.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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89,000 | |
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Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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199,400 | 101,200 |
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175,000 | |
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173,000 | |
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170,000 | 55,600 |
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157,000 |
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