The Championship event has now seen the late registration period come to an end after 15 levels of play. A total of 464 runners showed up for the event, creating a massive $464,000 prize pool which absolutely destroyed the guarantee that was set.
Just 204 players are left to fight it out for a shot at the title and of those just 72 will be going home with a pay stub. A min-cash will be pulling in $1,605 with the eventual champion taking home $82,945 for their win.
On blinds of 2,500/5,000, "luserags" opened from middle position to 12,500 and Shankar “burgerssss” Pillai shoved 99,375 on the button. Action folded back to "luserags" who called, leaving just 2,780 behind.
Shankar “burgerssss” Pillai: 
"luserags": 
The flop came down 
and both players landed a pair but "luserags" was in the lead. A 
turn and 
river were of no difference to the hand and "luserags" secured the pot, eliminating "Pillai.
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On blinds of 1,800/3,600, "Ninawiseguy" shoved 13,743 and "quadmike" shoved over the top for a total of 94,300. John "Bagels" Lillis snapped in the small blind and all three tabled their hands.
"Ninawiseguy": 
"quadmike":
John "Bagels" Lillis: 
The board came 
and the flopped ace of Lillis took down the pot, eliminating two opponents in the process.
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On blinds of 1,200/2,400, "iwillbustyou" opened from the hijack and "Stunehttog99" raised in the small blind. "iwillbustyou" shoved around 65,000 and "Stunehttog99" called and the two tabled their hands.
"iwillbustyou": 
"Stunehtthog99": 
The board rolled out 
and the flopped king of "Stunehttog99" was more than enough to scoop the pot, busting "iwillbustyou" from the event.
On blinds of 1,000/2,000, flop showed 
and there wa5 15,600 in the pot. "jal329" bet 7,600 and Daniel "leinad" Buzgon shoved 190,662. "jal329" called for less, putting in 55,260 and they turned over their hands.
"jal329":
Daniel "leinad" Buzgon: 
The set of Buzgon was ahead but "jal329" had some outs. A turn and river sealed the deal for Buzgon, sending "jal329" out the door.
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