In Level 25 with blinds of 10,000/20,000 and an ante of 2,500, three immediate eliminations have occurred since the bursting of the bubble. Just 11 players now remain.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
To give you an idea of the kind of big money payouts players will be looking at in this series, we figured we would post the results from the last series in December. Just like this series, the events lasted for a full week, with a few notables earning titles, including Jake "FerociousPanda" Toole, Alex "JinYang" Butcher, Stanton "Stonniepokes" Tentnowski, and Ryan "TheSims" Hohner.
| Date | Tournament | Buy-in | Entries | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, December 13 | Event #1: 1/2 Price NLH ($35K GTD) | $109 | 451 | $45,100 | Jake "FerociousPanda" Toole | $8,036.82 |
| Monday, December 14 | Event #2: $6,400 GTD Heads-Up | $109 | $64 | $6,400 | "pay4medsch00l" | $1,552 |
| Tuesday, December 15 | Event #3: $12K GTD Mega Tuesday 6-Max 1/2 Prize | $215 | 883 | $176,600 | Alex "JinYang" Butcher | $28,256.32 |
| Wednesday, December 16 | Event #4: PLO 6-Max | $215 | 165 | $33,000 | Stanton "Stonniepokes" Tentnowski | $8,580 |
| Thursday, December 17 | Event #5: $7,500 GTD PKO Bounty | $320 | 59 | $17,700 | Ryan "TheSims" Hohner | $4,802.97 |
| Saturday, December 19 | Event #7: $20K GTD PKO 6-Max NLH | $215 | 408 | $81,600 | "kgkg510" | $14,080.47 |
| Sunday, December 20 | Event #8: $40K GTD Main Event | $320 | 189 | $56,700 | "upayformypennys" | $11,340 |
In Level 26 with blinds of 12,000/24,000 and an ante of 3,000, Ryan "simlSgg" Hagerty opened to 48,000 in the hijack and saw "SaltSea" three-bet shove for 83,000 in the small blind. Katie "KatieStone" Stone folded her big blind to send action back to Hagerty, who wasted no time calling.
"SaltSea": 
Ryan "simlSgg" Hagerty: 
"SaltSea" was unable to find another trey on the runout 
and was eliminated in 11th place. Moments later, Stone herself was also eliminated by Hagerty in 10th, and nine remained as hand-for-hand play began.
Once hand-for-hand play began, "Cholie" was moved to balance tables and called off their remaining 235,000 in the big blind after Hagerty put them all in from the small blind.
"Cholie": 
Ryan "simlSgg" Hagerty: 
The flop came 
to all but ensure a double for "Cholie" until the unimaginable happened in running 
to give Hagerty trips and eliminate "Cholie" in ninth place just moments after they found their new seat at the table.
With the trio of eliminations, eight players now remain and the final table has officially been reached. Updated chip counts have been provided for all eight who remain.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,226,622
1,010,502
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1,010,502 |
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795,072
525,836
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525,836 |
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702,855
702,855
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702,855 |
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394,700
278,724
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278,724 |
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349,161
254,784
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254,784 |
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312,136
-303,292
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-303,292 |
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240,771
-18,573
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-18,573 |
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228,683
-130,257
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-130,257 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
In Level 26 with blinds of 12,000/24,000 and an ante of 3,000, Daniel "leinad" Buzgon three-bet shoved for 391,000 in the cutoff over a middle-position open from "xxx6395200xxx", who called to put the BorgataPoker.com Ambassador at risk for his tournament life.
Daniel "leinad" Buzgon: 
"xxx6395200xxx": 
Unfortunately for Buzgon, he had run a big ace into an even bigger one. Even more unfortunately for him, no help came on the runout 
and he was eliminated in 8th place as a result.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,151,555 | |
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Busted |
In Level 27 with blinds of 14,000/28,000 and an ante of 3,500, Ross "thehebrewhammer" Gottlieb was on the button and re-shoved for 266,000 over a middle-position open from "xxx6395200xxx", who called once action made it back to them.
Ross "thehebrewhammer" Gottlieb: 
"xxx6395200xxx": 
The flop 
spelled doom for Gottlieb, giving his opponent a set of threes that remained best as the turn and river completed the runout to bring about his seventh-place finish.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,358,691
207,136
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207,136 |
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Busted |
In Level 28 with blinds of 16,000/32,000 and an ante of 4,000, action folded to James "Bagels" Lillis in the small blind and he jammed to put "joey1way" at risk in the big blind. A call was made.
"joey1way":
James "Bagels" Lillis: 
"joey1way" did not hit an ace as the runout came 
and they were eliminated in sixth as a result, earning $994 for their efforts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,093,657
744,496
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744,496 |
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Busted |
In Level 29 with blinds of 18,000/36,000 and an ante of 4,500, "King_Icon" jammed for 290,000 in the hijack and action folded to James "Bagels" Lillis in the big blind, who called.
"King_Icon": 
James "Bagels" Lillis:
A chop seemed all but certain as the flop and turn appeared, but the river gave Lillis a pair of deuces and sent "King_Icon" out in fifth as a result.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,612,928
519,271
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519,271 |
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Busted |
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In Level 30 with blinds of 20,000/40,000 and an ante of 5,000, a series of bets and raises saw stacks go in on a board of 
between Ryan "simlSgg" Hagerty in the big blind and "xxx6395200xxx", who was in the cutoff.
Ryan "simlSgg" Hagerty: 
"xxx6395200xxx": 
Hagery was the one at risk for his tournament life, being covered by just 40,000. He was able to hold on the river 
and earned the double to take the chip lead as a result.
"xxx6395200xxx" found themselves with just one big blind, but has doubled a couple of times since and now finds themselves at 275,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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2,486,803
1,260,181
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1,260,181 |
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856,908
628,225
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628,225 |
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620,457
-992,471
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-992,471 |
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275,832
-1,082,859
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-1,082,859 |
In Level 31 with blinds of 25,000/50,000 and an ante of 6,250, "xxx6395200xxx" jammed for 258,000 in the small blind and was called by Chris "rumpthumper" White in the big blind.
"xxx6395200xxx":
Chris "rumpthumper" White: 
"xxx6395200xxx" had two live cards but neither hit on the flop 
. They picked up a flush draw on the turn 
to add nine more outs to their total, but every single one missed on the river and they were eliminated by White in fourth place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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932,740
75,832
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75,832 |