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In Level 19 with blinds of 3,500/7,000 and an ante of 875, "angels" opened to 14,000 in middle position and was called by "Lanfeust" in the cutoff. "Stoops211" was on the button and three-bet shoved for 86,000. The players in the blinds folded to put action back onto "angels," who re-jammed for 245,000. "Lanfeust" folded.

"Stoops211":
"angels":

"Stoops211" was in a coin flip for their tournament life and saw a favorable runout of appear to earn them the double with jacks up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lanfeust	455,087 4,700	4,700
jbodey5288	233,012 233,012	233,012
Stoops211	204,250 204,250	204,250
NoRverNoFish	195,827 145,827	145,827
angels	159,617 -87,414	-87,414
La_Flama_Blanca	158,945 -64,825	-64,825
ILoveDeuce7	87,545 -67,629	-67,629
WowHowLucky	75,203 75,203	75,203

In Level 20 with blinds of 4,000/8,000 and an ante of 1,000, "steveeee" got all in for around 90,000 preflop from the cutoff and received action from Ryan "Whosyourdoddy" Dodd, who was under the gun.

"steveeee":
Ryan "Whosyourdoddy" Dodd:

Dodd was the favorite to win the pot and the knockout but "steveeee" was the one to hit one of their two live cards as the runout gave them a pair of kings to earn them the double and leave Dodd with just nine big blinds remaining in his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
dhimp20	462,855 388,965	388,965
David "TheKing411" Coleman	452,139 330,059	330,059
Daniel “leinad” Buzgon	254,246 -94,389	-94,389
Chasethiz26	240,165
steveeee	206,122
ELITEMALESSO	126,574 76,574	76,574
Ryan "Whosyourdoddy" Dodd	71,071 -331,683	-331,683

In Level 20 with blinds of 4,000/8,000 and an ante of 1,000, "BigBang" shoved their last 54,000 preflop from the hijack and saw "chen718" go all in for 212,000 on the button over the top. "LexBabe" called all in for 136,000 in the small blind and all three players hands were displayed.

"BigBang":
"LexBabe":
"chen718":

"LexBabe" was eying a pot of over 400,000 and remained ahead as the flop came . However, the turn gave "BigBang" trips and left them needing to fade four combined outs to triple. The river earned them the triple, giving "LexBabe" the side pot and leaving "chen718" with a stack of 76,000 when all was said and done.

Meanwhile, tablemate "KingKong24" has chipped up to over 700,000 and is the clear chip leader in the tournament as five tables remain.

Player	Chips	Progress
KingKong24	708,808 708,808	708,808
Doni34	320,752 99,024	99,024
BigBang	177,969 18,821	18,821
LexBabe	164,150 -71,377	-71,377
Hashtag_Hashtag	82,740 19,335	19,335
chen718	76,121 -196,148	-196,148

A handful of recent eliminations have occurred as play has reached Level 21 with blinds of 5,000/10,000 and an ante of 1,250. Thirty-four players now remain, and just two more eliminations are needed for the tournament to reach the money, meaning hand-for-hand play has begun across the five remaining tables.

Among the 34 remaining is "BwanaNJ," who has ballooned up the leader board and is now the chip leader with a stack of 732,000

Player	Chips	Progress
BwanaNJ	732,644
Unsure	449,509
Hippo112	Busted
RUclydzFAN	Busted
Jon “Jetsfan411” Borenstein	Busted
La_Flama_Blanca	Busted
DannyD2121	Busted
HaliaX	Busted
chen718	Busted
WowHowLucky	Busted
RickSanchez	Busted
KillUrPkrDrmz	Busted
Stone454	Busted

"LexBabe" was just eliminated from the tournament as Level 22 has begun with blinds of 6,000/12,000 and an ante of 1,500. Thirty-three players now remain, and just one more elimination is needed for the bubble to burst and play to reach the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gohednpopoff	678,990 353,467	353,467
Michael “IIIIIIIIIIIII” Haberman	648,218 320,697	320,697
KingKong24	574,828 -133,980	-133,980
ghoul	466,358 308,785	308,785
xxx6395200xxx	444,047 132,453	132,453
kgkg510	416,497 62,676	62,676
ndirish50	398,472 130,400	130,400
Stonniepokes	311,855 71,577	71,577
Brian “TopCreature” Sherrier	304,038 81,618	81,618
chaposticks	281,648 16,320	16,320
joeyh1935	172,215 62,394	62,394
Glive	139,232 -166,674	-166,674
jbrady	117,601 -131,107	-131,107
LexBabe	Busted

In Level 22 with blinds of 6,000/12,000 and an ante of 1,500, "Chasethiz" saw action fold around to the small blind and jammed for 57,000. "jbodey5288" called in the big blind for over 40% of their stack.

"Chasethiz26":
"jbodey5288":

"jbodey5288" found top pair on the flop , but they didn't stay ahead for long as the turn put "Chasethiz26" back ahead with a new top pair of aces. They further improved on the river and earned the double with their aces up. Meanwhile, "jbodey5288" now finds themselves short with a stack of 74,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chasethiz26	126,188 -113,977	-113,977
jbodey5288	74,193 -158,819	-158,819

The first few minutes of in-the-money play has seen four players' nights come to an end earning first-level payouts. All four of these players earned $336, as will the next four to join them.

Player	Chips	Progress
BigBang	Busted
ILoveDeuce7	Busted
Hashtag_Hashtag	Busted
jbrady	Busted

Players are on a five-minute break and Level 23 has begun with blinds of 7,000/14,000 and an ante of 1,750. Twenty-six players now remain after "Lanfeust" and "angels" were both eliminated over the last two minutes of play, and just two more eliminations are needed to cement the first level of payouts, good for $336. Here's an updated look at chip counts for the 26 remaining players, with "xxx6395200xxx" having experienced a heater of late to amass a whopping stack of 1.9 million, well over double that of the next-closest "Stonniepokes".

Player	Chips	Progress
xxx6395200xxx	1,936,031 1,491,984	1,491,984
Stonniepokes	878,573 566,718	566,718
POKERD0RMS	744,286 744,286	744,286
KingKong24	716,253 141,425	141,425
Gohednpopoff	664,418 -14,572	-14,572
Michael “IIIIIIIIIIIII” Haberman	509,626 -138,592	-138,592
ghoul	481,358 15,000	15,000
dhimp20	480,605 17,750	17,750
David "TheKing411" Coleman	435,239 -16,900	-16,900
BwanaNJ	378,089 -354,555	-354,555
joeyh1935	321,878 149,663	149,663
Ryan "Whosyourdoddy" Dodd	308,284 237,213	237,213
Unsure	276,509 -173,000	-173,000
Doni34	276,185 -44,567	-44,567
joey1way	263,747 -37,005	-37,005
ndirish50	256,822 -141,650	-141,650
Chasethiz26	233,876 107,688	107,688
steveeee	229,122 23,000	23,000
jbodey5288	227,636 153,443	153,443
kgkg510	216,526 -199,971	-199,971
Daniel “leinad” Buzgon	207,872 -46,374	-46,374
chaposticks	197,898 -83,750	-83,750
ELITEMALESSO	190,648 64,074	64,074
Brian “TopCreature” Sherrier	187,288 -116,750	-116,750
Glive	96,982 -42,250	-42,250

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