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Fifteen players remain on break in Level 23 with blinds of 7,000/14,000 and an ante of 1,750. "lenny54" has become the first player to crack seven figures and has the other 14 remaining players looking up at them in the counts.

Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken became the 16th-place finisher in the tournament shortly before break.

Player	Chips	Progress
lenny54	1,242,923 599,229	599,229
Core4	718,119 133,997	133,997
Daniel “leinad” Buzgon	671,954 128,320	128,320
mooseman1710	669,755 -161,795	-161,795
Stevehung	512,964 221,180	221,180
IReadYrSoul	470,914 82,449	82,449
ELITEMALESSO	405,578 222,564	222,564
phillychzsteak1	386,108 137,829	137,829
TraderSteve	380,810 124,575	124,575
James ‘Bagels’ Lillis	366,190 130,920	130,920
Stanton "Stonniepokes" Tentnowski	254,028 71,000	71,000
A. Jackson1767	246,033 42,653	42,653
bighatnocattle	226,442 24,831	24,831
Brian “TopCreature” Sherrier	208,277 24,650	24,650
Michael “IIIIIIIIIIIII” Haberman	189,905 -335,753	-335,753

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In Level 23 with blinds of 7,000/14,000 and an ante of 1,750, Michael “IIIIIIIIIIIII” Haberman jammed for 158,000 in the cutoff and James ‘Bagels’ Lillis called in the big blind after a few moments of thought.

Michael “IIIIIIIIIIIII” Haberman:
James ‘Bagels’ Lillis:

Haberman was out in front and was the only one to improve as the runout came to give him aces up as he held to double at Lillis' expense.

Player	Chips	Progress
James ‘Bagels’ Lillis	232,285 -133,905	-133,905
Michael “IIIIIIIIIIIII” Haberman	189,905

In Level 24 with blinds of 8,000/16,000 and an ante of 2,000, "lenny54" opened to 35,000 and "bighatnocattle" thought for a bit before three-bet jamming for 148,000 in the small blind. "lenny54" called once action was back upon them.

"bighatnocattle":
"lenny54":

"bighatnocattle" cut their opponent's outs in half on the flop but found four more cards to sweat as the turn gave "lenny54" a backdoor straight draw. However, the river came a clean and they earned the double. .

Meanwhile, "A. Jackson1767" and Stanton "Stonniepokes" Tentnowski were recently eliminated and just 13 players remain.

Player	Chips	Progress
lenny54	1,059,121 -183,802	-183,802
bighatnocattle	326,384 99,942	99,942
A. Jackson1767	Busted
Stanton "Stonniepokes" Tentnowski	Busted

In Level 24 with blinds of 8,000/16,000 and an ante of 2,000, "mooseman1710" raised to 33,000 under the gun and "phllychzsteak1" three-bet shoved for 259,000 in the hijack. Michael “IIIIIIIIIIIII” Haberman was in the small blind and came over the top, cold-four-bet shoving for 548,000. All remaining players folded.

"phillychzsteak1":
Michael “IIIIIIIIIIIII” Haberman:

"phillychzsteak1" was in trouble but found four immediate outs on the flop . Unfortunately for them, they got no closer as the turn and river completed the runout to result in them taking 13th place.

Moments later, got all in preflpo in the big blind against "TraderSteve" in the small blind.

Brian "TopCreature" Sherrier:
"TraderSteve":

Sherrier did not catch a nine and was eliminated in 12th place shortly thereafter.

Player	Chips	Progress
lenny54	1,063,566 4,445	4,445
TraderSteve	1,060,147 679,337	679,337
Michael “IIIIIIIIIIIII” Haberman	871,196 681,291	681,291
mooseman1710	722,810 53,055	53,055
Core4	676,682 -41,437	-41,437
Daniel “leinad” Buzgon	555,704 -116,250	-116,250
Stevehung	510,874 -2,090	-2,090
ELITEMALESSO	510,688 105,110	105,110
IReadYrSoul	399,664 -71,250	-71,250
bighatnocattle	298,384 -28,000	-28,000
phillychzsteak1	Busted
Brian “TopCreature” Sherrier	Busted

Bubble play continues in Level 26 with blinds of 12,000/24,000 and an ante of 3,000. Updated chip counts have been provided below.

Player	Chips	Progress
mooseman1710	1,275,553 -26,000	-26,000
TraderSteve	1,260,311 200,164	200,164
Core4	1,051,132 374,450	374,450
Michael “IIIIIIIIIIIII” Haberman	883,296 12,100	12,100
lenny54	626,127 -437,439	-437,439
bighatnocattle	575,768 277,384	277,384
Daniel “leinad” Buzgon	444,204 -111,500	-111,500
James ‘Bagels’ Lillis	421,485 189,200	189,200
Stevehung	412,124 -98,750	-98,750

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In Level 26 with blinds of 12,000/24,000 and an ante of 3,000, "lenny54" shoved for 527,000 on the button and got action from "bighatnocattle" in the small blind.

"lenny54"
"bighatnocattle":

"bighatnocattle" was in great shape for a knockout and saw the flop leave them needing to fade only the two remaining fives in the deck. The turn ended up being one of them, flipping their fortunes as the river completed the runout and "lenny54" shipped the double.

"bighatnocattle" was left with only a handful of big blinds but doubled with pocket sevens to the jack-six of "lenny54" a couple of hands later to bring them back to 10 big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
lenny54	975,013 348,886	348,886
bighatnocattle	242,482 -333,286	-333,286

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