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09-20-2020 21:26 UTC-4

A Round of Chip Counts

Hill Kerby

Level 19 : 10,000/20,000, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
a_stormy_knight	4,135,665 1,370,094	1,370,094
Yong ‘IReadYrSoul’ Kwon	3,297,121 3,108,525	3,108,525
Tony "ToNiSiNzz" Sinishtaj	3,240,162 1,293,148	1,293,148

chen718	3,134,518 1,567,534	1,567,534
Roy "RoyWinston" Winston	1,294,877 990,618	990,618

marysgotqueens	1,020,601 516,966	516,966
jbodey5288	980,633 239,463	239,463
Dise57	978,809 356,319	356,319
mmmerg	686,881 187,747	187,747
Chris “rumpthumper” White	638,641 56,962	56,962
Alex “JinYang” Butcher	610,357 315,683	315,683
POKERDORMS	563,248 70,353	70,353
Daniel "centrfieldr23" Lupo	529,950 340,550	340,550
Borgatcha	503,708 35,204	35,204
Mike “MistaMenza” Menzer	479,712 148,173	148,173
TiltedMick	478,614 241,786	241,786
enthymemes	475,535 28,915	28,915
FlopMonster	226,668 315,662	315,662
bigcov32	156,147 377,875	377,875

09-20-2020 21:17 UTC-4

"chen718" Wins Seven-Figure Pot

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Hill Kerby

Level 19 : 10,000/20,000, 2,500 ante

As time expired in the previous level, "kgkg510" raised to 36,500 in middle position and was called by Brian "TopCreature" Sherrier ;on the button "chen718" three-bet to 144,000 in the small blind and "kgk510" came over the top, four-betting to 299,500. Sherrier got out of the players' way and then "chen718" called to take postflop action heads up.

Both players pumped the brakes, checking both the flop and turn . The river fell and "chen718" fired 190,000. "kgkg510" thought for a little while and then called.

"chen718" showed for a rivered straight and "kgkg510" mucked, resulting in "chen718" taking down the pot for over 1 million.

Player	Chips	Progress
chen718	1,566,984 1,075,621	1,075,621
Stanton "Stonniepokes" Tentnowski	1,369,080 42,340	42,340
Brian “TopCreature” Sherrier	1,106,853 847,732	847,732
Kenny "chaposticks" Huynh	906,895 906,895	906,895
kgkg510	721,364 721,364	721,364

Level: 19

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 2,500

09-20-2020 21:08 UTC-4

Sinishtaj Showers a Shorty

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Hill Kerby

Level 18 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

"CRaFTe" was under the gun and jammed for 131,000. Action folded around to the big blind, where Tony "ToNiSiNzz" Sinishtaj quickly called.

"CRaFTe":
Tony "ToNiSiNzz" Sinishtaj:

The runout was all Sinishtaj, coming to give him a full house and eliminate "CRaFTe" from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tony "ToNiSiNzz" Sinishtaj	1,947,014

CRaFTe	Busted

09-20-2020 21:03 UTC-4

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Hill Kerby

Level 18 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

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09-20-2020 20:59 UTC-4

"a_stormy_knight" On Top At Break

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Hill Kerby

Level 18 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Players are on another five-minute break with 151 players remaining from the original 440 entries. Just under half the remaining field will make it into the money, and "a_stormy_knight" is on top of the counts with a stack of 2.76 million. Also in the top 10 are Tony "ToNiSiNzz" Sinishtaj and Frank "FrankyFunk" Funaro. The top 20 stacks have been provided below.

Player	Chips	Progress
a_stormy_knight	2,765,571 1,803,439	1,803,439
RippinAndTearin	2,508,667 1,414,140	1,414,140
edengrey	1,940,582
Tony "ToNiSiNzz" Sinishtaj	1,797,576 310,501	310,501

IvanBlock	1,686,193 280,250	280,250
Bullitbob22	1,636,692
richyrich	1,608,391
Frank "FrankyFunk" Funaro	1,566,820 1,373,671	1,373,671

PokerKarma	1,486,190
SuperShred	1,461,385 408,666	408,666
Breza	1,459,923 383,860	383,860
Ok4u6033	1,432,975 482,375	482,375
Stanton "Stonniepokes" Tentnowski	1,411,420 914,627	914,627
Daniel “leinad” Buzgon	1,357,894 894,902	894,902
onoreally	1,342,176 359,740	359,740
CaptainI301	1,300,720 559,916	559,916
Jon “Jetsfan411” Borenstein	1,264,550 356,104	356,104
treetrap	1,244,105 969,005	969,005
Cartyozhnik	1,232,472 766,592	766,592
Don "dhimp20" Himeple	1,212,157 637,982	637,982

Level: 18

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 2,000

09-20-2020 20:49 UTC-4

Vanauken On Fumes

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Hill Kerby

Level 17 : 7,000/14,000, 1,750 ante

Eric “alwaysliquid” Vanauken had opened from the cutoff and received a call from "angels" defending their big blind to take action heads up to a flop of . "angels" checked and Vanauken made a continuation-bet of 30,000, which "angels" called.

Both players checked the turn and the river came . "angels" checked again and Vanauken fired a bet of 105,000. "angels" went into the tank, dipping into their time bank before check-shoving for just shy of 300,000. Vanauken quickly called.

"angels":
Eric “alwaysliquid” Vanauken:

Vanauken's flopped trips had become secone best when all was said and done as "angels" had backed into a king-high flush, good enough to earn them the double and Leave Vanauken with just a handful of big blinds remaining in his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
angels	737,402 441,576	441,576
vipowitz	650,273 69,500	69,500
Eric “alwaysliquid” Vanauken	78,496 994,205	994,205

09-20-2020 20:42 UTC-4

An Update on the Satellite Winners

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Hill Kerby

Level 17 : 7,000/14,000, 1,750 ante

The number of players in the field has plummeted down to 167 nearing the midway point in Level 17. Here's a look at some updated counts among Main Event satellite winners: a fair amount of them have been eliminated from the tournament, though "IvanBlock" has amassed a stack of 1.96 million since break and now finds themselves in the top five in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
IvanBlock	1,966,443 1,716,443	1,716,443
Minutz	975,217 725,217	725,217
Speedypete99	749,510 499,510	499,510
vipowitz	580,773 330,773	330,773
Zdvol632	571,251 321,251	321,251
Yellow_Chip	491,291 241,291	241,291
dbae333	390,819 140,819	140,819
Stoops211	263,208 13,208	13,208
Polystonerdaddy	215,015 34,985	34,985
Hitmy1outer	212,750 37,250	37,250
CRaFTe	175,688 74,312	74,312
Slaytanic	142,460 107,540	107,540
PartyPanic	Busted
GMoNeY62907	Busted
adverbman	Busted
larrymurk	Busted
Jbiango	Busted
Eadamiak99	Busted
Crosseym	Busted
Chefbob55	Busted
Rebet	Busted
Pokerwarrior22	Busted
Walter Sobchak	Busted
Blade	Busted
briangrim310	Busted

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Level: 17

Blinds: 7,000/14,000

Ante: 1,750