In Level 29 with blinds of 25,000/50,000 and an ante of 6,250, a trio of eliminations has just occurred to bring the field down to nine, and hand-for-hand play is once again in effect with one elimination needed before the tournament reaches the final table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
In Level 28 with blinds of 20,000/40,000 and an ante of 5,000, all of the chips went into the middle between "dadadada", who was under the gun and at risk for their tournament life against "jaehoez24" in the small blind.
"dadadada": 
"jaehoez24": 
"jaehoez24" took a commanding lead after connecting with the flop 
, but just as quickly found themselves drawing dead as the turn 
gave "dadadada" a set of tens. The river 
completed the runout and the pot of 1.3 million was sent to "dadadada", leaving "jaehoez" with under 400,000 after the lost coin flip.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,318,678 | 544,834 |
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392,533 | -621,844 |
In Level 27 with blinds of 18,000/36,000 and an ante of 4,500, "upayformypennys" shoved for their last 265,000 in the hijack and received a call from "KevinDurant" in the cutoff. All remaining players folded.
"upayformypennys": [kh7]
"KevinDurant": 
"upayformypennys" picked up nine more outs on the flop 
, but the turn and river 
bricked out and their hand remained second best as a result, bringing about their elimination from the tournament in 13th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,524,014 | 336,952 |
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Busted |
Play is now in Level 27 with blinds of 18,000/36,000 as the tournament has reached a five-minute break. Just 13 players remain after the recent elimination of "THECOOPER007", and a complete list of update counts has been provided below.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,187,062 | 905,280 |
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1,717,181 | 321,715 |
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1,365,639 | -75,894 |
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1,357,400 | 786,615 |
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1,321,511 | 1,173,260 |
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1,014,377 | -274,004 |
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895,432 | 160,000 |
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875,200 | -56,116 |
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788,148 | 1,000 |
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786,820 | 181,202 |
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773,844 | -175,500 |
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747,934 | 249,454 |
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269,452 | 108,964 |
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Busted |
In Level 26 with blinds of 16,000/32,000 and an ante of 4,000, Adam "jchimpo56" Karten opened to 96,000 under the gun and received a call from Anthony "supremetny" Chin in the cutoff. "dadadada" three-bet jammed for 388,000 on the button and action folded back to Karten, who called. Chin then folded and the two hands in play were tabled in preparation for the runout.
"dadadada": 
Adam "jchimpo56" Karten:
"dadadada" found themselves with four more cards to fade as the flop 
and turn 
gave Karten a possible backdoor gutshot straight draw, but "dadadada" wound up being the one to improve as the river 
completed the runout, giving them top set and more importantly, a pot of nearly 950,000 to go along with it.
Less fortunate was "MoZZyNJ", who moments earlier was eliminated in 15th.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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949,344 | 610,008 |
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787,148 | 518,712 |
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735,432 | 178,880 |
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Busted |
In Level 25 with blinds of 14,000/28,000 and an ante of 3,500, Yong "IReadYrSoul" Kwon opened to 56,000 under the gun and action folded around to "KevinDurant", who called in the small blind. "KingofNJ" was already all in for their last 14,000 in the big blind. A bet from Kwon on the flop 
folded out "KevinDurant" and the two remaining players' hands were shown.
"KingofNJ": 
Yong "IReadYrSoul" Kwon: 
"KingofNJ" was unable to catch another spade as the turn 
and river 
completed the runout and they were eliminated in 17th place as a result.
Before the table could break upon reaching the final two tables of 16, "jaehoez24" eliminated "joey1way" on an adjacent table when their pocket tens held versus ace-five in an all-in preflop situation, and 15 now remain.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,288,381 | 656,495 |
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605,618 | 259,208 |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
In Level 25 with blinds of 14,000/28,000 and an ante of 3,500, seven eliminations have occurred in rapid-fire succession to bring the field down to 17, where just one more knockout is needed to reach the final two tables. Here's a look at those who have fallen since the bubble burst.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
In Level 25 with blinds of 14,000/28,000 and an ante of 3,500, "misterkk" found themselves in the big blind and forced all in for their last 27,000 after paying the ante. Action folded around to "reyd182" on the button and they limped in. "PartyPanic" completed their small blind to close preflop action and take any future betting between the two to a side pot. "PartyPanic" bet 28,000 on the flop 
and "reyd" folded, leaving just two players remaining in the hand.
"misterkk": 
"PartyPanic":
"misterkk" had run into a pair of fives but had five outs as they had flopped bottom pair. Unfortunately for them, no further improvement came as the turn 
and river 
completed the runout to bring about their elimination from the tournament in 25th place as the official bubble finisher.
All 24 remaining players are now in the money and have locked up at least $327 for their efforts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,441,533 | 375,620 |
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631,886 | 151,043 |
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570,785 | 51,787 |
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494,230 | -2,543 |
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148,251 | -309,236 |
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Busted |
In Level 24 with blinds of 12, 000/24,000 and an ante of 3,000, Sanjeev "sandman9876" Datta was down to his last 16,000 and called the last of it off from the small blind after "PartyPanic" put him all in from the cutoff.
Sanjeev "sandman9876" Datta: 
"PartyPanic": 
The runout came 
, leaving the situation completely unchanged after Datta missed his backdoor flush draw to be eliminated in 27th place. Shortly thereafter, "pup33" was also eliminated and just one more knockout is needed for the tournamenet to make it into the money. Hand-for-hand play is in effect across the four remaining tables until that happens.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,065,913 | 167,546 |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
In Level 23 with blinds of 10,000/20,000 and an ante of 2,500, Tony "Bond18" Dunt jammed for his last 10 big blinds in middle position and received a call from "RobertJordan" on the button.
Tony "Bond18" Dunst:
"RobertJordan": 
Dunst had run into a pair of aces and it proved to be too much for his deuces to overcome as the board ran out to result in his elimination from the tournament.
"Rtrin777" and "mrnissan50" were also eliminated prior to Dunst, with the trio of bust outs bringing the field down to 27. The tournament is now three away from reaching the money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,395,466 | 439,047 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |