In Level 19 with blinds of 3,000/6,000 and an ante of 750, eliminations have been piling up and just 51 players now remain. Only seven more eliminations are needed for the bubble to burst and play to make it into the money.
"OpusX6969" is the new chip leader and the only player over half a million. Updated counts from the top 15 have been provided below.
In Level 17 with blinds of 2,000/4,000 and an ante of 500, action folded around to "BackdoorFILTH" in the cutoff, who jammed for 42,650. "gets2u1975" called off their remaining 41,025 on the button and the players in the blinds folded.
"BackdoorFILTH":
"gets2u1975":
A ten-high runout came, leaving the two fours of "BackdoorFILTH" on top to bring about the elimination of "gets2u1975" from the tournament.
In Level 17 with blinds of 2,000/4,000 and an ante of 500, the field has been reduced to 77. Here's a look at some of those players no longer in the tournament.
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In Level 16 with blinds of 1,500/3,000 and an ante of 375, action folded around to "YouPaid2SeeNuts" in the small blind and they open-jammed for the effective 32,050 that "teddylansky" had in the big blind. A call was made.
"teddylansky":
"YouPaid2SeeNuts":
"teddylansky" found their king dominated by a slightly bigger one, and the closest they could get was to threaten a chop on the river as the runout came , leaving the nine kicker of "YouPaid2SeeNuts" in play to earn them the pot, eliminating "teddylansky" in the process.
With Level 15 (1,250/2,500/325) coming to an end, the two-hour-and-forty-minute late registration period has officially come to an end. In total, 298 entries generated a total prize pool of $55,428.
Ninety-seven players still remain, and the top 44 finishers will make it into the money and lock up at least $402. All nine who make the final table will earn $983 or more, with payouts continuing to increase from there until the eventual winner earns $10,448.
Complete prize pool information can be found in the Payouts tab.
In Level 15 with blinds of 1,250/2,500 and an ante of 325, "CabanaDan1" opened to 5,000 in the cutoff and received a call from "faq8833", defending their big blind. Both players checked the flop .
"faq8833" shoved for 19,350 on the turn , doing so for 5,000 more than what was in the pot, and "CabanaDan1" called.
"faq8833":
"CabanaDan1":
All of the chips went into the middle after both players improved on the turn, with "faq8833" seeing their two pair up against Broadway. They were unable to boat up on the river and were eliminated from the tournament as a result.
In Level 14 with blinds of 1,000/2,000 and an ante of 250, "LuckyMike11" opened to 4,600 under the gun and was three-bet to 10,000 by "KanyHanna" on their direct left. Action folded back to "LuckyMike11" and they four-bet shoved for 52,668. "KanyHanna" called.
"LuckyMike11":
"KanyHanna":
"LuckyMike11" was drawing dead by the turn as the runout came , ultimately giving "KanyHanna" aces full to earn them the pot good for more than 110,000.
Play has moved into Level 13 with blinds of 800/1,600 and an ante of 200, and the number of entries has risen to 269, eclipsing $50,000 in the prize pool along with it. Of those 269 entries, 117 players remain, and "V1ct0r0" has taken the chip lead. The top 15 counts have been provided below.
In Level 12 with blinds of 700/1,400 and an ante of 175, "TheWamboozler" raised to 3,080 under the gun and received calls from "teddylansky" in the hijack and "prince0114", who was on the button. "22yardPUNT" was in the big blind and three-bet shoved for 24,650, just two antes shy of a starting stack, and "prince0114" was the lone caller.
"22yardPUNT":
"prince0114":
"22yardPUNT" was unable to find a three as the board ran out and they were sent to re-enter, firing their third bullet into the event with just over 30 minutes remaining in the late registration period.