Play has moved into Level 18 with blinds of 2,500/5,000 and an ante of 625 and Dan "AvaGray" Lupo was just eliminated from the tournament, taking 28th place after his ace-queen fell to ""ACE"10276"'s pocket kings, who sits second in chips behind "shipitshell".
Christopher "Chalmisi6" Hill was also eliminated shortly thereafter, as was "toddchipman", and chip counts from all 26 remaining players have been provided below with just five more eliminations needed for play to reach the money.
In Level 17 with blinds of 2,000/4,000 and an ante of 500, action folded to "pompii23" on the button and they opened to 8,000. Daniel "loxonbagel" Buzgon re-jammed for 39,688 in the small blind and "pompii23" called when it became their turn to do so.
Daniel "loxonbagel" Buzgon: 
"pompii23": 
Buzgon needed to hit to stay alive and found help on the flop 
. His top pair finished as second pair after the turn 
and river 
completed the runout, which was still more than good to earn him the double and keep him alive.
Anthony "FlawlessBINK" Maio and John "GameOfEdges" Forlenza have had less favorable fortunes of late, being among the most recent batch of players to fall as just 31 players now remain.
Just four tables remain in play as the tournament has moved into Level 17 (2,000/4,000/500). The following players are among those no longer in contention.
In Level 16 with blinds of 1,500/3,000 and an ante of 375, "Renorick1946" open-jammed for 18,550 in early position and action folded around to "coldandwarm" in the small blind, who gave action.
"Renorick1946": 
"coldandwarm": 
"Renorick1946" found themselves on the wrong end of the coin flip as the runout came 
, earning "coldandwarm" the pot and the knockout with just 40 players now remaining after the elimination.
Registration has officially come to a close with 145 entries generating a total prize pool of $26,970. Forty-seven players currently remain with the top 20 set to make it into the money and earn at least $433 for their efforts. The eventual winner will earn $5,590.
Complete payout information can be found in the Payouts Tab above.
In Level 15 with blinds of 1,250/2,500 and an ante of 325, "pokerkingBx" open-jammed for 30,375 in middle position and Ryan "hagz2richez" Hagerty re-jammed for 52,236 in the hijack. All remaining players folded and the two were off to the races.
"pokerkingBx": 
Ryan "hagz2richez" Hagerty: 
Both players connected with the flop 
, leaving Hagerty's set of eights way out in front. "pokerkingBx" needed to hit running full house outs and those hopes were squashed on the turn 
, leaving them drawing dead to the river 
to result in Hagerty earning the pot and the knockout.
Play is about to return from the third five-minute break of the night in Level 14 (1,000/2,000/250). So far, 130 entries have been recorded, and registration will remain open for another 15 minutes, closing at 11:15 p.m. ET.
Fifty-two players remain.
In Level 14 with blinds of 1,000/2,000 and an ante of 250, John "GameOfEdges" Forlenza opened to 4,000 in early position and was called by Anthony "FlawlessBINK" Maio on the button. "pompii23" also called, defending their big blind, and postflop action went three ways to the streets.
The flop dropped 
and "pompii23" checked to Forlenza, who continuation-bet 5,000. Maio folded and "pompii23" check-raised to 16,000. Forlenza called.
The turn came and "pompii23" fired out another 15,345. Forlenza raised all in for 40,710 and "pompii23" folded, earning Forlenza the pot with his turn shove.
In Level 13 with blinds of 800/1,600 and an ante of 200, Frank "thewholefunk" Funaro open-jammed for 24,800 in the hijack and received action from Daniel "loxonbagel" Buzgon in the small blind.
Frank "thewholefunk" Funaro: 
Daniel "loxonbagel" Buzgon: 
Funaro was all but drawing dead after the flop 
gave Buzgon a set of tens. The turn made it official and the river 
completed the runout, resulting in Buzgon taking down the pot as Funaro re-entered and was given a new seat at a new table.
The tournament has now moved into Level 12 with blinds of 700/1,400 and an ante of 175. A total of 116 entries have now been logged with 54 players remaining and ""ACE"10276" atop the leader board with a stack of over 235,000. Top stacks and other notable players' counts have been updated below.
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