Five minutes remain in Level 9 and the tournament lobby displays a total number of 5,012 entries, meaning the guaranteed prize pool of $500,000 has officially been eclipsed. Registration is open for another one hour and 45 minutes for all who wish to get in on the action.
"V0R0" raised to 2,100 in the hijack and "maski23" three-bet to 7,350 on the button, which was the size of the pot. Action folded back to "V0R0" and they made the call, bringing a flop of 
. "V0R0" checked and then called a continuation-bet of 5,600 from "maski23"
The turn was 
and "V0R0" led out, betting the pot for 26,950. "maski23" called and the river fell 
. "V0R0" led out again, going all in for their last 20,300, and "maski23" made the call to take the all-in situation to showdown.
"V0R0": 
"maski23: 
The river gave "maski23" Broadway and they paid off "V0R0," who found the nuts on the river and scored the double to ship a pot of over 120,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
144,975
47,667
|
47,667 |
|
|
121,498
121,498
|
121,498 |
Level: 9
Blinds: 350/700
Ante: 0
"reinman1" opened the action with a raise to 1,200 in the hijack and "jricardosc" three-bet to 4,500 in the cutoff. "Francuz_032" cold four-bet to 15,000 in the big blind, prompting a fold from "reinman1" before "jricardosc" came over the top with a pot-sized five-bet to 46,500, just enough to put "Francuz_032" all in. "Francuz_032" called.
"Francuz_032": 
"jricardosc": 
"jricardosc" was ahead with a pair of aces until the flop 
gave "Francuz_032" top two pair. The turn left "Francuz_032" with just one card in the runout between them and a double, and it came 
to give them a full house and win the pot good for over 92,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
172,418
42,950
|
42,950 |
|
|
92,200 | |
|
|
23,650 |
"Skint Paddy" raised to 1,350 in the cutoff and "molda79" three-bet to 4,950 on the button. "Fantoci24" was in the small blind and cold four-bet to 13,800, prompting action to fold back around to "molda79," who made the call.
The flop came 
and "Fantoci24" checked. "molda79" shoved for 22,750 and "Fantoci24" called.
"molda79": 
"Fantoci24":
After chipping up to 40,000 on their fourth and final bullet, "molda79" got all in with top two pair against "Fantoci24's" flush. They needed to improve to a full house to stay alive and neither the turn 
nor the river made that happen, resulting in their elimination from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
94,059 | |
|
|
41,493 | |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 0
The tournament is at the end of Level 6 and 2,294 players remain from 4,463 recorded entries. Here are the top 25 stacks as the level comes to a close.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,215,452
2,215,452
|
2,215,452 |
|
|
249,737
249,737
|
249,737 |
|
|
247,891
128,507
|
128,507 |
|
|
219,906
219,906
|
219,906 |
|
|
217,767
217,767
|
217,767 |
|
|
215,368
215,368
|
215,368 |
|
|
200,626
200,626
|
200,626 |
|
|
196,817
33,827
|
33,827 |
|
|
196,647
196,647
|
196,647 |
|
|
196,377
54,239
|
54,239 |
|
|
194,030
194,030
|
194,030 |
|
|
192,642
32,541
|
32,541 |
|
|
192,053
11,110
|
11,110 |
|
191,511
191,511
|
191,511 |
|
188,596
188,596
|
188,596 |
|
|
187,603
31,675
|
31,675 |
|
|
187,361
16,847
|
16,847 |
|
176,278
176,278
|
176,278 |
|
|
174,713
174,713
|
174,713 |
|
|
174,063
174,063
|
174,063 |
|
|
173,665
12,110
|
12,110 |
|
|
172,610
172,610
|
172,610 |
|
|
171,424
171,424
|
171,424 |
|
|
171,393
171,393
|
171,393 |
|
|
169,810
8,660
|
8,660 |
"molda79" limped in under the gun and was raised to 1,500 by "maski23" in the cutoff. "fanelakias" called in the small blind and "molda79" called as well, taking action three handed to the streets.
The flop came 
and "fanelakias" checked. "molda79" bet 3,850 and "maski23" called, putting action back onto "fanelakias," who folded.
Action was then heads up to the turn 
and "molda79" bet another 9,800. "maski23" called and the river fell . "molda79" slowed down, clicking the check button to send action over to "maski23," who fired out a pot-sized bet of the effective 20,300 that "molda79" had remaining. "molda79" called.
"molda79": 
"maski23": 
"molda79's" set of threes had become second best as the river gave "mask23" a flush and earned them the pot. "molda79" was eliminated from the tournament for what has been the third time, and they re-entered for their fourth and final possible attempt at glory in the event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
160,101
160,101
|
160,101 |
|
|
27,500
120,290
|
120,290 |
|
|
18,008
18,008
|
18,008 |
The field has grown to 4,407 as play looks to enter its third break of the day. Over 2,000 eliminations have occurred as chips continue to fly and just 2,377 players remain.
Level: 7
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 0
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