Registration is now closed, the they ended up with 505 runners. That put a whopping $12,372,500 into the middle, to be split between 71 players. The winner will be a millionaire twice over (and then some) with a top prize of $2,198,292.
Level: 18
Blinds: 2,000/40,000
Ante: 600
"El Internado" had rebuilt their stack after being nearly felted in a classic race that saw their queens go down to the ace-king of "HotPot44" when they raised to 7,200 from the middle. "HotPot44" came over top to make it 21,600 and "AndyAtTheBike" four-bet shoved for a covering stack of 264,899. "El Internado" called it off, but "HotPot44" bailed from the hand.
"El Internado": 
"AndyAtTheBike": 
Board: 
It looked like the queens might work for "El Internado" this time, but a jack on the turn killed the dream, and this time they were completely felted.
Level: 17
Blinds: 1,800/3,600
Ante: 540
"Manakareg" raised from early to 4,444 all in, and "TheMadQueen" reraised from the button to 7,644. Big blind "DanBiz" shoved for 32,075.
"Manakareg": 
"TheMadQueen": 
"DanBiz": 
Board: 
"TheMadQueen" was on pace to bust two players and stack a bunch of chips, but "DanBiz" spiked a third five on the river to ruin the party.
There are now 454 entries on the board, putting $11,123,000 into the prize pool with 52 minutes left in registration. Just 178 stacks are still in play.
Level: 16
Blinds: 1,600/3,200
Ante: 480
"TheMadQueen" raised to 5,600 from middle position, and big blind and fellow Canadian "AndyAtTheBike" called to see the flop of 
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"AndyAtTheBike" check-called 9,800, and they both checked the 
turn card. "AndyAtTheBike" bet 21,070 on the river, and "TheMadQueen" mucked their hand.
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