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Players have now left on another 20-minute break. And in breaking news... although we got confirmation that we would be playing out ten levels today, we just received word that things have been changed and the players will be bagging and tagging when they hit the official final table. That means only two more bust-outs until we conclude play for the evening.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,000,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
||
|
1,800,000 | |
|
|
1,450,000
470,000
|
470,000 |
|
1,400,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
1,200,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
1,000,000
-196,000
|
-196,000 |
|
|
900,000
166,000
|
166,000 |
|
840,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
700,000
-490,000
|
-490,000 |
|
|
535,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Level: 26
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 5,000
Our 11 remaining players have returned from break. Only one more elimination til we reach the "unofficial" final table and only two until we halt play for the evening.
Straight back from break and Matthew LaGarde raised to 100,000 before Max Lykov reraised with a stack of green chips committing him. LaGarde was all in and instantly both flipped their cards.
LaGarde: 
Max Lykov: 
The board came 
and the Russian made two pair to LaGarde's one and we now have our unofficial final table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,150,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
| Seat | Player | Chips |
| 1 | Ren Ho Zhang | 1,500,000 |
| 2 | [Removed:415] | 670,000 |
| 3 | Dror Michaelo | 1,150,000 |
| 4 | Maxim Lykov | 3,150,000 |
| 5 | Sebastien Roy | 1,790,000 |
| 6 | Stanislav Alekhin | 710,000 |
| 7 | Joshua Evans | 1,450,000 |
| 8 | Douglas Mackinnon | 1,020,000 |
| 9 | Harald Olsen | 900,000 |
| 10 | Warren Wooldridge | 725,000 |
So far we've seen little action, the most notable piece being when Max Lykov opened to 100,000 from middle position only to fold when fellow Russian Stanislav Alekhin three-bet to 245,000 from the cutoff. We might be a little while yet...
Max Lykov raised to 100,000 from early position and was only called by Ren Ho Zhang in the big blind. The flop came 
and both players checked. The turn brought the 
and Zhang checked it over to Lykov who bet 100,000. Zhang called and they saw the 
come on the river. Zhange checked again and Lykov fired out a bet of 200,000. Zhang deliberated for a bit before deciding to fold his hand and Lykov took the pot.
DJ MacKinnon raised to 90,000 preflop and Dror Michaelo made the call on the button to see a flop of 
. MacKinnon checked and Michaelo bet 130,000 before the former check-raised all in for 830,000. Michaelo sighed and then folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,200,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
