Action has slowed down a good amount in this last level, as we are slowly creeping to the top 100 players. Once we get down to the final 99, we will be exactly two tables away from the money. Until then, we expect that play will continue to be slow, as the short stacks will look to sure up a pay day.
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We don't know exactly how the action went preflop, but what we do know is when we got to the table Nicolas Vaca had his opponent all in with five cards to come.
Vaca: 
Opponent: 
With a 
board, Vaca was able to rake in a 14,000 chip pot putting him near the top of the chip leaders in this tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
52,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
Players are now on their penultimate break of the evening. Cards will be back in the air in twenty.
Cards are back in the air and we suspect the money bubble this level. Play will resume for just 3 more levels before play ends for the day.
Level: 9
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
If you are curious to find out what each spot will be paying out, we have just posted all of the payouts in the payouts tab. The top 7 players will be guaranteed a 5 figure pay day, with $70,859 going to the eventual victor.
The title says it all. We are down to the final 90 players, which means once we have lost 9 more, the remaining players will be in the money!
When we caught up to James Routos we found him facing an all-in bet from his opponent in the big blind preflop. Routos thought for a few moments and dishearteningly through out the call. Cards were tabled and the flop was spread.
Routos: 
Big Blind: 
A 
flop fell out of the deck giving Routos a leading pair of kings heading to the turn. With a 
planting on fourth street an ace would be the only thing to take this pot from Routos. A 
fell, and Routos added more to his continual growing mountain of chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
82,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
We caught up with the action on a 
flop, where Mike Vogel deliberated a bit from the big blind position before checking. His lone opponent, Trish Baker, checked behind from middle position.
The turn brought a , check, check.
River: 
Vogel looked deep in thought, and eventually chipped out a 4,500 bet and pushed it into the middle, which was more than the pot.
"Nice bet," Baker said and folded.
Vogel flashed a for a flopped full house and mucked.
Vogel is sitting with about 40,000 while Baker is down to 24,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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40,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
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24,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
James Routos. We didn't catch the hand that propelled him to that mark, but when we went by, we noticed that Routos had added onto what was already the top stack in the room. He is now sitting at about 107,000, and has been on fire the last two levels.
