Level: 22
Blinds: 10,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
Level: 22
Blinds: 10,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
Jamie Kerstetter survived the bubble with 75,000 and secured a min-cash, and she was followed to the payout desk by Frederik Brink and Marcin Chmielewski.
Cathal Shine jammed for 185,000 and he was called by big stack Kunal Punjwani in the cutoff.
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Punjwani flopped top pair and the nut flush draw on ![]()
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, turned trips with the
and rivered the nut flush for good measure to send Shine to the payout desk.
The latest player to join the millionnaire's club is Marvin Karlins. Just now Karlins got it in with ![]()
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gave Karlins a set of tens and he moved into the resounding lead. A
turn gave him a sweat as his opponent picked up a straight draw. The
river was a brick for Karlins and he is over the 1 million-mark now.
The clock was stopped when the field dropped rapidly and it seems there were four bustouts at the same time, which resulted in 828 players remaining. The four to bust in the same hand will chop the min cash and one of those to bust an opponent on the bubble was Michael Wasserman.
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Expect the bustouts to occur on a very frequent pace until bagging and tagging.
The eliminations are coming in thick and fast, with the money bubble just five places away.
The 21st level kicked off with 843 players remaining and the top 829 spots will get paid. Below are some assorted counts.
Level: 21
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
Two extra levels have been added to the schedule, meaning another 20-minute break is underway now.