Level 15 has just begun with blinds of 1,800/3,600 and an ante of 450. This six-minute level is the last level of the registration period. The guaranteed prize pool of $500 is nearly met, with 98 entries having been recorded at the level's beginning. Twenty-nine players remain.
In Level 14 with blinds of 1,600/3,200 and an ante of 400, "red335xturbo" opened to 12,800 in the hijack and received a call from "Lisa07" in the cutoff. The two saw the flop come 
and "red335xturbo" made a continuation-bet of 9,600. "Lisa07" called.
The turn came 
and "red335xturbo" made another bet, effectively putting "Lisa07" all in for their last 19,000. "Lisa07" wasted no time calling.
"Lisa07": 
"red335xturbo": 
"Lisa07" had called with top pair, top kicker, and found the decision to be the correct one. They needed to fade the remaining queens and jacks in the deck, and were able to do so as the river came 
to unnecessarily improve them to trips as they doubled to earn the pot of more than 91,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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162,876
-36,544
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-36,544 |
|
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91,288 |
In Level 13 with blinds of 1,400/2,800 and an ante of 350, "unwoundpete" limped in from the cutoff and "Cara2Cacra" raised to 5,600 in the small blind. "Blade" three-bet shoved for 40,000 in the big blind and "unwoundpete" folded, sending action over to "Cara2Cacra" who quickly called.
"Blade": 
"Cara2Cacra": 
"Blade" remained out in front on the flop 
. The turn gave them three more outs to sweat at a Broadway draw, but the board paired on the river 
to leave their ace kicker best and earn them the pot of over 85,000 as they doubled.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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85,050 | |
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58,150
2,500
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2,500 |
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Busted |
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In Level 12 with blinds of 1,200/2,400 and an ante of 300, "Peanut66" was down to 7,000 and shoved in the cutoff. The player on the button jammed to isolate out with deuce-three and "Peanut66" held with their king-ten to get back to 21,000.
On the following hand, they jammed again in the hijack and action folded around to "theMossberg," who was in the big blind and called.
"Peanut66": 
"theMossberg":
"Peanut66" was only behind for a split second as the flop quickly came 
to give them two pair. The turn came , and the river 
landed behind it to complete the runout and give them a full house, earning them their second double in as many hands and finding new life with a stack of 45,000 with about three-and-a-half levels of play left before the registration peirod closes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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45,012
-1,413
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-1,413 |
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29,663
-30,681
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-30,681 |
Eighty-one entries have now been recorded with 38 players remaining as the tournament has moved into Level 11 with blinds of 1,000/2,000 and an ante of 250. Here's a look at the top 20 stacks in the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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231,202
47,093
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47,093 |
|
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169,251
93,101
|
93,101 |
|
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140,862
82,215
|
82,215 |
|
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136,351
68,643
|
68,643 |
|
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118,420
101,285
|
101,285 |
|
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105,783
98,223
|
98,223 |
|
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105,137 | |
|
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98,115
-51,525
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-51,525 |
|
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93,959 | |
|
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78,797
20,368
|
20,368 |
|
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72,650 | |
|
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71,924
14,395
|
14,395 |
|
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70,795
-8,075
|
-8,075 |
|
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65,490
34,640
|
34,640 |
|
|
64,239
32,384
|
32,384 |
|
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60,770
25,625
|
25,625 |
|
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60,344
26,104
|
26,104 |
|
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55,650 | |
|
|
48,034 | |
|
|
46,077 |
In Level 10 with blinds of 900/1,800 and an ante of 225, "red335xturbo" opened to 7,200 in the cutoff and was called by "JShmurda" on the button. "Grand5" called in the big blind as well to take action three ways to a flop of 
.
"Grand5" led out with a bet for 12,200 and "red335xturbo" raised all inf or 17,100. "JShmurda" folded and "Grand5" called.
"red335xturbo": 
"Grand5": 
"red335xturbo" was out in front with their queens, needing to fade a flush draw to stay alive. The turn brought three more outs to a backdoor gutshot straight draw, but the river came safe to score them the double.
Meanwhile, despite calling preflop and folding to the flop action, "JShmurda" has already chipped up to around 150,000 after being recently eliminated on a prior entry into the event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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149,640
149,640
|
149,640 |
|
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35,015
-28,185
|
-28,185 |
|
|
17,135 |
Fifty-five minutes of play have gone by and the tournament is on its first five-minute break of the day with Level 10 soon to be underway. Blinds will be 900/1,800 with an ante of 225.
The first hour of play has seen 71 entries logged. Over half of those have been reduced to dust, as just 33 players remain across six tables of play. Registration will be open for around another 35 minutes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
In Level 9 with blinds of 800/1,600 and an ante of 200, "JShmurda" raised to 5,600 in the hijack and "Grand5" called on the button. Action went heads up to a flop of 
and "JShmurda" made a continuation-bet of 11,100. "Grand5" called.
The turn came 
and "JShmurda" jammed for their remaining 13,100. "Grand5" quickly called.
"JShmurda": 
"Grand5": 
"Grand5" found their opponent had been bluffing and they had the knockout locked up by the time they called off all the chips, turning trips to leave "JShmurda" drawing dead before the river completed the runout.
"JShmurda" wasted no time re-entering and receiving a fresh stack of 30,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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63,200
33,200
|
33,200 |
|
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Busted |
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