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In Level 9 with blinds of 1,000/2,000 and an ante of 250, all of the chips got in the middle preflop with "pokeYou1" at risk for their tournament life on the button against "misterburns," who was in the big blind.

"pokeYou1":
"misterburns":

"pokeYou1" saw the board come in favor of their opponent, running out to leave them with nothing more than ace-king high. "misterburns" finished with top two pair and earned the pot, leaving "pokeYou1" with no chips. They chose not to rebuy and were eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
misterburns	82,590 82,590	82,590
pokeYou1	Busted

It's time for another five-minute break play has reached the end of Level 8 with blinds of 800/1,600 and an ante of 200. Sixty-seven entries have now been recorded with 54 accompanying rebuys, and 52 players remain.

Here's a list of players who have been eliminated recently.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adroit	Busted
SkRiLLAA	Busted
PokerDaddy	Busted
MDpoker	Busted
mooseman1710	Busted
Mr.big-97	Busted
Theshua	Busted
monge	Busted

In Level 8 with blinds of 800/1,600 and an ante of 200, action folded around to "bmweiser" on the button, who raised to 5,600. "alwaysliquid" three-bet shoved for 49,400 in the small blind and "bmweiser" called all in for less.

"bmweiser":
"alwaysliquid":

"alwaysliquid" was out in front and stayed there as the flop came . the turn gave "bmweiser" a gutshot straight draw in addition to their two live cards, and they ended up improving to a pair on the river to earn them the double and leave "alwaysliquid" with just a handful of big blinds left in their stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
bmweiser	86,050 86,050	86,050
alwaysliquid	7,463 7,463	7,463

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Fifty-seven entries have now been logged with play in Level 7 (600/1,200/150). Here's a look at the top 20 stacks in the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
JShmurda	240,062
FooBarBaz	161,960
golden13	135,142
yolegacy	125,205
Allyoucaneat	113,212
Ted "roystalin" Ely	102,214
HitChaser	101,145
LordRamsaySlays	85,033
callmemayb99	79,107
miw210x	76,625
Daveb06111980	69,056
madroc	68,190
nickdevo1	61,137
SkRiLLAA	60,000
PokerDaddy	59,650
misterkk	58,690
Bakerslky2812	58,573
RA679	55,730
Wardmartin	55,240
La_Flama_Blanca	5,875

In Level 6 with blinds of 500/1,000 and an ante of 125, all of the chips got in the middle on a flop of between "warmapplepyz" in the cutoff and Ted "roystalin" Ely, who was on the button.

"warmapplepyz":
Ted "roystalin" Ely:

"warmapplepyz" was in trouble with their top pair and their situation got worse on the turn , being left with two outs after their five was rendered useless with the board pairing on the turn. The river completed the runout with Ely's aces up remaining best and "warmapplepyz" opted not to rebuy, leaving the tournament as Ely now finds himself with a six-figure stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ted "roystalin" Ely	109,764 77,594	77,594
warmapplepyz	Busted

The tournament has moved into Level 6 with blinds of 500/1,000 and an ante of 125. There are now 45 entries into the tournament, with 40 players remaining. In addition to "MarsRover," here are the other players that have been eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Monkee	Busted
DarHan300	Busted
Pudgy53	Busted
Simraandeep06	Busted

In Level 5 with blinds of 400/800 and an ante of 100, there was 5,400 in the middle on a board reading .

"Mengao99" was first to act in the small blind and bet 2,700. "RawBod" folded in the big blind to put action onto "HitChaser," who called in the cutoff.

The river fell . "Mengao99" ired out another half-pot-sized bet of 5,400 and "HitChaser" wasted no time calling.

"Mengao99" showed for a pair of kings and a missed nut flush draw. "HitChaser" had , good for flopped Broadway that stayed best and earned them the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
HitChaser	93,497 76,767	76,767
Mengao99	35,253 35,253	35,253