In Level 30 with blinds of 30,000/60,000 and an ante of 7,500, "smoothustler" jammed for 856,656 in the cutoff and "mmflpoker" called in the big blind.

"smoothustler":
"mmflpoker":

"smoothustler" found themselves with three immediate outs and the flop only gave them a couple backdoor opportunities to go along with it. The turn came , giving them a wheel draw, but it missed on the river and they were eliminated in fourth place.

The remaining three players are now on break, and updated chip counts have been provided.

Player	Chips	Progress
thekid32	4,716,466 757,500	757,500
mmflpoker	3,159,810 774,156	774,156
rumpthumper	1,523,724 -487,500	-487,500
smoothustler	Busted

"pay4medsch00l" was eliminated by "rumpthumper" on the last hand of Level 15 to take fifth place.

Moments later as Level 16 began with blinds of 30,000/60,000 and an ante of 7,500, "smoothustler" lost two straight coin flips to double both "mmflpoker" and "thekid32" and current stack sizes for the four remaining players have been provided below.

Player	Chips	Progress
thekid32	3,958,966 2,224,483	2,224,483
mmflpoker	2,385,654 855,327	855,327
rumpthumper	2,011,224 651,514	651,514
smoothustler	1,036,656 -2,259,810	-2,259,810
pay4medsch00l	Busted

In Level 28 with blinds of 20,000/40,000 and an ante of 5,000, "Tommygunn123" ripped their last 292,364 into the middle from the cutoff and received a call from "thekid32" in the big blind.

"Tommygunn123":
"thekid32":

The two found themselves in a coin flip with "Tommygunn123" slightly ahead. The flop came and they remained ahead, but the turn gave "thekid32" a flush draw. That draw filled up on the river and "Tommygunn123" found their jacks up second best, resulting in their elimination from the tournament in sixth place.

Player	Chips	Progress
thekid32	3,023,341 707,364	707,364
Tommygunn123	Busted

Action was in Level 27 with blinds at 18,000/36,000 and an ante of 4,500 when "IReadYrSoul" went all in for their last 197,000 in middle position and received a call from "smoothustler," who was in the cutoff.

"IReadYrSoul":
"smoothustler":

"IReadYrSoul" was unable to hold on the flop , falling behind "smoothustler's" flopped pair of aces and staying there as the turn and river completed the runout to bring the field down to six.

Player	Chips	Progress
smoothustler	2,069,608 718,448	718,448
IReadYrSoul	Busted

With seconds left in Level 26 and blinds of 16,000/32,000 with an ante of 4,000, the short-stacked "LordRamsaySlays" was on the button and got all in preflop against "mmflpoker", who had already entered the pot from early position.

"LordRamsaySlays":
"mmflpoker": {jcjh]

"LordRamsaySlays" found themselves in a coin flip situation with the hopes of doubling, but their odds were significantly reduced as the flop gave "mmflpoker" a set of jacks. "mmflpoker" would be the one to further improve on the turn , filling up to quads and leaving "LordRamsaySlays" drawing dead as the certain eighth-place finisher. The river completed the runout and they earned $1,090 for their efforts.

Player	Chips	Progress
mmflpoker	2,302,077 524,072	524,072
LordRamsaySlays	Busted

Hand #1: In Level 26 with blinds of 16,000/32,000 and an ante of 4,000, "thekid32" opened to 70,400 in early position and was three-bet to 208,000 by Ari Engel, who was next to act. Action folded back to thekid32" and a call was made.

The flop dropped and "thekid32" checked. Engel made a continuation-bet of 112,000 and "thekid32" called.

Both players checked the turn and the river came . "thekid32" bet 304,000 and Engel thought for some time before calling.

"thekid32" showed for a flopped to two pair and Engel mucked, leaving 371,000 behind.

Hand #2: On the next hand, "thekid32" opened under the gun and Engel three-bet to 300,000. Action made its way back to "thekid32" and reraised to put Engel all in. Engel called.

"thekid32":
Ari Engel:

The flop came to put Engel in need of hitting an eight or running clubs. He would find neither as the turn and river completed the runout to result in him taking ninth place.

Meanwhile, "thekid32" now has over 2 million and is the chip leader with eight remaining.

Player	Chips	Progress
thekid32	2,110,867 1,298,463	1,298,463
Ari Engel	Busted

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