Level 31 has begun with blinds of 35,000/70,000 and an ante of 8,750, and "Stonniepokes" has taken the chip lead after winning a three-bet pot against Chris “rumpthumper” White that saw both players put 510,000 into the middle preflop before checking down a dangerous runout. When the two players reached showdown, "Stonniepokes" showed for nothing more than a pair, but it proved to be good and they took down the pot to overtake the chip lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stonniepokes	3,760,388 1,121,250	1,121,250
Chris “rumpthumper” White	2,171,312 -633,500	-633,500

In Level 30 with blinds of 30,000/60,000 and an ante of 7,500, Chris “rumpthumper” White opened to 150,000 and received calls from both "Stonniepokes" on the button and "TheRealJanJurik," who was in the small blind.

The three saw the flop come and "TheRealJanJurik" checked. White ade a continuation-bet of 150,000 and "Stonniepokes" called. "TheRealJanJurik" folded, taking action heads up to the turn where action checked through to the river . White checked once more and "Stonniepokes" made a bet of 240,000, which White called to take the hand to showdown.

"Stonniepokes" showed for aces up and White was unable to beat it. With the pot, "Stonniepokes" is now within a few big blinds of claiming the chip lead as five-handed play continues.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris “rumpthumper” White	2,804,812 -412,500	-412,500
Stonniepokes	2,639,138 660,000	660,000
TheRealJanJurik	1,086,541 -247,500	-247,500

The five remaining players are on a five-minute break as Level 30 has begun and blinds have been raised to 30,000/60,000 with an ante of 7,500. Updated chip counts have been provided.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris “rumpthumper” White	3,217,312
Stonniepokes	1,979,138
mooseman1710	1,365,930
TheRealJanJurik	1,334,041
Malik256077	1,193,579

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In Level 27 with blinds of 18,000/36,000 and an ante of 4,500, "Dume27" has overtaken the chip lead while both they and "Stonniepokes" have chipped up, while former chip leader "mooseman1710" now finds themselves sixth in chips with seven players still remaining.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dume27	1,981,820 99,000	99,000
Chris “rumpthumper” White	1,804,452 908,226	908,226
Stonniepokes	1,573,388 569,194	569,194
Malik256077	1,503,154 -143,980	-143,980
TheRealJanJurik	1,031,966 202,500	202,500
mooseman1710	797,130 -1,435,420	-1,435,420
borecz11199	398,110 -81,000	-81,000

Level 26 has now begun with blinds of 16,000/32,000 and an ante of 4,000. Updated chip counts from the 10 remaining players have been provided below.

Player	Chips	Progress
mooseman1710	2,232,550 79,700	79,700
Dume27	1,611,666 6,100	6,100
Stonniepokes	1,004,194 349,200	349,200
Chris “rumpthumper” White	896,226 349,000	349,000
CharlieBrown	860,376 230,100	230,100
borecz11199	764,432 -27,500	-27,500
TheRealJanJurik	622,453 -79,600	-79,600
Malik256077	588,371 -297,000	-297,000
Bullsey8	365,154 -263,000	-263,000
JonnyG	124,578 -323,500	-323,500

In Level 25 with blinds of 14,000/28,000 and an ante of 3,500, "Bullsey8" opened to 84,000 in the hijack and action folded around to "Million27," who was in the big blind and three-bet shoved for 305,000. "Bullsey8" called all in for 298,000, barely less, and both players' hands were shown.

"Bullsey8":
"Million27":

"Bullsey8" picked up a huge sweat as the flop came to give "Million27" the nut flush draw. However, the rest of the runout was smooth sailing as the turn and river gave "Bullsey8" a pair of kings and scored them the double.

"Million27" was left with less than one big blind, and was eliminated moments later in 11th place.

With 10 remaining, "mooseman1710" has further increased their chip lead to over 2.1 million.

Player	Chips	Progress
mooseman1710	2,152,850 626,061	626,061
Bullsey8	628,154 116,577	116,577
Million27	Busted