In Level 19 with blinds of 5,000/10,000 and an ante of 1,250, Mike “MistaMenza” Menzer jammed for 129,000 in the small blind and "goods21" thought for a few moments before calling off their remaining 110,00 in the big blind.

"goods21":
Mike “MistaMenza” Menzer:

"goods21" found themselves calling correctly, but the flop left them in trouble. They picked up a pair on the turn , but Menzer would be the one to hit two pair on the river , unnecessarily improving en route to a knockout and a near-double to take the tournament into three-handed play as "goods21" was eliminated in fourth place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike “MistaMenza” Menzer	244,009 -73,229	-73,229
goods21	Busted

In Level 19 with blinds of 5,000/10,000 and an ante of 1,250, "Lanfeust" opened in the cutoff and "jaxksonjoe" three-bet jammed for 35,000 in the big blind. "Lanfeust" quickly called.

"jaxksonjoe":
"Lanfeust":

"jaxksonjoe" was ahead but picked up a major sweat as the flop gave "Lanfeust" a flush draw in addition to their two live cards. The turn gave "Lanfeust" a pair of jacks, leaving "jaxksonjoe" with just two cards in the deck to stay alive. Neither hit on the river and they were eliminated from the tournament in fifth place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lanfeust	936,064 108,615	108,615
jaxksonjoe	Busted

In Level 18 with blinds of 4,000/8,000 and an ante of 1,000, "spinach_kale" opened to 16,000 in the hijack and "Lanfeust" called in the small blind. "Luckyduck" three-bet to 64,000 in the big blind and "spinach_kale" came over the top, four-betting to 184,000. "Luckyduck" five-bet jammed and "spinach_kale" called all in for less.

"spinach_kale":
"Luckyduck":

"spinach_kale" found themselves in a cooler situation, running queens into aces, and no help came as the board ran out to result in their sixth-place finish in the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Luckyduck	1,198,052 496,755	496,755
Lanfeust	827,449 197,425	197,425
spinach_kale	Busted

Hand #1: In Level 18 with blinds of 4,000/8,000 and an ante of 1,000, "Lanfeust" got all in from the big blind against "pay4medschool," who was in early position.

"Lanfeust":
"pay4medschool":

When all was said and done, the board read and "pay4medschool" missed the nut flush draw to double "Lanfeust," who finished the hand with trip sixes. "pay4medschool" was left with just 26,000 after the hand.

Hand #2: On the following hand, "Lanfeust" doubled through "spinach_kale" after calling a raise in the small blind from "spinach_kale," who opened in the hijack. "Lanfeust" check-called a continuation-bet on the flop and check-shoved the turn . "spinach_kale" called.

"Lanfeust":
"spinach_kale":

"Lanfeust" turned the second-nut flush and faded the full house draw that "spinach_kale" had after turning two pair to complete their second double in as many hands.

Hand #3: On the very next hand, multiple people entered the pot as "pay4medschool" was all in, and when all was said and done it was "Luckyduck" who found both the knockout and a full double through "spinach_kale," becoming the chip leader in the process as six people now remain.

Player	Chips	Progress
Luckyduck	701,297 161,775	161,775
spinach_kale	649,285 -485,853	-485,853
Lanfeust	630,024 476,518	476,518
pay4medsch00l	Busted

In Level 17 with blinds of 3,500/7,000 and an ante of 875, Mike “MistaMenza” Menzer jammed for 102,000 in middle position and "spinach_kale_ reraised to 197,000. Action folded around to the big blind, where "Djp120388" called all in for around 120,000.

Mike “MistaMenza” Menzer:
"Djp120388":
"spinach_kale":

"spinach_kale" had a shot at a double knockout, but a queen-high runout of gave Menzer the triple. "spinach_kale" held for the side pot and the bounty, eliminating "Djp120388" in eighth place.

Player	Chips	Progress
spinach_kale	1,135,138 134,032	134,032
Mike “MistaMenza” Menzer	317,238 243,475	243,475
Djp120388	Busted

In Level 16 with blinds of 3,000/6,000 and an ante of 750, several limps brought action to "phillychzsteak1" in the small blind, who raised and received only one call from "Luckyduck" in early position.

With action heads up and a pot of 78,000, the flop came . "phillychzsteak1" bet 39,000 and "Luckyduck" raised to 84,000. "phillychzsteak1" went into the tank, thinking for close to a minute before jamming for 232,000. "Luckyduck" called for barely less.

"Luckyduck":
"phillychzsteak1":

"phillychzsteak1" was drawing dead by the turn and the river completed the runout, leaving them with less than 2,000. They were eliminated two hands later in ninth place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Luckyduck	539,522 177,136	177,136
phillychzsteak1	Busted

In Level 15 with blinds of 2,500/5,000 and an ante of 625, action folded around to "spinach_kale" in the small blind and they opened to 17,500. "rumpthumper" jammed for 176,000 and "spinach_kale" immediately clicked the call button.

"rumpthumper":
"spinach_kale":

"rumpthumper" found some improvement on the flop , but it would not be enough as the turn and river completed the runout to result in their elimination from the tournament in 10th place.

Nine players now remain, all of whom are on the final table with play officially in the money for the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
spinach_kale	1,122,797 307,174	307,174
Luckyduck	362,386 -18,980	-18,980
phillychzsteak1	234,870 33,097	33,097
pay4medsch00l	179,994 8,125	8,125
Lanfeust	153,506 -40,250	-40,250
Djp120388	121,701 -26,186	-26,186
goods21	80,703 54,221	54,221
Mike “MistaMenza” Menzer	73,763 -46,475	-46,475
jaxksonjoe	40,280 -7,750	-7,750
rumpthumper	Busted