In Level 27 with blinds of 18,000/36,000 and an ante of 4,500, "HellHound" shoved for 121,000 in middle position and received a call from "JMPoker" in the hijack. "poflatland" then three-bet to 537,000 in the cutoff to put action onto "theMossberg," who was on the button and called all in for 472,000. "JMPoker" folded and a three-way all in ensued.

"HellHound":
"theMossberg":
"poflatland":

A double-knockout and big chip lead was in the forecast for "poflatland" but a miracle flop of came for "HellHound" instead. The turn gave "theMossberg" life with a backdoor gutter to Broadway, but the river did not fulfill the draw.

"HellHound" wound up quadrupling and then some with their full house, while "poflatland" took down the side pot to eliminate "theMossberg" from the tournament in seventh place. They earned $117 for their efforts and got another $10 from two knockouts.

Player	Chips	Progress
rumpthumper	1,798,169 -67,500	-67,500
poflatland	1,441,998 -569,220	-569,220
JMPoker	875,272 36,570	36,570
Dirty_Harry6	845,517 -207,416	-207,416
SenorAlto	631,632 62,500	62,500
HellHound	569,220 250,790	250,790
theMossberg	Busted

In the last hand of Level 26 with blinds of 16,000/32,000 and an ante of 4,000, "Retsnom1" shoved for 144,000 in early position and received a call from "JMPoker" in the small blind.

"Retsnom1":
"JMPoker":

It was a coin-flip situation and "Retsnom1" needed to improve to stay in the tournament. They did not do so as the runout fell to leave them unimproved and second best to the sixes that "JMPoker" held. They earned $87 for their eighth-place finish, and scored eight bounties to add another $40 to that tally.

Player	Chips	Progress
JMPoker	838,702 76,414	76,414
Retsnom1	Busted

In Level 26 with blinds of 16,000/32,000 and an ante of 4,000, "rumpthumper" opened the action with a raise to 80,000 in middle position and "cenation" three-bet jammed for 289,000. "rumpthumper" called.

"cenation":
"rumpthumper":

"cenation" was ahead until an ace came on the flop , and they were unable to find a two-outer on both the turn and river to result in them taking ninth place for a payday of $127, split nearly 50-50 between prize money and the 12.5 knockouts they amassed over the course of the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
poflatland	2,011,218 702,000	702,000
rumpthumper	1,865,669 -72,450	-72,450
cenation	Busted

Hand #1: On the last hand of Level 25 with blinds of 14,000/28,000 and an ante of 3,500, "Str8crazY" raised to 84,000 under the gun and action folded around to "rumpthumper" in the small blind, who three-bet shoved for 767,000. "Str8crazY" quickly called.

"rumpthumper":
"Str8crazY":

Both players hit sets as the board ran out , leaving "rumpthumper" to sweat a perfect-perfect runout en route to a double.

Hand #2: On the very next hand and the first hand of Level 26 (16,000,32,000/4,000), action folded around to "rumpthumper" on the button and they jammed all in. "Str8crazY" called off their remaining 10 big blinds and the two were off to the races.

"Str8crazY":
"rumpthumper":

"Str8crazY" picked up a few extra outs on the turn but ultimately fell short as the board came to leave them with nothing more than ace-high, which was no good to the pair of threes that "rumpthumper" held. They were eliminated from the tournament in 10th place, bringing about the final table, one that "rumpthumper" now enters with a sizeable chip lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
rumpthumper	1,938,119 990,202	990,202
poflatland	1,309,218 -39,000	-39,000
Dirty_Harry6	1,052,933 37,000	37,000
JMPoker	762,288 -3,674	-3,674
SenorAlto	569,132 205,500	205,500
cenation	465,550 185,876	185,876
HellHound	318,430 -103,000	-103,000
theMossberg	265,916 -198,056	-198,056
Retsnom1	248,414 -100,500	-100,500
Str8crazY	Busted

In Level 23 with blinds of 10,000/20,000 and an ante of 2,500, the cards were in the process of being ran out as "Skysdad823" was all in on the button against "rumpthumper" in the small blind for the first seven-figure pot of the tournament.

"Skysdad823":
"rupthumper":

"Skysdad823" found themselves in trouble and no help came as the board ran out to result in their elimination from the tournament in 15th place. Meanwhile, "rumpthumper" found themselves with over 1.3 million after taking down the pot.

On the other table in play, "Dirty_Harry6" has also seen a heater shoot their stack up to 1.28 million. The pair of players are the only two above 1 million, and have nearly double that of the next-closest player in the tournament, "JMPoker," who is the only other player over 500,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
rumpthumper	1,336,737 486,988	486,988
Dirty_Harry6	1,281,690 880,142	880,142
JMPoker	674,782 62,500	62,500
Skysdad823	Busted