Level 9 has now begun with blinds of 1,000/2,000 and an ante of 250. Three full tables are in play as 27 players are in on the action from a total of 40 entries so far. Here's an updated list of the top 20 stacks in the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
mouse13	160,716 -10,050	-10,050
NoRverNoFish	131,759 -19,216	-19,216
MistaMenza	113,818 8,724	8,724
Gman6260	110,685 51,226	51,226
EDESS	101,496 3,246	3,246
COMEATTHEKING	101,325 -3,000	-3,000
Shaun341	98,287 98,287	98,287
robtimms69	96,897 96,897	96,897
Alex "JinYang" Butcher	94,390 94,390	94,390
rags224	91,591 -5,376	-5,376
doctorJ	86,478 -8,925	-8,925
bigcakes1	81,789 81,789	81,789
Monkee	74,820 22,435	22,435
sri100k	70,844 25,045	25,045
UFOLDIWIN	69,238 26,163	26,163
Mike "IIIIIIIIII" Haberman	63,100 3,450	3,450
tbone111	62,195 62,195	62,195
Doni34	57,863 8,113	8,113
rounder1420	55,450 -2,200	-2,200
JMPoker	52,637 52,637	52,637

In Level 8 with blinds of 800/1,600 and an ante of 200, "rounder1420" limped in early position and saw "eddie11" limp in behind in middle position. Action folded around to "La_Flama_Blanca" in the small blind, who completed, and then "COMEATTHEKING" checked their option in the big blind.

Action was four handed as the flop came , and the first three players checked over to "eddie11," who fired 6,100. Both blinds folded, and then rounder1420 check-shoved for 43,300.

"eddie11" found themselves faced with a decision for their remaining 28,700 and opted not to commit it. Their fold resulted in "rounder1420" taking the pot down on the flop, bringing them back over a starting stack along the way.

Player	Chips	Progress
COMEATTHEKING	104,325 16,725	16,725
rounder1420	57,650 57,650	57,650
La_Flama_Blanca	51,462 6,462	6,462
eddie11	28,688 -14,162	-14,162

In Level 7 with blinds of 600/1,200 and an ante of 150, "rags224" opened to 3,600 under the gun and action folded around to "Gman6260" on the button, who called. One more call was made from the blinds and the flop came .

"rags224" saw a check ahead of them and then they made a continuation-bet of 6,900. "Gman6260" quickly put in a raise to 27,600, prompting a fold back to "rags224," who three-bet all in for 56,700.

"Gman6260" did not act so quickly this time around, thinking for a little while before electing to fold and allow the pot to be sent to "rags224" as a result.

Player	Chips	Progress
rags224	96,967 30,825	30,825
Gman6260	59,459 -49,475	-49,475

Play is midway through Level 6 with blinds of 500/1,000 and an ante of 125 and a total of 29 entries have now been recorded as the tournament enters its first break of the evening. Eight eliminations have occurred, meaning 21 players are in contention across three tables. Updated chip counts on the field have been provided below.

Player	Chips	Progress
mouse13	170,766 34,315	34,315
NoRverNoFish	150,975 108,235	108,235
Gman6260	108,934 8,925	8,925
MistaMenza	105,094 -31,121	-31,121
EDESS	98,250 98,250	98,250
doctorJ	95,403 37,133	37,133
COMEATTHEKING	87,600 41,870	41,870
rags224	66,142 66,142	66,142
Mike "IIIIIIIIII" Haberman	59,650 59,650	59,650
Monkee	52,385 -14,591	-14,591
robtimms69	50,000 50,000	50,000
Doni34	49,750 49,750	49,750
sri100k	45,799 -41,071	-41,071
alwaysliquid	45,750 27,163	27,163
La_Flama_Blanca	45,000 45,000	45,000
UFOLDIWIN	43,075 43,075	43,075
eddie11	42,850 -7,285	-7,285
OutOfTime	39,849 -11,331	-11,331
joey1way	37,940 37,940	37,940
mooseman1710	37,887 -15,879	-15,879
spinach_kale	16,901 16,901	16,901

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In Level 5 with blinds of 400/800 and an ante of 100, "MistaMenza" raised to 2,000 in early position and received a call from "Monkee" in middle position. Both "alwaysliquid" in the small blind and "Gman6260" in the big blind also came along, and four players saw the flop drop .

Action checked to "MistaMenza," who made a continuation-bet of 3,650. "Monkee" piled in 27,200 over the top, an all-in bet that saw "alwaysliquid" check-raise all in over the top for 45,000 to fold out both remaining players.

"Monkee":
"alwaysliquid":

"Monkee" needed to fade Broadway and nut-flush outs, and the turn added two more tens to that tally. However, the river was safe and the main pot of almost 67,000 was sent their way as a result.

Player	Chips	Progress
MistaMenza	136,215 70,065	70,065
Gman6260	100,009 60,700	60,700
Monkee	66,976 23,370	23,370
alwaysliquid	18,587 -28,333	-28,333

In Level 4 with blinds of 300/600 and an ante of 75, "sri100k" limped in early position and was raised to 3,300 by "mouse13" on their direct left. "eddie13" called in the hijack and action folded around to "SCHRISH" in the big blind, who three-bet to 6,300.

"sri100k" folded to put action back onto "mouse13," who four-bet to 51,300. "eddie11" folded and "SCHRISH" called all in for an ante shy of 50,000.

"SCHRISH":
"mouse13":

"SCHRISH" found their second-best starting hand up against the one hand that was ahead of it. A ten-high runout of changed nothing and they were eliminated from the tournament. Meanwhile, "mouse13" now has 136,000 and finds themselves atop the leader board.

Player	Chips	Progress
mouse13	136,451 71,127	71,127
SCHRISH	Busted

Level 3 has begun with blinds of 250/500 and an ante of 60, and the number of players in the field has risen to 13. Just one elimination has occurred so far across the two tables in play. Here's a look at chip counts across the board.

Player	Chips	Progress
sri100k	86,870 42,050	42,050
MistaMenza	66,150 -2,220	-2,220
mouse13	65,324 4,914	4,914
doctorJ	58,270
mooseman1710	53,766 3,766	3,766
OutOfTime	51,180
eddie11	50,135
alwaysliquid	46,920
COMEATTHEKING	45,730
Monkee	43,606 -6,394	-6,394
NoRverNoFish	42,740
Gman6260	39,309 -10,691	-10,691