In Level 28 with blinds of 16,000/32,000 and an ante of 4,000, action folded around to "pay4medsch00l" in the small blind and they shoved for the 509,000 effective in Ryan "Whosyourdoddy" Dodd's stack, who was in the big blind and immediately called.

"pay4medsch00l":
Ryan "Whosyourdoddy" Dodd:

An ace o the flop al but sealed the deal for Dodd's double, and running made it official, resulting in a seven-figure pot being sent his way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan "Whosyourdoddy" Dodd	1,043,314 487,757	487,757
pay4medsch00l	642,354 -300,157	-300,157

In Level 27 with blinds of 14,000/28,000 and an ante of 3,500, action folded to "TheTerminator1", who was on the button and limped in. Dan "mj23style" Sewnig was next to act in the small blind and pumped it up to 126,000. "TheTerminator1" called to take action heads up to a flop of , where both players checked.

The turn came and Sewnig fired a bet of 167,000. "TheTerminator1" called and the river fell . Sewnig bet again, this time for 327,000, and "TheTerminator1" called without much deliberation.

Sewnig showed for an overpair of queens and the pot of 1.29 million was sent his way, taking him to nearly 3.5 million and further increasing his chip lead as six-handed play continues.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan "mj23style" Sewnig	3,497,371 930,166	930,166
TheTerminator1	725,517 -678,682	-678,682

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In Level 26 with blinds of 12,000/24,000 and an ante of 3,000, Brian "TopCreature" Sherrier opened the action with a raise to 50,000 in early position and action folded around to the small blind, where Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken called. "ryanmco18" was in the big blind and also called, taking action three ways to the streets.

The flop dropped and both players in the blinds checked to put action onto Sherrier, who made a continuation-bet of 57,000. Vanauken folded and "ryanmco18" check-raised to 187,000. Sherrier came over the top, three-bet jamming for 517,000 and "ryanmco18" called.

Brian "TopCreature" Sherrier:
"ryanmco18":

Sherrier's top pair with a queen kicker and second-nut flush draw was way out in front and the turn ensured his double, leaving "ryanmco18" drawing dead to the river for the pot of 1.2 million to be shipped Sherrier's way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian "TopCreature" Sherrier	1,206,498 780,729	780,729
ryanmco18	420,606 -453,169	-453,169
Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken	346,124 -132,660	-132,660

In Level 25 with blinds of 10,000/20,000 and an ante of 2,500, Brian "TopCreature" Sherrier shoved on the button for 296,000 effective and "ryanmco18" called all in for that amount in the small blind.

"ryanmco18":
Brian "TopCreature" Sherrier:

No king or ten came as the board ran out and "ryanmco18" earned the double to take their stack over 620,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
ryanmco18	622,756 408,994	408,994
Brian "TopCreature" Sherrier	432,069 -292,318	-292,318

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In regards to the man known as "Gags," he has been playing poker professionally for a decade and has amassed more than $2 million in live tournament cashes. That includes a career-best $448,463 for winning the 2016 World Series of Poker Event #25: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em, good for his first bracelet. He also finished third in the 2017 WSOP Event #27: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em - 6 Handed for $210,139.

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It's been a good day for Gagliano so far, as he has already doubled his starting stack. Stay tuned to find out if he can keep this momentum going!

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