In Level 26 with blinds of 12,000/24,000 and an ante of 3,000, Ryan "simlSgg" Hagerty opened to 48,000 in the hijack and saw "SaltSea" three-bet shove for 83,000 in the small blind. Katie "KatieStone" Stone folded her big blind to send action back to Hagerty, who wasted no time calling.

"SaltSea":
Ryan "simlSgg" Hagerty:

"SaltSea" was unable to find another trey on the runout and was eliminated in 11th place. Moments later, Stone herself was also eliminated by Hagerty in 10th, and nine remained as hand-for-hand play began.

Once hand-for-hand play began, "Cholie" was moved to balance tables and called off their remaining 235,000 in the big blind after Hagerty put them all in from the small blind.

"Cholie":
Ryan "simlSgg" Hagerty:

The flop came to all but ensure a double for "Cholie" until the unimaginable happened in running to give Hagerty trips and eliminate "Cholie" in ninth place just moments after they found their new seat at the table.

With the trio of eliminations, eight players now remain and the final table has officially been reached. Updated chip counts have been provided for all eight who remain.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan "simlSgg" Hagerty	1,226,622 1,010,502	1,010,502
joey1way	795,072 525,836	525,836
xxx6395200xxx	702,855 702,855	702,855
Daniel "leinad" Buzgon	394,700 278,724	278,724
James "Bagels" Lillis	349,161 254,784	254,784
Ross "thehebrewhammer" Gottlieb	312,136 -303,292	-303,292
King_Icon	240,771 -18,573	-18,573
Chris "rumpthumper" White	228,683 -130,257	-130,257
SaltSea	Busted
Cholie	Busted
Katie "KatieStone" Stone	Busted