In Level 32 with blinds of 30,000/60,000 and an ante of 7,500, Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken found himself at risk for his tournament life preflop from under the gun, having received action from "treetrap," who was in the big blind.

Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken:
"treetrap":

Vanauken needed to hit one of his two live cards and was unable to do so as a ten-high runout of left him no good to the eventual top pair, top kicker of his opponent. He was eliminated in sixth place, earning $1,269 for his efforts.

Player	Chips	Progress
treetrap	3,423,320 893,476	893,476
Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken	Busted

In Level 31 with blinds of 25,000/50,000 and an ante of 6,250, "Bagels" shoved their last 231,000 into the middle on the button and was called by Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken, who was in the big blind.

"Bagels":
Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken:

"Bagels" had two live cards but neither player wound up pairing any of their hole cards as the board ran out and "Bagels" was eliminated from the tournament in seventh place as a result.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken	1,078,476 -336,776	-336,776
Bagels	Busted

In Level 29 with blinds of 18,000/36,000 and an ante of 4,500, preflop action saw "a_stormy_knight" and "treetrap" get all of their chips into the middle. "a_stormy_knight" was at risk from middle position against "treetrap," who was under the gun.

"a_stormy_knight":
"treetrap":

"a_stormy_knight" had run their kings into identically-suited aces and it proved to be the end of their night as the board ran out to finish the tournament in eighth place.

Player	Chips	Progress
treetrap	1,489,922 731,260	731,260
a_stormy_knight	Busted

In Level 29 with blinds of 18,000/36,000 and an ante of 4,500, action folded around to "BlckJck" in the small blind and they completed. "rule22" raised their option to 90,000 and "BlckJck" limp-reraised to 270,000. "rule22" came over the top to put "BlckJck" all in for 655,000 total and a call was quickly made.

"BlckJck":
"rule22":

The two players eventually and inevitably found stacks go into the middle in an unavoidable cooler situation. "BlckJck" was in great shape for the double as the flop and turn appeared. Unfortunately for them, the river completed the runout and improved "rule22" to a full house and eliminate "BlckJck" from the tournament as the ninth-place finisher.

Player	Chips	Progress
rule22	3,711,743 942,292	942,292
IReadYrSoul	3,102,533 303,190	303,190
Anthony “Flawlissbinkage” Maio	1,534,742 -656,168	-656,168
a_stormy_knight	778,060 41,160	41,160
treetrap	758,662 515,071	515,071
Bagels	617,724 64,500	64,500
Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken	587,126 23,463	23,463
BlckJck	Busted

In Level 29 with blinds of 18,000/36,000 and an ante of 4,500, Anthony “Flawlissbinkage” Maio opened to 72,000 in the hijack and "ghoul" three-bet jammed for 1.035 million in the small blind. Maio immediately called.

"ghoul":
Anthony “Flawlissbinkage” Maio:

"ghoul" found themselves in a cooler situation and were unable to hit a queen as the board ran out to leave Maio's aces up on top. The pot of over 2 million was shipped Maio's way as "ghoul" finished the tournament in 10th place.

Nine players now remain across two tables and one more elimination is needed for the tournament to reach the final table. Hand-for-hand play has been enacted once again until the final table is reached.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anthony “Flawlissbinkage” Maio	2,190,910 1,198,614	1,198,614
ghoul	Busted