Players have just returned from a five-minute break and only a couple of minutes remain in Level 18 (3,000/6,000/750). Just 50 players now remain after a chunk of post-add-on eliminations.

Player	Chips	Progress
SLHalper13	Busted
GiantGenius	Busted
upayformypennys	Busted
NoRecourse	Busted
Stonniepokes	Busted
KingofNJ	Busted
dhimp20	Busted
RobertJordan	Busted
brownmagic	Busted
samir_mora_78	Busted
Ross "thehebrewhammer" Gottleib	Busted
Allyoucaneat	Busted
Stoops211	Busted

In Level 17 with blinds of 2,500/5,000 and an ante of 625, "TheTerminator1" is now atop the counts with 57 players remaining. Chip counts for the players on the first page of the leader board have been provided below.

Player	Chips	Progress
TheTerminator1	480,411
metzfan86	441,628
IReadYrSoul	436,855
Michael "Gags30" Gagliano	435,680
Bond18	422,582
maniacalmonk	408,839
mooseman1710	385,656
MatchupProof	379,625
layitdown08	367,476
Alex “JinYang” Butcher	359,213
Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken	341,171
jaehoez24	333,514
keefvanh0rn	325,400
Dan "mj23style" Sewnig	316,914
Livthanwen	315,188
epdawg5	291,725
FRIELnGood	289,671
Premium123	285,215
angels	268,268
onoreally	266,353

In Level 16 with blinds of 2,000/4,000 and an ante of 500, stacks got into the middle for a total pot of 375,000 between Brian "TopCreature" Sherrier" in early position and "mooseman1710," who was in the small blind.
Sherrier was at risk with "mooseman1710" covering him by just 15,000.

Brian "TopCreature" Sherrier":
"mooseman1710":

Sherrier found no help as the board ran out , giving his opponent top set on the river along the way to result in his elimination from the tournament just a handful of minutes after the add-on period.

Player	Chips	Progress
mooseman1710	399,581 349,581	349,581
Brian "TopCreature" Sherrier	Busted

In Level 15 with blinds of 1,800/3,600 and an ante of 450, "a_stormy_knight" jammed under the gun for 48,000 and "chen718" shoved over the top on their direct left to force all other players out of the hand.

"a_stormy_knight":
"chen718":

"a_stormy_knight" needed to improve to double but saw "chen718" end up being the one to improve as the runout gave them a straight as "a_stormy_knight" was left with a pair of fours. They quickly rebought and were given a fresh stack of 50,000 with only a few minutes remaining in the rebuy period.

Player	Chips	Progress
chen718	173,940 121,635	121,635
a_stormy_knight	50,000

Level 15 (1,800/3,600/450) has begun and presents the last chance for players to enter the tournament if they have not done so yet. Registration will close at 10:19 p.m. ET at the end of this level, bringing the add-on period along with it.

Player	Chips	Progress
CopyYou	Busted
Barrettwins	Busted
deerpathdave	Busted
noodles73	Busted
MoZZyNJ	Busted
Goofy	Busted

In a special edition of the PokerNews Podcast, Sarah Herring, Chad Holloway, and Jeff Platt pay tribute to Mike Sexton, whose recent passing after a cancer battle left the entire poker world in mourning.

Not only do they share their own personal experiences and favorite stories, but they also talk with those close to Sexton including Linda Johnson, Jan Fisher, Maria Ho, Tony Dunst, Adam Pliska, Vince Van Patten, Nolan Dalla, Remko Rinkema, Antonio Esfandiari, and even his own brother, Jeff Sexton.

Tears are shed, laughs are had, and memories relived in this tribute to a poker legend, a consummate gentleman, and the greatest ambassador the game has ever seen.

The third break of the evening has arrived with Level 14 (1,600/3,200/400) now underway. Three more entries have been logged in the last few levels to bring the total number of players in the field up to 88. Fifty-nine players remain with "jerseyman99" atop the counts and Michael "Gags30" Gagliano in second.

The rebuy period will close at the end of Level 15 at approximately 10:19 p.m. ET. Anybody wishing to enter or rebuy (should their stack be at or below 50,000) must do so before the conclusion of Level 15, at which point all remaining players will have the option to add on for $100 and receive another 75,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
jerseyman99	349,670 349,670	349,670
Michael "Gags30" Gagliano	271,515 139,482	139,482
Bond18	268,848 66,830	66,830
hoodrathings	234,653 184,653	184,653
Dan "mj23style" Sewnig	233,393 23,190	23,190
Premium123	229,580 109,100	109,100
KingofNJ	227,766 227,766	227,766
Michael "miw210x" Wang	217,262 12,100	12,100
onoreally	209,978 -4,754	-4,754
metzfan86	204,258 88,797	88,797
Alex “JinYang” Butcher	198,323 155,771	155,771
Mike “IIIIIIIIIIII” Haberman	187,026 -14,937	-14,937
RobertJordan	171,323 75,948	75,948
samir_mora_78	167,576 167,576	167,576
pay4medsch00l	153,869 -30,080	-30,080
NoRecourse	152,755 117,451	117,451
dhimp20	151,746 33,146	33,146
ghoul	151,026 5,450	5,450
Daniel “leinad” Buzgon	150,644 128,795	128,795
KingKong24	149,719 30,010	30,010
HellHound	Busted
HaliaX	Busted
under_where00	Busted
goods21	Busted
Monkee	Busted

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In Level 13 with blinds of 1,400/2,800 and an ante of 350, Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken opened to 5,600 in middle position and "pay4medsch00l" called in the cutoff. "ghoul" was next to act on the button and three-bet to 17,600, prompting action to fold back around to Vanauken, who jammed for 69,000.

"pay4medsch00l" folded to put action back onto "ghoul," who thought for about 20 seconds before letting their hand go to earn Vanauken the pot without needing to see a runout. He finds himself just shy of 100,000 after taking down the pot, while both "pay4medsch00l" and "ghoul" have both also chipped up in recent levels, having stacks of 183,000 and 145,000, respectively as well.

Player	Chips	Progress
pay4medsch00l	183,949 77,144	77,144
ghoul	145,576 95,576	95,576
Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken	99,302