In Level 31 with blinds of 25,000/50,000 and an ante of 6,250,

Hand #1: "joey1way" opened to 121,000 in the cutoff and "Gohednpopoff" called on the button. "Stonniepokes" three-bet jammedf or 738,000 in the small blind and "joey1way" gave action.

"Stonniepokes":
"joey1way":

"Stonniepokes" needed to hit to stay alive and did so on the flop . They improved further on the turn , but in doing so also increased the number of outs they needed to fade from two to 11. It all worked out as the river came and "Stonniepokes" held to secure the double.

Hand #2: Two hands later, "joey1way" jammed for 672,000 under the gun and "Gohednpopoff" called in the hijack. All remaining players folded.

"joey1way":
"Gohednpopoff":

It appeared as if "joey1way" would be on the wrong end of two consecutive coin flips as the flop appeared. However, they backed into Broadway as the turn and river completed the runout and they found a double of their own to get back to 1.45 million.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gohednpopoff	2,831,698 -669,919	-669,919
Stonniepokes	1,680,751 750,148	750,148
joey1way	1,458,348 -92,179	-92,179

In Level 30 with blinds of 20,000/40,000 and an ante of 5,000, "Gohednpopoff" opened to 80,000 under the gun and "kgkg510" called in the small blind. Ryan "Whosyourdoddy" Dodd was in the big blind and "squeezed," three-betting to 360,000.

"Gohednpopoff" folded to put action onto "kgkg510," who went into the tank for a few moments before following suite to concede the pot to Dodd preflop.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gohednpopoff	3,501,617 -307,265	-307,265
kgkg510	2,278,383 656,030	656,030
Ryan "Whosyourdoddy" Dodd	1,777,486 504,420	504,420
joey1way	1,550,527 -562,247	-562,247
Stonniepokes	930,603 169,900	169,900
xxx6395200xxx	761,384 -606,375	-606,375

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In Level 28 with blinds of 16,000/32,000, "Gohednpopoff" opened in the hijack and "Ghoul" three-bet jammed for 330,000 in the cutoff. "Gohednpopoff" called.

"Ghoul":
"Gohednpopoff":

The flop brought disaster for "Ghoul," coming to give "Gohednpopoff" a pair of kings. They were unable to hit one of the two remaining queens in the deck as the turn and river completed the runout, resulting in their elimination from the tournament in 10th place.

Nine players now remain, and hand-for-hand play is in effect across the two remaining tables.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gohednpopoff	2,842,538 1,089,015	1,089,015
ghoul	Busted

In Level 28 with blinds of 16,000/32,000, a series of preflop raises resulted in "KingKong24" jamming for 525,000 from the cutoff and being called by "joey1way," who was on the button.

"KingKong24":
"joey1way":

Any hopes that "KingKong24" had for a double quickly seemed to fade away as the flop came , giving "joey1way" top two pair and leaving "KingKong" in need of hitting a three outer to pull back ahead. The turn improved both players' absolute hand strengths, though their relative situation remained unchanged. The river completed the runout and "joey1way" took down the pot with aces full, eliminating "KingKong24" in 11th place to earn a payday of $648.

Two more eliminations are needed to reach the final table, both of which will earn a newly-laddered payjump of $864.

Player	Chips	Progress
joey1way	1,993,649 584,219	584,219
KingKong24	Busted

In Level 27 with blinds of 14,000/28,000 and an ante of 3,500, "Gohednpopoff" opened to 56,000 in the hijack and "xxx6395200xxx" called on the button. Action went heads up to a flop of and both players checked.

The turn came and "Gohednpopoff" bet 85,000. "xxx6395200xxx" called, bringing the river . "Gohednpopoff" bet another 243,000 and "xxx6395200xxx" quicky called.

"Gohednpopoff" showed for a busted gutshot draw to Broadway and "xxx6395200xxx" showed for trips, earning the pot to bring their stack over 2 million and reclaim the chip lead in the tournament along the way.

Player	Chips	Progress
xxx6395200xxx	2,107,259 1,004,850	1,004,850
Gohednpopoff	1,753,523 -549,479	-549,479

On the last hand before a five-minute break in Level 27 with blinds of 14,000/28,000 and an ante of 3,500, "dhimp20" shoved for 200,000 under the gun and "Gohednpopoff" called in the hijack. All remaining players folded.

"dhimp20":
"Gohednpopoff":

"dhimp20" shoved into a dominating hand and quickly found elimination as the board came , giving "Gohednpopoff" aces up en route to the knockout.

Updated counts from the 11 remaining players on break have been provided below.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gohednpopoff	2,303,002 176,319	176,319
joey1way	1,409,430 -239,809	-239,809
xxx6395200xxx	1,102,409 287,100	287,100
ghoul	1,041,386 -87,500	-87,500
Unsure	1,033,612 198,756	198,756
Stonniepokes	914,823 -65,300	-65,300
kgkg510	879,804 325,652	325,652
Ryan "Whosyourdoddy" Dodd	740,691 379,595	379,595
KingKong24	616,994 278,297	278,297
steveeee	556,244 194,000	194,000
Michael “IIIIIIIIIIIII” Haberman	201,605 -664,456	-664,456
dhimp20	Busted