In Level 22 with blinds of 6,000/12,000 and an ante of 1,500, "ghoul" saw action fold around to them on the button and jammed for 160,000. "Core4" re-jammed in the small blind and forced a fold behind to send the two players off to the races.

"ghoul":
"Core4":

"ghoul" stayed ahead on the flop but saw an unfortunate turn , giving "Core4" top pair and leaving them with one shot at six outs to stay in the tourney. None of them came on the river and they were eliminated from the tournament in 22nd place. Just one elimination is needed to make it into the money, meaning the tournament has reached the direct bubble.

Player	Chips	Progress
Core4	584,122 -15,834	-15,834
ghoul	Busted

In Level 21 with blinds of 10,000/20,000 and an ante of 2,500, "mooseman1710" opened to 22,000 and "chen718" three-bet shoved for 137,000. "mooseman1710" called.

"chen718":
"mooseman1710"

After losing a coin flip for half of their stack just a few hands prior, "chen718" found themselves at risk for their tournament life in another coin-flip situation. Once again, they wound up on the wrong end of the coin as the board ran out , leaving their big-slick dry to result in their 23rd-place finish in the tournament.

With 22 players now remaining, two eliminations are needed for play to reach the money. Hand-for-hand play is in effect across the three remaining tables until two more players go bust.

Player	Chips	Progress
mooseman1710	605,100 241,195	241,195
chen718	Busted

In Level 21 with blinds of 10,000/20,000 and an ante of 2,500, "chen718" opened to 22,000 in middle position and action folded around to James ‘Bagels’ Lillis, who three-bet jammed for 110,000 in the big blind. "chen718" called.

James ‘Bagels’ Lillis:
"chen718":

The two were off to the races and Lillis saw a favorable and sweat-free runout of give him top pair, top kicker and score him a double. Twenty-three players still remain, with one more elimination needed for hand-for-hand play to begin and three more needed to reach the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
James ‘Bagels’ Lillis	235,270 8,185	8,185
chen718	173,745 -130,985	-130,985

In Level 20 with blinds of 4,000/8,000 and an ante of 1,000, action folded around to "BlackCoffee" in the small blind and they jammed for 75,000. "mooseman1710" was in the big blind and went into the tank, dipping into their time bank momentarily before finding a call.

"BlackCoffee":
"mooseman1710":

"mooseman1710" found their call to be the correct one and the board ran out to leave their king high on top, knocking out "BlackCoffee" in 24th place and earning their bounty to go with the pot of 160,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
mooseman1710	363,905 153,600	153,600
BlackCoffee	Busted

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In Level 19 with blinds of 3,500/7,000 and an ante of 875, "TraderSteve" opened under the gun and called a three-bet shove for 61,000 from "Edsebo" in the small blind.

"Edsebo":
"TraderSteve":

"Edsebo" was in front and pulled further ahead on the flop . They faded the three outer on both the turn and river and earned a double as a result.

Moments later on an adjacent table, Stanton "Stonniepokes" Tentnowski got all in preflop with pocket kings versus "mooseman1710," who had pocket nines. Tentnowski had no problem holding and scored a double of his own too.

Player	Chips	Progress
TraderSteve	256,235 115,272	115,272
mooseman1710	210,305 -74,014	-74,014
Stanton "Stonniepokes" Tentnowski	183,028 116,014	116,014
Edsebo	135,032 48,616	48,616

Level 19 has just begun with blinds of 3,500/7,000 and an ante of 875 and 26 players remain as the tournament enters a five-minute break. "lenny54" finds themselves on top of the chip counts with "Core4" and Borgata Ambassador Daniel "leinad" Bugzon rounding out the top three. Complete chip counts have been provided below for all 26 who remain.

Player	Chips	Progress
lenny54	643,694
Core4	599,956
Daniel “leinad” Buzgon	543,634
chaposticks	437,022
IReadYrSoul	388,465
Michael “IIIIIIIIIIIII” Haberman	381,522
Dan “mj23style” Sewnig	329,499
chen718	304,730
Stevehung	291,784
ghoul	289,023
mooseman1710	284,319
phillychzsteak1	248,279
a_stormy_knight	246,982
sri50k	243,207
James ‘Bagels’ Lillis	227,085
A. Jackson1767	203,380
bighatnocattle	201,611
Brian “TopCreature” Sherrier	183,627
ELITEMALESSO	183,014
overendwatts	154,276
TraderSteve	140,963
BlackCoffee	110,475
mdoan21	91,847
Edsebo	86,416
Eric “alwaysliquid” Vanauken	68,176

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In Level 18 with blinds of 3,000/6,000 and an ante of 750, "ndirish50" jammed for 81,000 under the gun and received action from "mooseman1710" in the small blind.

"ndirish50":
"mooseman1710":

The flop came to put "mooseman1710" out in front and "ndirish50" was unable to hit either of the two remaining nines in the deck as the turn and river completed the runout to send them to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
mooseman1710	193,944 143,944	143,944
ndirish50	Busted

In Level 17 with blinds of 2,500/5,000 and an ante of 625, action folded around to Michael “IIIIIIIIIIIII” Haberman on the button and he jammed for 90,000 effective. a_stormy_knight called all in for 70,000 in the small blind.

"a_stormy_knight":
Michael “IIIIIIIIIIIII” Haberman:

No three came as the board ran out and "a_stormy_knight" saw the pot shipped their way for the dub.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael “IIIIIIIIIIIII” Haberman	398,472 -22,338	-22,338
a_stormy_knight	150,301