As the money bubble approaches, the action has been almost exclusively an all-in preflop leading to everyone folding or a walk in the big blind.

Stay tuned as blinds escalate and effective stacks become shorter.

Here are the counts from the final table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Upay4mySushi	765,034 170,440	170,440
thebikeman12	561,972 -3,500	-3,500
LetsGoGlobal	297,748 75,232	75,232
Gamestop2012	249,076 -81,000	-81,000
Johnanthony55	241,766 -35,000	-35,000
Enemyy Tuna	216,395 51,486	51,486
KCspencey	165,534 62,750	62,750
J_Voorhees187	132,480 -96,773	-96,773
georgejanssen	119,995 -46,750	-46,750

Level 20 (6000/12000 ante 1250)

"Surge_Ibaka" opened to 26,400 from the cutoff and found one caller in "thebikeman12" in the big blind.

The flop came and "thebikeman12" led out for 24,000. "Surge_Ibaka" responded by raising to 60,000, which "thebikeman12" called.

The turn brought the and "thebikeman12" shoved for 234,571. "Surge_Ibaka" called for their last 144,601 and hands were tabled.

"thebikeman12":
"Surge_Ibaka":

"Surge_Ibaka" was well out in front, but would need to fade a or to survive.

A fateful completed the board and gave "thebikeman12" a winning straight, knocking "Surge_Ibaka" out just before the final table.

Player	Chips	Progress
thebikeman12	565,472 314,507	314,507
Surge_Ibaka	Busted

With just one elimination to go from reaching the final table, hand-for-hand play has commenced.

Level 20 (6000/12000 ante 1500)

"Gamestop2012" open-shoved first to act for 180,520. Directly behind, "cbauer6789" called off for their last 122,556. Everyone else folded.

"cbauer6789":
"Gamestop2012":

It was a classic hold'em race, and the runout favored "Gamestop2012", eliminating "cbauer6789" from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gamestop2012	330,076 147,806	147,806
cbauer6789	Busted

Level 19 (5000/10000 ante 1250)

"Gamestop2012" open-shoved for 81,760 first to act and action folded over to "Mirana99" on the button, who also shoved for 87,265. Everyone else folded and hand were revealed.

"Gamestop2012":
"Mirana99":

"Mirana99" was dominated and found no help on the runout, awarding "Gamestop2012" the double up.

"Mirana99" was eliminated shortly thereafter.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gamestop2012	182,270 96,760	96,760
Mirana99	Busted

Here are the counts of the 13 players left in contention.

Player	Chips	Progress
Upay4mySushi	594,594 46,594	46,594
Surge_Ibaka	404,375 42,175	42,175
Johnanthony55	276,766 174,191	174,191
thebikeman12	250,965
J_Voorhees187	229,253 -34,747	-34,747
LetsGoGlobal	222,516 -8,000	-8,000
georgejanssen	166,745 166,745	166,745
Enemyy Tuna	164,909 27,022	27,022
Mirana99	122,772
KCspencey	102,784 -58,568	-58,568
theduke8605	94,554 -82,915	-82,915
Gamestop2012	85,510 20,510	20,510
cbauer6789	34,257 -18,743	-18,743

Level 17 (3000/6000 ante 750)

Action folded around to the blinds, where "Unholy-Rollerz" shoved for 93,760. "LetsGoGlobal" called from the big blind to put "Unholy-Rollerz" at risk.

"Unholy-Rollerz":
"LetsGoGlobal":

The board ran out , keeping "LetsGoGlobal" in front and eliminating "Unholy-Rollerz" from contention.

Player	Chips	Progress
LetsGoGlobal	230,516 13,136	13,136
Unholy-Rollerz	Busted

Level 15 (2000/4000 ante 500)

"SimpinAintEasy" limped from the hijack, as did "Mirana99" from the button. "Surge_Ibaka" completed from the small and "cbauer6789" checked their option from the big blind.

The flop came and action checked to "SimpinAintEasy", who bet 14,333. Only "Surge_Ibaka" called.

The turn brought the and "Surge_Ibaka" check-raised a 26,208 bet from "SimpinAintEasy" to 64,500. "SimpinAintEasy" responded by shoving for 152,705 and "Surge_Ibaka" called.

"SimpinAintEasy":
"Surge_Ibaka":

"Surge_Ibaka" had flopped the nut straight and "SimpinAintEasy" was left drawing dead.

A meaningless completed the board and "SimpinAintEasy" was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Surge_Ibaka	362,200 259,038	259,038
SimpinAintEasy	Busted

Late registration is now over. In total, there were 37 unique entrants and 18 re-entries for 55 entries total. This was enough to cover the $80K guaranteed prize pool, which has been finalized at $104,500.

Seven players will get paid a minimum of $4,337.73, with the eventual champion taking down $36,202.66.