Hand #1: In Level 26 with blinds of 10,000/20,000 and an ante of 2,500, "AsyncVoid" open-raised to 90,000 in the hijack, leaving just 2,912 behind that they called off when "OpusX6969" put them all in from the small blind.

"AsyncVoid":
"OpusX6969":

The first card of the runout sealed the fate of "AsyncVoid", giving "OpusX6969" a pair of jacks that wound up holding to eliminate "AsyncVoid" in 14th place.

Hand #2: Just seconds later at the other table left in play, "WadeDavenport" opened to 40,000 on the button and "wicked_smaaart" defended their big blind. The flop came and "wicked_smaaart" check-called a continuation-bet of 32,250.

The turn came and "wicked_smaaart": open-jammed for 215,696, slightly more than the 172,000 in the middle. "WadeDavenport" called all in for less, totaling 201,400.

"WadeDavenport"
"wicked_smaaart":

"WadeDavenport" faded the flush and gutshot outs on the river , leaving "wicked_smaaart" with just 14,296 behind that they wound up losing on the following hand when their ace-three could not get there versus the ace-ten of "milesoffamolly".

Twelve players now remain.

Player	Chips	Progress
GoGreen35	1,526,389 198,339	198,339
OpusX6969	1,519,168 535,751	535,751
Bout2CrushU	804,558 39,718	39,718
WadeDavenport	572,300 34,650	34,650
robgetsthere	562,088 20,250	20,250
Mark "CamelCack" Amlotte	489,012 249,500	249,500
milesoffamolly	472,618 326,757	326,757
tsaroffish4	453,313 126,250	126,250
RunLikeDiva	375,700 174,750	174,750
FireUpMIPS	318,950 144,589	144,589
M4rtyMcFlyy	217,544 -212,500	-212,500
wilcohotel	138,360 -72,500	-72,500
AsyncVoid	Busted
wicked_smaaart	Busted

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In Level 25 with blinds of 8,000/16,000 and an ante of 2,000, "robgetsthere" open-jammed for 251,919 in middle position and "santasworkshop" re-jammed for barely more, totaling 289,508. All remaining players folded.

"robgetsthere":
"santasworkshop":

"robgetsthere" didn't need to get there but they did need to hold in order to stay alive. The runout complied and the pot of 541,000 was shipped their way, leaving "santasworkshop" with just two big blinds that were dusted off a couple of hands later when their pocket queens couldn't hold versus the queen-jack of "GoGreen35", who hit Broadway.

Fourteen players now remain.

Player	Chips	Progress
robgetsthere	541,838 248,419	248,419
santasworkshop	Busted

In Level 24 with blinds of 7,000/14,000 and an ante of 2,000, action folded around to "wicked_smaaart" in the cutoff and they opened to 28,000. "Drew9570" three-bet jammed for 144,408 in the small blind and "wicked_smaaart" called once it was their turn to do so.

"Drew9570":
"wicked_smaaart":

No snowmen came for "Drew9570" on the runout and they were eliminated from the tournament as a result. Moments earlier, "22yardPUNT" was also knocked out, bringing the field down to 15.

Player	Chips	Progress
GoGreen35	1,328,050 505,649	505,649
WadeDavenport	537,650 242,634	242,634
wicket_smaaart	380,946 380,946	380,946
santasworkshop	314,008 73,120	73,120
robgetsthere	293,419 -104,500	-104,500
Mark "CamelCack" Amlotte	239,512 -994	-994
wilcohotel	210,860 -52,500	-52,500
22yardPUNT	Busted
Drew9570	Busted

In Level 24 with blinds of 7,000/14,000 and an ante of 1,750, "theduke8605" raised to 30,800 under the gun and action folded around to "autokorekt" in the small blind, who called. "GoGreen35" defended their big blind, and the three players saw a flop of . Action checked to "theduke8605", who made a continuation-bet of 65,000 and received a fold from "autokorekt". "GoGreen35" then check-shoved for "theduke8605"s effective stack of 302,239, which they called to put their tournament life at risk.

"theduke8605":
"GoGreen35":

"theduke8605" needed to fade eight spade outs and three more aces. The turn added two more cards to that total, which proved to be too many to avoid as the river came to give "GoGreen35" the nut flush, earning them the pot and sending "theduke8605" to the virtual rail in 22nd place.

Others fell before and after the elimination, and just 17 players now remain on two tables. Here's a look at the updated second round of payouts, with the 18-26th place finishers each earning $503.

Player	Chips	Progress
GoGreen35	822,401 698,912	698,912
wilcohotel	263,360 -163,000	-163,000
FireUpMIPS	174,361 -47,500	-47,500
milesoffamolly	145,861 -7,195	-7,195
sexycaitlyn	Busted
CabanaDan1	Busted
LucyCallsMePops	Busted
autokorekt	Busted
HA$ITNOW	Busted
xlzou1990	Busted
Uniqueskillz123	Busted
jTizzle450	Busted
theduke8605	Busted

In Level 23 with blinds of 6,000/12,000 and an ante of 1,500, "M4rtyMcFlyy" opened to 24,000 in early position and was called by "bas50425" in the cutoff. Action went heads up to a flop of and "M4rtyMcFlyy" made a continuation-bet of 42,000. "bas50425" raised all inf or 101,879 and "M4rtyMcFlyy" called.

"bas50425":
"M4rtyMcFlyy":

"bas50425" had gotten their chips in after flopping top pair but it was no match for the two aces that "M4rtyMcFlyy" held. The turn and river left the situation unchanged and resulted in "bas50425" being eliminated from the tournament.

Their elimination happened just after the final three tables were reached, meaning their 27th-place finish has finished off the first round of payouts, with all of the following players earning $402 for their performanes.

Player	Chips	Progress
M4rtyMcFlyy	430,044 119,379	119,379
D-Cronk0126	Busted
NinjaDust1115	Busted
LouisD60	Busted
keepgoing2121	Busted
Liberatell	Busted
KanyHanna	Busted
Patrick "MSPT-HOF" Steele	Busted
sawgad	Busted
bas50425	Busted
gabpoker_cc	Busted
Blunce	Busted
ObamaPhone	Busted
prince0114	Busted
Sc4tterBrainz	Busted
PimpMyBalance	Busted
BishPlz94	Busted
BackdoorFILTH	Busted
Gotzillions	Busted

In Level 22 with blinds of 5,000/10,000 and an ante of 1,250, ten eliminations have occurred in the quick handful of minutes that has followed since the bubble burst, meaning just 34 players now remain.

A complete list of chip counts from all 34 remaining players has been provided below.

Player	Chips	Progress
OpusX6969	909,292 -27,500	-27,500
Bout2CrushU	764,840 428,409	428,409
wilcohotel	426,360 148,129	148,129
robgetsthere	397,919 125,280	125,280
tsaroffish4	327,063 150,128	150,128
keepgoing2121	310,986 192,652	192,652
M4rtyMcFlyy	310,665 79,538	79,538
LucyCallsMePops	296,884 289,437	289,437
WadeDavenport	295,016 295,016	295,016
santasworkshop	240,888 86,507	86,507
Mark "CamelCack" Amlotte	240,506 53,884	53,884
FireUpMIPS	221,861 76,185	76,185
wicked_smaaart	219,502
RunLikeDiva	200,950 200,950	200,950
bas50425	186,879 186,879	186,879
theduke8605	179,432 179,432	179,432
milesoffamolly	153,056 112,383	112,383
LouisD60	151,357 151,357	151,357
CabanaDan1	142,276 -106,366	-106,366
xlzou1990	132,490 132,490	132,490
Liberatell	125,456 125,456	125,456
Uniqueskillz123	124,615 124,615	124,615
GoGreen35	123,489 -31,729	-31,729
sexycaitlin	122,902 122,902	122,902
AsyncVoid	122,206 78,576	78,576

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Level 21 has just begun with blinds of 4,000/8,000 and "BackdoorFILTH" just scored a knockout to bring the tournament down to 45 players on five full tables of nine. Hand-for-hand play is now in effect as the tournament has officially reached the bubble. Just one more elimination is needed for all players to reach the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
BackdoorFILTH	101,175 5,000	5,000

In Level 20 with blinds of 3,500/7,000 and an ante of 875, "wilcohotel" opened the action with a raise to 17,500 in the cutoff and was called by "Sc4tter Brainz", who was on the button. "tkfly1324" three-bet jammed for 56,398 in the small blind, prompting a re-jam from "wilcohotel" for 190,000 to fold "Sc4tter Brainz" out of the pot.

"tkfly1324":
"wilcohotel":

"tkfly1324" saw the bad news and no help came on the runout to result in their elimination from the tournament. Just 47 players now remain, and only three eliminations are needed before all remaining players earn some form of a payday.

Player	Chips	Progress
wilcohotel	278,231
tkfly1324	Busted