In Level 27 with blinds of 12,500/25,000 and an ante of 3,250, action folded to "Johnanthony55" on the button and they opened to 50,000. "sexycaitlyn" three-bet to 125,555 in the small blind and "Johnanthony55" called.

The flop fell and "sexycaitlyn" made a continuation-bet of 95,555 and "Johnanthony55" called, bringing the turn . "sexycaitlyn" shoved for their remaining 386,420, and it proved to be convincing enough to fold "Johnanthony" out of the pot.

With the win, "sexycaitlyn" has now taken the chip lead: a couple of hands followed, and players are now on break with current stack sizes as follows.

Player	Chips	Progress
sexycaitlyn	916,835 398,750	398,750
HeyLookItsTez	843,636 -130,000	-130,000
Johnanthony55	704,914 -172,147	-172,147
barry20sanders	456,522 -95,908	-95,908
Surge_Ibaka	353,093 -695	-695

In Level 27 with blinds of 12,500/25,000 and an ante of 3,250, "Johnanthony55" opened to 50,000 on the button and was three-bet to 125,555 by "sexycaitlyn" in the small blind. "Johnanthony55" called.

The flop came and "sexycaitlyn" made a continuation-bet of 111,555. "Johnanthony55" called, with action checking through both the turn and river to take the hand to showdown.

"sexycaitlyn" showed for the missed backdoor gutshot, and was bested by the of "Johnanthony55", who took down the pot good for more than half a million with ace high.

Player	Chips	Progress
HeyLookItsTez	973,636 -49,750	-49,750
Johnanthony55	877,061 239,860	239,860
barry20sanders	552,430 65,250	65,250
sexycaitlyn	518,085 -210,610	-210,610
Surge_Ibaka	353,788 -44,750	-44,750

In Level 26 with blinds of 10,000/20,000 and an ante of 2,500, "Surge_Ibaka" raised to 47,985 in the hijack and action folded around to "HeyLookItsTez", who defended their big blind.

The flop dropped and "HeyLookItsTez" check-called a continuation-bet of 46,785 from "Surge_Ibaka". Action then checked through both the turn and river to take the hand to showdown.

"HeyLookItsTez" showed for second pair, top kicker, and "Surge_Ibaka" mucked to earn "HeyLookItsTez" the pot and take them back over 1 million as five-handed play continues.

Player	Chips	Progress
HeyLookItsTez	1,023,386 25,270	25,270
sexycaitlyn	728,695 173,945	173,945
Johnanthony55	637,201 -132,645	-132,645
barry20sanders	487,180 -11,000	-11,000
Surge_Ibaka	398,538 -55,570	-55,570

Level 25 (8,000/16,000/2,000) is nearing a close, and after seven rapid-fire eliminations, five-handed play has remained consistent through the last 10 minutes of play. An updated look at counts has been provided below.

Player	Chips	Progress
HeyLookItsTez	998,116 -138,000	-138,000
Johnanthony55	769,846 85,550	85,550
sexycaitlyn	554,750 -6,890	-6,890
barry20sanders	498,180 243,200	243,200
Surge_Ibaka	454,108 -172,360	-172,360

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In Level 23 with blinds of 6,000/12,000 and an ante of 1,500, "PowerRanges" opened to 24,000 on the button and "sexycaitlyn" re-jammed for 280,820 on the button. Both blinds folded to send action back to "PowerRanges", who quickly called.

"sexycaitlyn":
"PowerRanges":

"PowerRanges" looked certain to burst the final table bubble through the flop and turn , but the river gave "sexycaitlyn" top set, saving them from elimination and earning them a massive double with eight still remaining.

Player	Chips	Progress
sexycaitlyn	585,640 292,320	292,320
PowerRanges	133,012 -400,070	-400,070