In Level 18 with blinds of 2,500/5,000 and an ante of 625, "PowerRanges" opened to 10,000 in the hijack and "stud911911" re-jammed for 75,277 in the cutoff. Action folded back to "PowerRanges" and a call was made to send the two off to the races.

"stud911911":
"PowerRanges":

An ace on the flop was enough to spell doom for "stud911911", as no seven followed on the runout to result in their elimination from the tournament in 21st place.

With 20 players remaining, just one more elimination is needed for the tournament to make it into the money. Hand-for-hand play is now in effect across the four remaining tables until that feat is accomplished.

In Level 18 with blinds of 2,500/5,000 and an ante of 625, "YouPaid2SeeNuts" opened to 15,000 in the hijack and Matthew "ProfitablePloof" Ploof re-jammed on the button for 103,225. Action folded back to "YouPaid2SeeNuts" and they called for almost all of their chips.

Matthew "ProfitablePloof" Ploof:
"YouPaid2SeeNuts":

Ploof was out in front by a slight margin and stayed there through the runout to score the double, bringing him over 200,000 in the process. Meanwhile, "YouPaid2SeeNuts" was down to their last couple of big blinds, but found a double to find a small piece of life.

Moments later, "irishfan423" ran queens into the kings of "vikmod" to bust, and "FarmingYou" was also knocked out on an adjacent table. Twenty-one now remain, leaving the tournament just two away from the reaching the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
vikmod	387,625 178,807	178,807
Matthew "ProfitablePloof" Ploof	215,825 132,725	132,725
YouPaid2SeeNuts	22,559 -110,008	-110,008
FarmingYou	Busted
irishfan423	Busted

In Level 17 with blinds of 2,000/4,000 and an ante of 500, action folded to "gets2u1975" on the button and they opened to 8,000. "irishfan423" defended their big blind and the flop came . "irishfan423" led out for 8,000 and "gets2u1975" called.

The turn came and "irishfan423" jammed for 35,825, nearly a pot-sized bet. "gets2u1975" called once more.

"irishfan423"
"gets2u1975":

"irishfan423" found a set of fours on the turn before getting all of their chips in, but still had nine flush outs to fade to stay alive. The river fell safely and they scored the double.

Less fortunate were "theduke8605" and "aqbdogaqbdog", who both have fallen since the break, and 23 now remain.

Player	Chips	Progress
irishfan423	108,650 54,825	54,825
gets2u1975	50,521 -59,325	-59,325
theduke8605	Busted
aqbdogaqbdog	Busted

In Level 17 with blinds of 2,000/4,000 and an ante of 500, the tournament has reached its third break of the night. Just 25 players remain with "PowerRanges" still being the one to catch atop the counts.

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

Player	Chips	Progress
PowerRanges	282,453 96,613	96,613
MrDogg313	245,599 245,599	245,599
Johnanthony55	240,220 107,356	107,356
vikmod	208,818 123,176	123,176
eyewantoowin	173,178 91,256	91,256
barry20sanders	164,712 164,712	164,712
WadeDavenport	161,579 161,579	161,579
stud911911	141,920 2,337	2,337
chunkypineapple	135,255 -5,270	-5,270
Gamestop2012	135,098 135,098	135,098
FukDaRivereh	133,100 133,100	133,100
YouPaid2SeeNuts	132,567 107,567	107,567
Buckstabu686	123,094 123,094	123,094
Surge_Ibaka	116,739 1,197	1,197
gets2u1975	109,846 109,846	109,846
bas50425	105,848 105,848	105,848
sexycaitlyn	97,696 -12,425	-12,425
HeyLookItsTez	94,932 35,607	35,607
Orlimar17	89,380 89,380	89,380
Matthew "ProfitablePloof" Ploof	83,100 83,100	83,100
FarmingYou	71,336 71,336	71,336
freebrit	66,098 -62,629	-62,629
aqbdogaqbdog	55,450 55,450	55,450
irishfan423	53,825 14,523	14,523
theduke8605	53,157 -55,913	-55,913

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In Level 15 with blinds of 1,250/2,500 and an ante of 325, "Bout2CrushU" opened to 5,625 in the hijack and "TY_GOVWHITMER" re-shoved for 22,655 in the cutoff. Action folded back to "Bout2CrushU" and they called.

"TY_GOVWHITMER":
"Bout2CrushU":

"TY_GOVWHITMER" had a commanding lead and remained there through the flop . The turn gave them six outs to fade for a chop, but instead saw the river come to give "Bout2CrushU" a full house and bring about their elimination from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bout2CrushU	127,241 47,405	47,405
TY_GOVWHITMER	Busted

Play has moved into Level 14 (1,000/2,000/250) and the field has risen to 122. Forty-three players remain and "PowerRanges" is still the chip leader with a stack of more than 180,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
PowerRanges	185,840 98,152	98,152
chunkypineapple	140,525 93,497	93,497
stud911911	139,583 77,170	77,170
Johnanthony55	132,864 76,497	76,497
freebrit	128,727 45,874	45,874
Surge_Ibaka	115,542 115,542	115,542
-Plata0Plomo-0	112,636 112,636	112,636
sexycaitlyn	110,121 110,121	110,121
theduke8605	109,070 109,070	109,070
bas0425	107,430 107,430	107,430
vikmod	85,642 11,551	11,551
DrewUngar29	85,099 85,099	85,099
eyewantoowin	81,922 17,757	17,757
Bout2CrushU	79,836 25,742	25,742
SpartanD7	79,819 79,819	79,819

In Level 13 with blinds of 800/1,600 and an ante of 200, "HeyLookItsTez" opened to 3,200 and "GAMETIMESC" re-jammed for 19,670 in the small blind. "HeyLookItsTez" called.

"GAMETIMESC":
"HeyLookItsTez":

"HeyLookItsTez" had the knockout locked in by the turn on a runout of , ultimately hitting a full house to send "GAMETIMESC" to the rail as the pot of nearly 42,000 was shipped their way.

Player	Chips	Progress
HeyLookItsTez	59,325 3,335	3,335
GAMETIMESC	Busted