In Level 23 with blinds of 6,000/12,000 and an ante of 1,500, "NEIRB2021" raised to 24,000 in the hijack and Jaime "moosedeer17" Reyes defended his big blind. The flop came and both players checked.

Reyes led out for 36,000 on the turn and "NEIRB2021" called, bringing the river . With 135,000 in the middle, Reyes went all in for just shy of 115,000 and "NEIRB2021" called.

Jaime "moosedeer17" Reyes:
"NEIRB2021":

Reyes was caught bluffing and ran into the third-nut flush to bust in 11th place. With 10 players remaining, the final table bubble has now been reached and hand-for-hand play is in effect on the two remaining tables until one more elimination occurs.

Player	Chips	Progress
NEIRB2021	448,641 216,298	216,298
Jaime "moosedeer17" Reyes	Busted

In Level 22 with blinds of 5,000/10,000 and an ante of 1,250, "jordanofpkr" opened to 25,000 under the gun and was called by "IGOTCRABZ_33" in the cutoff. "coldandwarm" was on the button and three-bet jammed for 336,130, forcing action to fold back to "IGOTCRABZ_33" who was waiting to call.

"coldandwarm":
"IGOTCRABZ_33":

"coldandwarm" had been on the right side of a few runouts prior to this situation, but no queens came this time around as the runout sent the pot of over 700K to "IGOTCRABZ_33", who now has the chip lead by a wide margin.

As a result of the lost pot, "coldandwarm" found themselves eliminatedin 13th place, and the short-stacked "shipitshell" was knocked out on the very next hand by "jordanofpkr" in 12th. With 11 players now remaining, one more elimination is needed before hand-for-hand play resumes once more for the final table bubble, with another knockout needing to occur thereafter to reach the final table of nine.

Player	Chips	Progress
IGOTCRABZ_33	875,607 679,397	679,397
jordanofpkr	179,684 37,649	37,649
coldandwarm	Busted
shipitshell	Busted

In Level 22 with blinds of 5,000/10,000 and an ante of 1,250, "monkeyman067" open-jammed for 121,499 in the cutoff and Steven "FadeOrHoldz" Madara re-jammed on the button for 171,272 to force folds from both players in the blinds.

"monkeyman067":
Steven "FadeOrHoldz" Madara:

Madara was way out in front and stayed there through the flop , seeing his opponent flop only a couple of backdoor draws. He picked up a sweat on the turn , however, but the river was safe and the pot was sent his way while eliminating "monkeyman067" in 14th place, just moments after "Iraisepros" was eliminated in 15th.

On the following hand, Jaime "moosedeer17" Reyes doubled back through Angel "Chr0meKing" Lopez after the latter doubled through the former just a few hands prior. This time around, Reyes got it in with and got there against Lopez's on a runout of .

Player	Chips	Progress
Jaime "moosedeer17" Reyes	248,398 146,699	146,699
Angel "Chr0meKing" Lopez	156,755 -106,699	-106,699
monkeyman067	Busted
Iraisepros	Busted

In Level 22 with blinds of 5,000/10,000 and an ante of 1,250, "JohnnyMania" opened the action with a raise to 20,000 in the cutoff and Jaime "moosedeer17" Reyes re-jammed for 219,051 in the small blind. Angel "Chr0meKing" Lopez called all in for less in the big blind, totaling 117,352, and "JohnnyMania" folded.

Angel "Chr0meKing" Lopez:
Jaime "moosedeer17" Reyes:

Lopez found aces at the perfect time and held through a runout of to secure the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
JohnnyMania	499,739 63,000	63,000
Angel "Chr0meKing" Lopez	263,454 183,852	183,852
Jaime "moosedeer17" Reyes	101,699 -148,252	-148,252

Just a few minutes remain in Level 21 (4,000/8,000/1,000) and a couple of recent elilminations in Stanton "Stonniepokes" Tentnowski and "polkaking11" has brought the number of players remaining down to 15.

"JohnnyMania" is the new chip leader with a slight edge over ""ACE"10276", with the pair being the only ones above 400K. Complete chip counts have been provided below.

Player	Chips	Progress
JohnnyMania	436,739 362,939	362,939
"ACE"10276	425,089 125,250	125,250
vigman@135	355,159 -11,000	-11,000
Jake "MoZZyNJ" Dynes	332,906 -12,225	-12,225
Steven "FadeOrHoldz" Madara	278,522 196,436	196,436
Jaime "moosedeer17" Reyes	249,951 170,157	170,157
NEIRB2021	232,343 43,979	43,979
Bliatz	226,499 -46,000	-46,000
Iraisepros	221,667 95,155	95,155
IGOTCRABZ_33	196,210 17,900	17,900
coldandwarm	157,315 -18,703	-18,703
shipitshell	156,964 -118,893	-118,893
jordanofpkr	142,035 30,075	30,075
monkeyman067	133,999 -45,388	-45,388
Angel "Chr0meKing" Lopez	79,602 -203,912	-203,912
Stanton "Stonniepokes" Tentnowski	Busted
polkaking11	Busted

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In Level 21 with blinds of 4,000/8,000 and an ante of 1,000, "OtB_RedHeron" open-shoved for their last 49,553 in the hijack and received a call from "vigman@135" on the button. Both blinds folded and hands were tabled in preparation for the runout.

"OtB_RedHeron":
"vigman@135":

"OtB_RedHeron" was ahead and pulled further in front on the flop , needing to only fade their opponent's gutshot to Broadway. The turn gave them trips, though it left the situation unchanged, and they ultimately were unable to fade the four outer on the river , giving "vigman@135" the best hand with Broadway to eliminate them in 18th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
vigman@135	366,159 109,491	109,491
OtB_RedHeron	Busted

In Level 20 with blinds of 3,500/7,000 and an ante of 875, Stanton "Stonniepokes" Tentnowski raised to 14,000 in the hijack and "talanchi" called in the small blind. Jake "MoZZyNJ" Dynes was in the big blind and three-bet shoed for 127,126. Tentnowski called, and "talanchi" called all in for less as well.

"talanchi":
Jake "MoZZyNJ" Dynes:
Stanton "Stonniepokes" Tentnowski:

Dynes was ahead through the flop but lost control of the main pot on the turn as "talanchi" picked up top pair, top kicker and a shot to triple. However, the river gave Dynes a backdoor flush and scored him the knockout and both pots, good for 345,000.

Earlier in the level, "Drunk Spew" was also eliminated, and the pair of eliminations brings the field down to 18, and just two tables now remain in play.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jake "MoZZyNJ" Dynes	345,131 234,730	234,730
Stanton "Stonniepokes" Tentnowski	262,998 -166,501	-166,501
Drunk Spew	Busted
talanchi	Busted

In Level 19 with blinds of 3,000/6,000 and an ante of 750, ""ACE"10276" opened to 12,000 under the gun and was called by both "vigman@135" on the button and "shipitshell" in the big blind. The flop came and action checked to "vigman@135", who bet 30,000. "shipitshell" check-raised to 77,000 and only "vigman@135" called, leaving 28,834 behind that they called off on the turn .

"vigman@135":
"shipitshell":

"vigman@135" turned the staight and held on the river to double.

Meanwhile, on another table, Angel "Chr0meKing" Lopez" doubled through "st0neydanza" after making quad nines on the river to beat a rivered full house, and then he eliminated "iFoldN0T" on the very next hand when his ace-jack spiked a three outer to crack pocket kings.

"st0neydanza" was then eliminated two hands later, with Daniel "Loxonbagel" Buzgon also busting to take the field down to 21. One more elimination is needed to reach the money, and hand-for-hand play has begun on the three remaining tables.

Player	Chips	Progress
Angel "Chr0meKing" Lopez	283,514 186,476	186,476
shipitshell	275,857 -90,779	-90,779
vigman@135	256,668 114,459	114,459
Daniel "loxonbagel" Buzgon	Busted
st0neydanza	Busted

It's time for another five-minute break. Shortly before the break, "pompii23" was eliminated by "coldandwarm" when their ran into and failed to make a better hand. Twenty-four players now remain.

Player	Chips	Progress
coldandwarm	176,018 67,503	67,503
pompii23	Busted