Play has moved into Level 18 with blinds of 2,500/5,000 and an ante of 625 and Dan "AvaGray" Lupo was just eliminated from the tournament, taking 28th place after his ace-queen fell to ""ACE"10276"'s pocket kings, who sits second in chips behind "shipitshell".

Christopher "Chalmisi6" Hill was also eliminated shortly thereafter, as was "toddchipman", and chip counts from all 26 remaining players have been provided below with just five more eliminations needed for play to reach the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
shipitshell	366,636
"ACE"10276	299,839
Bliatz	272,499
Stanton "Stonniepokes" Tentnowski	229,431
NEIRB2021	188,364
monkeyman067	179,387
IGOTCRABZ_33	178,310
st0neydanza	158,053
Drunk Spew	156,450
vigman@135	142,209
Iraisepros	126,512
jordanofpkr	111,960
Daniel "loxonbagel" Buzgon	111,501
Jake "MoZZyNJ" Dynes	110,401
coldandwarm	108,515
polkaking11	105,843
nuttedd	103,781
Angel "Chr0meKing" Lopez	97,038
OtB_RedHeron	93,750
talanchi	93,626
Steven "FadeOrHoldz" Madara	82,086
Jaime "moosedeer17" Reyes	79,794
iFoldN0T	76,813
JohnnyMania	73,800
pompii23	63,542

In Level 17 with blinds of 2,000/4,000 and an ante of 500, action folded to "pompii23" on the button and they opened to 8,000. Daniel "loxonbagel" Buzgon re-jammed for 39,688 in the small blind and "pompii23" called when it became their turn to do so.

Daniel "loxonbagel" Buzgon:
"pompii23":

Buzgon needed to hit to stay alive and found help on the flop . His top pair finished as second pair after the turn and river completed the runout, which was still more than good to earn him the double and keep him alive.

Anthony "FlawlessBINK" Maio and John "GameOfEdges" Forlenza have had less favorable fortunes of late, being among the most recent batch of players to fall as just 31 players now remain.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel "loxonbagel" Buzgon	87,376 23,906	23,906
pompii23	83,167 44,953	44,953
Anthony "FlawlessBINK" Maio	Busted
John "GameofEdges" Forlenza	Busted

Just four tables remain in play as the tournament has moved into Level 17 (2,000/4,000/500). The following players are among those no longer in contention.

Player	Chips	Progress
Frank "thewholefunk" Funaro	Busted
Dkornblau	Busted
berniethecat1	Busted
Ross "Rosseg" Gottlieb	Busted
TomatoWhiskey	Busted
TiltedHard	Busted
1st.p1ace	Busted
coolep	Busted
Fort Matilda	Busted
TobogganM.D.	Busted
Lond13onE	Busted
Sridhar "sri100k" Sangannagari	Busted
AlexPegasus23	Busted

In Level 16 with blinds of 1,500/3,000 and an ante of 375, "Renorick1946" open-jammed for 18,550 in early position and action folded around to "coldandwarm" in the small blind, who gave action.

"Renorick1946":
"coldandwarm":

"Renorick1946" found themselves on the wrong end of the coin flip as the runout came , earning "coldandwarm" the pot and the knockout with just 40 players now remaining after the elimination.

Player	Chips	Progress
coldandwarm	75,425
Renorick1946	Busted

In Level 15 with blinds of 1,250/2,500 and an ante of 325, "pokerkingBx" open-jammed for 30,375 in middle position and Ryan "hagz2richez" Hagerty re-jammed for 52,236 in the hijack. All remaining players folded and the two were off to the races.

"pokerkingBx":
Ryan "hagz2richez" Hagerty:

Both players connected with the flop , leaving Hagerty's set of eights way out in front. "pokerkingBx" needed to hit running full house outs and those hopes were squashed on the turn , leaving them drawing dead to the river to result in Hagerty earning the pot and the knockout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan "hagz2richez" Hagerty	88,961 20,129	20,129
pokerkingBx	Busted

Play is about to return from the third five-minute break of the night in Level 14 (1,000/2,000/250). So far, 130 entries have been recorded, and registration will remain open for another 15 minutes, closing at 11:15 p.m. ET.

Fifty-two players remain.

In Level 14 with blinds of 1,000/2,000 and an ante of 250, John "GameOfEdges" Forlenza opened to 4,000 in early position and was called by Anthony "FlawlessBINK" Maio on the button. "pompii23" also called, defending their big blind, and postflop action went three ways to the streets.

The flop dropped and "pompii23" checked to Forlenza, who continuation-bet 5,000. Maio folded and "pompii23" check-raised to 16,000. Forlenza called.

The turn came and "pompii23" fired out another 15,345. Forlenza raised all in for 40,710 and "pompii23" folded, earning Forlenza the pot with his turn shove.

Player	Chips	Progress
John "GameofEdges" Forlenza	103,055 56,425	56,425
Anthony "FlawlessBINK" Maio	73,092 25,789	25,789
pompii23	38,214 -53,358	-53,358

The tournament has now moved into Level 12 with blinds of 700/1,400 and an ante of 175. A total of 116 entries have now been logged with 54 players remaining and ""ACE"10276" atop the leader board with a stack of over 235,000. Top stacks and other notable players' counts have been updated below.

Player	Chips	Progress
"ACE"10276	236,748 178,458	178,458
Drunk Spew	138,619 -40,533	-40,533
OtB_RedHeron	123,010
AlexPegasus23	101,120
berniethecat1	94,770 -33,049	-33,049
shipitshell	93,960 46,378	46,378
pompii23	91,572
vigman@135	82,162 -13,850	-13,850
Jaime "moosedeer17" Reyes	77,697 30,415	30,415
Angel "Chr0meKing" Lopez	77,071 18,568	18,568
Dan "AvaGray" Lupo	73,000 7,180	7,180
Jake "MoZZyNJ" Dynes	72,963 7,920	7,920
lIlbILLYmAC	71,760
Ryan "hagz2richez" Hagerty	68,832 52,717	52,717
thekidraf04	67,398 33,208	33,208
Steven "FadeOrHoldz" Madara	58,587 12,161	12,161
Brian "Wsopboy1997" Sherrier	48,810 -31,051	-31,051
Anthony "FlawlessBINK" Maio	47,303
John "GameofEdges" Forlenza	46,630 46,630	46,630
Michael "J3tBl@ckP0pe" Gagliano	45,193 10,841	10,841
Daniel "loxonbagel" Buzgon	39,615 -4,593	-4,593
Frank "thewholefunk" Funaro	39,160 6,828	6,828
Kevin "T11111111M" Campbell	39,115 10,021	10,021
Christopher "Chalmisi6" Hill	31,049 -6,898	-6,898