In Level 35 with blinds of 40,000/80,000 and an ante of 10,000, the very next hand after "NAAAARD" doubled saw "gtl666" open to 240,000 in the hijack and call a three-bet shove to 875,000 from "LelandGaunt38", who was in the small blind.

"LelandGaunt38":
"gtl666":

For the second straight hand, pocket aces and pocket eights got all in. This time, however, stacks got in preflop with aces ahead and they remained there through the runout to earn the double for "LelandGaunt38".

Player	Chips	Progress
LelandGaunt38	1,880,310 907,655	907,655
gtl666	604,630 -902,655	-902,655

On the last hand of Level 34 (35,000/70,000/8,750), "NAAAARD" was on the button and flatted a hijack-open to 175,000 by "mord57". Action went heads up to a flop of and "mord57" continuation-bet 280,000. "NAAAARD" jammed for 693,000 and "mord57" called

"NAAAARD":
"mord57":

"NAAAARD" had flopped top set and wound up holding on the turn and river to crack bullets and earn their third double of the level, bringing their stack up from crumbs to a total of 1.89 million. They are now second in chips with six still remaining.

Player	Chips	Progress
NAAAARD	1,894,968 1,306,234	1,306,234
mord57	618,335 -1,061,234	-1,061,234

Hand #1: In Level 33 with blinds of 30,000/60,000 and an ante of 7,500, "NAAAARD" shoved in early position for their last 159,000 and action made its way around to "mord57" in the big blind who called.

"NAAAARD":
"mord57"

Five blanks rolled off on the runout and "NAAAARD" secured the double with ace high.

Hand #2: Two hands later, "ButtonM@sher" jammed their last 334,000 in from the hijack and "uwillmiss" re-jammed in the ;cocutoffr 474,000, forcing everybody else out of the pot.

"ButtonM@sher":
"uwillmiss":

"ButtonM@sher" found a mircale flop of to pull ahead with a full house. They were able to hold as on the turn and river to double, leaving "uwillmiss" with just 140,000 after the hand.

Hand #3: On the very next hand, "uwillmiss" jammed upon action folding to them in the hijack and received action from "NAAAARD" in the small blind.

"uwillimss":
"NAAAARD":

"uwillmiss" was behind preflop and stayed there through the flop and turn , though they picked up four extra unnecessary outs to the river , leaving them with eights up to score the double and leave "NAAAARD" as the short stack in the tournament once again.

Player	Chips	Progress
mord57	2,437,682 -31,710	-31,710
gtl666	1,760,410 52,500	52,500
POCKETNINEE	1,146,947 -97,500	-97,500
ButtonM@sher	810,412 416,456	416,456
LelandGaunt38	786,405 -37,500	-37,500
Brother Justin	603,800 -37,500	-37,500
uwillmiss	386,848 -283,032	-283,032
NAAAARD	192,496 18,286	18,286

Players are on a five-minute break in Level 33 with blinds of 30,000/60,000 and an ante of 7,500. Eight remain on break, with "mord57" on top of the counts. Current stacks have been updated below.

Player	Chips	Progress
mord57	2,469,392 973,000	973,000
gtl666	1,707,910 685,000	685,000
POCKETNINEE	1,244,447 -173,000	-173,000
LelandGaunt38	823,905 -304,000	-304,000
uwillmiss	669,880 -517,000	-517,000
Brother Justin	641,300 116,000	116,000
ButtonM@sher	393,956 -484,520	-484,520
NAAAARD	174,210 -251,480	-251,480

In Level 31 with blinds of 20,000/40,000 and an ante of 5,000, action folded around to "ButtonM@sher" in the cutoff, who shoved for 406,000. "gtl666" called in the big blind.

"ButtonM@sher":
"gtl666":

"ButtonM@sher" went from being a slight underdog to flopping the nuts as appeared. They were not completely out of the woods as the turn gave "gtl666" four outs at a full house, none came on the river and "ButtonM@sher" secured the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
gtl666	1,022,910 -411,738	-411,738
ButtonM@sher	878,476 436,738	436,738

In Level 31 with blinds of 20,000/40,000 and an ante of 5,000, "gtl666" raised to 80,000 under the gun and saw action fold around to "mord57" in the big blind, who three-bet to 200,000."gtl666" four-bet jammed for 684,000 and "mord57" wasted no time calling.

"gtl666";
"mord57":

"gtl666" was at risk of becoming the first elimination of the final table but the flop wound up reversing their fortunes. They picked up a sweat on the tun as "mord57" all of a sudden found themselves with a backdoor nut-flush draw, but it missed on the river and "gtl666" doubled as a result.

Player	Chips	Progress
mord57	1,496,392 -694,824	-694,824
gtl666	1,434,648 739,824	739,824

In Level 31 with blinds of 20,000/40,000 and an ante of 5,000, "mord57" opened the action with a raise to 92,000 in early position and action folded around to "Button M@sher", who defended their big blind.

The flop came and "ButtonM@sher" checked. "mord57" made a ;c- of 120,000 and "ButtonM@sher" check-raised to 360,000. "mord57" called."ButtonM@sher" slowed down on the turn , checking to "mord57", who also checked.

The river fell and "ButtonM@sher" shoved for 611,000 effective and "mord57" immediately called.

"mord57":
"ButtonM@sher":

The two hands shown were polar opposites, with "ButtonM@sher" showing pure air and running it into the second nuts of "mord57". The pot pot totaled over 2.19 million and was sent to "mord57", who became the chip leader with nine still remaining after doubling with their queens full.

Player	Chips	Progress
mord57	2,191,216 1,223,108	1,223,108
POCKETNINEE	1,417,447 85,000	85,000
LelandGaunt38	1,127,905 55,000	55,000
uwillmiss	715,111 35,000	35,000
gtl666	694,824 -135,000	-135,000
TegridyFarm$	585,769 35,000	35,000
Brother Justin	525,300 75,000	75,000
ButtonM@sher	441,738 -1,318,108	-1,318,108
NAAAARD	425,690 -10,000	-10,000