Play is now in Level 17 with blinds of 1,750/3,500 with 12 still remaining on the direct bubble. Up-to-date chip counts are as follows.

Player	Chips	Progress
TryptophanMan	337,651 -37,195	-37,195
DomeGod69420	232,053
hunterm708	228,555 126,658	126,658
g0rnman	223,640 144,920	144,920
AllinWithAJoff	167,160 142,160	142,160
Mr.20InchArms	151,634 -22,000	-22,000
king12929	150,138 5,250	5,250
Morning Waffles	144,609
sawyer2117	81,985 -22,500	-22,500
Lachoy14	76,978 -81,820	-81,820
fubadbeatbob	53,000 28,000	28,000
soccerdad29	52,597 -13,037	-13,037

In Level 16 with blinds of 1,500/3,000, "Grandma#0069" raised to 6,000 in the cutoff and "king12929" defended their big blind, taking action heads up to a flop of . "king12929" checked to "Grandma#0069", who made a continuation-bet of 6,750. "king12929" check-reraised to a pot-sized figure of 33,750 and "Grandma#0069" three-bet shoved for 62,250. "king12929" called.

"Grandma#0069":
"king12929":

"Grandma#0069" saw their top two pair run into a flopped set. The turn gave them extra full house outs, but none hit on the river and they were eliminated from the tournament.

Earlier in the level, "DomeGod69420" eliminated both "LucierTheDevo" and "MarcZumoff". The trio of eliminations brings the field down to 12 across two full tables. Just one elimination is needed to make it into the money, and hand-for-hand play has begun until the bubble bursts.

Player	Chips	Progress
DomeGod69420	232,053 106,575	106,575
king12929	144,888 85,308	85,308
Morning Waffles	144,609 -41,776	-41,776
Grandma#0069	Busted
LuciferTheDevo	Busted
MarcZumoff	Busted

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In Level 15 with blinds of 1,250/2,500, "Boomer24709" opened to 5,000 under the gun and "youngwizard69" called in the cutoff for one-third of their stack. "MR.20InchArms" also came along in the small blind and action went three ways to a flop of , where action checked to "Boomer24709" and they made a continuation-bet of 5,000. "youngwizard69" folded and "MR.20InchArms" called.

Action was then heads up to the turn and "MR.20InchArms" checked again. "Boomer24709" made a pot-sized second barrel of 27,500 and "MR.20InchArms" check-jammed for 73,067. "Boomer24709" called.

"MR.20InchArms":
"Boomer24709":

Both players had turned the nut straight but "MR.20InchArms" had a straight flush draw to go with it. The river filled up their flush and scored them the entirety of the pot, leaving "Boomer24709" with just 17,000 after the hand was done.

Within the next few hands, both "Boomer24709" and "youngwizard69" were eliminated from the tournament. "blankface777", "Viken911", and "NeolithicFarmer" also were knocked out prior to this hand taking place, with the run of eliminations bringing the number of players left in the field down to 15. Just four more eliminations are needed for play to reach the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mr.20InchArms	173,634 112,538	112,538
Boomer24709	Busted
blankface777	Busted
Viken911	Busted
NeolithicFarmer	Busted
youngwizard69	Busted

In Level 15 with blinds of 1,250/2,500, "89chief" raised to 6,175 in the hijack at a five-handed table and "TryptophanMan" three-bet to 22,275, the size of the pot. Action folded back to "89chief" and they called.

Action checked through a flop of and the turn came . "89chief" bet the pot, totaling 48,300 of their 66,763 and "TryptophanMan" raised to put "89chief" all in. A call was made.

"89chief":
"TryptophanMan":

"89chief" needed found themselves needing to hit one of their two sets to stay alive and failed to do so on the river to result in "TryptophanMan" winning the hand with two pair, aces and queens to eliminate "89chief" from the tournament.

Moments earlier, "TryptophanMan" also knocked out "22EPL" and as a result, their stack is now up to 374,000 as they have increased their chip lead since registration has closed

"and_porter" and "MRI_381" were also recently eliminated, bringing the number of players left in the tournament down to 20.

Player	Chips	Progress
TryptophanMan	374,846 152,965	152,965
89chief	Busted
and_porter	Busted
22EPL	Busted
MRI_381	Busted

With the tournament on its third break of the night nearing the end of Level 14 (1,000/2,000), the three-hour late-registration period will be coming to a close in just a couple of short minutes. Barring any last-minute buy-ins, a total of 76 entries have been recorded with 24 players remaining. Chip counts will be added to this space momentarily for all who remain.

Player	Chips	Progress
TryptophanMan	221,881 182,362	182,362
Morning Waffles	186,385 73,483	73,483
Lachoy14	158,798 -96,511	-96,511
89chief	133,095 107,065	107,065
DomeGod69420	125,478 123,418	123,418
sawyer2117	104,485 11,625	11,625
hunterm708	101,897 14,475	14,475
Boomer24709	101,090 71,418	71,418
MarcZumoff	100,904 59,404	59,404
youngwizard69	79,362 -13,462	-13,462
g0rnman	78,720 78,720	78,720
soccerdad29	65,634 -98,122	-98,122
NeolithicFarmer	64,124 37,662	37,662
Mr.20InchArms	61,096 32,371	32,371
king12929	59,580 59,580	59,580
LuciferTheDevo	50,000 50,000	50,000
blankface777	48,665 48,665	48,665
and_porter	29,800 29,800	29,800
Grandma#0069	28,654 854	854
22EPL	25,000 25,000	25,000
fubadbeatbob	25,000 25,000	25,000
AllinWithAJoff	25,000 25,000	25,000
Viken911	15,600 -14,200	-14,200
MRI_381	9,752 -68,424	-68,424

Level 14 has just begun with blinds of 1,000/2,000. It is the final level of the late-registration period, which will close at the top of the hour at 11:00 exactly. Twenty-one players currently remain out of 71 entries with 13 minutes left until registration closes and the prize pool becomes official.

In Level 13 with blinds of 800/1,600, action folded to "youngwizard69" in the small blind and they raised the pot, making it 4,800 to go. "NeolithicFarmer" made a pot-sized three-bet to 14,400 in the big blind, and "youngwizard69" four-bet to the size of the pot once more, totaling 43,200. They had just 3,212 behind afterwards and called it off when "NeolithicFarmer" five-bet to put them all in.

"youngwizard69":
"NeolithicFarmer":

A battle of the blinds saw stacks go in preflop with the result being pocket aces versus pocket kings. The flop didn't change much, but the turn gave "NeolithicFarmer" three more outs to an eight for two pair on the river. Instead, the runout was completed with to secure the double "youngwizard" with a set of aces.

Player	Chips	Progress
youngwizard69	92,824 92,824	92,824
NeolithicFarmer	26,462 -31,825	-31,825