In Level 12 with blinds of 700/1,400, "Lachoy14" opened to 4,900, the size of the pot in the hijack at a five-handed table. "blankface777" defended their big blind and the flop came . "blankface777" checked to "Lachoy14", who made a pot-sized continuation-bet of 10,500. "blankface777" check-raised the size of the pot, totaling 42,000, and "Lachoy14" reraised to put "blankface777" all in for their remaining 8,674, which they called.
In Level 11 with blinds of 600/1,200, action folded to "MorningWaffles" on the button and they limped. "DomeGod69420" raised the pot in the small blind, making it 4,800 to go and both "MRI_381" in the big blind and "MorningWaffles" both called.
All three players checked the flop and the turn came . "DomeGod69420" bet 7,200, half the size of the pot, and received a fold from "MRI_381" and a call from "Morning Waffles".
Action was then heads up to the river and "DomeGod69420" fired out a pot-sized bet of 28,800. "Morning Waffles" called.
"DomeGod69420" showed for a pair of queens and "Morning Waffles" showed to ship the pot with a wheel, leaving "DomeGod69420" with just 2,060 behind.
In Level 10 with blinds of 500/1,000, "Grandma#0069" opened to 2,000 in the cutoff and received a call from "sawyer2117" on the button. "TryptophanMan" was in the big blind and "squeezed," three-betting the pot to 8,500. "Grandma#0069" folded and "sawyer2117" called, taking action heads up to the streets.
The flop dropped and both players checked. The turn came and "TryptophanMan" made a pot-sized bet of 19,500. "sawyer2117" raised all in for 36,680 and "TryptophanMan" called.
"sawyer2117":
"TryptophanMan":
"TryptophanMan" had called the shove with a pair of jacks and an open-ended straight draw. Meanwhile, "sawyer2117" had turned a ten-high straight as well as an open-ended straight flush draw. They were out in front and remained there on the river to earn the double and the pot goo dfor 92,000.
In Level 10 with blinds of 500/1,000, a total of 53 entries have now been recorded as of the second break of the tournament, just one shy of surpassing the guaranteed prize pool of $25,000. "Lachoy14" has pulled ahead and is on top of the 27 who remain. Registration will close at 11:00 p.m. ET.
In Level 9 with blinds of 400/800, "Lachoy14" raised the pot to 2,800 in the cutoff and action folded to "MarcZumoff" in the big blind, who three-bet to 8,800. "Lachoy14" called.
The flop was and "MarcZumoff" made a pot-sized continuation-bet of 18,000."Lachoy14" reraised the size of the pot and "MarcZumoff" called all in for the 21,348 that was left behind.
"MarcZumoff":
"Lachoy14":
"Lachoy14" had flopped jacks and fours to pull ahead of the aces that "MarcZumoff" held. The turn and river left "Lachoy14" as the only one to improve, finishing the hand with jacks and sevens to eliminate "MarcZumoff" from the tournament momentarily, as they quickly rebought and received a fresh stack of 25,000.
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In Level 8 with blinds of 350/700, "soccerdad29" defended their big blidn to a pot-sized open of 2,450 from "TryptophanMan", who was on the button. Actio checked through a flop of and the turn came .
"soccerdad29" checked again and "TryptophanMan" made a delayed continuation-bet of 2,625, half the size of the pot. "soccerdad29" check-raised to 10,815 and "TryptophanMan" called, bringing the river . "soccerdad29" fired 18,762 and received a call from "TryptophanMan", taking the hand to showdown.
"soccerdad29" showed for the flopped nuts and "TryptophanMan" mucked, unable to also produce Broadway. The entire pot was shipped to "soccerdad29", who now finds themselves over 135,000 .
In Level 7 with blinds of 300/600, "blankface777" raised to 1,320 on the button and "IsleOfEwe2" called. The two saw a flop of and "IsleOfEwe2" check-called a continuation-bet of 1,780 from "blankface777".
The turn came and "IsleOfEwe2" checked and called a second barrel of 3,800 from "blankface777", bringing the river . "IsleOfEwe2" checked a final time and "blankface777" fired a third barrel of 10,800. "IsleOfEwe2" called.
"blankface777" showed , watching their flopped straight draw back into the nut flush. "IsleOfEwe2" was unable to beat it and mucked, resulting in "blankface777" earning the pot.
In Level 6 with blinds of 250/500, "Morning Waffles" made it 1,750 to go in the hijack at a five-handed table and "DomeGod69420" called on the button. Action went heads up to a flop of and "Morning Waffles" opted to check.
"DomeGod69420" took the initiative and made a half-pot-sized bet of 2,125, which was check-pot-raised to 10,625 by "Morning Waffles". "DomeGod69420" came over the top, three-bet shoving for just shy of 25,000.
The all-in raise sent "Morning Waffles" into the tank and their time bank ultimately expired, resulting in "DomeGod69420" taking down the pot with their flop shove.
The tournament is on its first five-minute break of the night midway through Level 5 (200/400). Thirty-seven entries have now been logged with 28 players remaining. Complete chip counts are listed below.