In Level 26 with blinds of 16,000/32,000 and an ante of 4,000, "bigcakes1" opened in the cutoff and "reyd182" reraised all in on the button. "bigcakes1" called.
"reyd182":
"bigcakes1":
"reyd182" was ahead but saw "bigcakes1" flop the nuts as it came . The turn and river completed the runout and "bigcakes1" remained on top with their striaght, sending "reyd182" to the virtual rail in fourth place with a payday of $1,976 to go along with it.
In Level 26 with blinds of 16,000/32,000 and an ante of 4,000, action folded around to "Hanadog9" in the small blind and they got stacks in against "rumpthumper", who was in the big blind with around 110,000.
"rumpthumper":
"Hanadog9":
The board came and left both players' hands unchanged, resulting in "Hanadog9's" jack kicker remaining best to knock "rumpthumper" out of the tournament in fifth place.
In Level 25 with blinds of 14,000/28,000 and an ante of 3,500, "JinYang" got all in on the button on a flop of against "bigcakes1," who was in the big blind.
"JinYang":
"bigcakes1":
"JinYang's flopped top two pair had run into bottom set and they were unable to hit a four outer on the turn or the river . They finished in sixth place, earning $1,248 and becoming the first player in the tournament to receive a payday of more than $1,000.
Hand #1: In Level 25 with blinds of 14,000/28,000 and an ante of 3,500, "KingsWin" limped in from middle position for over half their stack and saw "JinYang" raise in the cutoff. Action folded back to "KingsWin" and they called off their last few chips.
"KingsWin":
"JinYang":
"KingsWin" needed help and found extra outs by the turn as the first four cards appeared , but the river left them no good and they were eliminated in eighth place.
Hand #2: On the very next hand, a three-bet pot ensued between "Hanadog9," who was under the gun and "Cholie," who was in the cutoff. Stacks got in on a flop of when "Hanadog9" check-called a shove from "Cholie."
"Cholie":
"Hanadog9":
"Cholie" found their jacks had run into a flopped set of sevens and the turn and river left them with nothing more than jacks up, no good to "Hanadog9's" full house to result in their departure from the tournament in seventh place.
In Level 25 with blinds of 14,000/28,000 and an ante of 3,500, "Stonniepokes" saw action folded to them in the hijack and shoved all in for their last 6 or so big blinds. They received action from "Gohednpopoff," who was on the button.
"Stonniepokes":
"Gohednpopoff":
"Stonniepokes" was unable to hit a three outer as the board ran out and they finished in ninth place, becoming the first elimination of the final table in Event #14.
In Level 25 with blinds of 14,000/28,000 and an ante of 3,500, "miw210x" shoved for 118,800 ;under the gunand received a call from "Cholie" in the small blind.
"miw210x":
"Cholie":
"miw210x" was behind but found four extra outs on the flop . The turn gave them seven more outs, but the river bricked out and they were eliminated in 12th place.
At the same time on the other table, "Gohednpopoff" limped in on the button and "njpokeraa" shoved in the small blind for their last handful of big blinds. "Gohednpopoff" called.
"njpokeraa":
"Gohednpopoff":
A ten-high runout left "njpokeraa" dry on chips and they were eliminated in 11th place.
Then, on very next hand on the first table of note, "MatchupProof" was eliminated by "bigcakes1" and the final table of nine was officially reached within a couple of minutes of play resuming from break.
On the last hand of Level 24 with blinds of 12,000/24,000 and an ante of 3,000, "IReadYrSoul" went all in for their last 40,000 under the gun and got called by "Stonniepokes" on the button. "Gohednpopoff" also called in the small blind, as did "njpokeraa" in the big blind for a potential three-way side pot.
The flop fell and "Gohednpopoff" led out with a bet of 48,000. "njpokeraa" folded and "Stonniepokes" called.
The turn was and both players checked, bringing the river . "Gohednpopoff" jammed for 191,000 and "Stonniepokes" quickly called.
"IReadYrSoul":
"Gohednpopoff":
"Stonniepokes":
"Stonniepokes" had flopped a set but it became the second-best hand by the river when "Gohednpopoff" completed a backdoor flush to score the double and more, eliminating "IReadYrSoul" in 13th place to take the tournament officially into the money as it goes on break.
Chip counts for the final 12 have been provided below.
A full level has gone by with the bubble still continuing as 13 players remain at the beginning of Level 24 with blinds of 12,000/24,000 and an ante of 3,000. Four players find themselves with under eight big blinds.
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In Level 23 with blinds of 10,000/20,000 and an ante of 2,500, "MatchupProof" raised to 40,000 under the gun and saw action fold around to "bigcakes1," who defended their big blind.
The flop came and "bigcakes1" checked. "MatchupProof" made a continuation-bet of 50,000 and "bigcakes1" called, bringing the turn .
"bigcakes1" led out with a bet of 90,000 and "MatchupProof" called. The river was and "bigcakes1" led out again, this time for a pot-sized bet of 386,100. "MatchupProof" thought for about 10 seconds and made the call.
"bigcakes1" showed the nuts, tabling and earning the first seven-figure pot of the tournament and becoming the first player to reach 1 million in chips.
. The turn 
and river 
completed the runout and "bigcakes1" remained on top with their striaght, sending "reyd182" to the virtual rail in fourth place with a payday of $1,976 to go along with it.
and left both players' hands unchanged, resulting in "Hanadog9's" jack kicker remaining best to knock "rumpthumper" out of the tournament in fifth place.
against "bigcakes1," who was in the big blind. 
or the river 
. They finished in sixth place, earning $1,248 and becoming the first player in the tournament to receive a payday of more than $1,000.
, but the river 
when "Hanadog9" check-called a shove from "Cholie."
left them with nothing more than jacks up, no good to "Hanadog9's" full house to result in their departure from the tournament in seventh place. 
. "Gohednpopoff" jammed for 191,000 and "Stonniepokes" quickly called.
and earning the first seven-figure pot of the tournament and becoming the first player to reach 1 million in chips.