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In Level 8 with blinds of 800/1,600 and an ante of 200, preflop action saw all the chips go into the middle between "Ilija" in the small blind and "stephub0331," who was in the big blind.

"Ilija":
"stephhub0331":

"Ilija" woke up with the second-best starting hand and ran it into the only one that could best it. Fortunately for them, the flop came to give them a set of kings and put them ahead, where they would stay as the turn and river completed the runout to result in them winning the pot with a full house and earning the double.

"stephhub0331" was left with less than two big blinds and was eliminated on the next hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ilija	104,060 58,540	58,540
stephhub0331	Busted

Forty-eight entries have now been logged as play has reached Level 6 with the tournament now running for one hour. Blinds are now 500/1,000 with an ante of 125.

Nine eliminations have occurred thus far, though only four players have opted to not re-enter. Registration will remain open for more than two more hours.

Player	Chips	Progress
IReadYrSoul	110,438 4,100	4,100
bigcakes1	109,676 59,676	59,676
Whosyourdoddy	99,390 35,075	35,075
UFOLDIWIN	97,175 53,365	53,365
mooseman1710	95,346 37,807	37,807
upayformypennys	90,695 -11,485	-11,485
SkRiLLAA	87,970 39,860	39,860
Daniel Buzgon	85,100 29,875	29,875
miw210x	79,250 40,505	40,505
KingsWin	77,065 18,125	18,125
MatchupProof	74,380 65,165	65,165
DaCoolerKing	69,261 -3,390	-3,390
Cholie	69,037 18,821	18,821
lvbball1	66,702 10,759	10,759
Bagels	66,465
roystalin	62,349 -8,205	-8,205
Rtlove1313	56,755 6,755	6,755
supremetny	56,129 -21,335	-21,335
AvidSmores	54,388
JakeTheSnake99	52,655 -27,975	-27,975
Lanfeust	Busted
Joem325	Busted
MuddyBanana	Busted

In Level 5 with blinds of 400/800 and an ante of 100, there was a blind-on-blind battle with 19,200 in the middle on a board reading .

"IReadYrSoul" checked in the small blind and "Lanfeust" bet 20,000 in the big blind. "IReadYrSoul" check-raised all in for 47,100 and "Lanfeust" called.

"IReadYrSoul":
"Lanfeust":

"IReadYrSoul" had flopped trips and only needed to fade the two remaining aces in the deck. The river further improved them to a full house, leaving "Lanfeust's" aces up second best to result in the pot being shipped to "IReadYrSoul" as they earned a double.

Player	Chips	Progress
IReadYrSoul	106,338 55,228	55,228
Lanfeust	5,226 -44,774	-44,774

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In Level 4 with blinds of 300/600 and an ante of 75, "miw210x" raised it up to 1,500 in early position and action folded around to "Djp120388," who was on the button and three-bet to 4,200. "miw210x" thought for a bit and then four-bet to 10,500 to put actoin back onto "Djp120388."

"Djp120388" five-bet jammed for around 50,000 and "miw210x" quickly folded, resulting in "Djp120388" taking down the pot preflop with their shove.

Player	Chips	Progress
Djp120388	60,870 60,870	60,870
miw210x	38,745 -15,025	-15,025

The first five-minute break has completed with play midway through Level 3. Blinds are 250/500 with an ante of 60, and the field has risen up to 35. Here's a complete look at the chip counts.

Player	Chips	Progress
upayformypennys	102,180
JakeTheSnake99	80,630 44,350	44,350
supremetny	77,464 27,464	27,464
DaCoolerKing	72,651 32,875	32,875
roystalin	70,554 20,554	20,554
Whosyourdoddy	64,315 2,735	2,735
KingsWin	58,940 -6,455	-6,455
mooseman1710	57,539 7,539	7,539
lvbball1	55,943 5,943	5,943
njpokeraa	55,400 5,400	5,400
Daniel Buzgon	55,225 5,225	5,225
NoRecourse	54,879 4,879	4,879
miw210x	53,770 3,770	3,770
livethedrm	53,280 3,280	3,280
Katie Stone	51,525 1,525	1,525
IReadYrSoul	51,110
Monkee	50,990 990	990
golden13	50,420 420	420
Cholie	50,216 216	216
Anthony Maio	50,000
JinYang	50,000
bigcakes1	50,000
Lanfeust	50,000
rockbro	50,000
Rtlove1313	50,000

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In Level 3 with blinds of 250/500 and an ante of 60, preflop action saw 6,230 in the middle with action heads up between "upayformypennys" in middle position and "FooQuan," who was in the hijack.

The flop came and "upayformypennys" checked. "FooQuan" bet 3,500 and "upayformypennys" called.

The turn was and "upayformypennys" checked again. "FooQuan" continued, betting another 5,000. "upayformypennys" check-raised to 17,115 and "FooQuan" came over the top, three-betting all in for just over 40,000. "upayformypennys" called.

"FooQuan":
"upayformypennys":

"upayformypennys" had turned a set of tens and had "FooQuan" drawing dead to the river to score the effective double, taking their stack over 100,000 shortly before the first break of the evening.

Player	Chips	Progress
upayformypennys	102,180 52,180	52,180
FooQuan	Busted

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The number of players in the tournament has grown to 28 in Level 2 with blinds of 200/400 and an ante of 50.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gohednpopoff	50,000
Cholie	50,000
golden13	50,000
LordRamsaySlays	50,000
livethedrm	50,000
upayformypennys	50,000
Monkee	50,000
SkRiLLAA	50,000
MatchupProof	50,000
NoRecourse	50,000