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In Level 22 with blinds of 8,000/16,000 and an ante of 2,000, "Bagels" raised to 32,000 under the gun and action folded around to "AlwaysCheck88" in the big blind, who defended. The flop came and action went check-check.

The turn was and "AlwaysCheck88" checked. "Bagels" bet 43,000 and "AlwaysCheck88" called. The river fell and "AlwaysCheck88" checked. "Bagels"bet enough to put "AlwaysCheck88" all in for their last 68,500 and "AlwaysCheck88" made the call after some thought.

"AlwaysCheck88":
"Bagels":

"Bagels" had flopped Broadway and it remained best to score the knockout and eliminate "AlwaysCheck88" in 13th place.

Moments later, "DaCoolerKing" knocked "BigDickRick" out of the tournament in 12th place to leave two eliminations needed until the tournament reaches the final table. Both players received $403.30 for their efforts.

Player	Chips	Progress
DaCoolerKing	554,262 340,388	340,388
Bagels	476,341 238,000	238,000
AlwaysCheck88	Busted
BigDickRick	Busted

In Level 21 with blinds of 7,000/14,000 and an ante of 1,750, "upayformypennys" three-bet all in for 318,000 in the cutoff over an open to 28,000."rumpthumper" called all in for less in the big blind.

"rumpthumper":
"upayformypennys":

"rumpthumper" was way out in front and pulled even further ahead with top set on the flop . The turn then came , giving "upayformypennys" an open-ended straight draw, and the river completed the draw to give "upayformypennys" a straight and eliminate "rumpthumper" in 15th place.

The tournament is now on the official bubble, as just one more elimination is needed to reach the money

Player	Chips	Progress
upayformypennys	505,695 159,430	159,430
rumpthumper	Busted

Play is now in Level 21 with blinds of 7,000/14,000 and an ante of 1,750. Two eliminations are still needed to reach the money. Here's a look at the shortest stacks in the tournametn.

Player	Chips	Progress
BigDickRick	135,041 -81,000	-81,000
rumpthumper	109,930 -88,000	-88,000
jimlarry	109,322 -12,000	-12,000

In Level 20 with blinds of 6,000/12,000 and an ante of 1,500, "TheKing411" got all in preflop in the small blind and received action from "NewAgedP23," who was in middle position.

"TheKing411":
"NewAgedP23":

"NewAgedP23" faded the three-outer as the board came and "TheKing411" was eliminated from the tournament in 16th place.

Hand-for-hand play has now begun with the tournament being two eliminations away from reaching the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
NewAgedP23	1,243,800 416,447	416,447
TheKing411	Busted

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In the last hand of Level 19 with blinds of 5,000/10,000 and an ante of 1,250, Ari Engel shoved for 102,000 under the gun and action folded around to "Pokeher," who was on the button and called. The players in the blinds folded and the two were off to the races.

Ari Engel":
"Pokeher":

Engel was in a coin flip for his tournament life and needed to improve in order to double. The flop came and gave Engel four more outs to Broadway, but he would not find any of his 10 as the turn and river completed the runout with "Pokeher" taking down the pot with their sevens and fives.

A few hands later, "Pokeher" eliminated "LordRamsaySlays" as their six-four suited wound up best over the ace-king of "LordRamsaySlays."

The two eliminations bring the tournament down to 16 players, just three away from making it into the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pokeher	491,640 309,617	309,617
Ari Engel	Busted
LordRamsaySlays	Busted

Three minutes remain in Level 19 with blinds of 5,000/10,000 and an ante of 1,250 as the tournament reaches another five-minute break.

Eighteen players now remain on two full tables, and chip counts for all remaining players have been provided below.

Player	Chips	Progress
NewAgedP23	827,353 21,250	21,250
JinYang	665,516 385,084	385,084
roystalin	453,105 151,905	151,905
TheKing411	368,447 29,375	29,375
upayformypennys	346,265 32,500	32,500
PSL16197	307,630 187,465	187,465
Katie Stone	300,024 18,125	18,125
SugarJ	294,262 -56,250	-56,250
AlwaysCheck88	256,500 53,500	53,500
Bagels	238,341 -2,500	-2,500
Stingray99	223,000 149,000	149,000
BigDickRick	216,041 -21,875	-21,875
DaCoolerKing	213,874 55,600	55,600
rumpthumper	197,930 -141,125	-141,125
Pokeher	182,023 -27,500	-27,500
LordRamsaySlays	134,792 37,396	37,396
jimlarry	121,322 -225,985	-225,985
Ari Engel	103,575 250	250

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On the last hand of Level 18 with blinds of 4,000/8,000 and an ante of 1,000, four players saw a flop of with 71,000 in the middle.

"NewAgedP23" checked in the small blind and "SugarJ" checked behind in the big blind. "Pokeher" was third to act from under the gun and also checked, to put action on "Bagels," who bet 35,500 on the button.

"NewAgedP23" check-shoved for over effectively 350,000 more and everybody else folded, each with a little bit of deliberation as the last seconds of the registration period ticked off the clock.

The pot was sent to "NewAgedP23," who now finds themselves over 800,000 going to the freezeout portion of the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
NewAgedP23	806,103 194,445	194,445
SugarJ	350,512 29,000	29,000
Bagels	240,841 7,875	7,875
Pokeher	209,523 64,687	64,687