Play is early in Level 3 and 306 of 308 players now remain in the tournament, with Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph and Timofey "hello_totti" Kuznetsov being the first two eliminations of the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
"BIack88" opened to 1,760 in middle position and action folded around to Ben "jenbizzle" Jones, who defended his big blind. The flop fell 
and Jones checked. "BIack88" made a continuation-bet of 1,820 and Jones called.
The turn came 
and both players checked. The river was 
and Jones checked a third time. "BIack88" made a bet of 4,860 and Jones quickly check-raised all in for his remaining 15,685.
"BIack88" went into the tank, activating their time bank and taking a bit to think about their decision before electing to fold.
Jones had lost nearly 85% of his stack early in the tournament but gained some back with the won pot, now finding himself just over 29,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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163,575
-19,270
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-19,270 |
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29,005
-70,995
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-70,995 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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116,870 | |
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109,053 | |
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107,821 | |
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106,008 | |
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100,224 | |
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98,000 | |
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97,900 | |
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97,800 | |
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96,775 | |
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96,225 | |
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91,300 | |
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89,442 | |
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86,909 | |
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80,460 | |
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74,595 | |
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71,915 | |
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67,106 | |
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55,050 | |
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Busted | |
Level: 4
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 125
Alexander "joiso" Kostritsyn raised it up to 2,000 in early position and was three-bet to 6,000 by "ricer19," who was on the button. Kostritsyn made the call and the flop came 
. Both players checked.
The turn was 
and Kostritsyn bet 4,800. "ricer19" raised to 12,000 and Kostritsyn called. The river fell 
and action went check-check to take the hand to showdown.
Kostritsyn showed 
and "ricer19" mucked, resulting in the pot being shipped to Kostritsyn who now finds himself with over 180,000 early in Level 4.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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180,545
180,545
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180,545 |
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57,258
57,258
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57,258 |
"lipe piv" opened the action with a raise to 2,500 in the cutoff and received a call from Rens "Rens02" Feenstra, who was on the button. Action went heads up to a flop of 
and both players checked.
The turn came 
and "lipe piv" made an overbet of 10,000. Feenstra thought for a while, activating his time bank before making the call. The river was 
and "lipe piv" activated their time bank before beting 8,840.
Feenstra once more went into the tank and proceeded to raise all in, putting "lipe piv" to a decision for their remaining 41,000 and change. A time bank was activated for the fourth time in the hand and "lipe piv" eventually made the call.
"lipe piv": 
Rens "Rens02" Feenstra: 
Feenstra's rivered nut flush reigned superior to his opponent's queens up and he scored the knockout, bringing his stack over 200,000 as a result.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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207,020
207,020
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207,020 |
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Busted |
Over two dozen players have been eliminated as the tournament lobby now displays 372 players remaining out of 400 entrants. Here are some of the players who have already hit the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Level: 5
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 150
"kimokh" was in the small blind with 8,900 to start the hand and went all in upon action folding around. Scott "Aggro Santos" Margereson immediately called in the big blind.
"kimokh": 
Scott "Aggro Santos" Margereson: 
Margereson hit a nine on the flop 
to pull even further ahead but found a small sweat on the turn . However, the river 
was clean and his pair of nines remained best, leaving his opponent with zero chips as the pot was shipped his way.proc
Also on Margereson's table are Guillaume "Nolet20" Nolet and Parker "tonkaaaa" Talbot, with Talbot off to a fast start having already chipped up to over a quarter-million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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262,315
262,315
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262,315 |
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133,050
133,050
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133,050 |
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122,993
-31,770
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-31,770 |
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86,223
-19,785
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-19,785 |
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Busted |
"chininhaltig" went all in for their last 23,625 in middle position and action folded around to Ole "wizowizo" Schemion, who was in the small blind and called.
"chininhaltig": 
Ole "wizowizo" Schemion:
The flop 
was exactly the opposite of what Schemion wanted to see but the turn 
reversed his fortunes immediately thereafter, giving him a full house and leaving him in need of fading the remaining king and three aces on the river to earn the knockout. He would do just that as the final card fell 
to complete the runout with his jacks full staying best to complete the runout, bringing him back over the starting stack in the process.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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104,460
104,460
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104,460 |
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Busted |