In Level 12 with blinds of 1,200/2,400 and an ante of 300, action folded around to the cutoff where "Standoff2327" limped in. "GiantGenius" was next to act and raised to 6,000 on the button. "sdandouli" three-bet shoved for 25,000 in the big blind and "Standoff2327" folded to put action back onto "GiantGenius," who called.

"sdandouli":
"GiantGenius":

"sdandouli" saw their aces look great preflop and they remained ahead as the flop came , giving "GiantGenius" a pair of fives and a backdoor flush draw. One pair then became two on the turn , leaving "sdandouli" in need of hitting an ace, king, or jack to stay alive. Instead, a queen came on the river and their aces wound up no good to result in their elimination from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
GiantGenius	188,867
Standoff2327	96,651
sdandouli	Busted

In Level 11 with blinds of 1,000/2,000 and an ante of 250, "shelah629" opened the action with a raise to 6,000 in middle position and saw "chopseuy" three-bet shove for 25,600 in the small blind. "shelah629" called.

"chopsuey":
"shelah629":

The two were off to the races with "chopsuey" needing to hold to stay alive. Instead, the flop [d5h7s] gave "shelah629" a pair of fives. "chopsuey" failed to improve as the turn and river completed the runout and they found themselves dry on chips as the pot was shipped in the opposite direction.

Player	Chips	Progress
shelah629	112,797 31,210	31,210
chopsuey	Busted
James ‘Bagels’ Lillis	Busted

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The field returned from a five-minute break a couple of minutes ago and Level 9 has now begun with blinds of 800/1,600 and an ante of 200. "Kevgee77" has overtaken the chip lead by a sizeable margin, though plenty of worthy competitors find themselves atop the first page of the leader board. Among them are Brian "TopCreature" Sherrier and Ryan “simlSgg” Hagerty, both of whom round out the top three in counts.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevgee77	348,345 255,017	255,017
Brian “TopCreature” Sherrier	233,410 51,838	51,838
Ryan “simlSgg” Hagerty	201,924 70,830	70,830
LexBabe	186,539 157,529	157,529
RUclydzFAN	186,478 186,478	186,478
Standoff2327	172,243 91,501	91,501
joeyh1935	165,778 95,758	95,758
Doni34	161,788 -37,630	-37,630
joey1way	141,004 141,004	141,004
mooseman1710	127,457 127,457	127,457
Stonniepokes	125,753 125,753	125,753
Daniel “leinad” Buzgon	125,670 -34,985	-34,985
Tony tone40	124,390 71,915	71,915
upayformypennys	123,869 47,559	47,559
Atom3v388	113,831 113,831	113,831
Alex “JinYang” Butcher	110,684 110,684	110,684
Tony "Bond18" Dunst	108,740 -9,370	-9,370
Jon “Jetsfan411” Borenstein	106,775 106,775	106,775
chaposticks	105,566 -39,812	-39,812
ILoveDeuce7	103,880 103,880	103,880

In Level 8 with blinds of 700/1,400 and an ante of 175, "BigBang" saw action fold around to middle position and opened to 2,800. "stephhub0331" was next to act in the hijack and three-bet to 9,800. Action made its way back to "BigBang" and they called, taking action heads up to the flop . "BigBang" checked and "stephhub0331" made a continuation-bet of 9,000. "BigBang" called, bringing the pot size up to 41,100 and leaving them with 32,500 behind.

The turn was and "BigBang" checked again. "stephhub0331" made a pot-sized bet, effectively putting "BigBang" to a decision for the rest of their chips. They thought for about 20 seconds and then folded, resulting in "stephhub0331" taking down the pot with their second barrel.

Player	Chips	Progress
stephhub0331	103,820
BigBang	32,500

In Level 6 with blinds of 500/1,000 and an ante of 125, the board read with three-way action between "Tony tone40" in the small blind, "bigcov32" in the big blind, and "IReadYrSoul" in middle position.

"Tony tone40" was first to act and bet 4,000 into a pot of 12,600. "bigcov32" folded and "IReadYrSoul" called, taking action heads up to the river . "Tony tone40" bet 7,500, leaving 8,000 behind in their stack, and "IReadYrSoul" went all in. "Tony tone40" called off what was left to see if they would double or bust.

"Tony tone40":
"IReadYrSoul":

"IReadYrSoul" had only one half of the completed flush draw that the river brought and saw their river bluff shove with ace-high run into a set of eights, earning "Tony tone40" the double to take them over a starting stack.

Meanwhile, "Doni34" has amassed a stack of 199,000 since returning from the break and is now atop the counts as the field nears in on 150 entries.

Player	Chips	Progress
Doni34	199,418 91,408	91,408
Tony tone40	52,475
IReadYrSoul	24,130
bigcov32	Busted