In Level 23 with blinds of 6,000/12,000 and an ante of 1,500, "Batzz88" was down to their last 90,883 and open-jammed in the cutoff. "pompii23" called in the big blind.

"Batzz88":
"pompii23":

A full house, threes full of sevens came on the runout leaving "pompii23" to play the board while "Batzz88" finished with threes full of kings to earn the easy double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Batzz88	198,266 -12,717	-12,717
pompii23	128,612 -132,383	-132,383

In Level 23 with blinds of 6,000/12,000 and an ante of 1,500, action folded to Stanton "Stonniepokes" Tentnowski in the cutoff and he opened to 24,000. "Dkornblau" three-bet to 62,400 in the small blind and Tentnowski wasted no time four-bet jamming to effectively put "Dkornblau" to a decision for their remaining 175K.

"Dkornblau" went into the tank, activating some of their time bank, and eventually found a fold. With the pot, Tentnowski has now become the first player over half a million in the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stanton "Stonniepokes" Tentnowski	543,602 77,900	77,900
Dkornblau	175,719 -48,900	-48,900

In Level 22 with blinds of 5,000/10,000 and an ante of 1,250, "st0neydanza" opened to 21,500 in the hijack and was called by Stanton "Stonniepokes" Tentnowski on the button. Action went heads up to a flop of and both players checked.

The turn came and "st0neydanza" bet 30,600. Tentnowski called and both players checked through the river to take the hand to showdown.

"st0neydanza" showed for ace high and it was bested by a rivered pair of sixes from Tentnowski's .

Players are now on a five-minute break, and updated counts have been provided below.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stanton "Stonniepokes" Tentnowski	465,702 71,975	71,975
Ross "Rosseg" Gottlieb	345,516 57,675	57,675
st0neydanza	306,809 -73,841	-73,841
pompii23	260,995 36,975	36,975
Dkornblau	224,619 -32,449	-32,449
Batzz88	210,983 33,515	33,515
Daniel "loxonbagel" Buzgon	148,907 -33,225	-33,225
TiltedHard	86,469 -60,625	-60,625

Level 21 has begun for the start of the final table with blinds now reaching 4,000/8,000 and an ante of 1,000. Stanton "Stonniepokes" Tentnowski is atop the counts with "st0neydanza" just behind him, and the two are the only ones above 300,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stanton "Stonniepokes" Tentnowski	393,727
st0neydanza	380,650
Ross "Rosseg" Gottlieb	287,841
Dkornblau	257,068
pompii23	224,020
Daniel "loxonbagel" Buzgon	182,132
Batzz88	177,468
TiltedHard	147,094

Hand #1: In Level 20 with blinds of 3,500/7,000 and an ante of 875, "pompii23" opened to 14,000 in the hijack and action folded to "NikkieBlueEyes" in the big blind, who defended. The flop came and "NikkieBlueEyes" overbet-jammed for 61,135. "pompii23" called.

"NikkieBlueEyes":
"pompii23":

"NikkieBlueEyes" missed their flush draw and overcard as the runout finished , ultimately giving "pompii23" sixes full as "NikkieBlueEyes" was eliminated in 11th place.

Hand #2: A moment later on the adjacent table, "karish33" open-jammed for their last 53,298 in the cutoff and "Batzz88" called on the button, being the only player to do so.

"karish33":
"Batzz88":

The flop gave "Batzz88" top pair but also gave "karish33" four new outs in exchange for the three they had preflop. However, it all proved to be for naught as the turn and river left the situation unchanged to bring about their elimination from the tournament in 10th place.

With nine players remaining, the tournament is now on the final table bubble and hand-for-hand play is in effect once more for the two tables left in play.

Player	Chips	Progress
Batzz88	330,343 64,398	64,398
pompii23	263,964 80,085	80,085
karish33	Busted
NikkieBlueEyes	Busted

In Level 19 with blinds of 3,000/6,000, "cncly1314" open-shoved for 75,299 in the cutoff and Daniel "loxonbagel" Buzgon re-jammed for just under 100K on the button, getting two folds behind from the players in the blinds.

"cncly1314":
Daniel "loxonbagel" Buzgon:

Buzgon's snowmen remained best on a queen-high runout to eliminate "cncly1314" in 13th place. On the adjacent table moments later, "tattedup1657" lost their last four big blinds in a pot to Stanton "Stonniepokes" Tentnowski and was eliminated in 12th place. Three eliminations now are needed to reach the final table of eight in this otherwise seven-handed tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stanton "Stonniepokes" Tentnowski	218,702 29,740	29,740
Daniel "loxonbagel" Buzgon	188,447 63,924	63,924
cncly1314	Busted
tattedup1657	Busted

In Level 18 with blinds of 2,500/5,000 and an ante of 625, "st0neydanza" opened to 11,650 in middle position and Ryan "hagz2richez" Hagerty re-jammed for 75,681 in the cutoff. Daniel "loxonbagel" Buzgon was on the button with 77,420 and committed all of it as well, with "Dkornblau" calling in the big blind before "st0neydanza" let their hand go to bring about a three-way all-in scenario.

Ryan "hagz2richez" Hagerty:
Daniel "loxonbagel" Buzgon:
"Dkornblau":

Hagery found himself in about as good of a situation as possible with two players behind him also committing chips. The flop gave both of his opponents double gutters, though he also flopped a gutshot straight flush draw. The turn left just one card between him and a triple, but the river gave his two opponents Broadway and sent him out in 14th place as a result.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dkornblau	297,792 -3,072	-3,072
st0neydanza	281,081 33,912	33,912
Daniel "loxonbagel" Buzgon	124,523 39,978	39,978
Ryan "hagz2richez" Hagerty	Busted