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Event #8: $30K GTD Progressive Knockout Bounty
Day: 1
Event Info
Bubble play continues in Level 26 with blinds of 12,000/24,000 and an ante of 3,000. Updated chip counts have been provided below.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,275,553
-26,000
|
-26,000 |
|
|
1,260,311
200,164
|
200,164 |
|
|
1,051,132
374,450
|
374,450 |
|
|
883,296
12,100
|
12,100 |
|
|
626,127
-437,439
|
-437,439 |
|
|
575,768
277,384
|
277,384 |
|
|
444,204
-111,500
|
-111,500 |
|
421,485
189,200
|
189,200 |
|
|
412,124
-98,750
|
-98,750 |
In Level 25 with blinds of 10,000/20,000 and an ante of 2,500, "ELITEMALESSO" opened to 70,000 in the cutoff and "mooseman1710" three-bet shoved in the small blind for 529,000 effective. "ELITEMALESSO" called.
"ELITEMALESSO": 
"mooseman1710": 
The two were in a coin flip for a pot of 1.1 million and "ELITEMALESSO" saw the runout come 
to result in their tournament run coming to an end in 10th place as "IReadYrSoul" was eliminated a few minutes prior.
Nine players
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,301,553
578,743
|
578,743 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
In Level 24 with blinds of 8,000/16,000 and an ante of 2,000, "mooseman1710" raised to 33,000 under the gun and "phllychzsteak1" three-bet shoved for 259,000 in the hijack. Michael ��IIIIIIIIIIIII�� Haberman was in the small blind and came over the top, cold-four-bet shoving for 548,000. All remaining players folded.
"phillychzsteak1": 
Michael ��IIIIIIIIIIIII�� Haberman: 
"phillychzsteak1" was in trouble but found four immediate outs on the flop 
. Unfortunately for them, they got no closer as the turn 
and river 
completed the runout to result in them taking 13th place.
Moments later, got all in preflpo in the big blind against "TraderSteve" in the small blind.
Brian "TopCreature" Sherrier: 
"TraderSteve": 
Sherrier did not catch a nine and was eliminated in 12th place shortly thereafter.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,063,566
4,445
|
4,445 |
|
|
1,060,147
679,337
|
679,337 |
|
|
871,196
681,291
|
681,291 |
|
|
722,810
53,055
|
53,055 |
|
|
676,682
-41,437
|
-41,437 |
|
|
555,704
-116,250
|
-116,250 |
|
|
510,874
-2,090
|
-2,090 |
|
|
510,688
105,110
|
105,110 |
|
|
399,664
-71,250
|
-71,250 |
|
|
298,384
-28,000
|
-28,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
In Level 24 with blinds of 8,000/16,000 and an ante of 2,000, "lenny54" opened to 35,000 and "bighatnocattle" thought for a bit before three-bet jamming for 148,000 in the small blind. "lenny54" called once action was back upon them.
"bighatnocattle": 
"lenny54": 
"bighatnocattle" cut their opponent's outs in half on the flop 
but found four more cards to sweat as the turn 
gave "lenny54" a backdoor straight draw. However, the river came a clean 
and they earned the double. .
Meanwhile, "A. Jackson1767" and Stanton "Stonniepokes" Tentnowski were recently eliminated and just 13 players remain.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,059,121
-183,802
|
-183,802 |
|
|
326,384
99,942
|
99,942 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
In Level 23 with blinds of 7,000/14,000 and an ante of 1,750, Michael ��IIIIIIIIIIIII�� Haberman jammed for 158,000 in the cutoff and James ��Bagels�� Lillis called in the big blind after a few moments of thought.
Michael ��IIIIIIIIIIIII�� Haberman: 
James ��Bagels�� Lillis:
Haberman was out in front and was the only one to improve as the runout came 
to give him aces up as he held to double at Lillis' expense.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
232,285
-133,905
|
-133,905 |
|
|
189,905 |
Fifteen players remain on break in Level 23 with blinds of 7,000/14,000 and an ante of 1,750. "lenny54" has become the first player to crack seven figures and has the other 14 remaining players looking up at them in the counts.
Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken became the 16th-place finisher in the tournament shortly before break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,242,923
599,229
|
599,229 |
|
|
718,119
133,997
|
133,997 |
|
|
671,954
128,320
|
128,320 |
|
|
669,755
-161,795
|
-161,795 |
|
|
512,964
221,180
|
221,180 |
|
|
470,914
82,449
|
82,449 |
|
|
405,578
222,564
|
222,564 |
|
|
386,108
137,829
|
137,829 |
|
|
380,810
124,575
|
124,575 |
|
|
366,190
130,920
|
130,920 |
|
|
254,028
71,000
|
71,000 |
|
|
246,033
42,653
|
42,653 |
|
|
226,442
24,831
|
24,831 |
|
|
208,277
24,650
|
24,650 |
|
|
189,905
-335,753
|
-335,753 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
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In Level 22 with blinds of 6,000/12,000 and an ante of 1,500, "sri50k" raised to 24,000 in middle position and received a call from "mooseman1710," defending their big blind. The flop dropped and "mooseman1710" checked. "sri50k" overbet-shoved for 143,000 and "mooseman1710" thought for a handful of moments before deciding to call.
"sri50k":
"mooseman1710":
"sri50k" had two overcards and a flush draw but saw the turn 
and river brick out to send them to the rail in 21st place as the official bubble finisher of the tournament. The 20 remaining players are now all in the money and will earn $242 plus bounties.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
831,550
226,450
|
226,450 |
|
|
Busted |