In Level 26 with blinds of 16,000/32,000 and an ante of 4,000, "upayformypennys" went all in for 385,000 in middle position and action folded around to "NewAgedP23," who was in the big blind and called.
"upayformypennys":
"NewAgedP23":
"upayformypennys" was at risk for their tournament life and the runout left their jack kicker to be second best against their opponent's queen kicker. They were eliminated in seventh place and earned $981 for their effort.
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In Level 26 with blinds of 16,000/32,000 and an ante of 4,000, "Stingray99" limped under the gun and "Bagels" raised to 64,000 in the hijack. "NewAgedP23" called on the button and "Stingray99" also called to take action three ways to a flop of .
Action checked to "Bagels," who made a continuation-bet of 132,000 and received a call only from "Stingray99."
With 528,000 in the pot, the turn came and "Stingray99" jammed for 383,000.
Faced with a decision for the rest of their chips, "Bagels" went deep into the tank and eventually found a fold, leaving themselves with less than 10 big blinds as a result.
In Level 26 with blinds of 16,000/32,000 and an ante of 4,000, "Bagels" jammed for their last 250,000 and received a call from Katie Stone, who was on the button.
"Bagels":
Katie Stone:
A queen came on the flop and a pair of fours finished the runout, leaving Stone's ace kicker playing to knock out "Bagels" in sixth place.
Moments later at the end of the level, "DaCoolerKing" got all in from the cutoff against "NewAgedP23" who was in the big blind.
"DaCoolerKing":
"NewAgedP23":
When all was said and done, the board read and "NewAgedP23" had a flush to knock out "DaCoolerKing" in fourth place.
In Level 27 with blinds of 18,000/36,000 and an ante of 4,500, Katie Stone shoved all in for 505,000 in the small blind and "Stingray99" called in the big blind.
Katie Stone:
"Stingray99":
Stone had "Stingray99" barely covered, but the two were effectively in a coin flip for their tournament lives and Stone wound up on the wrong side of the coin as the board ran out . She was eliminated on the following hand for the last of her chips to result in her finishing in fourth place, earning a payday of $2,049.20 for her efforts.
In Level 28 with blinds of 20,000/40,000 and an ante of 5,000, "Stingray99" lost a pot to "NewAgedP23" and were down to their last 521,000. They raised to 120,000 on the button and "JinYang" three-bet to 400,000 in the small blind. "Stingray99" went all in and "JinYang" called.
"Stingray99":
"JinYang":
"Stingray99" was unable to improve, missing the possibility of a chop as well as the board came for them to take third place in the tournament.
The heads-up match has now begun between "NewAgedP23" and "JinYang."
In Level 28 with blinds of 20,000/40,000 and an ante of 5,000...
Hand #1: "JinYang" was on the button and bet 423,000 into a pot of 642,000 on the river with a board of after "NewAgedP23" checked.
"NewAgedP23" check-raised all in and sent "JinYang" deep into the tank, thinking about their decision into their time bank and ultimately deciding to fold.
Hand #2: On the very next hand, "NewAgedP23" raised to 88,000 on the button and "JinYang" three-bet to 136,000. "NewAgedP23" four-bet jammed and "JinYang" immediately called.
"NewAgedP23":
"JinYang":
"JinYang" held as the board ran out to find themselves right back where they started.
Action has moved into Level 29 with blinds at 25,000/50,000 and an ante of 6,250. "NewAgedP23" has pulled ahead a bit more once more, with a stack now over 4 million.
In Level 29 with blinds of 25,000/50,000 and an ante of 6,250, "JinYang" completed on the button and "NewAgedP23" checked their option.
The flop came and "NewAgedP23" bet 50,000. "JinYang" called and the turn came . "NewAgedP23" bet another 50,000 and "JinYang" raised to 175,000.
"NewAgedP23" clicked it back, three-betting to the minimum amount of 300,000. "JinYang" called.
The river fell and "NewAgedP23" shoved to for 730,000 effective. "JinYang" folded, leaving that amount behind as "NewAgedP23" now has a stack of 4.72 million.
In Level 30 with blinds of 30,000/60,000 and an ante of 7,500, "NewAGedP23" won a couple of small pots and "JinYang" was down to their last 365,000.
"NewAgedP23" went all in on the button and "JinYang" called.
"JinYang":
"NewAgedP23":
"JinYang" hit a four on the flop but found themselves with 15 outs to fade between "NewAgedP23's" two overcards and their newly-flopped nut flush draw. The turn was safe, but the river improve "NewAgedP23 to the nuts and secured their victory of the tournament as a result.
"JinYang" finished in second place and earned $4,011; while "NewAgedP23" claims the first-place prize of $6,158.50. A full recap of the tournament will be posted shortly.