Germany's 888_de is the new chip leader with 2,696,130 followed by lucasfalves9 with 2,415,130. Meanwhile, two players that recently had big stacks were in eliminated. Pascal "Paeffchen" Hartmann was eliminated in 40th place followed by purpleturtle in 39th place to each collect $980.22.
Level: 26
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 3,750
HappyMonkey9 opened from early position to 51,251 and Russia's harrrrmonica called from the big blind. Harrrrmonica checked-shoved for 263,544 the 
flop before HappyMonkey9 bet 71,963.
harrrrmonica: 
HappyMonkey9: 
HappyMonkey9 fell very behind in the hand after the 
hit the turn giving his opponent a flush. The 
was unhelpful for HappyMonkey9 to gain a bigger flush, and his stack took a dent down to 642,788. Meanwhile, harrrrmonica got a much needed double to 670,215.
The field is down to 42 players at the ninth break.
Level: 25
Blinds: 12,500/25,000
Ante: 3,125
Kaggis opened from middle position to 40,000 before SalsaFiesta jammed for almost 2 million having the entire table covered. HappyMonkey9 called from the big blind and Kaggis folded.
SalsaFiesta: 
HappyMonkey9: 
HappyMonkey9 won a flip as SalsaFiesta was unable to improve his hand after the board ran out 
. HappyMonkey9's stack doubled up to 836,958 while SalsaFiesta's stack took a small hit to 1,564,308.
Sweden's SalsaFiesta became the first player to surpass 2 million in chips with 2,104,555. Meanwhile, fellow Swede Niklas "tutten7" Åstedt was among the recent eliminations, exiting in 55th place to collect $822.12.
Level: 24
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 2,500
Denmark's Simon "IggyGak" Rønnow Pedersen limped for 16,000 preflop, Pascal "Paeffchen" Hartmann called from one spot over and f0rmEitseGal opted to call from the big blind.
Flop: 
It was checked around to Hartmann on the flop who bet 35,600. F0rmEitseGal folded before Pedersen raised to 106,878. Harmann called and the appeared on the turn. Pedersen shoved for 244,862 and quickly got a call from Hartmann.
Hartmann flopped a set holding 
, while Pedersen was drawing dead holding 
for top pair. The completed the board on the river and Pedersen was eliminated in 64th place for $758.88. Meanwhile, Hartmann once again became the chip leader after the hand with 1,651,044.
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