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Players have just returned from a five-minute break and only a couple of minutes remain in Level 18 (3,000/6,000/750). Just 50 players now remain after a chunk of post-add-on eliminations.
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In Level 18 with blinds of 3,000/6,000 and an ante of 750, there was 36,600 in the middle on a board of 
with heads-up action between "layitdown08" in the hijack and Daniel “leinad” Buzgon, who was in the big blind.
Buzgon fired out a bet of 32,000 and "layitdown08" called, bringing the river 
with 90,600 in the middle. Buzgon thought for a couple of seconds and then overbet jammed for 119,000. "layitdown08" immediately called.
Daniel “leinad” Buzgon: 
"layitdown08": 
Buzgon saw his shove with top pair and busted flush draw get snap-called by his opponent's turned jacks up and he was eliminated from the tournament.
In Level 17 with blinds of 2,500/5,000 and an ante of 625, "TheTerminator1" is now atop the counts with 57 players remaining. Chip counts for the players on the first page of the leader board have been provided below.
In Level 16 with blinds of 2,000/4,000 and an ante of 500, stacks got into the middle for a total pot of 375,000 between Brian "TopCreature" Sherrier" in early position and "mooseman1710," who was in the small blind.
Sherrier was at risk with "mooseman1710" covering him by just 15,000.
Brian "TopCreature" Sherrier": 
"mooseman1710": 
Sherrier found no help as the board ran out 
, giving his opponent top set on the river along the way to result in his elimination from the tournament just a handful of minutes after the add-on period.
Level 16 has begun with blinds of 2,000/4,000 and an ante of 500 and with it brings about official prize pool information. In total, 99 players entered and added another 76 rebuys and 60 add-ons to the tally. An overall prize pool of $23,500 has been recorded, more than doubling the $10,000 guarantee.
The top 14 places will be paid a minimum of $364, while the eventual winner will earn $6,932.
Complete payout information can be found in the Payouts Tab. Levels will last 12 minutes in length for the duration of the tournament.
In Level 15 with blinds of 1,800/3,600 and an ante of 450, "a_stormy_knight" jammed under the gun for 48,000 and "chen718" shoved over the top on their direct left to force all other players out of the hand.
"a_stormy_knight": 
"chen718": 
"a_stormy_knight" needed to improve to double but saw "chen718" end up being the one to improve as the runout 
gave them a straight as "a_stormy_knight" was left with a pair of fours. They quickly rebought and were given a fresh stack of 50,000 with only a few minutes remaining in the rebuy period.
Level 15 (1,800/3,600/450) has begun and presents the last chance for players to enter the tournament if they have not done so yet. Registration will close at 10:19 p.m. ET at the end of this level, bringing the add-on period along with it.
In a special edition of the PokerNews Podcast, Sarah Herring, Chad Holloway, and Jeff Platt pay tribute to Mike Sexton, whose recent passing after a cancer battle left the entire poker world in mourning.
Not only do they share their own personal experiences and favorite stories, but they also talk with those close to Sexton including Linda Johnson, Jan Fisher, Maria Ho, Tony Dunst, Adam Pliska, Vince Van Patten, Nolan Dalla, Remko Rinkema, Antonio Esfandiari, and even his own brother, Jeff Sexton.
Tears are shed, laughs are had, and memories relived in this tribute to a poker legend, a consummate gentleman, and the greatest ambassador the game has ever seen.
The third break of the evening has arrived with Level 14 (1,600/3,200/400) now underway. Three more entries have been logged in the last few levels to bring the total number of players in the field up to 88. Fifty-nine players remain with "jerseyman99" atop the counts and Michael "Gags30" Gagliano in second.
The rebuy period will close at the end of Level 15 at approximately 10:19 p.m. ET. Anybody wishing to enter or rebuy (should their stack be at or below 50,000) must do so before the conclusion of Level 15, at which point all remaining players will have the option to add on for $100 and receive another 75,000.
In Level 13 with blinds of 1,400/2,800 and an ante of 350, Eric "alwaysliquid" Vanauken opened to 5,600 in middle position and "pay4medsch00l" called in the cutoff. "ghoul" was next to act on the button and three-bet to 17,600, prompting action to fold back around to Vanauken, who jammed for 69,000.
"pay4medsch00l" folded to put action back onto "ghoul," who thought for about 20 seconds before letting their hand go to earn Vanauken the pot without needing to see a runout. He finds himself just shy of 100,000 after taking down the pot, while both "pay4medsch00l" and "ghoul" have both also chipped up in recent levels, having stacks of 183,000 and 145,000, respectively as well.
