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Level 26: 30,000/60,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 887

Hand #51: Matt Berkey raised to 150,000 preflop UTG+1, and Michael Aron reraised to 410,000 on the button. Berkey reraised to 950,000, and Aron tanked before folding.

Hand #52: Dylan Drazen raised to 150,000 preflop from late position, and Luke Brereton reraised to 355,000 on the hijack. Drazen tanked before reraising all in, and Brereton tanked before folding.

Hand #53: Martin Kozlov raised to 125,000 preflop on the button, and Aaron Mermelstein reraised to 390,000 from the small blind. Kozlov thought for a moment but folded his cards.

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Level 26: 30,000/60,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 887

Hand #47: Aaron Mermelstein raised to 130,000 from the cutoff, Matt Berkey three-bet to 350,000 from the button, and Mermelstein called.

The flop came down and Mermelstein checked to Berkey who bet 300,000. Mermelstein folded.

Hand #48: Aaron Mermelstein raised to 130,000 from the hijack, and Matt Berkey called from the cutoff.

The flop fell , and Mermelstein continued for 280,000. Berkey called, the turn fell, Mermelstein checked, and Berkey bet 500,000. Mermelstein called, the river completed the board, and both players checked.

Mermelstein showed , Berkey showed a defeated , and Mermelstein won the pot.

Aaron Mermelstein – 6,500,000 (108 bb)
Matt Berkey – 3,200,000 (53 bb)

Hand #49: Aaron Mermelstein raised to 130,000 from middle position, and Michael Aron called from the big blind.

They checked to the river of an board where Aron bet 200,000. Mermelstein called.

Aron showed for a pair of queens, but Mermelstein tabled for bottom two pair to win the pot.

Aaron Mermelstein – 6,900,000 (115 bb)
Michael Aron – 3,200,000 (53 bb)

Hand #50: Yi Chi Li raised to 130,000 from the hijack, Dylan Drazen called from the cutoff, and Adam Levy called from the big blind.

The flop fell and Levy checked. Li bet 150,000, Drazen raised to 400,000, Levy folded, and Li folded.

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Level 26: 30,000/60,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 887

Hand #43: Luke Brereton raised to 150,000 preflop on the cutoff, and everyone else folded.

Hand #44: Adam Levy raised to 135,000 preflop on the button, and everyone else folded.

Hand #45: Dylan Drazen raised to 160,000 preflop UTG+1, and everyone else folded.

Hand #46: Michael Aron raised to 120,000 preflop from late position, and Adam Levy called on the hijack. Martin Kozlov (cutoff) and Yi Chi Li (big blind) also called before the flop was dealt . Levy bet 140,000, Kozlov and Li folded, and Aron check-called. The fell on the turn, and Levy bet 375,000. Aron check-called again, and the river delivered the . Both players checked, and Levy folded after Aron revealed .

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Level 26: 30,000/60,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 887

Hand #39: Michael Aron raised to 120,000 from early position, Matt Berkey called from the button, and Dylan Drazen called from the big blind.

The flop came down and Drazen checked to Aron who bet 250,000. Berkey folded, and Drazen called. Both remaining players proceeded to check the turn and river.

Drazen showed for nines and sixes, but Aron took down the pot with for queens and nines.

Hand #40: Matt Berkey raised to 150,000 from the cutoff and got no action.

Hand #41: Adam Levy opened to 130,000 from under the gun and won the pot uncontested.

Hand #42: Aaron Mermelstein raised to 130,000 from early position and Adam Levy called from the big blind.

The flop came down and Levy check-called 90,000 from Mermelstein. The was the , both players checked, the river was the , Levy bet 250,000, and Mermelstein folded.

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Upcoming Level 26: 30,000/60,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 887

The players are on their first break of the day. Here are the chip counts at the first break:

Seat 1: Dylan Drazen – 3,535,000 (59 bb)
Seat 2: Luke Brereton – 1,735,000 (29 bb)
Seat 3: Michael Aron – 2,010,000 (34 bb)
Seat 4: Adam Levy – 2,900,000 (48 bb)
Seat 5: Martin Kozlov – 2,430,000 (41 bb)
Seat 6: Aaron Mermelstein – 6,160,000 (103 bb)
Seat 7: Matt Berkey – 3,780,000 (63 bb)
Seat 8: Yi Chi Li – 4,065,000 (68 bb)

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Level 25: 25,000/50,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 887

Hand #37: Yi Chi Li raised to 125,000 preflop under the gun, and Matt Berkey called on the big blind. The flop was dealt , and Li bet 100,000. Berkey check-called, and then both players checked the on the turn. The river delivered the , and Li bet 350,000. Berkey check-folded his cards.

Hand #38: In the last hand of the level, Luke Brereton raised to 125,000 UTG+1 preflop, and Aaron Mermelstein reraised to 300,000 on the button. Brereton tanked before folding his cards.

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Players Remaining: 8 of 887

Hand #32: Matt Berkey raised to 125,000 from the cutoff, Yi Chi Li called from the button, and Luke Brereton called from the big blind.

The flop came down , Brereton checked, Berkey bet 200,000, and both Li and Brereton folded.

Hand #33: Martin Kozlov raised to 100,000 from early position and won the blinds and antes.

Hand #34: Aaron Mermelstein raised to 110,000 from early position and won the pot uncontested.

Hand #35: Aaron Mermelstein raised to 110,00 from under the gun, and Luke Brereton called from the cutoff.

The flop came down , and Mermelstein continued for 125,000. Brereton called, the turn fell, and both players checked. The river completed the board, Mermelstein checked, Brereton bet 250,000, and Mermelstein folded.

Hand #36: Adam Levy raised to 110,000 from the button and Aaron Mermelstein called from the big blind.

They checked to the turn of a , and Mermelstein bet 225,000. Levy called, the river completed the board, Mermelstein bet 325,000, and Levy folded.

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Level 25: 25,000/50,000 with a 5,000 ante
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Hand #27: Luke Brereton raised to 125,000 preflop on the cutoff, and Michael Aron reraised to 325,000 on the button. Brereton tanked before folding his cards.

Hand #28: Matt Berkey raised to 125,000 preflop under the gun, and everyone else folded.

Hand #29: Martin Kozlov raised to 115,000 preflop on the button, and Matt Berkey called on the big blind. Both players checked the flop dealt , and the turn fell . Kozlov bet 95,000, and Berkey check-called. Both players checked the on the river, and Berkey flipped over . Kozlov folded his cards.

Hand #30: Luke Brereton raised to 125,000 preflop UTG+1, and Matt Berkey reraised to 275,000 on the small blind. Brereton reraised all in for close to 1.7 million. Berkey called so the two players flipped over their cards.

Berkey:
Brereton:

Board:

Berkey and Brereton chopped up the pot, and play continued eight handed.

Hand #31: Martin Kozlov raised to 105,000 preflop from the hijack, and Dylan Drazen called on the big blind. The flop was dealt , and Kozlov bet 75,000. Berkey check-called, and the turn was dealt . Kozlov bet 250,000, and Drazen check-folded.

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Level 25: 25,000/50,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 887

Seat 1: Dylan Drazen – 3,800,000 (76 bb)
Seat 2: Luke Brereton – 1,700,000 (34 bb)
Seat 3: Michael Aron – 1,950,000 (39 bb)
Seat 4: Adam Levy – 3,800,000 (76 bb)
Seat 5: Martin Kozlov – 2,200,000 (44 bb)
Seat 6: Aaron Mermelstein – 5,800,000 (116 bb)
Seat 7: Matt Berkey – 3,350,000 (67 bb)
Seat 8: Yi Chi Li – 4,000,000 (80 bb)

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Level 25: 25,000/50,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 887

Hand #23: Aaron Mermelstein raised to 110,000 from the hijack, Matt Berkey called from the cutoff, Dylan Drazen three-bet to 380,000 from the small blind, Mermelstein called, and Berkey called.

The flop came down and Drazen continued for 550,000. Both Mermelstein and Berkey folded.

Hand #24: Aaron Mermelstein raised to 110,000 from middle position, Matt Berkey called from the hijack, and Luke Brereton called from the big blind.

All three players proceeded to check down a board of and Berkey won the pot with .

Hand #25: Matt Berkey raises to 125,000 from middle position, Michael Aron three-bet shoved for roughly 1,800,000, and Berkey folded.

Hand #26: Martin Kozlov opened to 100,000 from under the gun and received no action.