The first dinner break has started for half the field and will last 75 minutes.
Tables 11-57 are on dinner break now, while all other tables are on a 15-minute break and will play one more level before their 60-minute dinner break. The full field will be back together on Level 8.
Here's a look at some highlights from the last two levels:
Bariscan Betil bet 100,000 on a board of 6♣5♦10♠J♥ and reigning Main Event champ Michael Mizrachi raised all in. Betil gave it some thought and called for another 160,000 or so.
Bariscan Betil: 9♦9♣ 
Michael Mizrachi: 9♠8♠
Betil was somehow in front with his underpair and Mizrachi couldn't hit his straight as the 5♣ river bricked off.
"When's it going to turn around for us?" joked fellow WSOP crusher Scott Seiver.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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700,000 | |
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140,000
830,000
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830,000 |
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Daniel Negreanu's first bullet lasted just ten minutes and he wasted no time tangling with Michael Wang on his second entry.
Wang opened to 20,000 from under the gun and Daniel Negreanu three-bet to 75,000 in the small blind, commenting "Let's see if he's got it." Wang called.
"Good call, good call," said Negrenau.
The flop landed 8♥3♦3♠ and Negreanu remarked that he should "bet small 'cuz this flop hits my range." He then bet 60,000, which he quickly regretted as he called it "way too much." Wang called.
Negreanu was silent by the A♠ turn and checked. Wang bet 95,000 and heard about it from Negreanu after the Poker Hall of Famer folded.
"If he checked the turn, I would've bet big. I have nothing, but I would have bet big. Now I just fold!"
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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700,000
160,000
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160,000 |
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355,000 | |
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Players have been sent on a 20-minute break with the clocks showing 684 runners so far.
Here are some highlights from the previous level:
Jon Kyte checked the 9♣10♠4♣ flop from middle position, and Alex Livingston slid out a bet of 27,000 from the cutoff. The call was made, and Kyte checked again on the 3♣ turn.
Livingston took a moment before firing 75,000, and Kyte called once more. Another check from Kyte followed the 5♥ river.
Livingston tossed out 300,000, an effective all in asking for the rest of Kyte's stack. Kyte picked up his time bank cards and slid them all forward before going into the tank.
After his last time bank card was taken by the dealer, Kyte stuck in the rest of his stack. Livingston showed Q♣5♣ for a flush, and Kyte tapped the table while turning over A♠K♦ on his way to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,570,000
270,000
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270,000 |
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Busted | |
There are five members of the Mizrachi family in the field, including reigning WSOP Main Event champion and recent Poker Hall of Fame inductee Michael Mizrachi and his son Paul Mizrachi.
The young Mizrachi told PokerNews that he recently turned 21 and plans on making poker a bigger part of his life. More on that to come.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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500,000 | |
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500,000
500,000
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500,000 |
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500,000
500,000
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500,000 |
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500,000
500,000
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500,000 |
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500,000 | |
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Antonio Galiana opened in the hijack and Peter Turmezey three-bet on the button. Galiana called.
Galiana checked on the flop of J♣4♥9♦ and Turmezey continued for 36,000. Galiana check-raised to 105,000 and Turmezey clicked back a three-bet to 162,000. Galiana called.
Galiana checked on the 6♥ turn and Turmezey bet 210,000. Galiana check-raised all in and Turmezey called with a bigger stack.
Antonio Galiana: A♠J♦
Peter Turmezey: J♠9♠
Galiana's top pair was in bad shape against Turmezey's top two, and the Q♣ river bricked off to confirm Galiana's elimination.
At the next table, Nick Palma engaged in a discussion about health restrictions during the COVID pandemic, which "Nicky P" supported.
"I don't ever like the government telling me what to do. But a global pandemic is a little different."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,700,000
1,700,000
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1,700,000 |
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375,000
125,000
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125,000 |
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Busted | |
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Martin Diaz opened to 13,000 and made the call after Thomas Taylor moved all in for 135,000.
Thomas Taylor: K♠K♥
Martin Diaz: A♦Q♠
Taylor faced no danger on the 2♦9♣5♣5♦10♣ runout, securing the full double through Diaz.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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279,000
84,000
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84,000 |
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130,000 |
Jorge Freitas raised to 8,000 in early position, and Lautaro Guerra made the call in the big blind. Guerra checked the 6♥K♣9♦ flop, and Freitas continued for 10,000.
Guerra called and both players checked through the A♣ turn. Guerra checked one last time on the Q♦ river, and Freitas took a moment before checking behind.
Guerra revealed 9♠9♦ for a set of nines, collecting the pot as Freitas mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,050,000
650,000
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650,000 |
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470,000 | |
Phil Hellmuth, the record-holder, is done winning World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets, so says Shaun Deeb.
Deeb told WSOP reporter Jeff Platt on Monday that not only does he believe the "Poker Brat" will never capture his 18th bracelet, he also gave himself a solid chance of eventually surpassing Hellmuth.
PokerNews caught up with Hellmuth on Tuesday at the World Series of Poker Paradise (WSOPP) series in the Bahamas to get his thoughts on Deeb's comments. He took issue with what the reigning WSOP Player of the Year had to say, and suggested that "he was trolling me." But he then said, "he might not have been."
