The remaining 62 players take a 15-minute break. They will return to Level 30 with 80,000/160,000 blinds and a 160,000 big blind ante.
The remaining 62 players take a 15-minute break. They will return to Level 30 with 80,000/160,000 blinds and a 160,000 big blind ante.
Thai Ha waited until the clock was called before making the decision to go all in with his last 2,150,000 chips. It was a call of Jesus Ortiz Calderon's shove.
The delay was due in part to the pay jump of nearly $5,000 that would come if someone else in the field was knocked out of the tournament before Ha.
Alas, he made the call.
Thai Ha: A♦K♥
Jesus Ortiz Calderon: A♠Q♦
The first bit of bad news came immediately, as Calderon paired his queen on the flop 5♥Q♠9♦. His tournament life didn't get better as the turn 10♥ opened the door for a gutshot straight that didn't make it when the 8♣ came on the river.
Ha ended up in 63rd place. Alexander Savchenko, who went out three minutes later in 62nd place, picked up an extra $4,620 for lasting longer.
Action folded to Bruce Carter who open-jammed for his remaining 985,000 chips from the cutoff, and got a snap call from James Carroll on the button.
Bruce Carter: A♦8♦
James Carroll: K♠K♣
The 9♦Q♣4♥5♠2♦ runout saw Carroll hold with pocket kings, and Carter was eliminated from the tournament.
Adam Walton and Draxton Amador were all-in with their short stacks, called by the commanding stack of Zachary Camp.
Draxton Amador: A♦Q♣
Adam Walton: 10♥10♠
Zachary Camp: 3♥3♣
The board ran out 7♥Q♥6♣J♥2♠, awarding a full triple-up to Amador. Walton won a big enough side pot to stem the bleeding, but still lost in the pot, leaving Camp the biggest loser in the transaction.
Gyeongbyeong Lee put his 1,125,000 chips all in from the cutoff and got a call from Atanas Kodinov in the big blind.
Gyeongbyeong Lee: J♠10♣
Atanas Kodinov: K♠K♦
Lee did pair his ten on the flop 4♠10♦3♠, but the 5♦8♥ bricks on the river and turn didn't save him from a tournament exit.
Nathan Swart moved all in for his remaining 580,000 from the hijack and got a single call from Ido Aboudi in the cutoff.
Nathan Swart: A♠Q♠
Ido Aboudi: 5♦5♠
Swart was hoping to hit, but Aboudi held on the 9♣4♥2♦8♠10♠ runout.
Nicholas Seward went all in from middle position for roughly 1,500,000, facing Anthony Potis in late position, who had about 1,100,000 and was at risk.
Anthony Potis: A♣Q♠
Nicholas Seward: 9♠9♥
The dealer ran out a board of J♣K♥4♠9♦2♥, sending Potis to the rail and giving Seward’s stack a healthy boost. Seward, who won WSOP Event #31 in 2024, is now aiming to add a second gold bracelet to his collection.
Adam Hendrix opened to 220,000 from the cutoff and Lewis Spencer moved 555,000 chips, the majority of his stack in the middle, leaving only 2 chips behind worth 10,000 as players were on a pay jump.
Hendrix moved all in, forcing Spencer into a tank. After around 30 seconds "payout" was called at another table and Spencer moved his final 10,000 into the pot to call.
Lewis Spencer: A♠K♥
Adam Hendrix: A♣A♦
Hendrix held on the Q♠6♠3♦5♣8♣ runout, and spencer was eliminated from the tournament with around 70 players remaining.
Trung Pham raised to 280,000 in late position and Carl Carodenuto went all in for just over 2,000,000. Pham slammed a call in.
Carl Carodenuto: A♣7♣
Trung Pham: J♠J♦
Carodenuto was drawing thin when the J♣10♦9♠ hit the felt. He picked up some more outs when the 5♣ fell but it wasn't meant to be when the 6♦ completed the board.
Pham reached across the table and extended a fist bump to Carodenuto who accepted it as he nodded his head, coming to terms with the end of his run.
"You think I was supposed to go with that one? I don't really know how you play..."
Pham assured him it was strategically sound.
"Well, I guess it was a pretty good run...."
Eventually the floor let Carodenuto know he was good to go collect his prize money any time before July 26th and off he went.
Karl Pineault raised to 260,000 from early position, and Lucca Nascimento called from middle position. Alexander Savchenko then three-bet to 725,000. Pineault called, and Nascimento folded.
The flop landed 10♦4♠A♦. Pineault checked, and Alexander Savchenko bet 350,000. Pineault responded with a check-raise to 1,000,000, which Savchenko called.
The turn was the 5♣. Pineault bet 1,700,000. Savchenko tanked for an extended period before the clock was called on him. After his time expired, his hand was declared dead.