Fabian Niederreiter raised to 60,000 in the cutoff and Upeshka De Silva raised to 150,000 from the button, which saw all other players fold, while Niederreiter called.
Upeshka De Silva: J♦9♦ 
Fabian Niederreiter: K♣K♠
The board ran out 2♣6♣7♣2♥4♣ and the kings held up to eliminate the WSOP bracelet winner from the tournament.
Ken Aldridge moved all in from early position for 250,000 and Hamid Toghyan called in the big blind with the covering stack.
Ken Aldridge: 9♥8♥
Hamid Toghyan: Q♣J♣
Aldridge pulled ahead on the 8♠A♣5♣ flop, pairing his eight but Toghyan picked up additional outs with a flush draw. The board ran out 3♦, 2♥, earning Aldridge the much needed double up.
These are the latest top ten chip counts as per the WSOP+ app.
Level: 22
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
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Govert Metaal raised to 50,000 from early position which saw Fabian Niederreiter call on the button and Steven Jones defended his big blind.
The flop rolled out 4♣7♥7♦ and Jones checked over to Metaal who bet 55,000 and received two calls.
Jones lead out for 180,000 on the turn 5♦ and only Niederreiter called.
On the river 2♠, Jones moved all in for 485,000 effective and Niederreiter went into the tank. After some thought, he tossed his hand into the muck.
"Show it," said table-mate Upeshka De Silva and Jones obliged, turning over J♣4♠.
Niederreiter stood out of his chair, frustrated by the situation while the 2023 WSOP Main Event runner up took down the pot.
Action picked up on the river with Ilan Cukrowicz in the tank facing an all in from Luigi Soncin.
With over 500,000 in the middle and the board reading 5♠J♠J♣10♦3♣, the under-the-gun Cukrowicz had checked and Luigi Soncin in the hijack had moved all in for 660,000 to put himself at risk.
Eventually, Cukrowicz flicked in the call and tabled A♣10♠ for two pair, jacks and tens with an ace kicker, besting the K♠Q♠ of Soncin.
Zhiyuan Xu raised to 50,000 in the cutoff and Martynas Vitkauskas defended in the big blind.
The flop came A♠K♦J♣ and Vitkauskas check-called a bet of 25,000 from Xu, bringing the 5♥ turn.
Vitkauskas check-folded when Xu continued with a bet of 65,000.
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