Kelly Becker bet 2,300 from the hijack on a flop of J♦2♣9♣ and Dustin Sampey called on the button.
Becker checked the 9♠ turn and Sampey bet 3,600. Becker called and the K♣ fell on the river. He then led out for 6,000 and Sampey quickly called.
Becker showed Q♠Q♥, but Sampey had K♦J♥ for a rivered two pair to win the pot.
Stephen Friedrich raised from under the gun to 800, and only John Hennigan made the call, a couple of seats to his left.
The hand then played out in a style akin to speed chess.
Friedrich continued with a bet of 1,200, which Hennigan quickly raised to 3,000. Friedrich called immediately, and the two took a turn.
As quick as a flash, Friedrich had check-called a bet of 3,700 on the 2♦ turn, before both players then checked the 8♥ river.
Friedrich turned over J♥J♦, which was enough to lay claim to the pot as Hennigan mucked his cards.
Jerry Lim was in the small blind and checked the 3♣10♥10♠7♥ turn over to Alessandro Pagliuso in the early position. Pagliuso bet 3,700, Angela Defoe called on the button, and Lim called as well.
The 8♠ turn saw Pagliuso size up to 11,000. Defoe tossed in a quick call, and Lim check-called after some serious thought. Pagliuso showed 7♠7♦ for a full house, leaving Defoe's 10♣9♥ and Lim's A♣10♦ in the dust.
Daniel Allen raised to 800 in the cutoff and Scott Dehm called in the small blind. Joseph Linville then three-bet to 3,000 in the big blind and Allen called, but Dehm four-bet to 10,000. Linville folded and Allen called.
The flop came J♦9♣8♥ and Dehm bet 12,000, sending Allen deep into the tank. "Sorry guys," he said to his tablemates after several minutes had already gone off the clock.
"I saw you double-clutch," he said to Dehm, who remained silent as Allen continued to agonize over the decision. "I'm only going to show this one. I'm not showing the other one," Allen eventually said, flashing the K♥ and mucking.
"I had jacks. I saw him double-clutch, too," Linville said, revealing he would've flopped top set. Dehm showed them A♠Q♠ as he took the pot.
Heads-up on a flop of K♥7♦8♠, Kevin Rabichow bet 2,000 from the button and Tiago Abreu called in middle position.
The turn was the Q♣ and Rabichow bet another 6,000. Abreu again called and the 8♣ fell on the river.
Rabichow then bet 17,000 and Abreu quickly called. Rabichow turned over K♦8♦ for a rivered full house and Abreu tossed K♠Q♠ into the muck.
Gabriel Moura raised to 800 under the gun. Rodrigo Chiu then made it 2,500 in late position, which Jason Weissman cold-called on the button. Moura called as well, and the trio went off to a 7♣7♦6♥ flop.
Moura checked to Chiu, who bet 3,500. Weissman called before Moura got out of the way. Chiu sized up to 8,000 on the J♥ turn, seeing Weissman put in another call.
The 6♠ saw Chiu quickly move all in for a massive bet, and Weissman snap-called his stack of 35,100 in the middle, tabling 7♠7♥ for flopped quads.
Chiu was forced to show his Q♥Q♦ as he paid Weismann off, being left with just under 40 big blinds.
Day 1b has just seen its 1,000th entry.
This brings the total entries for the 2025 WSOP Main Event to 1,923. Of those entries, 1,603 still have chips to play with.
Players still in the field include Kevin Rabichow, Yuri Dzivielevski, Niklas Astedt, John Hennigan, Mike Matusow and Nick Schulman.
The second level of the 2025 WSOP Main Event is complete, and players are taking their second 20-minute break.
So far, Day 1b has seen 1,020 entries, and of those, 974 remain.
Here are some highlights from the most recent level:
Play is expected to resume at 4:40 p.m. local time, and the players will return to 200/400 blind levels with a 400 big blind ante.
Simon Britton, Ruben Correia, and Czesy Rudnicki went to the turn on a board of 4♦2♣5♦6♥ when Correia bet 5,000 from under the gun. Rudnicki called in middle position before Britton raised to 14,000 in the hijack.
Correia came back with an all-in shove for 48,600, and Rudnicki also moved all in for his last 35,000.
"What the f**k? What is that?" a stunned Britton yelled out as he asked for a count of the stacks. A large crowd began to gather around the table, while some players at the table, including Michael Mizrachi, began to film the action. Britton eventually called.
Correia had A♦3♦ for a straight, while Britton also had the straight with 3♠3♥. Rudnicki needed to improve with 7♦7♥ but missed the 9♣ river as he headed to the rail, while Correia and Britton chopped the pot.
"That was stressful," Britton said.
Three ways on a flop of J♣3♣J♠, Dakota Baggett checked from early position and Martin Gerloff checked from middle position to Artur Martirosian, who bet 5,000. Both Baggett and Gerloff called.
Action checked through on the 5♥ turn and then Baggett led out for a hefty bet of 35,000 on the 7♣ river.
Gerloff called, Martirosian got out of the way, and Baggett tabled 5♣5♠ for a turned full house.
Gerloff shook his head and sent his card into the muck — conceding the large pot to Baggett.
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