Daehyung Lee opened to 160,000 from under the gun before Gregor Sverko three-bet to 560,000 from the next seat over. Lee came back over the top as the bigger stack and Sverko called off his stack of around 3,500,000.
Gregor Sverko: K♥K♦
Daehyung Lee: A♥A♣
Lee held out to bust Sverko as the board ran out with the J♥9♥5♣4♦6♠ runout.
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya opened to 160,000 from the hijack before Mikhail Prokopchuk made it 360,000 from the button. Jason Cooper four-bet jammed for around 1,000,000, forcing out Skhulukhiya. Prokopchuk snap-called.
Jason Cooper: A♠K♣
Mikhail Prokopchuk: A♦A♥
Cooper's Big Slick couldn't leapfrog the aces and he departed after the 8♥6♣4♥6♥J♣ runout.
On the next deal, Skhulukhiya moved all-in for 760,000 and picked up the blinds and ante after the table folded.
Wagner Wysotchanski raised to 180,000 in early position before Charles Moore moved all in from the small blind. The dealer counted out 650,000. "Really, that much?" Moore joked.
"I'm definitely ahead," Moore told Wysotchanski, who took a minute before calling.
Charles Moore: 9♥9♦
Wagner Wysotchanski: A♣10♥
"Nines against ace-ten," Moore yelled out to his rail as the flop came K♦4♥J♠ to give Wysotchanski outs to a straight in addition to his overcards. The Q♦ turn improved him to the nut straight, and Moore was already drawing dead by the 3♠ river.
"Medic! Medic!" Moore yelled out in jest with his hands wrapped around his neck before heading off to collect his payout.
Guy Holtzman pushed all in for 1,150,000 in middle position and Chahn Jung woke up with a pair in the big blind to put Holtzman at risk.
Guy Holtzman: A♦Q♠
Chahn Jung: 10♠10♦
The flop came 8♥5♠3♥ and Jung stayed out front with his pair of tens. The 2♥ on the turn changed nothing and the 9♦ on the river was not going to help Holtzman survive.
Jamie O'Connor was all-in for around 1.7 million in the cutoff and Richard Freitas looked him up from the small blind to set up the following showdown.
Jamie O'Connor: A♦Q♥
Richard Freitas: A♠K♣
The kicker played on the 3♠3♦2♥6♥J♠ board to send O'Connor out of the Horseshoe Event Center.
2025 WSOP $1.5K Freezeout winner Samuel Rosborough opened to 160,000 from under the gun. Sejo Kasic called on his direct left, with Michael Parisi coming along from the cutoff.
Rosborough checked on the Q♣7♠6♠ flop, prompting Kasic to bet 600,000. Parisi folded before Rosborough called.
The A♠ came in on the turn, and Rosborough checked for a second time. Kasic sized down to 500,000 and was sent into the blender after Rosborough jammed for 2,760,000. Kasic called as the bigger stack to set up a massive pot.
Samuel Rosborough: Q♠J♠
Sejo Kasic: 7♥7♦
Rosborough had a flush, outdrawing Kasic's set of seven on the turn. But it was Kasic's turn to flip the script, making a full house after the dealer paired the board with the 6♥ river.
Will Kassouf raised to 170,000 in middle position with Q♦J♥ and Kohei Arai three-bet to 440,000 on the button. Amadeus Janotta four-bet jammed all in for 1,175,000 from the small blind which got Kassouf to fold and Arai quickly called.
Amadeus Janotta: A♠J♠
Kohei Arai: A♥A♦
The flop came Q♥J♦3♥ and Janotta picked up a pair of jacks but it was still Arai well out front. The 10♣ on the turn provided some chop outs but the 10♦ on the river paired the wrong card for Janotta who was eliminated.