With 6♥5♥, Richard Buckingham made it 200,000 from middle position and Stefan Nemetz three-bet to 700,000 from the next seat holding A♣K♣. When it got back to Buckingham, he called.
Buckingham checked the8♣3♥J♦ flop and then folded after Nemetz bet 375,000.
Albert Calderon made it 200,000 to go with 6♥6♣ from under the gun and Mounir Tajiou defended his big blind holding K♦7♦.
They saw a flop of 5♥7♠3♠ where Tajiou check-called a bet of 250,000 from Calderon to see the K♣ on the turn. Tajiou checked again with his two pair and Calderon didn't slow down as he bet 450,000. Tajiou then put in the check-raise to 1,100,000, and Calderon called with his pair and gutshot.
An A♣ hit the river and Tajiou shoved 260,000 into the pot, and Calderon called it off in the hope his opponent was bluffing.
Tajiou approaching 4,000,000 after that double-up.
The chips went into the middle preflop and Serhii Popovych had the best of it against Yuchen Chen, one of the few players remaining in the field who stacks his chips in tens.
Serhii Popovych: J♥J♠ 
Yuchen Chen: A♠J♦
Popovych only needed to dodge aces and broadway cards but was suddenly left with a single out or running straight cards on the A♣9♥8♠ flop. The 8♥ turn reduced his outs to one and that never came with the 3♣ river.
Nick Schulman, in his first year of eligibility, reached the pinnacle of his industry on Friday when he was revealed as the 2025 Poker Hall of Fame inductee.
The 40-year-old pool shark-turned poker pro from New York won his seventh World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet this summer, and was honored during a ceremony at Horseshoe Las Vegas on Day 1 of Event #92: $1,979 Poker Hall of Fame Bounty.
Level: 27
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 100,000
The remaining 124 players have been sent on their second 20-minute of the day. They will return to Level 27 with blinds of 50,000/100,000/100,000.
Here's a look at some of the biggest hands from Level 26.
Richard Freitas raised to 160,000 in middle position, Kenny Hallaert three-bet to 500,000 in the cutoff, and Freitas called.
Both players checked the 8♦5♣6♦ flop. Hallaert then bet 700,000 on the 3♥ turn and Freitas called.
The river was the 6♥ and Hallaert bet 1,700,000. Freitas again called and Hallaert showed A♦A♥ to win the pot.
Rahul Deevara raised to 160,000 under the gun and picked up four callers.
The flop came 10♠6♣2♠ and Deevara bet 380,000. Only Frank Flowers on the button called.
Deevara checked the 8♣ turn and Flowers bet 1,175,000. Deevara then moved all in for 3,660,000.
The rest of the field had already left for break as Flowers went deep into the tank. "It's 50-50 right now," he said, standing up from his seat and pacing around before sitting back down and buring his face in his hands.
Around 10 minutes went by before Flowers threw his cards into the muck. "Show for the cameras?" Deevara asked, and Flowers allowed the dealer to expose his Q♦10♣.
"I had a lot of outs," Deevara added, turning over K♠J♠ as the two players headed off on a shortened break.
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