Michael Garner was fresh off winning a larger pot without showdown and then raised to 160,000 next. Luke Chung pushed all-in for around 1.8 million and was snap-called by Garner once it had folded back to him.
Luke Chung: 8♦8♥ 
Michael Garner: K♦K♥
The 9♠4♠3♦ flop and J♣ turn left Chung on the verge of elimination, which he could not fade on the 10♠ river. Both players bumped fists before parting ways.
Zarvan Tumboli opened to 160,000 from middle position before Nicolas Enjamio three-bet to 525,000 on his direct left. Tumboli responded by making it 1,100,000 and Enjamio folded.
On another table, Adam Hendrix was facing a 700,000 river bet from Joseph Ozimok.
There was around 850,000 in the pot on the 7♣2♥3♦A♠5♠ board. Hendrix had checked from the big blind, before Ozimok made the bet from under the gun.
After a fair bit of thinking time, Hendrix called.
Ozimok tabled K♦J♦ for king-high. Hendrix had a pair of sevens with his J♥7♥ and took the pot.
Action folded to William Camp who raised to 175,000 in the small blind. Leo Margets called in the big blind.
The flop came J♦7♣4♥ and Camp bet 160,000. Margets called and the A♦ fell on the turn.
Camp then bet 260,000 and Margets again called. Camp bet another 420,000 on the 9♥ river and Margets snap-called.
Camp showed A♣2♦ for top pair, but Margets had J♠7♦ for two pair to win the pot.
Michael Gagliano open-jammed with his short stack and was called by Greg Merson in the big blind.
Michael Gagliano: 7♠7♣
Greg Merson: A♥9♥
The A♣10♥9♦ flop gave Merson two pair while the 6♦ turn provided some hope with a gutshot. Instead, it was Merson who improved further with the 9♣ river to send Gagliano to the rail in the second level of the day.
Kohei Arai raised to 160,000 in middle position with Q♣J♦ and Ruben Costa ripped all in for 1,250,000 on his left. Joshua Beckenstein flat-called in the hijack and the rest of the table folded including Arai.
Ruben Costa: K♥Q♥
Joshua Beckenstein: 9♠9♥
It turned out to be a coin flip and the flop of Q♠9♣2♠ left Beckenstein in firm hold with a set of nines. The 7♣ on the turn left Costa drawing dead to the 10♦ on the river.
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In the 31st episode, Connor talks with poker content creator Frank "Frankie C" Cucchiara about growing up in the hometown of Wild Bill Hickok, getting into poker in college, Next Gen Poker, building one of the most successful YouTube channels in poker, his 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event run, how new WSOP rules will impact vloggers, and playing this year's $25,000 Heads-Up Championship.
Frankie C also talked about being married to poker pro Kitty Kuo, being a dad, his new All-In Brownie, challenging Daniel Negreanu to a $10,000 heads-up poker match and stepping into the ring with UFC champion Sean "Suga" O'Malley.
Jeremiah Wheeler raised to 350,000 from middle position, before Stefan Nemetz three-bet to 1,100,000 out of the big blind. Wheeler four-bet jammed for 3,295,000, which was snap-called by Nemetz.
Jeremiah Wheeler: Q♥Q♣
Stefan Nemetz: A♠A♣
Wheeler was behind with his pocket queens against the aces of Nemetz.
There was no help for Wheeler on the K♠3♦K♣J♦3♠ runout, and all of his chips headed over to Nemetz.
In a heads-up pot on a board of 7♠Q♣Q♠, Alen Tenorio checked in the big blind and William Camp bet 160,000 in early position.
Tenorio check-raised to 415,000 and Camp called. Tenorio then bet 600,000 on the 2♠ turn and Camp went in the tank as cameras gathered around before folding.
Vladimir Nex opened from middle position and Seungmook Jung shoved from the cutoff for 1,055,000. When it got back to Nex, he called.
Seungmook Jung: A♣Q♠
Vladimir Nex: K♥K♣
Jung was way behind the cowboys of Nex and needed to find some help to stay alive. Unfortunately for Jung, no help arrived on the [td6ddts7s7h] runout, and he was sent to the rail.
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