Leo Margets made it 300,000 from middle position with A♣Q♣ and only Diego Ponce called from the small blind holding Q♥J♥.
Ponce started out with a check on the 4♠8♥8♠ flop, and Margets fired out a bet of 275,000. Ponce made the call.
The 5♦ came on the turn, prompting Ponce to lead out for 1,100,000. Margets threw her hand away, and Ponce pulled in the pot.
Leon Sturm raised to 325,000 in the cutoff before Giovanni Pupo three-bet to 1,150,000 in the small blind. Sturm called and they went heads-up to the 9♣2♠Q♠ flop.
Pupo continued for 650,000 and Sturm called. The turn was the 2♣ and Pupo moved all in for 2,375,000. Sturm quickly tossed his cards away this time.
Daniel Iachan raised to 2,000,000 with 425,000 in late position. Joshua Beckenstein in the hijack one seat over declared all-in and that forced out all other players behind, while Iachan called.
Daniel Iachan: 9♥9♦ 
Joshua Beckenstein: 8♥8♦
Iachan had little to fear on the Q♥6♥2♠6♠4♦ runout to secure the double and surpass Beckenstein on the leaderboard.
Paul Gibbons raised to 300,000 with 6♠6♥ from the middle position, and Juan Carlos Vecino called out of the hijack. Michael Garner deliberated for quite some time before jamming for 6,925,000 from the button. The blinds and Gibbons folded, but Vecino made the call.
Michael Garner: A♣K♠
Juan Carlos Vecino: J♦J♣
Garner had Big Slick against the two jacks of Vencino. Garner moved into pole position on the A♥7♣3♣ flop, having hit a pair of aces. The rest of the board came 10♠6♦, and Garner earned the full double-up at the expense of Vecino.
Sebastian Schulze raised to 300,000 in early position and Will Kassouf ripped all in for 1,500,000 on his left. The action folded back to Schulze who quickly called to put the mouth-piece at risk.
Will Kassouf: 10♠10♣
Sebastian Schulze: A♥J♠
It turned out to be a coin flip and the flop of A♣7♣4♣ gave Schulze the best hand with a pair of aces. Kassouf had the one and only flush draw but the A♦ on the turn narrowed his outs even further.
The dealer burned and turned the Q♣ on the river and Kassouf went off with arms in the air after making a flush for the double up.
"You know it's coming. I'm the Main Event champion," Kassouf bowed to the rail as he received a small round of applause.
Yong Han jammed for 1,375,000 out of the small blind and Ramon Pessoa in the big blind went deep into the tank. After nearly four minutes, Lautaro Guerra called the clock and Pessoa's thirty seconds ran down to zero without a decision.
Shortly after, Han jammed the short stack once again and this time, Pessoa went over the top.
Yong Han: A♣7♦
Ramon Pessoa: Q♣Q♦
The K♣10♥8♣2♣9♦ board failed to improve Han and he bowed out in 59th place. One year ago, he reached the very same spot and earned $160,000. The 2025 deep run came with a payday of $165,000.
The floor has paused the clocks and instructed dealers to deal six more hands before players bag for the evening.
In the 906th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway, Kyna England, and Mike Holtz are back at Level 9 Studio in Las Vegas to discuss the latest news and highlights from the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP), including Daniel Negreanu suggesting that poker players shouldn't hesitate to call the clock on other slow-acting players.
Other stories include Will Kassouf being back in the poker spotlight, for better or worse, as well as how the PokerNews Podcast crew did in the 2025 WSOP Main Event. Hint: Kyna, who is now representing Tilted Compass, did an interview with Jeff Platt while Chad got pulled up on the PokerGO live stream. They also highlight Shaun Deeb capturing his seventh bracelet and setting himself up to win POY, Nick Ahmadi taking down the PokerNews Deepstack Championship, PokerGO founder Cary Katz claiming his first bracelet, and Chris Moneymaker winning another Moneymaker Tour title.
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Michael Mizrachi raised to 300,000 in early position and Daehyung Lee called in the cutoff. Mounir Tajiou then moved all in for 2,400,000 in the small blind and Mizrachi folded.
"If I go, I go. As it says in Rocky, 'if he dies, he dies," Tajiou said as he began playing James Brown's "Living in America" on his phone and dancing. Lee took a minute before calling to put Tajiou at risk.
Mounir Tajiou: J♣J♦
Daehyung Lee: A♠8♠
"I don't care. I would rather have it, but it's good," Tajiou said going to the flop, which came A♣6♠3♥ to give Lee the lead with top pair. The rest of the board ran out 2♦6♣ and Tajiou made his way around the table shaking all his opponent's hands before making his exit.
"You villain. How could you?" Albert Calderon joked with Lee.
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