Jack Allen moved all in from early position for his last 16,600, and Philip Sandlin called from the big blind.
Jack Allen: 9♠9♣ 
Philip Sandlin : A♦10♥
The board fell out with 2♣2♠10♣K♥Q♦, and Sandlin had the best of it with a higher two-pair.
Raphael Bilger raised to 2,200 from middle position and then called Eric Froelich's raise to 7,700 from the big blind.
The flop rolled out 10♣9♣5♠ and Froelich continued for 6,500. Bilger moved all in for 40,000 and Froelich thought for a big before opting to call.
Raphael Bilger: A♠6♠
Eric Froehlich: A♥K♦
Froelich's ace-king high was good and held up on the runout of 5♦J♦ to eliminate Bilger from the tournament.
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Soon after coming back from the break, Neel Joshi got his short stack of around 22 big blinds into the middle and he was called by Gunnar Blomgren.
Neel Joshi: A♥Q♦
Gunnar Blomgren: 10♠10♦
The J♠9♥3♥2♥9♠ board failed to improve Joshi and he departed from the 2026 WSOP Main Event.
It took almost no time, but as per usual, a player has been eliminated early in Level 1 at the 2026 World Series of Poker Main Event.
Anthony Marini picked up A♦K♦ just after the World Championship event began and decided to gamble for his entire stack, while Ryan Sands didn't want his opponent to earn an early double-up.
Level: 7
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
The 2,445 players are heading to their first 20-minute break of the day.
In total, there are 8,383 entrants combined between all the prior flights and today's added numbers.
Below are some of the most interesting hands from Level 6.
Play will resume at 1:20 pm with blinds returning to 500/1,000, with a 1,000 big blind ante.
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