With 22 players remaining, action is going hand-for-hand two spots off the money.
Dario Sammartino got in his last chips against James Cheung shortly after winning the previous pot.
Sammartino had J♥8♦9♦8♥9♠K♥ showing by seventh, while Cheung finished with K♣4♦K♦Q♣5♠4♣7♣ for kings and fours. Sammartino peeled the 3♥ on his last card, and he was sent to the rail.
Matthew Schreiber: XxXx/8♠9♥9♠8♥/Xx
Naoya Kihara: XxXx/7♦4♦7♣6♣/Xx
Joe Cassidy: XxXx/6♠3♣8♣ - folded on fifth street
Naoya Kihara completed and Joe Cassidy called. Matthew Schreiber then raised, and both opponents called.
Schreiber bet on fourth street and Kihara and Cassidy called. Kihara then bet on fifth, Cassidy folded, and Schreiber called.
Kihara bet on sixth and seventh, and Schreiber called him down. Kihara showed A♣A♠5♠ for two pair, but Schreiber had A♥A♦Q♥ for aces and nines to win the pot.
Dario Sammartino: 3♥3♦/Q♥10♥8♥10♦/10♣
Eli Elezra: 10♠8♦8♣/Q♣9♥7♣J♣
Michael Dwyer: 7♦6♦6♥/9♦J♥4♦Q♦
Dario Sammartino moved his last 5,000 into the middle and Michael Dwyer completed. Eli Elezra called for a side pot between himself and Dwyer.
Elezra called a bet from Dwyer on fourth street and then both players checked on fifth and sixth.
Elezra then called a bet from Dwyer on seventh, who showed his hole cards for a flush. Elezra showed he held a straight before mucking and Sammartino slowly peeled his last card, which turned out to be a 10x — improving him to a full house to win the pot.
Patrick Leonard: XxXx/3♣2♦J♥Q♠/Xx
Dan Sepiol: XxXx/3♠Q♥5♦8♣/Xx
Dan Sepiol bet on fifth street and Patrick Leonard called.
Sepiol bet again on sixth and Leonard called. Sepiol then bet on seventh, but this time Leonard raised. Sepiol called.
Leonard showed Q♣7♦7♣ for two pair, and Sepiol mucked.
Michael Mizrachi: XxXx/A♦2♦5♣
Naoya Kihara: XxXx/2♥K♣9♦
Michael Mizrachi completed and Naoya Kihara called.
Mizrachi bet on fourth street and Kihara called. Kihara then bet on fifth, and Mizrachi called all in.
Kihara finished with 9♠8♠3♣3♥K♣ for two pair, nines and threes. Mizrachi had J♣8♣2♠5♣ showing by seventh and needed to improve, and he caught the J♠ to make jacks and threes and earn the double up.
"He's beatable," tablemate Brad Ruben said.
Players have returned from dinner break and cards are back in the air!
Level: 16
Ante: 3,000
Low Card: 3,000
Completion: 12,000
Limits: 12,000-24,000
It took some time, but the $1 million mystery bounty eventually surfaced.
Just under six hours after Day 2 of the inaugural Mini Mystery Millions got underway at the 2026 World Series of Poker, one fortunate player peeled back the tournament's most wanted prize.
It took 43 players drawing from the Gold Chest, which contained any bounty prize worth $25,000 or more, before the $1,000,000 bounty was pulled.
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