Cordell Schroeder limped and big blind Phillip Mighall checked his option.
The dealer fanned out K♣2♣6♥. Mighall check-called Schroeder's 60,000 bet leading them to the turn.
The 4♣ fell and the same thing happened with Mighall check-calling Schroeder's 150,000.
Both players checked the 7♠ river. Mighall tabled J♣5♣5♠4♦ for a a flush, prompting Schroeder to muck his hand.
Will Givens made it 60,000 to play from early position and was looked up by Tanner Pray in the big blind.
The flop came 10♣9♠4♠ and Pray checked to Givens, who bet out for 175,000. Pray went into the tank briefly before he raised pot, only for Givens to re-pot. Before he had even got his chips in the middle, Pray snap-called for his remaining 30,000 or so.
Tanner Pray: K♠9♣7♠7♦ 
Will Givens: Q♦J♥9♥9♦
Pray was behind but had outs to stay alive. The K♥ turn gave him some extra outs, but when the 10♥ peeled off on the river to fill Givens up, Pray was sent to the rail and Givens raked in yet another pot to close in on the seven million chip mark.
Anthony Latona limped on the button and faced a raise from Maxx Coleman to 130,000 from the big blind.
Latona called to usher in the 7♣8♥A♣ flop. Coleman bet 255,000 before Latona shoved. Coleman called for 645,000 total to be at risk.
Maxx Coleman: A♥A♦9♠8♠
Anthony Latona: 7♠6♣4♠2♠
The Q♦ turn, and the 10♦ river kept Coleman in the lead to secure the double and cross the million chip mark.
Attempting to make a living playing poker professionally isn't easy when your dad is one of the greatest in the history of the game.
But that's exactly what Nicholas Hellmuth is doing, as he competes in the 2026 World Series of Poker (WSOP). The youngest son of 17-time bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth entered Day 2a of Event #34: $500 COLOSSUS on Thursday.
PokerNews caught up with the 23-year-old son of a legend to find out if he plans to follow in his father's footsteps, and just how much the "Poker Brat's" persona has rubbed off on him.
Level: 23
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
Ido Aboudi opened to 85,000 on the button and was called by both Akseli Paalanen in the small blind and Dan Matsuzuki in the big blind.
All three players checked the 6♠10♦10♥ flop to bring the J♠ turn.
Paalanen led out for 85,000, which elicited a fold from Matsuki, but a call from Aboudi.
Both remaining players knuckled the river.
Paalanen showed K♠K♦J♥2♠ for a pair of kings to claim the pot.
Julien Sitbon limped from the hijack and Akseli Paalanen raised to 90,000 from the cutoff. Sitbon made the call.
On the 7♥J♥Q♣ flop, SItbon bet out for 265,000, which left him just 5,000 behind. Paalanen raised to put SItbon all in, who went into the tank waiting for a pay jump. The table were debating when to call the clock when SItbon made it easy for them and tossed in the call.
Julien Sitbon: J♠9♣8♣7♠
Akseli Paalanen: A♥K♥Q♥9♠
Sitbon was ahead but had to dodge a lot of outs, the A♣ turn being one of them, which sent Paalanen into the lead. When the 10♥ peeled off on the river this grew even bigger at the finishing line, to send Sitbon to the rail.
Philip Stark opened to 50,000 from early position before Ying Li made the call out of the big blind.
Li checked it over to Stark on the 9♦9♣5♣ flop. Stark continued for 60,000 and was called by Li.
Both players checked through the 10♦ turn to bring the 10♠ river.
Li bet 75,000 and was called by Stark.
Li showed K♣J♥J♦4♠ for two pair, which was good as Stark took one last peek at his hand before he mucked it to yield the pot.
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