Level: 17
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
Level: 17
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
The remaining 128 players have been sent on a 60-minute dinner break.
Play will resume on the bubble at approximately 7:40 p.m. local time.
Jay Bloom shoved all-in for 121,000 under the gun and Anthony Piacquadio called taking them to a showdown.
Jay Bloom: K♣K♥ [allin
Anthony Piacquadio: Q♣Q♥
Bloom's kings held on the 9♣2♦6♦A♥5♣ board giving him a double up.
Action was picked up on the river with a board of Q♥K♣10♦6♠4♦, and the pot was about 160,000. Marcel Luske was sitting under the gun and flipped over J♦9♦ for the straight, and Tuan Phan was in late position and mucked his hand.
With 128 players remaining and 127 being paid, the tournament clock has now been paused and play will continue hand for hand.
Two minutes will be deducted from the clock for each hand played.
Gary Benson opened to 18,000 from under the gun and got three callers - Robert Geith on the button, TJ Shulman in the small blind and Mario Lopez in the big blind.
The flop came Q♠6♦8♠. Shulman led out with 27,000 and only Benson called.
Both players checked the 4♣ turn and the 9♥ river. Shulman tabled Q♥Q♦ for a flopped set while Benson mucked his hand.
Julio Belluscio made it 22,000 to play from early position and action folded to Mark Williams in middle position who three-bet all in for 101,000. Action came back to Belluscio who snap-called.
Mark Williams: J♣J♠
Julio Belluscio: 8♣8♥
On a clean run out for Williams of 4♦9♠Q♦A♦K♥, he was pushed the pot for a double-up.
Michael Collins raised from under the gun to 22,000, and Barry Seidman three-bet shoved for 107,000 from the big blind. Collins called.
Barry Seidman: A♥K♦
Michael Collins: A♦Q♣
The board went A♠2♥J♠3♠9♥ and Seidman's kicker counted to save his tournament life.
Dejan Kaladjurdjevic knows what it takes to run deep in a super high roller. The Montenegrin high-stakes player pulled that off in the 2024 Triton Montenegro $125K NLH Main Event where his second place finish earned him a $3,196,000 payout.
However, his first attempt at the $250,000 Super High Roller title at the 2026 World Series of Poker went up in flames after he attempted an ambitious five-high bluff in one of the opening levels of the summer's biggest buy-in tournament.
Ghassan Hoss raised from early position to 16,000, and Mans Montgomery moved all in from the cutoff for his last 85,000. Hoss called.
Mans Montgomery: A♣J♣
Ghassan Hoss: 7♥7♣
According to the remaining players, Hoss hit the case seven with the board 10♥7♦4♦9♣4♥, and a full house would win for Hoss. One of the players claimed they folded the other seven.