Ruslan Zakharchuk moved all in for about 425,000 from under the gun and Kenzo Ishida reshoved in the cutoff to isolate.
Ruslan Zakharchuk: Q♣10♦ 
Kenzo Ishida: K♠K♥
Zakharchuk picked up a gutshot on the J♣2♣8♦ flop, but couldn't get there as the board ran out 8♥, 4♥.
Shawn Buchanan opened to 90,000 from the cutoff and Sebastian Harasim moved all in for his remaining ~550,000. Buchanan snap called and the players flipped their hands.
Sebastian Harasim: A♦K♦
Shawn Buchanan: J♦J♣
Buchanan was ahead, and there was little help for Harasim on the 10♣5♠4♣5♣9♥ runout, sending him home just before reaching the last level of the night.
John Ypma got caught in back-to-back raise-fold situations, and lost half his stack speculating.
In the first hand, Joey Weissman raised to 80,000 under the gun. Ypma, to his immediate left, raised to 200,000. Weissman was the only caller.
The flop hit 5♣3♠5♥. Weissman checked and Ypma bet 150,000 chips.
Weissman check-raised all in with a covering stack. Ypma folded.
The very next hand, Ypma raised to 80,000 under the gun. Christos Argyriadis made it 180,000 chips to go.
The action folded around to Ypma, who bowed to pressure on consecutive hands.
Vincent Moscati moved all in for 290,000 in late positon and Faraz Jaka reshoved in the small blind. Chino Rheem got out of the way in the big blind.
Vincent Moscati: A♠5♦
Faraz Jaka: A♦Q♣
The flop came J♣K♦3♥ with Jaka's ace-queen still in the lead. He sealed the deal on the 10♥ turn, improving to Broadway, and the meaningless 3♣ rolled off on the river.
Benoit Fiasson got it all in preflop from under the gun for 300,000 against Tom Hall on the button, who covered.
Benoit Fiasson: K♦J♦
Tom Hall: A♠J♣
The 3♥10♥4♣4♦3♣ runout offered no help to Fiasson, and he was sent packing.
Sebastian Schulze is currently the chip leader going into the final two levels of the night, sitting way ahead of the pack. James MacMillan is the next top stack with around 60 big blinds, closely followed by Marco Johnson and James MacMillan.
These counts are according to the WSOP live app.
Level: 24
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000
Brayden Lou managed to improve on an already outstanding year with a remarkable victory in the $500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em at the 2026 World Series of Poker.
After weeding his way through a field of 4,100, the inexperienced Lou wrestled the crown away from Jason Hoffman heads-up to claim the $196,066 winner’s share of a $1,701,500 prize pool.
“It’s pretty amazing,” Lou said. “I guess I can scratch this off my bucket list. I ran well, played well. That’s how it usually goes for tournament winners.”
Not that Lou would know, considering he won a gold bracelet in just his fourth ever live tournament.
The remaining 44 players take their last 15-minute break of the evening. Action is due to resume at 10.52 p.m.
Aditya Agarwal raised from the cutoff to 60,000, Bruno Furth called from the button, and Yuan Lei called from the big blind. The flop came out with A♣J♣7♣, Lei checked, Agarwal checked, and Furth bet 85,000. Lei was the lone caller.
On the turn 6♠ and the river 6♥, both players checked.
Lei turned over J♦10♦ for two pair, and the win as Furth mucked.
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