Robert Brobyn open-jammed for 15,000,000 in the small blind and was quickly called by Jeevan Lobo in the big blind.
"I ran into it, didn't I?" Brobyn said before the cards were flipped.
Robert Brobyn: J♥9♠ 
Jeevan Lobo: A♠9♥
Brobyn was dominated and couldn't improve as the board ran out 5♠5♦4♠8♥7♠ to mark his elimination in sixth place.
"I'm proud of you, Cuz," said Steven Buckner from the rail.
Level: 41
Blinds: 1,500,000/3,000,000
Ante: 3,000,000
Sebastian Crema raised to 4,000,000 in middle position, and called off his 16,500,000 stack when Laurance Essak put him all in.
Sebastian Crema: K♠K♣
Laurance Essak: A♠J♦
Despite Essak picking up a straight draw on the turn, the 8♦6♣10♠K♦9♦ runout was safe for Crema, seeing him double with pocket kings for a second time.
Laurance Essak raised to 4,500,000 on the button and Holly Foley called in the big blind.
Foley led out for 5,000,000 on the flop of 7♦J♠9♣ and Essak gave it some thought before raising to 15,000,000. Foley laid it down.
Laurance Essak raised to 4,500,000 on the button, and found himself facing an all-in from Holly Foley in the big blind for 17,000,000 total. After much deliberation, Essak called.
Holly Foley: A♦K♣
Laurance Essak: 9♠7♠
Foley maintained her lead on the 5♦K♠7♥ flop, and had the pot wrapped up on the K♥ turn.
As the dealer provided the Q♣ river, Essak slid a tower of chips across the table to Foley.
The winner of this year's $50,000 WSOP Poker Players Championship will be a first-time champion, unless Brian Rast wins.
That isn't a prediction, it's a fact. Rast, a three-time winner, was a bet away from elimination in the prestigious mixed games event Tuesday on Day 3, which would have left zero former champions still standing. None of the other former champs reached the money.
Day 3, which began at 1 p.m. PT, started with 39 of the original 108 players remaining. Rast, who won this event in 2011, 2016, and 2023, had the smallest stack with 107,000 chips. For comparison, Kristopher Tong entered the session with the chip lead at 2,428,000. So, it certainly wasn't going to be easy for the Poker Hall of Famer to earn a fourth Poker Players Championship bracelet.
Jeevan Lobo had just been denied a double-up after jamming with ace-king in the small blind and getting called by Sebastian Crema in the big blind with ace-six; the board ran out to give both players straights to chop.
Soon after, Lobo open-jammed for 11,000,000 in the hijack, and Holly Foley called in the big blind.
Jeevan Lobo: 6♥6♠
Holly Foley: J♦10♥
Lobo's sixes stayed ahead for a double as the board ran out A♣8♣5♦K♣K♥.
Lexy Gavin-Mather moved all in for 9,000,000 from middle position, and was put at risk when Sebastian Crema moved his own 9,500,000 across the betting line.
Lexy Gavin-Mather: K♦Q♣
Sebastian Crema: K♠K♣
It was the worst possible hand to see for Gavin-Mather, who whipped her phone out to record her vlog, hoping to share a miracle with her fans.
Alas, it was all over by the 3♣9♠2♦4♠ turn, and as the dealer completed the board with the J♥, Gavin-Mather wished the remaining players well and headed out.
Level: 40
Blinds: 1,000,000/2,000,000
Ante: 2,000,000
Daniel Wirgau open-jammed for 9,000,000 in the small blind and Laurance Essak called in the big blind.
Daniel Wirgau: A♣Q♠
Laurance Essak: J♠7♥
The flop of 9♥K♥7♣ put Essak ahead and nothing changed as the board finished out 6♠10♥ to mark Wirgau's elimination in eighth place.
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