Action folded to Fred Li, who open-jammed from the small blind for 1,275,000. Nishant Sharma, in the big blind, squeezed his cards and snap-called.
Fred Li: 5♣5♠ 
Nishant Sharma: K♠Q♦
A clean runout for Li of 2♠7♥4♥9♠A♦ and he was pushed the pot for a double-up.
This hand took place as the last level expired with the blinds at 60,000/120,000.
Michael Stein opened to 240,000 on the button before Nadav Avrahami three-bet to 710,000 from the small blind.
Stein called and sent them to a flop of 4♠3♠9♠. Avrahami continued for 225,000, but Stein countered with a raise to 2,000,000. Avrahami did not hesitate to go all-in for 2,810,000. Stein put in the call after some deliberation to put Avrahami at risk.
Nadav Avrahami: A♠A♦
Michael Stein: 5♣5♦
Avrahami was in a strong position to double up with the better pair and the ace-high flush draw.
The Q♠ sealed it in his favor as Avrahami upgraded to a flush, making the Q♣ river inconsequential.
Level: 30
Blinds: 100,000/150,000
Ante: 150,000
Tyler Schmidt moved all in for 65,000 from middle position, before Matheus Lima raised to 240,000 from the cutoff. Kfir Nahum three-bet to 525,000 on the button, and Schmidt moved to expose his hand. The 5♠ was tabled as it had been seen, but Lima folded either way.
Tyler Schmidt: K♥5♠
Kfir Nahum: A♥9♣
The king in the window looked good for Schmidt, but the full A♠Q♠K♦ flop had him needing to hit for a second time. He couldn't, as the J♣Q♥ runout saw him heading home.
Chung-Tang Lin moved all in from the small blind, and William Romaine called for his tournament life from the big.
William Romaine: A♦5♦
Chung-Tang Lin: K♦J♣
Romaine ended up with two pair on the 5♠6♥4♥4♠9♥ runout, as he secured a massive double to leapfrog his opponent.
Nadav Avrahami got the bidding started with a raise to 250,000 from the cutoff. Atanas Pavlov put in the call from the big blind.
The 7♠A♦4♣ led to a check from Pavlov. Avrahami continued for 205,000 and was called once again by Pavlov.
Both players checked the turn as it was running fours on the 4♠ turn before the players ushered in the 4♦ river.
Pavlov was done checking, as he opted to put out a wager of 335,000. Avrahami gave it considerable thought, but decided on a fold to award the pot to Pavlov.
Action folded to Marc Levy in the hijack who moved all in for 570,000 only for Alexandru Vasilescu sat in the cutoff to three-bet to 1,020,000. The rest of the table folded.
Marc Levy: A♦9♣
Alexandru Vasilescu: K♦K♠
Some help for Levy on the 2♥Q♦9♦ flop to give him a pair and when the 9♥ peeled off on the turn he hit trips to storm into the lead. No Kx to rescue Vasilescu on the 8♣ brick of a river and Levy was shipped the pot for a double-up.
In the 990th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, which is sponsored by FanDuel Poker, Chad Holloway, Mike Holtz, and Ben Ludlow are at Level 9 Studios in Las Vegas, where special guest cohost Remko Rinkema joins them.
The crew discusses the impromptu introduction of poker shot clocks on Day 7 of the 2026 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. It was an unexpected development implemented after a 15-minute tank by Loren Klein on Day 6, and while it was technically allowed by Rule 80, a lot of players took issue with it, such as Chris Brewer and Patrick "Pads" Leonard. However, some players came out in support of it, such as Shaun Deeb, who was still in the tournament.
Speaking of Pads, some thought he wasn't getting the airtime he deserved during his deep run in the Main Event. Was he blacklisted, or was it just bad luck? Chad then talks about live reporting on Jamie Dwan winning the $50K High Roller event over a stacked final table that included Daniel Negreanu, Bryn Kenney, and Kristen Foxen. Finally, Remko talks about PokerGO's "He Brought $1,000,000 to the Biggest Poker Game of His Life" video featuring Andrew "Ace" Pacheco, his new podcast, and other upcoming PokerGO plans.
Oh, and did we mention that Chad is headed to California's Thunder Valley Casino this weekend for the $400 buy-in, $250K GTD PokerNews Cup as part of the RGPS Passport Season Finale?
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Alexander Yen opened to 200,000 from middle position, which led to a call from Jason Wheeler out of the cutoff.
The 3♦J♠2♥ flop was checked by Yen before Wheeler put out a bet of 300,000. Yen called.
Both players checked the 3♣ and the 2♠ river to go to a showdown.
Yen showed J♣J♦ for a full house to claim the pot.
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