Action was picked up on a 3♥8♣Q♥5♦ board with 42,000 chips in the middle.
Ryan Riess tossed 26,000 into the middle from the cutoff and Toshikazu Ishii called from the big blind.
The river 2♠ peeled off and Riess sized-up to 78,000. Ishii gave it a thought but eventually placed a chip into the middle for a call. Riess tabled A♠Q♦ and it was good.
Gabriel Andrade raised to 13,000 on the button and Daniel Smiljkovic called from the big blind.
Smiljkovic check-called a bet of 12,000 from Andrade on the 6♥K♦9♦ flop.
Smiljkovic led out for 12,000 on the 7♦ turn. Andrade called.
The river came the 5♠ and Smiljkovic led out again for 10,000. Andrade folded and forfeited the pot to Smilijkovic.
Kharlin Sued opened the hijack to 12,000 and Jonathan Jaffe three-bet from the button to 35,000. Once the blinds folded, Sued shoved for a little over 200,000, and Jaffe quickly called.
Kharlin Sued: A♣J♥ 
Jonathan Jaffe: A♠K♠
Both caught a piece of the 9♣K♣3♣ flop as Sued had the nut flush draw, and Jaffe hit top pair. Sued needed to find a club but never managed it as neither the 3♦ turn nor 8♥ river could prevent him from being eliminated.
Level: 15
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
The initial schedule — US and international — is out for the 2024-2025 World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) season, and it should create some excitement within the poker community.
Action for the 20th Circuit season kicks off at a familiar spot — Choctaw Casino Resort in Durant, Oklahoma — on July 17, the same day as the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event concludes. There will also be a return to the same casino in October.
There are 18 stops — 13 in the US and five in other countries — on the 2024 portion of the WSOPC schedule. That includes five different countries and eight US states.
Players are now on their second 15-minute break of the day.
Andrew Lichtenberger raised to 10,000 from under the gun and was called by Michael Rocco on the button, Manuel Fritz in the small blind and a player in the big blind.
The flop came J♥4♦6♣, Andrew Lichtenberger bet 10,000 and all three opponents called.
Action checked through on the K♣ turn card.
The river was the 2♠, Fritz bet 65,000 the big blind folded, Andrew Lichtenberger called and Rocco folded. Fritz tabled K♠J♠ which was the winner of this hand.
Justin Bonomo and Phil Hellmuth got all in preflop with Hellmuth being the player at risk.
Phil Hellmuth: K♥K♦
Justin Bonomo: A♥7♣
There was help for Bonomo on the 7♥6♣3♣10♥K♣ runout, meaning Hellmuth's set of kings would earn him a double up to almost 200,000 chips.
Zachary Grech opened the button to 10,000 and Espen Jorstad shoved from the small blind for 22,000. Pedro Padilha called out of the big blind, and Grech put in the extra 12,000 chips.
On the 5♦J♣K♥ flop, both players checked to the 2♥ turn. Padilha led out for 42,000, and Grech thought for a long time before he folded.
Espen Jorstad: 8♥8♦
Pedro Padilha: A♠A♥
Grech started giving himself a pat on the back as he stated that he folded a king. Jorstad needed to find one of the two remaining snowmen in the deck but instead the K♦ landed on the river, which meant he was elimimated.
"I would have made a butt call and got there," said Grech after seeing the river, which would have improved him to trips.
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