Jason Sagle led out for 1,000 from the small blind on a flop of 8♦9♥6♥ and Ross Tyler called in early position.
Sagle checked the Q♠ flop, and Tyler bet 1,000. Sagle then raised to 4,000, and Tyler reraised to 11,000. Sagle called.
The river was the Q♦ and Sagle bet 7,000. Tyler called, and Sagle showed 10♠7♠ for a straight. Tyler, though, had J♥10♥ for a higher straight to win the pot off the 2024 fourth-place finisher.
Robin Guillaumot opened to 1,400 from under the gun and was three-bet to 4,200 by Matthew Godbey from directly behind. Robert Waunn then cold four-bet to 10,500 from the hijack, which got a fold from Guillaumot and a call from Godbey.
The flop came 5♣K♦6♠ and Godbey check-folded facing a 6,500 bet from Waunn, who collected a nice pot without a showdown.
Sean O'Malley bet 2,000 from middle position on a flop of 4♣K♣6♦ and John Gravagna raised to 5,500 on the button. O'Malley called, and the 5♥ fell on the turn.
Gravagna then bet 11,000, and O'Malley called. The river was the Q♦ and O'Malley checked over to Gravagna. "I don't like that river too much," Gravagna said as he checked back.
O'Malley showed A♣A♦, but Gravagna had 6♥4♥ for two pair to win the pot.
"He's trying to act like he's a nice guy, but he just got scared," a tablemate said after the hand.
With just a couple thousand in the middle preflop, a postflop raising war resulted in Todd Hansen getting the rest of his 30,500 stack into the middle from the button on a flop of 9♦4♠2♦, at risk against Pedro Dacunha in the cutoff.
Todd Hansen: A♦J♦ 
Pedro Dacunha: 9♠7♠
Hansen had two overs and the nut flush draw against the top pair of Dacunha.
However, as the dealer was about to deal the rest of the board, it was discovered that she had placed down an extra burn card before the turn. The card that mistakenly came on the turn was the J♥, which would have paired Hansen.
The floor was called and it was ruled that the third burn card would become the turn, and it was the 10♣. The jack of hearts that Hansen thought saved him became the third burn card.
The 9♥ river could not save Hansen, and he was eliminated in unfortunate fashion.
Charlton Hawes raised to 1,300 in middle position, Scotty Nguyen called on the button, and Ricardo Eyzaguirre in the big blind shoved for 22,700. Hawes folded, but Nguyen with only 10,000 behind made the call.
Scotty Nguyen: A♥Q♣
Ricardo Eyzaguirre: A♠K♥
The board ran out 6♥A♦K♠3♣10♠, eliminating the WSOP Main Event Champion Nguyen.
Action was retold to PokerNews by hijack Ben Savage, who three-bet Habib Azar's middle position open to 4,000. Azar called, and the two saw a 5♣5♦5♠ flop.
Azar then check-called a bet of 5,500 from Savage, before both players checked the 10♥ turn.
The 3♦ showed up on the river, and Azar bet out for 25,000. Savage stuck in the call, but his AxAx were no good against the 10x10x of Azar, who had turned a superiour full house.
Wen Lyu raised to 1,300 from the hijack. Mitchell Hughes in the cutoff and Bart Lybaert on the button called before Dylan Ellis in the small blind squeezed to 7,100. Lyu folded but Hughes and Lybaert called.
All three of them checked the 8♦A♣A♠ flop and the 6♥ turn, but Ellis led out for 6,200 on the Q♠ river. Hughes folded, quickly followed by Lybaert.
Damion Patino raised to 1,200 in early position, which the two players to his direct left called. Next to act, Lily Lotfy three-bet to 6,500. The action folded back to Patino, who responded with a four-bet to 18,000. That quickly removed the two callers, and the action was back on Lofty. After a moment's thought, she also returned her cards to the dealer.
The hand was picked up on the turn, with Javier Barral having bet 13,000 from the big blind on a board of 5♠A♠7♠J♦.
After Michael Funk raised to 28,000 chips, Barral reraised all in. Funk made the call.
Michael Funk: Q♠J♠
Javier Barral: A♦J♥
Funk was in a nasty spot, holding top two pair against a flopped flush with one card to go. The board paired on the river, but the 5♣ wasn't one of the pairs he needed, and he was ousted.
On a flop of J♦K♣7♣ action checked to Martin Kabrhel in the cutoff, who bet out for 1,700 into 4,200. Mark Mundel called in the small blind, before big blind Ignacio Molina moved all in for 11,200. Kabrhel then made it 21,000, and Mundel called.
On the Q♦ turn, Kabrhel bet 31,500 when checked to. Mundel took quite some time, prompting Kabrhel to say, "take your time, but hurry up." Eventually, Mundel folded.
Ignacio Molina: K♦2♣
Martin Kabrhel: J♥7♠
The river A♠ confirmed the elimination, as Kabrhel took down a sizeable pot.
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