Jared Bleznick raised to 225,000 from early position and Tyler Brown called.
The flop came K♥J♠Q♠ and Brown checked over to Bleznick, who bet another 100,000. Brown spent about 45 seconds in the tank before announcing pot to 875,000.
Bleznick took a last peek at his cards before sending them into the muck.
Shaun Deeb raised the pot preflop for 175,000 from the cutoff. Jesse Lonis was on the button and made the call.
The flop fell 3♦4♠10♠ and the rest of Deeb's 135,000 chips also went in. Lonis made a quick call and Deeb said he was happy with how he got it in.
Shaun Deeb: Ax10♦5♦6♠
Jesse Lonis: K♣Q♦J♠6♦
Deeb held top pair while Lonis had some backdoor outs and overcards. Deeb's tens would remain the best hand on the 4♣9♦ runout, however, and he doubled up.
There have been some chip changes over on table 141 as Pakinai Lisawad stormed ahead of Krasimir Yankov. Another showdown unfolded when two players with middling stacks got it in and Rick Salomon was at risk but barely covered by Aaron Katz.
Rick Salomon: A♠10♠10♦3♥
Aaron Katz:A♥A♣Q♣8♣
The board ran out 9♥5♠2♥6♥9♦ and the aces held to knock out Salomon.
Some table chatter broke out and Katz said "he can afford it" while talking with the others and Keith Lehr one table over.
"He is the biggest winner in poker ... he plays against a billionaire every day," Katz added when referring to Salomon.
They are joined by none other than Daniel Negreanu, who took a break from his busy summer schedule to talk about a plethora of topics including what it’s been like running deep in the lower buy-in, big field events, interacting with fans, and how he feels about his performance thus far.
Negreanu also offers his thoughts on the Poker Hall of Fame, including who he thinks will get in and the changes he’d like to see moving forward. Finally, “Kid Poker” offers his prediction for the 2023 WSOP Main Event, which is also the first big topic discussed by the hosts.
Chad and Jesse then do a new "Calling the Clock" segment in which they offer quick two-minute dialogues for topics on “The Board.”
Tyler Smith raised to 100,000 and then folded when Kilian Loeffler three-bet the pot from two seats over.
Smith then raised to 100,000 again and PJ Cha three-bet to the same 360,000 with 100,000 behind. This time, Smith called and bet the K♥10♠9♦ flop for 100,000, Cha called all-in.
PJ Cha: A♦K♠Q♦J♠
Tyler Smith: A♠6♥4♥2♠
Smith had two back door flush draws but the J♦ turn and 8♠ river were no sweat.
Cha doubled while Joao Vieira lost the remainder of his short stack one table over to reduce the field to the last 39 contenders.
Three-handed on a flop of 6♦J♦6♥, Jesse Lonis bet 240,000 from early position and Matthew Wantman called in the cutoff. Big blind Jim Collopy folded and Lonis and Wantman went heads-up.
Both players checked the A♥ turn before Lonis also checked on the K♠ river. Wantman now fired out 250,000 and Lonis gave it only a brief thought before he mucked.
A flop of Q♥4♥9♣ was spread when the action was caught, and Kane Kalas once more got all of his chips in the middle against chip leader Tyler Smith.
Kane Kalas: K♥K♦Q♣7♦
Tyler Smith A♣Q♦J♠7♣
Kalas held the overpair while Smith was drawing to a straight with some live two-pair outs. The turn brought the 10♠ for Smith to hit his straight draw, and Kalas was drawing dead when the 8♣ river completed the board.
Jesse Lonis raised the pot to 140,000 two hands in a row and collected the blinds as well as the big blind ante.
Noah Schwartz then raised to 115,000 from under the gun, Ian Matakis called from one seat over and Lonis defended the big blind. On a flop of Q♥9♠7♦, Lonis asked for the size of the pot and bet 255,000 into 405,000. Schwartz raised the pot for 955,000 and forced two folds.