James Sileo opened to 1,000 from middle position and only Brandon Sheils called from the small blind.
Sheils checked the Q♦J♦6♠ flop and Sileo bet 1,800. Sheils made the call.
The 10♥ turn and Q♣ river got checked through and Sheils took down the pot with A♦6♦ for a pair of sixes.
In a pot that was four-bet preflop, Christopher Frank and Robert James checked through the 5♥6♦5♣4♦ turn. The A♣ river then fell and Frank bet 10,000 chips from the small blind.
James tanked a bit before tossing in a call.
"I win," Frank declared as he tabled A♠6♠ for two pair. He was correct, as James' cards hit the muck and Frank was awarded the pot.
Robert Campbell opened in middle position and the hijack three-bet to 3,000. Only Campbell made the call.
The dealer spread a flop of 10♣10♥5♣ and Campbell check-raised the bet of 3,500 to 8,500 and his opponent quickly called.
When the 9♠ landed on the turn, Campbell continued for 14,000. The hijack went into the tank for about a minute as he eyed up Campbell's remaining 25,000 behind. Eventually, he surrendered the pot as the dealer pushed the chips to Campbell.
Dario Sammartino opened to 1,000 from the cutoff before calling a three-bet to 2,600 from an opponent in the small blind.
The small blind continued for 1,200 on the A♣6♠7♠ flop and Sammartino made the call.
There was no slowing down for the small blind following the 5♠ turn as he bet again, this time making it 3,700. As before, Sammartino called.
The small blind fired one more barrel after the 5♣ river completed the board, sizing up to 7,700. Sammartino thought long and hard but ended up making the call, prompting his opponent to muck their holding.
Alexandros Kolonias raised and called a three-bet by Samuel Renauro III to see a flop of K♦6♥5♦ flop. The Greek opted to check-raise from 2,500 to 9,000 and won the pot.
In the next hand, a short stack was all-in for fewer than 5,000 and Osmin Dardon called in the cutoff.
"About time I win one of these," the player at risk said and tabled the 6♣6♠. Dardon flipped with the A♦K♥ and got there on a board of A♣7♠5♦10♥J♦.
Action was caught on the flop of J♦J♣6♦, in a hand between Mason Hinkle, in the big blind, and Robert Campbell, in the cutoff.
With about 10,000 in the pot, Hinkle bet 3,500, and Campbell called.
Hinkle sized up with a bet of 11,000 on the 6♣ turn, and Campbell gave up his hand.
The remaining players are going on a 75-minute dinner break and will return to action around 7:56 p.m. local time. Below are some highlights from the third level of play:
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No hyperbole, that's a genuine question. On Sunday, Scott Seiver won his third bracelet of the summer making him a lock to win the 2024 WSOP Player of the Year award. Or, so you'd think. But the latter part of that sentence couldn't be further from the truth.
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