Level 18
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Taylor von Kriegenbergh, from middle position, opened to 26,000 and Brad Cox shoved for 226,000. Von Kriegenbergh called.
Brad Cox: 
Taylor von Kriegenbergh: 
The flop came 
and von Kriegenbergh was still ahead. Cox picked up a flush draw on the 
river.
However, the 
river gave von Kriegenbergh the win, improving him to a straight and eliminating Cox.
After starting the day with 518,000, von Kriegenbergh is now hovering around 2,200,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,200,000
366,000
|
366,000 |
|
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Busted | |
flop and Soma check-raised a bet of 65,000 up to 150,000. Fei then moved all in for approximately 500,000, and Soma called.
turn left him drawing dead to the 
river. The entertaining Hustler Casino Live player made his way to the payout desk to collect a cash in his first WSOP Main Event, while the French recent bracelet winner added to his stack to move to around 2 million in chips.
board, Rodrigo Semeghini put out a bet of 80,000 from early position. Taylor von Kriegenbergh called from the cutoff.
on the river completed a straight on the board while denying the diamond flush. Nevertheless, Semeghini put out a big bet of 330,000.
to chop the pot despite having flopped a set.
on the turn cancelled his straight outs as von Kriegenbergh now had a full house.
, eliminating House and taking von Kriegenbergh's stack to nearly two million.
and, after some deliberation, Smith checked following Florenza's check.
and Florenza put in a bet of 30,000 into a pot worth roughly 250,000. Smith sat there for about 15 seconds before announcing all in. Florenza snap-folded and Smith took his stack to nearly a million.
and the small blind checked to Imsirovic who bet 50,000. The small blind called and the 
for the nut flush and his opponent was forced to show the 
before it hit the muck. It was one of the largest pots of the tournament thus far and Imsirovic cemented his place near the top of the leaderboard.
. Two players checked to Brian Rast in the cutoff who bet 48,000 into the pot of about 100,000. Only Michael Rocco called from early position. 
