Michael Rocco opened to 600,000 with K?Q? on the button, with Daniel Dvoress defending his big blind holding Q?J?.
Dvoress checked the 2?9?7? flop and Rocco followed behind. The Q? turn connected with both players, and Dvoress checked again. Rocco fired 1,000,000, which was called to the 8? river.
Dvoress checked one last time and Rocco bet 3,500,000. Dvoress couldn't fold his top pair, getting the pad news after tossing in the call. Rocco showed down his superior kicker to gain some ground on the chip leader.
Daniel Dvoress raised to 600,000 from the button before Gab Yong Kim jammed all-in for 2,500,000 from the small blind. The action folded back to Dvoress, who made an instant call.
Gab Yong Kim: A?9?
Daniel Dvoress: 7?7?
Kim's outs did not show themselves on the 4?3?5?8?4? runout, and the South Korean was eliminated in fourth place, just falling shy of his second place in the �25,000 at WSOPE in 2022.
Martin Kabrhel limped on the button with A?4? and Gab Yong Kim checked his big blind option with K?5?.
The flop of 10?J?4? saw both players check through to the 3? turn. Kim checked once more, folding quickly when Kabrhel slid out a bet of 300,000 to take down a small pot.
Martin Kabrhel limped in from the button with K?6?. Daniel Dvoress followed suit from the small blind with 7?7? and Gab Yong Kim checked his option in the big blind with 9?4?.
The trio saw a flop of 8?4?8?, on which the action checked to Kabrhel. He made the minimum bet of 300,000, which Dvoress called. Kim then fired a raise to 950,000, which forced Kabrhel out of the pot. Dvoress stuck around with his pocket pair, however, and the pair saw the J? turn.
Kim did not relent and made another bet of 875,000 chips after a check from Dvoress. However, Dvoress still did not believe the South Korean and made another call before the 2? river completed the board.
Both players now checked in quick succession and Dvoress extended his chip lead when he tabled his pocket sevens for the win. Meanwhile, Kim was left with less than ten big blinds.
Martin Kabrhel limped in from under the gun with K?7? and Daniel Dvoress followed on the button holding Q?10?. Gab Yong Kim called in the small blind with 7?5? and Michael Rocco checked his big blind option with Q?8?.
All four players saw the flop of A?9?8?, with Kim and Rocco checking. Kabrhel fired 300,000, with Dvoress calling while Kim and Rocco got out of the way.
Kabrhel led out with a pair on the K? turn for 1,100,000, taking down the family pot when Dvoress let his hand go.
The action folded to Leonard Maue in the small blind and he open-jammed for 3,600,000 chips. Martin Kabrhel sat in the big blind and quickly called with the covering stack after looking at his cards.
Leonard Maue: K?6?
Martin Kabrhel: 10?10?
The board gave Maue some hope when he hit a combo draw on 3?5?5?2?, but the A? river sealed his fate as Kabrhel's pocket tens held. Maue doubled up a lot times on the final table, but finally met the end in fifth place.
With Niklas Astedt forced all in sitting in the small blind, the action folded around to Michael Rocco in the big blind and the hands were turned up.
Niklas Astedt: A?4?
Michael Rocco: K?9?
Astedt was in front to stay alive before the K?3?5? flop delivered Rocco top pair. The 7? turn and 5? river changed nothing, as Astedt fell in sixth place.