Valentino Konakchiev opened to 425,000 holding the 9?9? before action folded to Ankit Ahuja on the button who stuck in a three-bet to 950,000 with K?J?.
After eyeing Ahuja's stack size and giving it some thought, Konakchiev announced all get and got a quick fold out of Ahuja.
Action folded to Andres Korn who opened to 425,000 before seeing Alexandre Reard three-bet shove from the big blind. Korn made the call and the pair headed to a runout.
Alexandre Reard: 10?10?
Andres Korn: 6?6?
The flop came the K?7?A? to keep Reard firmly in the lead which didn't change on the J? turn card.
The river ran out the 3? securing the full double for Reard and putting him back in the middle of the chip counts.
Chad Holloway and Jesse Fullen go head-to-head talking about the latest hot topics live from the WSOP. Isaac Haxton wins his first WSOP bracelet, Chad Eveslage takes the lead in the 2023 WSOP POY race, and more in the fourth episode of The Chad & Jesse Poker Show.
Play resumed after a short break in Level 31 and it saw the two biggest stacks collide.
Andres Korn, who started the hand with 9,750,000, raised 425,000 with 6?6? while under the gun. After action folded around the table, Girish Reknar, who had 10,480,000, called in the big blind with J?10?.
The dealer fanned J?10?6?, a board that gave Reknar top two pair and Korn bottom set. Reknar checked, Korn bet 725,000 and Reknar called.
The turn saw 9? on the board, opening a flush draw for Reknar, who checked. Korn fired a second barrel of 1,275,000, and Reknar called. The river produced K?, putting a possible straight on the board.
Rekar checked a third time, only to see Korn make a small 1,000,000 bet. Reknar made the call and Korn turned over his hand to show the set. Reknar tabled his hand to show what he had as the 7,150,000 pot was pushed to Korn, who took over as the chip leader.
Chris Moneymaker had the Bluff of the Century in 2003. This past week, Doug Polk had perhaps the Failed Bluff of the Century.
On Sunday, heads-up for a bracelet, Polk bluffed off a significant portion of his stack at the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) less than one week after his infamous bluff attempt that didn't get through on Hustler Casino Live's $1 million game.
In both instances, the Upswing Poker founder had a busted draw and attempted to use aggression to coerce his opponents into folding somewhat marginal holdings in massive pots. Both times, however, his efforts were unsuccessful and quite costly.