2026 NOIR Poker Series

$5,500 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
2026 NOIR Poker Series
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a♣3♥
Prize
$525,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,500
Prize Pool
$3,608,148
Total Entries
769
Places Paid
113
Level Info
Level
37
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,000,000
Ante
2,000,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
228
Players Left
34
Players Left 1 / 769

Sokolovsky Hits a Milly

Level 12 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Alexander Sokolovsky
Alexander Sokolovsky

With a lot of chips already in the middle on a board of 10♦2♠3♦5♥, Alexander Sokolovsky checked from middle position and faced a bet of 65,000 from Vedat Yilmaz in the cutoff. Sokolovsky called.

When the 4♣ completed the board, Sokolovsky moved all in, covering Yilmaz. Yilmaz instantly called for his remaining 160,000 and was shown the six-high straight after Sokolovsky tabled A♦6♦.

Yilmaz let out a loud "arghhh," which is usually a bad sign, and it proved to be one as he turned over A♥10♠ for the lower end of the straight.

Yilmaz headed for the exit, while Sokolovsky's stack climbed into seven-figure territory.

Tags: Alexander SokolovskyVedat Yilmaz