2026 PokerStars Open Philadelphia

$1,100 Main Event
Day: 1d
Event Info
2026 PokerStars Open Philadelphia
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a8
Prize
$126,705
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,100
Prize Pool
$860,160
Total Entries
896
Level Info
Level
35
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Players Info - Day 1d
Entries
410
Players Left
52
Players Left 1 / 896

Aces for Epstein

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Michael Linster raised to 2,000 on the button before Rabih Vargas moved all in from the small blind. Zachary Epstein then committed his stack in the big blind, and Linster got out of the way.

Zachary Epstein: AA [alliin]
Rabih Vargas: AQ

Epstein watched his pocket aces hold through the 2410K8 board to double up. That left Vargas with less than 4,000 chips, which were gone shortly after.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Zachary Epstein us
Zachary Epstein
65,000
Profile photo of Michael Linster us
Michael Linster
43,000
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Rabih Vargas us
Rabih Vargas
Busted

Tags: Michael LinsterRabih VargasZachary Epstein