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Level: 8
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
2026 The Gateway Poker Classic
$800 Main Event
Day: 1b
Players Left 135 / 521
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1,082,000
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693,000
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379,000
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302,000
Level 7
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Donald Havener bet 5,000 from under the gun on a flop of 2♦7♦3♦ and Jason Simon raised to 12,000 in middle position. Shabtai Moria called in the cutoff, while Havener also stuck around and called.
The turn was the K♠ and Havener bet 15,000. Simon then moved all in for 21,000, and both Moria and Havener called.
Havener bet another 7,000 on the 9♥ river, and Moria again called. Havener showed K♣7♣ for two pair, but Moria had flopped a flush with 9♦8♦. Simon had a smaller flush with 5♦4♦ and tossed his cards into the muck as he headed to the rail, while Moria scooped the pot.
Level 7
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
A player on the button three-bet to 6,000 and Nate Simmerman called in the cutoff.
The flop came A♣9♥J♦ and the button continued for 5,000. Simmerman called, and they both checked the 6♠ turn.
The button bet another 7,000 on the J♠ river, and Simmerman called. He showed A♥6♣ for two pair, and the button mucked Q♥Q♦.
Level 7
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Coleman Winslow and an opponent built a pot of around 15,000 as they went to a flop of K♥Q♠J♥. Winslow then got in his last 35,200 from the hijack, and his opponent put him at risk in middle position.
Coleman Winslow: J♠J♦ 
Opponent: A♥9♥
Winslow had flopped a set, while his opponent had straight and flush draws. The turn was the A♣, while Winslow held on through the 3♠ river to secure the double up.
Level 7
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
A player under the gun moved all in for 15,000 and Janelle Rettig in middle position and Brad Bocke in the small blind put him at risk. Bocke then shoved for 30,000 on the 5♥Q♦8♠ flop, and Rettig snap-called.
Under-the-Gun: 10♠10♣
Brad Bocke: K♣K♥
Janelle Rettig: Q♣Q♥
Rettig had flopped top set to take the lead, while the under-the-gun player made his own set on the 10♦ turn. The river was the 8♦, and Rettig improved to a full house to scoop the pot and send both opponents to the rail.
Level: 7
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Level 6
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Mike Bell raised to 2,000 in early position and received three callers.
The flop came 6♥4♠8♣ and Bell continued for 5,000. Only the small blind called.
The turn was the J♠ and the small blind led out for 10,000. Bell called, and they both checked down the 2♦ river. Bell showed A♦8♠ for a pair of eights, and his opponent mucked as Bell took the pot to move up over 200,000.
Level 6
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Mike Flora bet 3,300 from the cutoff on a flop of A♣K♦10♣ and James Hobbs called in the small blind. The big blind then moved all in for 24,800 and Flora folded, but Hobbs snap-called.
All-In Player: K♥10♠
James Hobbs: Q♠J♥
The at-risk player showed two pair, but Hobbs had flopped the nut straight. The big blind needed to fill up to survive, but he missed the J♠ turn and 6♥ river as Hobbs scored the knockout.
"You're going to be writing about me a lot tonight," Flora said as he's currently sitting on a big stack of around 130,000.
Level 6
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Four players went to a flop of A♦Q♦4♠ where Dennis Phillips bet 2,500 from early position. Only Nate Jones called in the hijack.
Phillips bet another 5,500 on the 3♥ turn, and Jones again called. The river was the Q♥, and Phillips bet 11,500. Jones called, and Phillips quickly mucked his cards.
Jones turned over A♠J♦ for two pair as he took the pot.
Level 6
: Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Louis Dochwat moved all in from early position and the big blind snap-called after action folded around to him.
Louis Dochwat: 9♦9♣
Opponent: 7♦7♥
Dochwat had his opponent dominated, and the board ran out 6♠2♥Q♦2♥Q♥ to earn him the pot. The stacks were counted down, and the big blind barely had Dochwat's remaining 20,000 covered as he handed over the double up.
