2026 World Series of Poker

Day: 1a
1a1b
Event Info
2026 World Series of Poker
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$12,815,400
Total Entries
1,549
Players Left
1,316
Average Chip Stack
35,198
Total Chips
46,320,000
Level Info
Level
1
Blinds
100 / 200
Ante
200
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
772
Players Left
543
Players Left 1,316 / 1,549

"Deuces Never Loses"

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Eric Cloutier
Eric Cloutier

Jans Arends opened to 1,300 and Maksim Paniak, who was sitting to his direct left called. Eric Cloutier moved all in for his last 10,600 and action folded around to Arends who mucked his hand. Paniak made the call and the players flipped their hands and headed to showdown.

Eric Cloutier: 22All in
Maksim Paniak: QJ

The 5K7 flop saw Paniak pick up a flush draw, but Cloutier was still ahead with his pocket deuces.

A 10 turn also brought Paniak in some more outs with the straight draw, but he missed on the K river, leaving Cloutier to get a full double up.

After the hand Cloutier was talking to his opponents at the table about the hand, thanked the dealer and remarked "Deuces never loses!"

Tags: Eric CloutierJans ArendsMaksim Paniak