2026 World Series of Poker

Day: 1b
1a1b1c
Event Info
2026 World Series of Poker
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$29,853,000
Total Entries
3,210
Players Left
2,673
Average Chip Stack
72,054
Total Chips
192,600,000
Level Info
Level
2
Blinds
200 / 300
Ante
300
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
1,038
Players Left
760
Players Left 2,673 / 3,210

Held Ends Dorantes Night Early With Brutal Beat

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Konstantin Held
Konstantin Held

On one of the last hands of the day, the board read 4944, and with around 30,000 in the pot, Konstantin Held bet 12,000 from the small blind. Oscar Dorantes jammed for around 40,000, and Held quickly called.

Oscar Dorantes: 99 All in
Konstantin Held: QQ

Dorantes had flopped a full house and looked destined to end Day 1b with a healthy double-up.

However, the poker gods had other ideas. The 4 river counterfeited Dorantes' hand, leaving him playing the board. Held's queen-kicker played, giving him quad fours with a queen to win the pot, while Dorantes departed the Paris Ballroom with a brutal bad beat to remember.

Tags: Konstantin HeldOscar Dorantes