2026 World Series of Poker
Hand #141: Han Feng raised to 6,000,000 under the gun. Lauri Saaskilahti three-bet to 50,000,000 from the button.
Greg Mueller picked up J♦J♣ in the big blind.
"Wow," said Mueller, removing his hat and sunglasses to deliberate. "50 [million]?" he asked Saaskilahti.
"50," replied Saaskilahti. "Let's gamble."
Mueller studied his stack and his opponents' stacks extensively and rubbed his face and head.
"Do you want me to call?" Mueller asked Saaskilahti, receiving a quick telling off from the dealer. He laughed, and tanked some more, before ultimately folding.
Feng called and was all in for 25,000,000.
Han Feng: A♦A♣
Lauri Saaskilahti: 9♠9♥
The 10♦8♦3♦ left Saaskilahti with only one nine to hit. However, the one out became seven with the J♥ turn giving Saaskilahti an open-ended straight draw.
Incredibly, the river was the Q♠ and Saaskilahti made his straight to crack the aces and send Feng to the rail.
"So brutal," said Nick Schulman on commentary.
"Primordial screams and a barbaric end to Han Feng's Main Event," said Ali Nejad.
Speaking to the WSOP's Jeff Platt afterwards, referring to the nature of his exit Feng said, "It's fine, man, it happens. I'm all good."
Platt then asked Feng about his future plans and he replied, "[EPT] Barcelona, it was already booked."
In the very special 1,000th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, which is sponsored by FanDuel Poker, Chad Holloway, Mike Holtz, and Ben Ludlow are at PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas in front of a live studio audience!
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Hand #138: Greg Mueller on the button raised to 6,000,000 with Q♣J♦, Han Feng called with 10♥10♦ in the small blind, and Lucas Jumalon in the big blind with 7♠7♥ just made the call.
The flop was A♥7♦A♣ giving Jumalon sevens full. The chipleader and Feng both checked and Mueller made a bet of 3,000,000. Feng made the call and Jumalon raised to 18,000,000. Mueller got out of the way.
Feng called and the dealer tabled the K♠ turn card. Feng quickly checked and Jumalon tossed 15,500,000 into the pot and Feng made the call.
The K♦ river saw two quick checks and a huge pot was pushed the way of the runaway chipleader.
Hand #139: Han Feng raised to 6,000,000 from the button with J♠10♦. Lucas Jumalon three-bet to 64,000,000 with K♦5♦ in the small blind. It folded back to Feng who also folded.
Hand #140: Short-stacked Michael Gagliano received a walk in the big blind.
Hand #137: Rami Hammoud raised to 12,500,000 from under the gun leaving himself 4,000,000 behind. Lucas Jumalon called in the next position.
The flop came 8♠6♠2♠ and Hammoud shoved for 4,000,000. Jumalon called.
Rami Hammoud: Q♥J♠
Lucas Jumalon: A♥5♥
The turn was the 2♣ and the river was the 4♥ sending Hammoud to the rail in sixth place, taking home $1,750,000. Jumalon now sits with over 300 million in chips with five players remaining.
Speaking to Jeff Platt afterwards, Hammoud said: "Grateful, a lot of gratitude... what an experience, to share this with all my friends and family, this will change my life."
"Imposter syndrome is a big thing for me, to be able to see myself compete at the highest level... under the pressure this is massive for me."
"And the money's pretty nice too, man! The money's pretty good!"
Hand #133: Lucas Jumalon got a walk in the big blind.
Hand #134: Jumalon made it 7,000,000 from the small blind with 6♠5♣. Lauri Saaskilahti with A♣K♠ in the big blind three-bet to 16,000,000 and Jumalon made the call.
The flop of 9♣10♦7♥ saw a bet of 10,000,000 from Jumalon, Saaskilahti eyeballed his remaining stack of 30,000,000 but ultimately made the fold.
Hand #135: The broadcast resumed from the advertising break with Saaskilahti all-in on a Q♥Q♦2♦ flop for 30,500,000. Han Feng was the only player along for the ride.
Lauri Saaskilahti: K♠K♥
Han Feng: A♣J♦
The turn was the 3♠ and the river 9♥ secured the Finn a big double.
Hand #136: Luacs Jumalon raised to 6,000,000 with 7♣3♣ from the cutoff and took down the pot.
Hand #129: Lucas Jumalon J♣7♠ opened on the button to 6,000,000. Lauri Saaskilahti three-bet all in for 37,500,000 with 10♦9♦ from the small blind and got it through.
Hand #130: Han Feng raised to 6,000,000 with A♣9♥ from under the gun and took down the pot.
Hand #131: "Push him the pot," said Greg Mueller, with Han Feng receiving a walk in the big blind.
Hand #132: Greg Mueller shoved from the button for 39,000,000 and was called by Rami Hammoud in the big blind.
Greg Mueller: 9♠9♦
Rami Hammoud: A♠K♥
The clean flop of 10♣7♥3♠ kept Mueller in the lead. The turn was the 5♣ and the 10♥ left Hammoud with just six big blinds and Mueller moved to third in chips as his rail erupted.
"Could you imagine being on that rail right now, Ali?" Nick Schulman asked Ali Nejad in the commentary booth.
"Not without a beer," quipped Nejad.