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Level: 2
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
2026 World Series of Poker
Event #82: $10,000 WSOP Main Event NLH World Championship
Day: 1a
Players Left 1,316 / 1,549
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Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
ESPN is ramping up its WSOP Main Event coverage this year, the first year the Bristol, CT-based sports network has aired poker's premier tournament since COVID.
The $10,000 buy-in World Championship event begins July 2 at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas, and runs through Aug. 5, with a three-week break when the final table is reached. Poker fans who watched the WSOP on ESPN before it moved to CBS Sports Network from 2021-2025 will notice some similarities to the broadcasts of old, and a new, enhanced Main Event television and livestream schedule.
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
The first level of 2026 WSOP Main Event is now over and players have been sent on a 20-minute break. The field currently stands at 605 entries with 597 players remaining.
Here are some highlights from the first two hours of play:
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Kent Lacob raised to 600 from under the gun, and Timothy Finne and Rudy Cervantes came along from the blinds.
When the action checked to Lacob on the 9♦K♥K♣ flop, he bet 500, and only Finne called.
Both players checked the 9♠ turn before the K♠ completed the board, putting a full house on the board. Finne led out for 5,000 and was met by a raise to 15,000 from Lacob. Finne quickly folded, and Lacob dragged in the pot just before the break.
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Jerick Rickert opened under the gun, only for Eric Bonin on his left to put in a three-bet to 1,500.
Christopher Basile cold-called from the big blind, and Rickert four-bet to 4,300. Bonin had only one button, and raised it again to 9,500. Basile folded quickly, but Rickert stuck around with a call.
The 7♣8♣4♥ flop was dealt, and Rickert checked. Before he even had time to pull his hand bank, Bonin had already shoved for 35,500, almost double the size of the pot. Rickert let his cards go with a shake of his head.
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
James Rasmussen limped from early position and Rob Kuhn rasied to 800 from the hijack. Eugene Yanayt called on the button and Rasmussen called as well.
Everyone checked on the A♥10♥6♥ flop and then Rasmussen led out for 1,200 on the 6♣ turn. Kuhn called and Yanayt folded.
Nobody bet on the Q♣ river and Rasmussen announced, "Two pair," as he tabled 10♦7♦. Kuhn revealed J♠10♣ for the same two pair and they split the pot.
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
The 2009 WSOP Main Event champion Joe Cada and the 2020 WSOP Main Event winner Damian Salas headline a list of notables in the field on Day 1a of the 2026 WSOP Main Event.
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Players were already three-way in a hand and on the river with a main pot of around 10,000. The board read 3♥8♦Q♠K♣4♦, and Jiwoo Hyul was all in and at risk of elimination from the cutoff. He was down to his last ~2,000 after calling off bottom set against Mahmoud Bedoui in the first level of the day and taking a real hit.
He was in the hand with Bedoui, who was sitting in the small blind, and Marcel Rettich in the big blind. The pair were playing with a side pot of 25,000. On the river, there was a 30,000 bet made by Bedoui, and Rettich called.
Jiwoo Hyul: A♣J♥
Mahmoud Bedoui: A♥10♠
Marcel Rettich: 8♣8♥
Rettich took the pot after tabling his pocket eights as he flopped the set. Bedoui showed his ace-ten, and Hyul was left to hit the rail in the first level.
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Fayek Salhab raised to 600 from under the gun, and Daniel Weinman defended his big blind.
Weinman check-called a bet of 1,200 from Salhab on the K♥7♠10♣ flop.
The 5♥ hit the turn, and Weinman check-called a second bet from Salhab, this time for 3,000.
Weinman checked for a final time on the 4♦ river, and Salhab fired a third and final barrel of 7,000. Weinman thought it over for a while before making the call.
Salhab tabled 5♦5♣ for a turned set of fives to take down the pot.
A nearby table welcomed Jason Koon to his seat, and after a few moments, one of his tablemates jokingly mistook him for the famous singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran.
