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Level 2
: Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
Players are on their second 20-minute break of Day 1b. A total of 879 players remain in the flight. Play will resume at the 200/400 level.
2026 World Series of Poker
Event #82: $10,000 WSOP Main Event NLH World Championship
Day: 1b
Players Left 5,954 / 8,468
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Level 2
: Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
There was a tad over 55,000 in the pot on a complete board of J♣7♣4♠9♦2♦ when this hand was picked up.
Hal Rotholz put it all on the line with a jam for 29,200 from under the gun. The bet put Tomas Teran into the tank.
Teran asked for a count before he organized his chips and took an inventory. The stressed Teran eventually cut out the chips for a call and held them in his hand as he mulled over what to do.
A loud thud thumped from the table as Teran pounded the chips down on the felt for a call.
Rotholz stood up from his seat and showed A♣Q♠ for an ace-high bluff. A relieved Teran tabled K♠K♥ to eliminate Rotholz from contention.
"If it was a stupid tournament, I would have made the call a long time ago," said Teran to the table as he apologized for taking time on his river decision.
Level 2
: Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
Joseph Clark checked from the big blind on the 6♥J♦K♦ flop, and Eric Baldwin bet from the cutoff. Clark called.
Clark checked again on the 10♥ turn, and Baldwin fired 3,200. Clark once more continued with a call.
The 7♥ completed the board, and Clark checked for a final time. Baldwin fired a third barrel of 6,400, which was enough to get Clark to fold.
With the cameras on him, Baldwin was kind enough to table K♥J♥ for top two pair that backed into a flush.
Level 2
: Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
The completed board showed J♦6♣3♠8♦6♦, and Siegfried Kapeller had checked out of the small blind when Kelly Lucas verbally bet 23,000, tossing in the green T-25,000 chip. She only had small chip denominations behind, and Kapeller went deep into the tank.
"So do you want me to call or fold?" Kapeller asked Lucas, who gave no response. A few moments later, Kapeller called, and Lucas tabled her Q♠Q♥. Kapeller had that beat with the 5♦3♦ for a flush, and that left Lucas on a mere 2,600 in chips, which she lost soon after.
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Players are on a 20-minute break. Play will resume at the 200/300 level. A total of 809 players remain thus far on Day 1b.
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Alban Juen raised to 600 on the button, and Joseph Molitor three-bet to 3,000 from the small blind. Juen called.
The flop came down 5♣A♣3♥, and Molitor fired a continuation-bet of 1,800. Juen raised to 7,500, and Molitor came along with a call.
Molitor checked the 2♠ turn, and Juen fired again, this time for 16,000. Molitor called once more.
Molitor checked for a final time when the board-pairing 5♦ completed the runout, and after a few moments, Juen bet 20,000. Molitor went deep into the tank, knowing that if he called and was wrong, he would be left with around a fifth of the starting stack. In the end, he settled on a call.
Juen tabled 4♥4♣ for a wheel, and Molitor was forced to muck, leaving himself with just 13,000 in chips.
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
In four-way action to the 6♣6♥3♦2♠ turn with more than 12,000 in the middle, Jacob Gagnon bet 8,000 and forced three folds including by the early chip leader Susan Murphey on this very table.
Justin Young sat between Murphey and Gagnon during that hand to then get into a heavy preflop raising war that ended up with all of the chips in the middle between Young and Benjamin Purser.
Benjamin Purser: Q♠Q♥ 
Justin Young: A♦A♠
The K♥J♦2♦3♠7♣ board changed nothing and Purser became the fourth player to bust on Day 1b.
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Philippe Bouchard raised to 500 from early position and was called by Robert Bickley in middle position. Greg Raymer squeezed to 2,000 from the cutoff, and both Bouchard and Bickley called.
The flop came J♠9♣6♠, and it was checked to Raymer, who continued for 3,300. Bouchard called and Bickley folded.
Bouchard then check-called a 6,000 bet from Raymer on the 6♦ turn and a 12,000 bet from Raymer on the 2♣ river after a bit of thought.
"Queens," Raymer announced as he tabled Q♣Q♥.
Queens were good, as Bouchard sent his cards into the muck, and the 2004 Main Event Champion dragged a nice pot early.
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Chad Moore raised to 500 from under the gun, Michael Mizrachi called in middle position, and Shea McKeever defended from the big blind.
The action checked to Mizrachi on the 7♠7♦8♥ flop, and he fired for 800. McKeever called, and Moore folded.
The J♥ came on the turn, and McKeever check-called a bet of 1,200 from Mizrachi.
A final check came from McKeever on the 6♠ river, and Mizrachi quickly fired for 2,000. McKeever called, and Mizrachi tabled J♣10♣ for a pair of jacks. McKeever showed the J♦ for a pair of jacks himself, but Mizrachi's ten-kicker played, earning him the pot.
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
The action was picked up on a 7♠J♦2♣ flop, with 3,000 in the pot.
Jeremy Dan had checked in the big blind, as had the under-the-gun player, and Niklas Deitmar bet 1,200 in the cutoff. Dan check-raised to 3,600, which only Deitmar called.
Dan continued for 4,000 on the 10♣ turn, and Deitmar called again.
"Ocho, which means eight in Spanish," Dan said on the 5♦ river as he bet 8,000.
Deitmar went deep into the tank, while Dan continued to talk to him.
"If you fold, I will show; either way you get to see it." He continued, "What if I just actually have the best hand? Lay down your arms, and you will smile when you do."
Ultimately, Deitmar did fold, and it proved to be the right decision, as Dan tabled his 7♥7♣ for a flopped set.
