Event #82: $10,000 WSOP Main Event NLH World Championship Day 2d | 2026 World Series of Poker

Jul 07, 2026

Boeree Bounced by Askeland

Erick Torres

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Ole Askeland opened to 3,000 from under the gun before Liv Boeree responded with a three-bet to 10,000. Askeland asked to see her stack before he went all in to put Boeree to a decision. Boeree gave it some thought before she put in the call to put herself at risk for 54,500.

Liv Boeree: J♦J♣ All in
Ole Askeland: K♣K♥

Boeree was in a terrible bind as her pocket jacks were dominated by the pocket kings of Askeland.

The 9♣Q♠6♠ flop did not offer too much for Boeree to work with.

Boeree's situation did not improve on the A♥ turn, giving her one pull at two outs for her Main Event life.

There was no miracle on the 3♥ river as Boeree busted in Day 2abc.

Tags: Liv Boeree Ole Askeland

Jul 07, 2026

Kabrhel Has Met His Match in Richards

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David Salituro

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Jessica Richards made a straight flush to bust Tao Wang on the previous hand, and she and Martin Kabrhel then went to a flop of 4♠9♦K♥.

"I give you a discount. Usually I bet four," Kabrhel told her as he bet 3,500 from middle position. Richards called on the button.

The turn was the 8♣ and Kabrhel bet 8,000. Richards again called, and the Q♥ fell on the river.

"Do you have a fold button?" Kabrhel said to her.

"I have a belly button," Richards replied.

"We won't talk about that. We just met. If you treated me like this at home, I would be very submissive," Kabrhel added.

"I'll treat you like a king," Richards said.

"Like the king in your hand?" Kabrhel said.

"Go fish," Richards replied.

Kabrhel eventually bet 9,000, and Richards quickly called. She turned over K♣9♣ for two pair. "I have king-queen, but it would be a suckout so I can't show," Kabrhel said as he mucked.

"You call with that preflop?" Kabrhel asked her.

"I was trying to make another straight flush," she replied.

"Jessica, if you do that one more time, then you probably win again," Kabrhel added.

Tags: Jessica Richards Martin Kabrhel Tao Wang

Jul 07, 2026

Enright Loses a Race To Smyth

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Liam Gannon

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Rory Smyth raised to 3,000 from under the gun and Barbara Enright moved all in from 8,500 next to act. Action folded back around to Smyth who called and Enright was at risk.

Barbara Enright: 3♠3♣ All in
Rory Smyth: A♠K♣

The board ran out 7♦6♠4♣K♦K♠ and the WSOP bracelet winner and 5th place finisher in the 1995 WSOP Main Event was eliminated from the tournament.

Tags: Barbara Enright Rory Smyth

Jul 07, 2026

Chaudey Has a New Lucky Masseuse

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David Salituro

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Christopher Chaudey raised to 3,500 in early position and Kaito Hashimoto three-bet to 10,000 in middle position. Chaudey then moved all in, and Hashimoto called.

Kaito Hashimoto: K♥K♠ All in
Christopher Chaudey: K♣K♦

Both players turned over two kings and were poised to chop the pot as the flop came 3♣J♠5♣. The Q♣ turn gave Chaudey a flush draw, and he hit his draw on the A♣ river to win the pot.

A devastated Hashimoto slunk back in his seat as the dealer counted out the stacks. Chaudey had 118,000, while Hashimoto had 115,000 and was eliminated.

"You're staying the rest of the day," Chaudey said to his masseuse.

"She's staying with you the rest of the week," another tablemate added.

"My regular one who always works with me wasn't available today, now she's not going anywhere," Chaudey said.

Tags: Christopher Chaudey Kaito Hashimoto

Jul 07, 2026

Bunch Working Nine to Five

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Frank Visser

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Heads up to the Q♦8♥3♠ flop, Walid Mubarak checked from the big blind to Eric Bunch in the cutoff. Bunch bet 6,000, and Mubarak called.

The 9♠ turn then checked through to the Q♥ river. Mubarak checked again, but Bunch piled in a hefty bet of 20,000. Mubarak immediately grabbed calling chips, but then took a while before he called.

Bunch turned over 9♣5♥ for queens and nines, seeing Mubarak muck his cards in defeat.

Tags: Eric Bunch Walid Mubarak

Jul 07, 2026

Burris Runs Right Into Riess' Kings

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David Salituro

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Ryan Riess raised to 3,000 under the gun and Kevin Burris called in the big blind. Burris then moved all in for 17,500 on the J♦6♠5♣ flop, and Riess couldn't call fast enough.

Kevin Burris: 6♦3♦ All in
Ryan Riess: K♦K♠

Burris had flopped a pair, but he was still behind Riess' two kings. The 10♥ turn and 4♣ river were no help to Burris, and the 2013 world champion scored the knockout.

Tags: Kevin Burris Ryan Riess

Jul 07, 2026

Bye Bye Bai

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David Salituro

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Brian O'Donoghue raised to 3,500 in the hijack and Richard Bai called on the button. Ryota Shinde then three-bet to 15,000 in the small blind, and only Bai called.

The flop came J♣9♣7♠ and Shinde bet 75,000, enough to put Bai all in. Bai called for around 30,000.

Richard Bai: 5♠5♥ All in
Ryota Shinde: A♦J♥

Shinde had flopped top pair to take the lead, and Bai couldn't catch up on the 3♠ turn or 7♥ river as he was sent to the rail.

Tags: Brian O'Donoghue Richard Bai Ryota Shinde

Jul 07, 2026

A Dream Flop for Gardner

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Myles Phago

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Heads up to the flop of 7♥9♣6♥ with about 12,000 sat in the middle, Grant Gardner checked from early position to Donald Cowie in the next seat who fired out for 6,000.

Gardner went into the tank for a brief while before he moved all in for 26,000. Cowie snap-called.

Grant Gardner: 7♣7♠ All in
Donald Cowie: Q♥9♥

Gardner had flopped the goods but still needed to dodge some outs to stay alive. No heart came on the 2♣ turn nor the 3♠ river for Cowie and Gardner was shipped the pot for a much needed double-up.

Tags: Donald Cowie Grant Gardner

Jul 07, 2026

Poker Player Leaves WSOP Main Event Stack for $1/$2 Cash Games & Movies

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Calum Grant

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

One poker player has been doing the 2026 World Series of Poker Main Event a little differently than everyone else.

Recreational player Amit Agarwal has become one of Poker Twitter's unexpected stars over the last few days, documenting a Main Event run that's featured more trips to the movie theater than hours at the poker table.

https://twitter.com/amit32883/status/2074640590336319862

Rather than grinding every level of poker's world championship, Agarwal has repeatedly left with chips still in play to watch Obsession — a film he'd already seen several times — jump into low-stakes cash games, hit the gym, grab dinner and document it all on X. Somehow, despite repeatedly cutting his days short, he's managed to turn his 60,000-chip starting stack into more than 200,000.

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Jul 07, 2026

Bifulco Pays Off Paur

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Myles Phago

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Heads up to the turn of J♠5♠4♠8♦ with about 40,000 in the pot, Douglas Bifulco led out from late position for 10,000, only for Taylor Paur, in the cutoff, to raise to 30,000. Bifulco thought for a while and made the call.

The river brought the 9♣, and Bifulco checked to Paur, who fired off a river bet of 60,000.

Bifulco went into the tank for a short while and tossed in the call only to toss his cards into the muck on seeing Paur table A♠6♠ for the nuts.

Tags: Douglas Bifulco Taylor Paur