Robert Mizrachi raised to 1,600 from the cutoff, and Jared Passanante defended from the big blind.
Passanante check-called a continuation-bet of 1,500 from Mizrachi on the K♥4♥10♥ flop before both players checked the 7♥ turn.
When the K♦ paired the board, Passanante checked for a third time, and Mizrachi bet 4,000. Passanante looked back at his cards before coming with a check-raise to 22,500.
Mizrachi gave it some thought before flicking in a chip to call. Passanante tabled K♠4♦ for a full house to win the pot and leave Mizrachi short.
With a completed board of J♠K♦2♥5♠9♥ and about 35,000 in the pot, Andreas Staschewski moved all in from the small blind, putting Andreas Boyadjian to the test in the big blind for his remaining stack of roughly 30,000.
Boyadjian went deep into the tank, visibly distressed by the decision for his tournament life. Throughout the tank, he repeatedly tried to engage Staschewski in conversation, but the Austrian remained stoic.
"Oh my god, what do I do here, f**k," Boyadjian said.
After a while, Boyadjian asked the dealer if he could expose his cards and whether they would be dead if he did. The dealer confirmed his hand would remain live, and Boyadjian turned over A♣3♠, revealing he was considering making a hero call with nothing more than ace-high.
Staschewski then asked the dealer to call the floor, but the dealer's voice wasn't loud enough to carry from the corner of the Horseshoe. So, Staschewski took a deep breath before bellowing several times, "Floor, 487!"
The floor staff eventually arrived and explained that Boyadjian's hand remained live, with any issue regarding his conduct to be dealt with after the hand was complete.
Another player at the table called the clock, and as the countdown ticked away, Boyadjian stacked his chips, kissed them, and then slammed them across the betting line.
Boyadjian's read had been correct that Staschewski was bluffing. Unfortunately for him, Staschewski's bluff with A♥10♦ was still the better ace-high, sending Boyadjian to the rail.
"You're so f**king bad," Boyadjian said as he gathered his belongings.
Staschewski then complained to the floor staff that Boyadjian had touched him while trying to influence his decision, arguing that it should not be allowed.
"I didn't touch you, stop being a b**ch, shut up," Boyadjian replied as he walked away.
DJ MacKinnon bet 1,500 from the hijack on a flop of 6♠K♣6♣ and Christian Mazzarelli raised to 5,000 in the big blind. MacKinnon called, and they saw the J♣ fall on the turn.
Mazzarelli checked to MacKinnon, who bet 5,500. Mazzarelli called and checked again on the 2♠ river, and MacKinnon then bet 16,000. Mazzarelli called once more.
MacKinnon turned over A♣10♣ for a flush, and Mazzarelli mucked.
Around 50,000 was already in the middle as Kyle Grupp and Matthew Lubawski went to the turn on a board of 2♥9♦10♥10♦. Grupp then bet 20,000 from early position, and Lubawski called in middle position.
The river was the 4♠ and Grupp moved all in. Lubawski had around 32,000 remaining and tanked for a minute before tossing his cards away.
Craig Varnell, Mike Dentale, and Jimmy D'Ambrosio were in for 4,600 each heading to the flop, which came 6♥10♠8♦.
Everyone checked on the flop and it was checked again to D'Ambrosio, who put out a bet of 7,700 on the A♣ turn. Varnell folded and Dentale called.
The Q♠ completed the board and Dentale checked a final time. D'Ambrosio fired a bet of 19,000 into the middle and Dentale let his hand go after a bit of a tank.
"Eighty-five Bears! Chicago!" D'Ambrosio said as he triumphantly revealed 8♣5♠ for just a pair of eights.
Jeremy Becker opened from middle position and was three-bet to 5,200 by Jeremy Hyman in the cutoff. Action folded back to Becker, who said, "Ten point eight," as he tossed in his entire stack of 10,800 into the middle. Hyman quickly called and a showdown was held.
Jeremy Becker: A♣A♦
Jeremy Hyman: A♥K♦
It was a perfect time to pick up aces for Becker, and the 9♣8♥4♦8♦6♠ runout provided him with a sweat-free runout for the double up.
How big will the 2026 World Series of Poker edition of Event #82: $10,000 WSOP Main Event NLH World Championship get? That question will be answered today, as Day 2d will get underway at 11 a.m. local time. Two more levels of late registration remain, with 8,389 total entries registered so far, creating an already massive prize pool of $78,017,700.
To beat 2006's numbers and become the fourth-largest Main Event ever, just under 400 new buy-ins are needed during the first four hours of the day. Eclipsing last year's number of 9,735 seems like a tall order, as an absolute flood of 1,346 late registrants will need to show up at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
Meanwhile, longtime high-stakes pro Taylor von Kriegenbergh leads the 3,638 players who have already paid the $10,000 buy-in on Day 1d and survived the opening flight. With 312,800, Von Kriegenbergh bagged nearly 400 big blinds and quintupled the starting stack of 60,000 already. No stranger to five- and six-figure buy-in tournaments, Von Kriegenbergh is eyeing his fourth-ever cash in the Main Event, with his deepest run coming back in 2022 when he finished in being a 137th-place.
Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Taylor von Kriegenbergh
United States
312,800
391
2
Michael Comisso
United States
293,000
366
3
Sean Costa
United States
292,600
366
4
Michael Rossitto
Italy
289,300
362
5
Terrence Burke
Ireland
287,000
359
6
David Wells
United States
283,000
354
7
Juan Becerra
United States
277,000
346
8
Jameson Kauch
United States
263,500
329
9
Gonzalo Almada
Argentina
256,100
320
10
Alexander Dovzhenko
Ukraine
255,000
319
Meanwhile, 2024 Main Event winner Jonathan Tamayo leads those who have been crowned World Champion in Las Vegas before. With 109,300, he bagged an above-average stack on Day 1d, as did Ryan Riess (106,800) and Scott Blumstein (105,600). Joe McKeehen increased his starting stack to 75,000, while Hossein Ensan (50,000), Chris Moneymaker (39,500), and Robert Varkonyi (33,100) will all start today with less than those who buy in late.
Jonathan Tamayo
Other notable players returning for Day 1d include Moneymaker's fellow Hall of Famers Todd Brunson (108,800), Eli Elezra (71,100), Barbara Enright (64,300), and Nick Schulman (60,000). Crowd favorite Daniel Negreanu also belongs to that list, starting Day 2d with 58,200, just under the starting stack. The polarizing Martin Kabrhel bagged big with 202,200, finding himself in the top 100 at the start of today, along with Viktor Blom (217,100), Stephen Song (201,600), WSOP Europe champion Max Neugebauer (198,700), high roller Chris Hunichen (194,900), and WSOP U.S. Circuit Manager Terrance Reid (191,800).
Day 2d will kick off in Level 6 with blinds at 400/800 and an 800 big blind ante. All levels will remain 120 minutes long, and a break is scheduled after each level. The latest anyone can buy in is at the end of the second break, when blinds reach 600/1,200 (1,200). A 60-minute dinner break will take place after the third level of the day, around 5:40 p.m. local time, and five levels in total will be played before the survivors of Day 2d bag up for Day 3, when the field will combine for the first time.
PokerNews will be on the floor in Las Vegas to bring you all the latest from Day 2d, so stay tuned as the Main Event will continue shortly.
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