2026 World Series of Poker
Chip Counts
Patrick Wise opened to 2,000 on the button before Liv Boeree three-bet to 9,000 from the small blind. Wise made the call to keep the pots heads up as they took a flop.
The action froze on the J♥9♥9♠ as both players checked to usher in the 3♥ turn.
Boeree was done checking as she opted to wager 9,000 on fourth street. Wise yielded the pot with a fold as Boeree picked up a small pot during the second level of the day.
Amauri Grutka made it 3,000 to play from under the gun and action folded to Hendrik Terner in the big blind who pumped it up to 10,000. Grutka made the call.
The players checked down the 6♣6♥2♦ flop as they did on the 9♥ turn.
The 2♠ peeled off on the river and Terner checked to Grutka who fired out a river bet of 18,000. Terner thought for a while before he made the call but his cards were quickly in the muck on seeing Grutka table J♣J♦.
There were about 6,000 in the middle on the flop of 10♠Q♣9♠ when this hand was picked up. Jessica Cai and John Andrews had both put in 6,000 each on the flop before Shimiron Preis shipped it for 17,000. Andrews folded, but Cai quickly made the call to put Preis at risk.
Shimiron Preis: A♠2♠
Jessica Cai: K♦J♥
Preis flopped a flush draw, but Cai flopped the nut straight and held the lead with two cards to go.
The A♣ paired up Preis, but it was of no use to the at-risk player.
The dealer peeled the 9♦ river as Preis would see the final card of his tournament.
Heads-up on a board of 10♣5♣8♣2♣ with a large pot already brewing, Hao-Shan Huang bet 5,700 from the big blind and Jonathan Jaffe called from middle position.
The dealer brought the 4♥ on the river and Huang sized up for a bet a bit over 10,000. Jaffe snap-called and Huang turned over A♠K♥ for just ace-high.
Jaffe revealed Q♣Q♠ for a queen-high flush and collected the pot.
Five ways to the 9♥8♠2♦9♣ turn, the action checked to Matt Affleck and he bet 3,000. Only Justin Chan called and they checked the K♠ on the river. "Ace-high," Chan declared and showed his A♥J♥ which was beaten by Affleck's A♦8♦.
Riku Ichimura raised to 2,000 from late position to see both James Robinson on the button and David Coffman in the big blind call.
The flop rolled out 7♦4♥4♦ and Coffman checked to Ichimura who bet 3,500 to see Robinson call and Coffman fold.
Ichimura checked over to Robinson on the turn 7♠ and then folded when Robinson bet 5,000.
Picking up the action with roughly 5,000 in the pot, JC Tran checked from the big blind, and Alex Foxen bet 5,500 on a 5♠7♥5♦ flop, which Tran called.
Tran checked for a second time on the 5♥, and once again called when Foxen put out another bet of 3,000.
The 4♣ completed the board, and Tran check-called one final time, as Foxen fired 15,000 into the pot.
Foxen tabled 9♦7♦ for a full house, and Tran mucked his cards.
With about 25,000 in the middle on a board of 6♠8♠4♣9♣, Alejandro Lococo led out for 7,200 from the big blind before Kyle Arora jammed from the hijack. The shove had Lococo's remaining 18,500 covered, and after a long tank, he called it off.
Alejandro Lococo: 9♥5♦
Kyle Arora: J♦J♣
Arora was ahead with an overpair, but Lococo had plenty of outs with one card to come.
Unfortunately for Lococo, the 2♣ on the river wasn't one of them, and all of his chips were pushed across the table to Arora.