Event #82: $10,000 WSOP Main Event NLH World Championship Day 3 | 2026 World Series of Poker

Jul 08, 2026

Nebbout Sends Out Hurin

Erick Torres

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Illia Hurin opened to 5,000 from middle position before Jonathan Nebbout made it 13,000 from the hijack. Wooram Cho came along with a cold call from the big blind.

Hurin wanted to play for it all, and shoved for 40,500 total. Nebbout made the call. Cho gave it some thought, but decided against continuing and made the fold and sent Hurin and Nebbout to a showdown with Hurin at risk.

Illia Hurin: K♥K♦ All in
Jonathan Nebbout: A♣J♣

Hurin was the beneficiary of a healthy lead as he needed to fade the ace, but the flop was bad news for Hurin as it fanned out 6♦A♠7♦ to give Nebbout a pair of aces.

The 8♦ turn gave Hurin some hope as he improved to a flush draw,

Instead, another ace appeared on the river when the dealer peeled the A♥ to improve Nebbout to trips and eliminate Hurin from contention.

Tags: Illia Hurin Jonathan Nebbout Wooram Cho

Jul 08, 2026

Burke Rivers a Full House

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Maxime Taldir

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

On a board of J♣J♥6♥Q♦8♣ with 25,000 in the pot, Timothy Shifflet on the button ended up moving all in and was called by Michael Burke in middle position.

Timothy Shifflet: K♣J♦ All in
Michael Burke: J♠8♦

Both players flopped trips, but Burke improved to a full house on the river to eliminate Shifflet.

"What a great river," he said before leaving.

Tags: Michael Burke Timothy Shifflet

Jul 08, 2026

Hayek Takes From Kwiatkowski

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

On a heads-up turn of Q♠J♠4♥2♠, Kris Kwiatkowski check-raised to 35,000, and Alexis Hayek called. Kwiatkowski checked the K♣ on the river, and Hayek bet 35,000 to force a reluctant fold.

Meanwhile, Yijie Zhang and Robin Jofre have both been eliminated one table over.

Tags: Alexis Hayek Kris Kwiatkowski Robin Jofre Yijie Zhang

Jul 08, 2026

Krauss Doubles; McKeehen Gone

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Liam Gannon

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Tomas Teran opened to 6,000 in late position to see Benjamin Krauss raise to 15,000 from the hijack. Action folded back around to Teran, who jammed for 48,500 effective to see Krauss call.

Benjamin Krauss: K♥K♦ All in
Tomas Teran: A♣8♣

The board ran out J♠8♠3♠9♦4♣ and the kings held up for Krauss to double at the expense of Teran.

At another table, 2015 WSOP Main Event champion Joe McKeehen was eliminated from the tournament.

Tags: Benjamin Krauss Joe McKeehen Tomas Teran

Jul 08, 2026

Kassouf "Always Got It" (So He Says!)

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Myles Phago

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Gareth Nelson made it 5,000 to play from early position, and action folded around to Will Kassouf in the big blind, who checked roughly how much Nelson had behind before he put in a three-bet to 19,500.

Nelson didn't take long and put in a four-bet all in; Kassouf confirmed the count of 59,000 and called.

Gareth Nelson: A♥Q♠ All in
Will Kassouf: A♣K♦

No help for Nelson on the 10♥4♣A♦ flop, but when the J♠ peeled off on the turn, he picked up some additional outs. The river bricked out with the 8♥, and Nelson was sent packing.

Tags: Gareth Nelson Will Kassouf

Jul 08, 2026

Overkill for Palmer

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Jacob Wilson

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Joshua Palmer opened to 5,000 from the cutoff. Mario Vojvoda, on the button, then placed in a three-bet to 15,500. The blinds folded quickly, and Palmer threw forward his eight T-25,000 chips, enough to put his opponent all in. Vojvoda made the call with a sigh.

Mario Vojvoda: A♠Q♥ All in
Joshua Palmer: A♣K♣

As if the flop K♦5♦A♥ wasn't enough for Palmer, he improved to kings-full on the 7♣K♠ runout to end the day for his opponent

Tags: Joshua Palmer Mario Vojvoda

Jul 08, 2026

Chen Falls To Tamaki

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Liam Gannon

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Yu Chen jammed all in for 21,500 from under the gun and was looked up by Shoichiro Tamaki in the small blind.

Yu Chen: K♠9♥ All in
Shoichiro Tamaki: A♣10♣

The board ran out J♣10♥7♠4♥4♣ and the ace-ten held up for Tamaki to eliminate Chen from the tournament.

Tags: Shoichiro Tamaki Yu Chen

Jul 08, 2026

Boika Removes Laporta

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Stewart Morrison

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Picking up the action with the pot already sitting around 150,000, Gustavo Mendez Laporta checked from the small blind on a 9♠3♣4♥5♠ board. Aliaksei Boika bet 40,000 from middle position, and, after some consideration, Laporta moved all in for roughly 120,000, which Boika immediately called.

Gustavo Mendez Laporta: 10♠10♣ All in
Aliaksei Boika: A♦A♣

The 8♥ river offered no relief for Laporta, and his stack was shipped across the table to Boika.

Tags: Aliaksei Boika Gustavo Mendez Laporta

Jul 08, 2026

No Magical Comeback for Smith

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Roberts Rumba raised to 5,500 and then folded when Mitchell Smith jammed the button for 16,000, only for Rintato Kagawa to reraise behind out of the big blind.

Mitchell Smith: K♥K♦ All in
Rintaro Kagawa: A♠K♠

Two aces had been folded according to the table chat, but it was spades that came on the 9♣9♠4♠4♦8♠ runout to end Smith's possible chip-and-a-chair comeback.

Tags: Mitchell Smith Rintaro Kagawa Roberts Rumba

Jul 08, 2026

Death by Quads

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Jacob Wilson

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Vanessa Ames opened to 5,500 from middle position. Action folded to Benjamin Pollak in the small blind who threw in a three-bet to 16,000. Ames called the bet, and the two saw a flop of 6♦A♦6♠.

Ames called a bet of 4,000, bringing the two to a 10♦ turn. Here, Pollak bet out again, this time for 5,000, only to see his opponent min-click it to 10,000. Pollak wasn't done, however, as he three-bet to 20,000. Ames called, and the 8♦ peeled off on the river.

Pollak fired a third barrel of 40,000, only for Ames to move all in. Pollak called, only to see the disgusting beat he was facing.

He had flopped aces full with A♠A♥ but that was somehow no good, as Ames tabled 6♣6♥ for flopped quads, to eliminate her opponent from contention.