Event #82: $10,000 WSOP Main Event NLH World Championship Day 4 | 2026 World Series of Poker

Jul 09, 2026

Nakanishi Escapes Domination to Double Through Choong

Dan O'Hair

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Yita Choong opened from under the gun and it was folded to Shota Nakanishi, who shoved for 204,000 total on the button. Choong quickly called and hands were revealed.

Shota Nakanishi: A♠Q♠ All in
Yita Choong: A♦K♦ All in

Nakanishi had one foot out the door with his dominated ace, but the Q♥8♥4♠ flop vaulted him into the lead after pairing his queen.

The 3♥2♣ runout changed nothing and Nakanishi was awarded the double up while leaving Choong with just 40,000 left.

Tags: Shota Nakanishi Yita Choong

Jul 09, 2026

No Chop For Tran

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Tim Baker

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Florian Guimond raised to 20,000 from under the gun, and JC Tran jammed for 97,000 from the next seat. Jose Lesta then four-bet to 175,000 from middle position, and when the action folded back to Guimond, he moved all in, having Lesta covered. After a bit of a tank, Lesta folded, preserving the 380,000 or so he had behind.

JC Tran: A♥Q♠ All in
Florian Guimond: A♦K♥

Tran was dominated by Guimond's big slick, but looked over to his neighbor and asked, "You ok with a chop?" Guimond nodded, letting him know he wouldn't mind splitting the pot.

The dealer had other ideas, though, as the board ran out 9♠7♦5♠10♥3♦, keeping Guimond's ace-king best throughout. Tran wished the table good luck before making his way to the payout desk.

Tags: Florian Guimond JC Tran Jose Lesta

Jul 09, 2026

Monnette Runs Into Kehoe's Monster

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David Salituro

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Aaron Barone raised to 20,000 under the gun before John Monnette three-bet to 58,000 in early position. Stephen Kehoe called in the big blind, as did Barone.

The flop came A♣Q♥4♥ and Monnette bet 76,000. Kehoe then raised to 157,000 and Barone folded, while Monnette moved all in for 300,000. Kehoe snap-called.

John Monnette: A♥K♦ All in
Stephen Kehoe: Q♣Q♦

Monnette showed top pair, but he was already drawing thin as Kehoe turned over a set. The rest of the board ran out 7♣J♠, and Monnette was sent to the rail.

Tags: Aaron Barone John Monnette Stephen Kehoe

Jul 09, 2026

Dealer Runs the River Twice, Neither Help Zuk

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Stewart Morrison

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

The action was joined on the turn of a K♥8♠4♠5♣ board, on which Matthew Zuk checked from the big blind. The action was then on Xuan Liu in the hijack, but before she acted, the dealer dealt the 2♥ river.

The floor was called, and they ruled that the action would continue as normal; following that, the river card would be shuffled back in and re-dealt.

Liu bet 70,000 into a pot of roughly 90,000, and Zuk responded by moving all in for 251,000, which Liu called.

Matthew Zuk: K♠9♦ All in
Xuan Liu: 5♥5♦

As it turned out, the river card was irrelevant, as Zuk was already drawing dead.

The new river brought the same card, just a different suit, as the 2♠ completed the board.

Tags: Matthew Zuk Xuan Liu

Jul 09, 2026

Ganesan Finds a Call to Bust Cho

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David Salituro

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

At a stacked table featuring Scott Blumstein, Jeremy Ausmus, and Maxime Chilaud, Wooram Cho and Ananth Ganesan. a pot of around 200,000 was built as they went to a flop of A♥4♠3♣. Cho then moved all in for 214,000 in early position, and Ganesan tanked for several minutes before calling in middle position.

Wooram Cho: K♥K♣ All in
Ananth Ganesan: A♠9♠

Ganesan found himself ahead with his pair of aces, and Cho couldn't catch up on the 7♠ turn or 2♦ river as he was sent to the rail.

"Let's go! I got my chips back, Jeremy. I won't make the same mistake this time," Ganesan said to Ausmus as he raked in the big pot.

Tags: Ananth Ganesan Wooram Cho

Jul 09, 2026

Khachatryan Busts Berton

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Frank Visser

Level 17 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

John Weiss raised to 16,000 under the gun. Levon Khachatryan three-bet to 40,000 in the hijack before Robert Berton moved all in for 217,000. Weiss quickly folded, but Khachatryan called after asking a count.

Robert Berton: A♥K♠ All in
Levon Khachatryan: 10♥10♣

Berton found neither ace nor king on the Q♠Q♣4♥5♣Q♥ board, sending him to the exit.

Tags: John Weiss Levon Khachatryan Robert Berton

Jul 09, 2026

Selami Bets Out Quoss on the River

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David Salituro

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Fabian Quoss raised to 16,000 in middle position and Evan Sandberg called in the hijack. Christopher Selami, wearing his trademark Sonic the Hedgehog toque, then three-bet to 80,000 in the small blind.

Quoss came back with a four-bet to 190,000 and Sandberg got out of the way. Selami, though, called to see the Q♥5♣9♠ flop. Quoss then bet 100,000, and Selami again called.

Both players checked the 3♦ turn. Selami then led out for 150,000 on the 5♦ river, and Quoss folded.

Scott Lazar, the 2005 Main Event finalist, is also in this section with a stack of more than 500,000. "I'm just grateful to be here," Lazar said.

Tags: Christopher Selami Evan Sandberg Fabian Quoss Scott Lazar

Jul 09, 2026

"So Bad at Poker"

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Stewart Morrison

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Josh Arieh raised to 18,000 under the gun and faced a three-bet to 36,000 from Michael Bickley in the cutoff. After a minute or so, Arieh four-bet to 90,000 and quickly faced a five-bet all in for 199,000, which he called.

"We might have the same hand", Ariah said in hope rather than expectation.

Michael Bickley: A♥A♣ All in
Josh Arieh: A♦K♦

"I'm so bad at poker", Arieh continued once he saw the cards.

He found some outs on a Q♦J♥6♠ flop, but there was no bad beat to be dished out, as the A♠ turn and 4♣ river completed the board.

Tags: Josh Arieh Michael Bickley

Jul 09, 2026

Gatos Eliminated in Three-Way All-In

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Three players were all-in preflop and Renta Gatos was the shortest stack at risk, covered by both Shachar Haran and

Renta Gatos: J♠J♦ All in
Shachar Haran: A♦A♣ All in
Antonios Onoufriou: Q♥Q♠

The superior pocket pair held all the way on the 8♠5♥5♠3♠7♥ runout despite a sweat on the turn and Haran sent Gatos to the rail while doubling through Onoufriou for 380,000.

Tags: Antonios Onoufriou Renta Gatos Shachar Haran

Jul 09, 2026

First Break of the Day

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Laura Fryer

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Bubble Main Event WSOP 2026 - Chris Moneymaker

The remaining 1,169 players are on their first 20-minute break of Day 4.

Due to the hand-for-hand delay on the bubble, the clock has been paused with ~48 minutes left of Level 16.  When they return at roughly 1.20pm, the blinds will resume at 4,000/8,000 with a big blind ante of 8,000. Here are some of the highlights from the previous two hours of poker: