2026 World Series of Poker
Less than 20 minutes after players came back from break, five more Gold Chest $25,000 bounties were pulled.
Adam Kharman, Kathy Liebert, Bradley Fick, Brett Shaffer, and Clyde Maliauka are all quite a bit richer.
Jalil Houssain limped in under the gun, before David Heine to his direct left moved all in for 240,000. Action folded to big blind Mitchell Smith who called. Houssain took some time, announced a raise to 650,000 which folded out Smith.
David Heine: Q♥10♦
Jalil Houssain: 10♥6♥
Heine managed to fade too much of a sweat on the J♠A♥9♣7♦J♣ runout. "I would've done the same thing with Aces," announced Houssain.
Action was picked up as Carlos Chu was all in against Fady Khabbaz.
Carlos Chu: A♥8♠
Fady Khabbaz: 10♦9♦
The board ran out Q♥3♥A♠5♠2♠, and Chu doubled.
Fresh off his $25,000 bounty pull, Adam Kharman moved all in from the small blind over the top of Jose Ramos' raise from the cutoff.
After checking the count on Kharman's 595,000 chips, Ramos made the call.
Adam Kharman: J♠J♦
Jose Ramos: A♥4♦
Kharman's good karma continued, as he flopped a set and doubled up through a board of 2♥J♥8♦6♣5♣.
After just two hours of play, only 459 bounties remain, with both $250,300 having been pulled. However, the big $1,000,000 everyone wants is still up for grabs
| Number of Bounties | Bounty Prize | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 |
| 0 | $250,300 | $0 |
| 4 | $100,000 | $400,000 |
| 3 | $50,000 | $150,000 |
| 27 | $25,000 | $675,000 |
| 22 | $10,000 | $220,000 |
| 22 | $5,000 | $110,000 |
| 28 | $2,500 | $70,000 |
| 57 | $1,000 | $57,000 |
| 295 | $500 | $147,500 |
| Total Bounties Left | $2,829,500 |
Level: 26
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 80,000
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The remaining 293 players have been sent on their first break of the day, which will last 15 minutes, Play will resume at 3:20 p.m. local time.
The bounties were paused for the break.
Peter Kiem, Thomas Brown, and Matthew Stout each pulled a $25,000 bounty. Brown and Stout even called their rail during the draw, with Jeff Platt holding the phone so they could follow along in case the $1,000,000 bounty was pulled.