Kristen Foxen was all-in and at risk for approximately 390,000, and was called by Sean Perry with the covering stack.
Kristen Foxen: K♣10♣
Sean Perry: Q♦Q♠
The flop gave Foxen additional outs when it came 10♠A♦2♣ to pair her ten.
Foxen's outs grew on the 3♣ turn to give her a flush draw, but she was unable to convert on any of them on the 5♦ river and was eliminated late on Day 2.
With Matthew Zambanini forced all in from the big blind, Kristen Foxen raised to 40,000 from the hijack and Elvyn Bello three-bet the cutoff to 100,000. Foxen folded, and the cards were tabled.
Matthew Zambanini: 4♦2♦
Elvyn Bello: A♦9♦
Bello had the best hand preflop with ace-high, and he improved to top pair on the A♥6♦8♣ flop. Zambanini was drawing dead after the 10♣ turn as the 6♥ on the river was just a necessity.
John Racener went all-in for 225,000 and was called by Sam Soverel, who had less and was at risk for his tournament life.
Sam Soverel: A♥Q♦
John Racener: 9♦9♣
The flop was low as the dealer fanned out 6♣6♥3♠ to keep Racener in the lead.
A 2♣ was the blank turn before the 8♦ river sealed the deal as Racener hit an unnecessary full house to eliminate Soverel.
Anatoly Nikitin and Vitalijs Zavorotnijs clashed preflop as Zavorotnijs was at risk.
Vitalijs Zavorotnijs: K♥6♦
Anatoly Nikitin: 2♣2♥
Nikitin clung to his lead on the Q♣A♣10♦ flop, but Zavorotnijs was drawing to even more outs.
The 5♦ turn altered nothing, but Zavorotnijs found his salvation when the K♦ hit the river to keep him alive.
Level: 20
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
There was no shortage of big moments and big hands during the first week of the 2026 World Series of Poker (WSOP).
Daniel Negreanu lost a 10:1 chip lead thanks to a three-outer in the Sweet 16 of Event #7: $25,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship. Phil Hellmuth made an 18th bracelet run that fell short when he ran into the nut flush. And one player avoided complete disaster when he suffered a brutal cooler with quads.
The remaining 95 players are now in the money.
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Barry Woods raised to 30,000 from under the gun, Stephen Chidwick three-bet from the big blind to 100,000, Woods decided to four-bet all in for 500,000, and Chidwick called.
Barry Woods: K♠Q♦
Stephen Chidwick: K♥K♦
The board ran out 4♠3♦8♠4♥7♥, Chidwick held with his pocket kings, and Woods was the bubble boy.
Keyavash Hemyari raised to 30,000 from middle position and Sean Perry three-bet the cutoff to 80,000. Georgios Sotiropoulos four-bet out of the big blind to 190,000, and only Perry came along with a call.
Sotiropoulos put out a continuation-bet of 115,000 once he saw the 3♣6♦8♠ flop reveal itself. Perry called.
A 3♦ arrived on the turn, and Sotiropoulos placed out a second barrel of 150,000. Again, Perry called.
With 435,000 left in his stack, Sotiropoulos checked on the 8♣ river. Perry jammed with the covering stack, and this did the job as Sotiropoulos returned his cards to the dealer.
Barak Wisbrod bet 200,000 on the river of a board that read J♦J♥8♣10♦Q♠, and Gumz called it off to be at risk as the room huddled around the table to see the result.
Wisbrod tabled A♥K♥ for ace high.
Gumz had the goods. He showed 8♦8♥ for a full house to secure the double up and keep the bubble going as 96 still remain.
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