2026 World Series of Poker

Event #17: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship
Event #11: $10,000 GGMillion$ High Roller No-Limit Hold'em Event #13: $1,500 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em Event #14: $1,500 Mixed: Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better, Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better, "Big O" Event #15: $600 Deepstack Pot-Limit Omaha Event #16: $1,700 U.S. Circuit Championship No-Limit Holdem Event #17: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship Event #18: $1,500 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold'em Event #19: $25,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em Event #20: $1,500 Dealers Choice Show All Events
Day: 1
12
Event Info
2026 World Series of Poker
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$1,841,400
Total Entries
198
Players Left
62
Average Chip Stack
192,581
Total Chips
11,940,000
Level Info
Level
12
Blinds
2,000 / 4,000
Ante
6,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
136
Players Left
58
Players Left 62 / 198
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Excuse Me, There's Some Backgammon in My Poker Tournament

Frank Visser
Frank Visser
Level 6 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,500 ante

Galen Hall, Tobias Leknes, and Shaun Deeb were discussing Hall's appearance in a live-streamed backgammon tournament. Hall stated there's basically no variance in the game, which Leknes and Deeb vehemently disagreed with.

"In hindsight, that was a dumb comment," Hall admitted before he raised his cutoff to 2,800. Leknes called in the big blind and drew one card, with Hall standing pat behind.

Leknes then led with a large bet of 12,500, which Hall swiftly called. Leknes tabled 9x7x5x2x for a nine-low.

"Every f*cking time," Deeb exclaimed as Leknes had apparently been winning the majority of pots at the table.

"This game is easy when you don't have to bluff," Leknes laughed in response.

Hall could not beat Leknes' hand and mucked his cards, after which the trio started their backgammon discussion back up.

Tags: Galen HallShaun DeebTobias Leknes