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2026 World Series of Poker
Event #18: $1,500 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 5
Event Info
2026 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 5
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$15,841,057
Total Entries
11,933
Level
46
Blinds
4,000,000 / 8,000,000
Ante
8,000,000
Entries
8
Players Left
1
Players Left 1 / 11,933
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Level 44
: Blinds 2,500,000/5,000,000, 5,000,000 ante
Action was picked up on a flop of 3♦4♠A♠ in a limped pot and Richard Alsup bet out for 5,000,000 when checked to. He held 10♥5♣ and Dicarlo made the call with 10♠2♣. Dicarlo then led out for 12,000,000 on the 9♠ turn and took the pot down.
The hand after, Dicarlo limped K♠2♦ and flopped two pair on K♥A♠2♥ when Alsup checked. Dicarlo then bet out for 5,000,000 when Alsup checked a second time, and Alsup put in the call with 9♦6♣. He turned a pair on 6♠ and checked again. Dicarlo sized up to 16,000,000 and Alsup called again.
Alsup tapped the table for a third time on the 7♠ river, and Dicarlo showed no signs of slowing down with a bet of 30,000,000. Alsup took some time before folding.
Level 44
: Blinds 2,500,000/5,000,000, 5,000,000 ante
In the first hand of heads-up play, Salvatore Dicarlo limped from the small blind with J♠2♣ and Richard Alsup checked his option with 9♠8♣.
The 5♦A♣8♦ flop checked through, and a bet of 5,000,000 from Alsup on the Q♦ turn was enough to get the job done.
The very next hand, Alsup limped with 8♥3♥ and bet out the 5♣7♦10♠ flop when Dicarlo checked his J♥5♠ twice. the 7♠ turn checked through, and Dicarlo folded his opponent out with an 11,000,000 bet on the 7♣ river
Level 44
: Blinds 2,500,000/5,000,000, 5,000,000 ante
In the first televised hand of three-handed play, Richard Alsup opened on the button to 11,000,000 holding Q♦10♠. John Ripnick shoved 59,500,000 from the small blind, before Salvatore Dicarlo woke up with yet another hand in the big blind. He got a count of both his opponent's stack sizes, before rejamming. Alsup folded.
John Ripnick: A♣J♠ 
Salvatore Dicarlo: K♦K♠
It was déjà vu for Dicarlo, who had called yet another jam from the big blind to put an opponent at risk. The 9♦9♣4♦ flop kept Dicarlo in the lead, and the 2♣ turn left Ripnick praying for a Greenstein. The 5♣ river was no good, as Dicarlo took a commanding chip lead for heads-up play.
Level 44
: Blinds 2,500,000/5,000,000, 5,000,000 ante
Aaron Massey open-shoved from the button for a bet that amounted to 37,500,000. Richard Alsup pondered for quite a while before putting in the call from the small blind. Big blind John Ripnick got out of the way.
Aaron Massey: 5♥5♦
Richard Alsup: K♠J♠
The 7♣7♠J♥ flop fired Alsup into the lead, with Massey praying to see a miracle five. Both the 8♥ turn and 9♦ river had too many pips for him, as his extremely impressive run came to a bitter end just shy of the podium
Level 44
: Blinds 2,500,000/5,000,000, 5,000,000 ante
Matthew Miller moved all in for 51,000,000 with A♣3♠ from the cutoff, and picked up the blinds.
The very next hand, he did the same thing under the gun. This time, his stack totalled 63,500,000, and Salvatore Dicarlo called from the small blind.
Matthew Miller: A♦5♠
Salvatore Dicarlo: A♠K♥
Dominated hands were struggling to crack ace-king at this final table, and that trend seemed ready to continue on the Q♦J♥4♥ flop. Dicarlo then drilled Broadway on the 10♦ turn, and Miller was unable to find a chop on the 2♥ turn, as he hit the rail in fifth. The remaining players improved to lock up at least half a million.
Level 44
: Blinds 2,500,000/5,000,000, 5,000,000 ante
Aaron Massey moved all in for 47,500,000 from the small blind holding 5♠5♦. Matthew Miller didn't take too long before folding J♠9♠ in the the big blind.
Two hands later, Salvatore Dicarlo opened to 10,000,000 under the gun. John Ripnick then moved all in for 34,000,000 from the big blind. Dicarlo called very quickly.
John Ripnick: A♠K♦
Salvatore Dicarlo: A♣J♦
The two traded outs on the Q♠10♠7♣ flop, with both players improving to straight draws. The 5♣ turn changed nothing, and the 9♥ river caused Ripnick to breathe a sigh of relied, as he secured a massive double.
Level: 44
Blinds: 2,500,000/5,000,000
Ante: 5,000,000
Level 43
: Blinds 2,000,000/4,000,000, 4,000,000 ante
Salvatore Dicarlo opened to 8,000,000 from the button, holding 10♠7♠ and Matthew Miller defended his big blind with Q♥9♦.
Both players caught a piece on the 8♥9♣4♣ flop, and Miller checked his top pair over. Dicarlo continued for 7,000,000 with his open-ender, and Miller stuck around. He then hit trips on the 9♠ turn, and opted to check once again. Dicarlo checked back, before getting there on the J♦ river.
Miller checked for a third time, and Dicarlo threw 23,000,000 into the middle. Miller snapped it off, and saw the bad news as Dicarlo announced "straight," clawing his way back to the 300,000,000 mark, good for more than half of the chips in play.
Level 43
: Blinds 2,000,000/4,000,000, 4,000,000 ante
Richard Alsup got all in from the button, with his stack totalling 62,000,000. Salvatore Dicarlo was also all in from the big blind, covering his opponent, as well as holding a much superioir hand.
Richard Alsup: K♦Q♦
Salvatore Dicarlo: A♠A♣
Dicarlo had woken up with number one, and was in an incredible position to add to his lead, and achieve a ladder at the same time. The K♣5♥9♠ flop offered some hope to Alsup, who had five outs to miraculously survive. The 8♣ turn gave him one less street to get there, but his rail erupted upon seeing the K♠ river, as he cracked aces, doubled, and kept himself in contention for the seven-figure winning score.
Level 43
: Blinds 2,000,000/4,000,000, 4,000,000 ante
Action folded all the way around to Pierce Mckellar in the small blind. He moved all in for 60,000,000, and big blind Salvatore Dicarlo snapped him off.
Pierce Mckellar: A♠7♣
Salvatore Dicarlo: A♣K♣
Mckellar had walked right into a premium, and was offered no solace on the 6♣2♠Q♠ flop. The 6♥ turn offered chop outs, but the K♠ river wasn't one of them, as Mckellar said his goodbyes and Dicarlo hit the 300 million mark.
