2026 World Series of Poker

Event #19: $25,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em
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Day: 1a
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Event Info
2026 World Series of Poker
Event Info
Buy-in
$25,000
Prize Pool
$5,522,500
Total Entries
234
Players Left
98
Average Chip Stack
358,163
Total Chips
35,100,000
Level Info
Level
8
Blinds
4,000 / 8,000
Ante
8,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
81
Players Left
25
Players Left 98 / 234
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Moncek Surrenders Stack After Nguyen Double

Will Shillibier
Will Shillibier
Level 8 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Michael Moncek
Michael Moncek

Michael Moncek arrived at the $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em field and immediately got to action.

First, he doubled up Chris Nguyen and then chopped with ace-ten against the ace-ten of Orpen Kisacikoglu.

Nguyen then limped from under the gun and called a shove from Moncek for his last 106,000.

Michael Moncek: K♠3♣ All in
Chris Nguyen: A♣6♠

A three on the Q♥8♥3♦ flop put Moncek in the lead, but the 5♥A♥ runout gave Nguyen a pair.

With just 5,000 chips remaining, Moncek caught the floor person's attention and opted to surrender his stack to immediately re-enter.

Tags: Chris NguyenMichael MoncekOrpen Kisacikoglu