2026 World Series of Poker

Day: 1a
1a1b
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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Gallego Falls in Final Level of the Day

Level 8 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Chris Hunichen raised to 16,000 in the hijack and called when Raul Martinez Gallego moved all in for 61,000 from the cutoff.

Raul Martinez Gallego: QJ All in
Chris Hunichen: A3

The flop paired Hunichen's ace, coming down A53, but left Gallego with plenty of outs. The Q turn offered Gallego yet more ways to win, but the 5 river was a brick, sending him to the rail.

Tags: Chris HunichenRaul Martinez Gallego

Martirosian Eliminated by Oganyan

Level 8 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Artur Martirosian limped in the small blind and Aram Oganyan raised to 24,000. Martirosian called.

The flop came 632. Martirosian checked and Oganyan bet 8,000. Martirosian check-raised to 36,000 and Oganyan raised to 64,000.

Martirosian shoved for 165,000 and Oganyan called.

Artur Martirosian: 64 All in
Aram Oganyan: 1010

The turn A and river 2 changed nothing and Martirosian was eliminated.

Tags: Aram OganyanArtur Martirosian

Pitavy Doubles Through Hunichen

Level 8 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Chris Hunichen opened to 16,000 and called a shove from Emilien Pitavy in the big blind for the Frenchman's last 147,000.

Emilien Pitavy: AQ All in
Chris Hunichen: A10

The 73285 board was no problem for Pitavy who secured the double as the last level of the day got underway.

Tags: Chris HunichenEmilien Pitavy

Level: 8

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

Pay That Man His Money

Level 7 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Sean Perry
Sean Perry

The action was joined as Sean Perry had maneuvered his stack into the middle preflop from under the gun, and was at risk versus Jesse Lonis in the big blind.

Sean Perry: AJ All in
Jesse Lonis: KK

An animated Perry became a jubilant Perry as the dealer spread a 109A flop, seeing him leapfrog Lonis into the lead.

The 5 turn and 7 river kept the standings as they were, prompting Perry to let out a, "pay the man his money," which Lonis duly did.

Tags: Jesse LonisSean Perry

Simao Sent to the Rail

Level 7 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Aram Oganyan raised to 12,000 from middle poisition, Chris Nguyen three-bet to 40,000, and Joao Simao decided to go all in on the button for 264,000, Oganyan folded but Nguyen called.

Joao Simao: 1010 All in
Chris Nguyen: AA

The board ran out J2997, and Simao was eliminated.

Tags: Aram OganyanChris NguyenJoao Simao

Ausmus Eliminated

Level 7 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Jeremy Ausmus was getting to his feet having been eliminated. He held KQ against the JJ with the board of 109489 sending Ausmus to the rail.

The vanquisher, Chris Hunichen, is third in chips at the table behind Stephen Chidwick and Daniel Rezaei.

Tags: Chris HunichenDaniel RezaeiJeremy AusmusStephen Chidwick

Simao More Than Doubles

Level 7 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Chris Nguyen opened to 12,000 and was called by Joao Simao.

Sean Perry three-bet to 36,000 and Aleks Ponakovs four-bet all in for 72,000. Nguyen folded and Simao shoved for 90,000. Perry called putting both players at risk.

Aleks Ponakovs: AQ All in
Joao Simao: AA All in
Sean Perry: KQ

Simao had his double locked up on the turn of a JJ538 board and he chipped up to 240,000.

Tags: Aleks PonakovsChris NguyenJoao SimaoSean Perry

Hunichen Doubles Through Ausmus

Level 7 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Chris Hunichen raised to 12,000 in the cutoff, Jeremy Ausmus put Hunichen all-in from the small blind, Hunichen with 186,000 in total made a quick call.

Chris Hunichen: JJ All in
Jeremy Ausmus: AQ

The board ran out 637103. Hunichen doubled and Ausmus was left with roughly 11 big blinds.

Tags: Chris HunichenJeremy Ausmus

Thin Value Backfires

Level 7 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

With a board dealt to a 31052 turn, and roughly 70,000 already in the pot, Artur Martirosian led out with a bet of 52,000 from the big blind, and Elijah Berg called from under the gun.

The Q river completed the board and didn't slow Martirosian down, as he bet another 55,000. Once again, Berg called.

Martirosian tabled K10, which was no good versus the A10 of Berg.

Tags: Artur MartirosianElijah Berg