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2026 World Series of Poker
Event #19: $25,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 3
Players Left 6 / 345
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Final Table
Level 18
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Nick Schulman went all in from the small blind, Didier Guerin snap-called in the big blind.
Didier Guerin: A♦5♠ 
Nick Schulman: K♦5♦
The board ran out 9♠4♦A♠3♣9♣, and Guerin doubled.
Level 18
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Shannon Shorr raised to 160,000 from under the gun, and Jesse Lonis called in the hijack.
The action checked through on the 8♠9♥3♣ flop, but Shorr picked his betting lead back up on the 2♥ turn. He put 180,000 in the middle, which Lonis called.
The 5♥ completed the board, and Shorr barrelled for 275,000. Lonis took some time before raising to 680,000, and Shorr called.
Lonis tabled 5♠5♣, showing a rivered set, and Shorr mucked his A♥A♦.
Level 18
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Giuseppe Calio raised to 160,000 from under the gun and called when Zachary Camp moved all in for 1,075,000 from the cutoff.
Zachary Camp: A♦9♥
Giuseppe Calio: A♥Q♣
The J♣10♦7♣ flop offered Camp some extra outs with his newfound gutshot straight draw, but the 5♣ turn removed some of those ways of winning.
The K♠ completed the board, and Camp was eliminated.
Level 18
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Nick Schulman raised to 160,000 on the button with A♦A♣, Turbo Nguyen defended his big blind with K♦8♦.
The flop came 3♦4♣J♦ and Schulman fired out a bet of 90,000, Nguyen raised to 270,00, and Schulman just called.
The 4♠ saw Nguyen bet 225,000 and Schulman called. The K♣ on the river saw Nguyen go all in for 620,000, and Schulman snap-called.
Level 18
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Biao Ding raised to 180,000 in early position, and Nick Schulman three-bet to 360,000 from the small blind, which Ding called.
Schulman continued for 125,000 on the 6♥10♦3♣ flop, and Ding responded by moving all in for 580,000, which Schulman called.
Biao Ding: J♣10♣
Nick Schulman: A♦K♦
The 2♥ turn and 7♠ river were clean for Ding, who pulled in a double up.
Level 18
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Zachary Grech raised to 160,000 in middle position with A♣10♦, Thomas Muehloecker called Q♠J♠ in the cutoff and the blinds folded.
Grech checked to Muehloecker when the flop came J♣Q♣2♦, and Muehloecker fired out a bet of 160,000 which Grech called.
Muehloecker fired out another bet on the 4♣ turn for 360,000, Grech decided put Muehloecker all in for 1,600,000. Muehloecker went deep into the tank before he eventually called and improved to a fullhouse when the J♦ was dealt on the river.
Level 18
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Joining the action on a J♠2♦7♦ flop, with 240,000 in the pot, Brian Rast placed a bet of 80,000 from the small blind, which Zdenek Zizka called in the big blind.
The 6♦ hit the turn, and Rast opted to slow down, checking over to Zizka, who checked back.
Rast picked his betting lead back up, putting 80,000 in the middle on the K♦ river. Zizka called, but it was bad news, his Q♥J♣ unable to beat the K♥8♥ of Rast.
Level 18
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Jesse Lonis raised 170,000 under the gun with A♥10♦, Barak Wisbrod defended his big blind with 9♥7♥.
Both players checked on 2♣4♥5♥, and Wisbrod led for 320,000 on the 10♠, and Lonis called.
The K♥ on the river saw Wisbrod bet 200,000 and Lonis quickly called, only to see the bad news.
Level 18
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Philip Sternheimer raised on the button to 165,000 with A♠5♣, Nick Schulman defended his big blind with 10♦8♥.
Action checked to the river as the board ran out K♥K♠4♠10♣6♦, Schulman fired out a bet of 265,000, and Sternheimer called.
Level 18
: 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
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