Event #20: $1,500 Dealers Choice Day 2 | 2026 World Series of Poker

1 day 9 hours ago

Madsen Leaves Owen Short

Brett Slezak

Level 22

Limit Flop/Draw: 10,000-25,000, 25,000-50,000 Limits
Stud Games: 7,000 Ante, 8,000 Bring-In, 25,000 Completion, 25,000-50,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 12,000/18,000 Ante, 6,000-12,000 Blinds

Stud Hi-Lo

Jeff Madsen: XxXx / 10♠9♠J♥A♠ / Xx
Adam Owen: XxXx / 8♦J♦A♦6♠ / Xx
Philip Wess: XxXx / 2♣K♠3♦ - folded on fifth street

Madsen completed, Owen called, Wess raised from the bring-in, and both opponents called.

Wess checked fourth to Madsen who bet, which earned two calls.

Owen then led on fifth with the ace up, Wess folded, and Madsen called.

Madsen then caught an ace on sixth and opted to check-call. Seventh street checked through.

Owen revealed 9♦8♥6♥ in the hole for two pair, eights and sixes. However, it was second best as Madsen tabled K♥K♦10♦ for a better two pair as he got there on seventh to scoop the whole pot.

Tags: Adam Owen Jeff Madsen Philip Wess

1 day 10 hours ago

Pearson and Estes Chop Up Owens

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Liam Gannon

Level 22

Limit Flop/Draw: 10,000-25,000, 25,000-50,000 Limits
Stud Games: 7,000 Ante, 8,000 Bring-In, 25,000 Completion, 25,000-50,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 12,000/18,000 Ante, 6,000-12,000 Blinds

Badeucy

Travis Pearson raised in the hijack to see Adam Owen call in the small blind and Michael Estes call in the big blind.

Owen drew three while the other players both drew two. Action checked to Pearson who bet to see both Owen and Estes call.

On the second draw, Owen drew three again while Estes drew one and Pearson the same. Pearson bet again after action checked to him and both players called.

The final draw saw Owen draw two to see Estes draw one and Pearson drew one. Betting action repeated the same way as the prior streets.

Pearson tabled 7♣5♥4♦3♠3♣ for a seven badugi, while Estes tabled 9♠8♠6♥4♣2♣ for a nine-eight low. Owen tossed his hand into the muck as he watched his chips chopped up between his opponents.

Tags: Adam Owen Michael Estes Travis Pearson

1 day 10 hours ago

Pair Good Enough for Stille as He Scoops Francort

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Brett Slezak

Level 22

Limit Flop/Draw: 10,000-25,000, 25,000-50,000 Limits
Stud Games: 7,000 Ante, 8,000 Bring-In, 25,000 Completion, 25,000-50,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 12,000/18,000 Ante, 6,000-12,000 Blinds

Badeucy

Nicholas Stille raised from the cutoff and Javier Francort defended his big blind off a short stack.

Francort drew no less than four cards and Stille two. Francort check-called a bet.

Both took two on the second draw as Francort got his final 1,000 into the middle.

On the final draw both players still took two cards.

Javier Francourt: 8♦6♥5♠ All in
Nicholas Stille: 7♠5♣3♥

Both players needed some improvement. Stille went first and revealed the 8♣ and 5♦, finishing with an eight badugi and a pair of fives low.

Francort was in good shape to get half. However, he first peeled the 8♠, making a higher pair, and his final card was the 5♥. He was scooped and hit the rail in 26th place.

Tags: Javier Francourt Nicholas Stille

1 day 10 hours ago

Le Makes An Eight

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Liam Gannon

Level 22

Limit Flop/Draw: 10,000-25,000, 25,000-50,000 Limits
Stud Games: 7,000 Ante, 8,000 Bring-In, 25,000 Completion, 25,000-50,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 12,000/18,000 Ante, 6,000-12,000 Blinds

2-7 Triple Draw

Allan Le raised on the button and called the three-bet from the big blind made by Javier Francort.

Both players drew one, and Francort check-called a bet from Le.

Francort drew one and Le stood pat, which saw Francort check-call a bet from Le again.

On the final draw, Francort drew one while Le stood pat and action checked through.

"Nine," Francort said.

"Nine no good," replied Le as he tabled 8x7x5x4x3x for an eight-seven and it was good for the pot.

Tags: Allan Le Javier Francort

1 day 10 hours ago

Zhigalov Takes Out Obst

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Brett Slezak

Level 22

Limit Flop/Draw: 10,000-25,000, 25,000-50,000 Limits
Stud Games: 7,000 Ante, 8,000 Bring-In, 25,000 Completion, 25,000-50,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 12,000/18,000 Ante, 6,000-12,000 Blinds

Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo

James Obst potted to 36,000 in the small blind, Andrey Zhigalov three-bet pot to 108,000 in the big blind, and Obst called.

On the J♦7♥3♣ flop, Obst led all-in for roughly his final 115,000 and Zhigalov put in the call to put Obst at risk.

James Obst: A♠9♣4♣3♥ All in
Andrey Zhigalov: A♦K♠J♥5♦

Obst paired his three and held the better low draw while Zhigalov paired his jack.

The board ran out J♠10♠ as Zhigalov improved to trips and the low bricked out, sending Obst to the rail.

Tags: Andrey Zhigalov James Obst

1 day 10 hours ago

Estes Over a Million

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Brett Slezak

Level 22

Limit Flop/Draw: 10,000-25,000, 25,000-50,000 Limits
Stud Games: 7,000 Ante, 8,000 Bring-In, 25,000 Completion, 25,000-50,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 12,000/18,000 Ante, 6,000-12,000 Blinds

2-7 Razz

Michael Estes: XxXx / 10x6x4xJx / Xx
Philip Wess: XxXx / 10xAx4xQx / Xx - folded on seventh street

Estes completed, Wess raised, and Estes called.

Estes then led the whole way showing the lower board, with Wess quickly calling him down all the way.

On seventh, Estes peeked at his final card a bet for a final time, but Wess quickly let go of his hand and Estes dragged a substantial pot without showdown to reach one million chips.

Tags: Michael Estes Philip Wess

1 day 10 hours ago

Play Resumes

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Brett Slezak

Level 22

Limit Flop/Draw: 10,000-25,000, 25,000-50,000 Limits
Stud Games: 7,000 Ante, 8,000 Bring-In, 25,000 Completion, 25,000-50,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 12,000/18,000 Ante, 6,000-12,000 Blinds

The final 29 players have returned from dinner, and play is back underway at five tables.

Level: 22

Limit Flop/Draw: 10,000-25,000, 25,000-50,000 Limits
Stud Games: 7,000 Ante, 8,000 Bring-In, 25,000 Completion, 25,000-50,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 12,000/18,000 Ante, 6,000-12,000 Blinds

1 day 11 hours ago

Dinner Time (full)

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Brett Slezak

Level 21

Limit Flop/Draw: 10,000-20,000, 20,000-40,000 Limits
Stud Games: 5,000 Ante, 5,000 Bring-In, 20,000 Completion, 20,000-40,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 10,000/15,000 Ante, 5,000-10,000 Blinds

The remaining 29 players are going on a 60-minute dinner break with play set to resume at 8:34 p.m.

Play resumes in Level 22 with blinds of 6,000/12,000 in big bet games and limits of 25,000/50,000 with an average stack of 565,000.

Four more 60-minute levels will be played tonight.

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1 day 11 hours ago

Zhigalov's Second Pair is Good

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Liam Gannon

Level 21

Limit Flop/Draw: 10,000-20,000, 20,000-40,000 Limits
Stud Games: 5,000 Ante, 5,000 Bring-In, 20,000 Completion, 20,000-40,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 10,000/15,000 Ante, 5,000-10,000 Blinds

Pot-Limit Hold'em

Andrey Zhigalov raised to 24,000 in the cutoff and Gregory Kelley called.

The flop rolled out J♠9♦5♠ and Kelley called the 20,000 continuation bet from Zhigalov.

Zhigalov cehcked the turn 4♦ and then called the 40,000 bet from Kelley.

Action checked through on the river 2♦ and Zhigalov tabled Q♥9♣ for a pair of nines.

Tags: Andrey Zhigalov Gregory Kelley