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Level 16
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Play is now hand-for-hand. A total of 166 players remain with 164 players slated to make the money.
2026 World Series of Poker
Event #21: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better
Day: 2
Players Left 8 / 1,093
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Level 16
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
This hand was picked up on the flop of A♣5♠K♥. Thomas Hedlund shoved for 32,000 from the small blind position and was called by Frederic Normand in the big blind to put Hedlund at risk.
Thomas Hedlund: K♦K♠4♥3♥
Frederic Normand: 10♣9♠7♦5♦
Hedlun was ahead with top set and had the better draw to the low. The 9♥ turn, and the 9♦ completed the board as Hedlund held to take down the pot.
Level 16
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Mark Gregorich limped in from the cutoff, which tempted Michel Abecassis in from the small blind before Anthony Zinno checked in the big blind.
Abecassis checked on the 4♣K♠J♥ flop, but Zinno decided to take the initiative, betting 15,000. Gregorich quickly folded and Abecassis did the same.
Level 16
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Donald Fulton opened to 12,000 in early position, and only Michel Abecassis called in the big blind.
The action checked all the way to a Q♥8♠8♦K♦10♣ river, and when Abecassis checked for a third time, Fulton decided to fire a small bet of 8,000. Abecassis called and heard a "You got it" from Fulton.
Abecassis still wanted to see his opponent's cards, though.
Fulton tabled A♥7♦5♥2♦, which indeed could not beat the J♠J♥10♠5♠ of Abecassis.
Level 16
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
David Solomon shoved for his final 13,000 on the button. Thomas Zanot and Josh Arieh called from the small and big blind to put Solomon at risk.
Zanot and Arieh checked through the 6♥6♣9♠ flop to bring the 10♥ turn. Zanot bet, and Arieh folded as Zanot went to a showdown against Solomon.
David Solomon: A♥7♦4♠2♥
Thomas Zanot: 8♥7♥4♦2♦
Solomon was behind the straight of Zanot, but the 5♥ river improved him to a flush.
Level 16
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Robert Ledebur opened to 16,000 in the cutoff, which only Gary Benson called in the big blind.
The action checked through on the 3♠4♠3♥ flop and again on the 4♥ turn.
Benson saw that as the green light to put a bet of 15,000 into the pot on the J♥ river.
Lebedur made the call, and Benson flipped over A♣J♣ before mucking the other two cards when Lebedur tabled A♥8♦4♦2♣ to scoop the pot.
Level 16
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Danny Chang limped from middle position before Kenneth Po opted to raise to 20,000 on the button.
Chang called and then checked the 5♣9♥Q♥ flop. Po checked back in response.
The 10♠ turn elicited another check from Chang. Po bet 47,000, and Chang called.
Both players checked the 4♠ river.
Chang showed A♠Q♠J♣2♦, which was good enough as Po mucked his hand.
Level 16
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Play has started in the $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better.
Level: 16
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
A field that started with1,093 entries has been trimmed down to 173 players as Event #21: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better enters Day 2 at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. The bubble looms, with 164 players set to make the money and a minimum cash of $3,033. First place is slotted to pay $235,377 as the 2026 World Series of Poker iteration of this event created a prize pool of $1,470,957.
Thomas Zanot led after one day of play, bagging a total of 485,000 chips. Zanot just slightly outpaced Jordan Polk, who finished with 483,000 for the second-most of any player after Day 1. Michael Rodrigues rounds out the podium with a stack of 460,000.
Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thomas Zanot | United States | 485,000 |
| 2 | Jordan Polk | United States | 483,000 |
| 3 | Michael Rodrigues | Portugal | 460,000 |
| 4 | Schuyler Thornton | United States | 452,000 |
| 5 | Tobias Hausen | Germany | 409,000 |
| 6 | Jean Laurent | United States | 409,000 |
| 7 | Andrew Voor | United States | 373,000 |
| 8 | Kevin Xu | United States | 372,000 |
| 9 | John Esposito | United States | 360,000 |
| 10 | Bouwe Claushuis | Netherlands | 359,000 |
Zanot is still on the hunt for the first WSOP bracelet of his career. Polk and Rodrigues have already claimed a bracelet and are in the hunt for bracelet number two.
Five-time bracelet winner and Poker Hall of Fame inductee Eli Elezra was not far out of the top ten in chip counts after he bagged 318,000 to secure the 12th spot on the list. Elezra has already tasted glory in this format, as his last bracelet came at the 2022 World Series of Poker when he took down Event #63: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or better Championship.
Six-time bracelet winner Josh Arieh is still in contention after finishing with 244,000. Arieh’s last three bracelets came in either a mixed game format or a Pot-Limit Omaha variant, with his most recent win happening at the 2023 World Series of Poker when he claimed the top spot in the $25,000 High Roller H.O.R.S.E event. Before that, Arieh won the Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship in 2021.
Other notables to advance to Day 2 include John Esposito (360,000), Bart Hanson (305,000), Dennis Weiss (291,000), Justin Fawcett (282,000), Pei Li (282,000), Nick Guagenti (260,000), Robert Mizrachi (197,000), Anthony Zinno (143,000), and Benny Glaser (107,000).
Day 2 is scheduled to play ten levels. Action will begin at 1 p.m. local time with the blinds at 3,000/6,000/6,000.
Stay tuned here at PokerNews for continued coverage of today’s action at the 2026 World Series of Poker.
