2026 World Series of Poker

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Day: 3
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Event Info
2026 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j♣8♦7♦5♠4♦
Prize
$387,110
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$2,802,785
Total Entries
2,150
Level Info
Level
35
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Players Info - Day 3
Entries
18
Players Left
1
Players Left 1 / 2,150

Hayes Takes Out Mei

Brett Slezak
Brett Slezak
Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

A large multi-way pot was developing on one of the tables. On the turn with the board reading 8♥6♣2♣K♦, Casey Hayes bet the pot of 1,270,000 from the hijack. In the cutoff, Yinjie Mei called off his roughly 1,225,000 stack, and Ryan Thoresen folded for his last 600,000 in the big blind.

Yinjie Mei: A♣J♣10♠8♠2♦ All in
Casey Hayes: A♦K♠K♥9♥3♠

Hayes had a monster hand with top set and the nut low, while Mei had the nut flush draw with two pair.

The river was the 2♥ as Mei made a full house, bit it was no good against the kings full of Hayes who scooped.

At another table, Andrew Bakota was eliminated in 23rd.

Tags: Casey HayesRyan ThoresenYinjie Mei